To establish that there is no wisdom, truth or peace without God on your side.
Jeremiah 7-8
Where
was Jeremiah to preach?
What were the people to do? What would the result be?
How had the house of God become a den of
robbers?
RESEARCH:
Where is Jeremiah 7:11 quoted in the New Testament?
RESEARCH: What happened to Shiloh?
Who is provoked to anger or shame?
How did their ancestors act when they left
Egypt? What direction did they go?
What has happened to Truth, why?
What was Jeremiah to do?
What occurred in the valley of Hinnom?
What would the place be called? What would Jerusalem be like then?
What would be done at this time and would those
who were experiencing it enjoy it?
What course of action where the people of
Jerusalem taking?
What shame did the people feel?
What
course of action did God suggest?
“Truth
has perished—it has disappeared from their mouths” (HCSB)
What is truth? Can we make it go away
today?
The people of Judah were very religious. They sacrificed even their children to their
god. Why was this not enough to save
them? Why did they chose this very
difficult path to find acceptance in a god that never spoke his will?
What is “perpetual backsliding?” (ESV Jeremiah
8:5) Can we be guilty of it today?
What wisdom does someone have who has rejected
the word of the Lord? (Jeremiah 8:9)
At the end of chapter 8, it is pointed out that God
is in Zion and the king sits on the throne.
Everything appeared to be good and right. The prophets supported this by
saying “Peace, Peace!” Can we be fooled by this type of “peace” today? What is
the best defense against such “peace”?