Study
12 From the Book of Jeremiah is:
Jeremiah 17:19 – 18:23
1.
The issue between God and His people turned on the question of
obedience. How was it brought in 17:
19-27 to a single test? In your
Christian obedience are there test issues of this kind, which, although
possibly not themselves the most important subject, are the heart of the
question of obedience at the time?
2.
To Jeremiah the condition of the people made the destruction of
the kingdom inevitable; yet the destruction seemed to involve the failure of
God’s purposes. How does the illustration of the potter throw light upon this
problem (18:1-12)? What other lessons about God does it teach? Cf. Rom. 9:20,
21.
3.
How does 18:13-23 reveal the costliness for Jeremiah of being a
more faithful spokesman of the Lord? Cf. Mt. 10:24, 25, 28-33.
Notes
1.
17:26. ‘The Shephelah’: i.e., the lowlands, of Palestine between
the coastal plain and the higher central hills.
2.
18:14. The Hebrew is uncertain, but the meaning is clear. The
snows of Lebanon remain, and its streams do not run dry: but God’s people have failed.
3.
18:18. ‘The law shall not perish…’ : the people refused to believe
that the present order of things would be destroyed.
