Slides for sermon - Jeremiah

1. Jeremiah
the prophet that did not quit

2. Prophesied against Israel
• Babylon was coming to destroy!
• Jer. 1:14, 2:3
• Prophesied something very unpopular
• Our God was extremely angry with them
• He called them “harlots”
• He called them “silly children”
• He called them a “temple of thieves”

3. His Prophecies were Unpopular
• God said…
• That storks and turtledoves can observe better than you - 8:7
• Even if Moses stood before me… 15:1-2
• You will wish you were dead - 8:3
• Jeremiah had to reveal these messages in public places
• 7:1

4. Attacks on Jeremiah
• False prophets attacked his Message from God
• 23:30-33, 38-40 (Hananiah 28)
• His life was threatened by …
• Men at Anathoth 11:18-23
• Pashhur – chief governor and priest (stocks) 20:1-6
• Priests and Prophets 26:8-9
• Zedekiah and the Princes 38:4-6
• Angry Mobs

5. Frustrations of Jeremiah
• He was not allowed to have a family
• 16:1-4
• His book was destroyed by Jehoiakim
• 36:21-24, 27-32
• He could not get the people to take God’s message
seriously. 37

6. Jeremiah did not Quit
• His ministry was focused on what God Is!
• Not what he was. 1:6-8
• He was in constant communication with God
• He let God know about his struggles. 15:15-21
• The Word burned inside him like a fire
• 20:7-9