"THE COMPASSIONATE GOD" I. THE SETTING. A. Jeremiah is sitting in a cave overlooking Jerusalem. 1. He weeps as he sees the rubble of the once glorious city that men called the perfection of beauty. 2. He smells the stench of decaying bodies. 3. He sees poor starving people poking through the rubble. a. They were once proud - but now broken. B. The tragedy is that this could...
"THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD" Intro: Jeremiah is sitting amidst the ruins of a shattered nation. The outlook could not be any more bleak. The point of crisis - turn in one of two directions - bitter or better. I. "THIS I RECALL TO MIND, THEREFORE HAVE I HOPE." A. Times of trial are difficult. 1. Satan is there to accuse. a. "If God really loved you, why did this happen?" b. "You...
"THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD" Intro: Jeremiah was looking at the rubble that was once Jerusalem - the glory of the earth. As he looked, he wept. How devastated, how hopeless. I. IN THIS DESPAIR, HE FOUND HOPE. A. Looking around was case for weeping. 1. Nothing could seem more hopeless. a. The streets once crowded were empty. b. The wall of defense torn down. c. The once magnific...
I. JEREMIAH HAS JUST WITNESSED THE SEVERE JUDGMENT OF GOD AGAINST THE NATION OF JUDAH. A. "I have seen the affliction of the rod of His wrath." 1. He saw the indiscriminate slaying of the populace. Neither the young children or the old and feeble people were spared. 2. He saw the Temple of God profaned, and then destroyed. 3. He saw the fires consume the city. 4. He is now vie...
"THE SMITTEN LORD" Intro: This is the week when again we are to be reminded of the crucifixion of our Lord. Every event of that day was predetermined by God. Jeremiah is weeping over the havoc wrought by sin. He looked beyond the desolation to the suffering of Christ. I. "HE SITTETH ALONE AND KEEPETH SILENCE." A. Jesus was forsaken by His disciples - "All ye shall be offended......
