OUTLINE OF JEREMIAH I. God Calls His Prophet, Jeremiah. (1 ...

1 David Gross Page 1 OUTLINE OF JEREMIAH I. God Calls His prophet , JEREMIAH . (1:1-19) A. JEREMIAH gives his personal information and background (1:1-3) 1. His parental example ( ) 2. His place of calling-Anathoth ( ) 3. His people he served ( ) a. Josiah of Judah b. Jehoiakim - Josiah s son c. Zedekiah d. Rulers of Jerusalem s captivity B. JEREMIAH hears God call him. (1:4-10) 1. The source of the calling was God ( ) 2. The start of the calling was at birth ( ) 3. The sad response to the calling ( ) 4.

2 The support of the calling was God s presence ( ) 5. The sanctification for the calling was special ( ) C. JEREMIAH receives God s plan. (1:11-19) 1. Prophecies pronounced ( ) a. Rod of an almond tree representing early judgment ( ) b. Seething pot representing judgment from northern enemies ( ) 2. Protection promised ( ) II. God Gives His Words to Speak to the Nation of Israel Through Sermons. (2:1-28:17) A. JEREMIAH preaches his first sermon to Israel. (2:1-3:5) 1. God remembers Israel s past love for Him ( ) 2.

3 God reminds Israel of His faithfulness and blessings ( ) 3. God rebukes Israel for their apathy and idolatry ( ) 4. God requests Israel to return to Him, using imagery (2:9-3:5) a. Israel is compared to pagan nations ( , 15-18) b. Israel is compared to slave ( ) c. Israel is compared to a harlot ( ) d. Israel is compared to a bad grapevine ( ) e. Israel is compared to a camel wandering ( ) f. Israel is compared to a donkey in heat searching for a mate ( ) g. Israel is compared to a thief ( ) h. Israel is compared to a bride who forgot her wedding gown ( ) i.

4 Israel is compared to an adulteress (3:1-3:5) (1) God wants them to return to Him ( ) (2) God wants them to repent of their evil ( ) David Gross Page 2 B. JEREMIAH preaches his second sermon. (3:6-6:30) 1. Confrontation with backsliding (3:1-25) a. Judah refuses to learn from Israel s mistakes (1) Israel committed spiritual adultery ( ) (2) Israel refused God s appeal to repent ( ) (3) Israel lost fellowship with God ( ) (4) Judah followed Israel s pathway of sin ( ) (a) Same sin of idolatry ( ) (b) Same stubbornness in not repenting ( ) (5) Judah is made guilty for not learning from Israel s mistake ( ) b.

5 Judah receives opportunity to repent ( ) (1) Mercy if offered ( ) (2) Sin must be recognized and confessed ( ) (3) Future blessings promised to a righteous Israel ( ) (a) Unbroken marital/covenant relationship ( ) (b) Spiritual leadership ( ) (c) Direct worship in Jerusalem ( ) (d) Unity in direction ( ) c. Judah repents for a short time ( ) (1) Sorrow for their condition ( ) (2) Admittance of their sin ( ) 2. call to repentance (4:1-4) a. Forsaking their sin ( ) b. Forming their steadfastness ( ) c.

6 Fleeing their selfishness ( ) 3. Coming judgment (4:5-31) a. Preparation for judgment is declared ( ) b. Predator from the north comes destroying ( , 9-13) (1) With great power ( ,13) (2) With God s pronouncement ( , 12) c. Penitent heart is still desired ( , 14) d. Procurement of the judgment is their own doing ( ) e. Passion for righteousness is God s desire ( ) f. Picture of Jerusalem is destruction ( ) 4. Condition of Judah (5:1-31) a. Absence of righteous men ( ) b. Apathy towards God s chastisement ( , 9-13) c.

7 Adultery rampant ( ) (1) Spiritual adultery ( ) (2) Physical adultery ( ) d. Attack is inevitable ( ) (1) Property invaded ( ) (2) Produce stolen ( ) (3) People enslaved ( ) e. Awards withheld by God ( ) f. Authorities corrupted ( ) David Gross Page 3 5. Caution to Jerusalem (6:1-30) a. Siege of Jerusalem is pronounced ( ) (1) Encouragement to flee ( ) (2) Example of Jerusalem as a beautiful woman at home ( ) (a) She is surrounded by shepherds and sheep ( ) (b) The sheep attack the woman ( ) (c) The destruction is God s chastisement ( ) b.

8 Source of judgment is just ( ) (1) Judah failed to hear God s Word ( ) (2) All of Judah failed to hear God s Word ( ) (3) All of Judah failed to hear God s Word and respond ( ) c. Scenes of the chastisement is given ( ) (1) Family and friends will die ( ) (2) Foreign people will attack from the north ( ) (3) Forgiveness can still be sought after by Judah ( ) (4) Fellowship is still with darkness instead of light ( ) C. JEREMIAH preaches his third sermon. (7:1-10:25) 1. Judah s self-deceit (7:1-8:17) a.

9 Belief in false words (7:1-15) (1) The lie of protection from the place ( , 10-12, 14-15) (a) Judah believed they were safe in the Temple ( ) (b) God revealed that they would still be judged ( , 14-15) (1) Past example of His judgment on Shiloh ( ) (2)Present promise of His judgment on Judah ( ) (2) The lie of sinful practices going unpunished by God ( , 13) (a) Judah believed their works would not be judged ( ) (1) Contention with neighbors ( ) (2) Oppression of others ( ) (a) Strangers (b)

10 Fatherless (c) Widows (3) Murder ( , 9) (4) Idolatry ( , 9) (5) Stealing ( ) (6) Lying ( ) (b) God offered them two options ( , 13) (1) Live righteously and live ( ) (2) Refuse to repent and be judged as Shiloh ( ) b. Belief in false religion (7:16-8:17) (1) Contents of their idolatry (7:17-18, 24, 26-28, 31) (a) Family members all involved (7:18) (b) Food and drink offered as sacrifices (7:18) (c) Failure to heed the truth ( , 26-28; 8:4-9) (1) Normal laws of life ignored (8:4-5) (a) One who falls usually rises up again ( ) David Gross Page 4 (b) One who leaves usually returns home again ( ) (2) Nature examples in life ignored (8:6-7) (a) Judah is as a horse running into a battle ( ) (b) Judah is unlike a stork, turtle-dove, and crane who know when to return from migration ( ) (3) Noteworthy helps from God ignored (8.)