Study From the Book of Jeremiah,17

Study From the Book of Jeremiah,17

Today is the seventeenth part of this series, where we study chapter 17. Here, there are two biblical principles and their lessons which are useful in biblical counselling.

Judah’s sin had become so deeply engraved that it could not be removed. The heart of the people, the centre of their spiritual, emotional, and mental well-being was inextricably entangled in in stubborn rebellion against God.

However, Jeremiah used the term blessed to describe the benefits that one who is devoted to the Lord and His Word. The image of a fruitful tree teaches that one who trusts in God will not free from trials and aversity, but that God will bring fruit and blessing in and through those difficulties. The only one source of life and hope for Israel and all nations- is the Lord, the fountain of living waters.

The sanctity of the Sabbath was a most serious matter. The Sabbath stood as a sign of creation and the covenant relationship between God and Israel. To hallow it is to set apart, to distinguish it from other days. However, the abuse of the Sabbath was apparently commonplace throughout the history of the nation.

Jeremiah then prophesied that the temple would once again become the centre of worship for the nation. People would travel from throughout the land to Jerusalem to worship God with their sacrifices.  

Structure:

Verses 1-13: Judah’s sin and punishment.

Verses 14-18: Jeremiah prayer for deliverance

Verses 19-27: Hallow the Sabbath day.

Principle 28: verse 17:5:    --" Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength. Whose heart departs from the Lord”

Lesson 28: God made us for a dynamic and deep relationship with Himself. And trying to replace Him with anything else will always result in a curse. We are to find our strength in Him, not in ourselves.

Principle 29, verse 17:9: ---“the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it.”

Principle 29: Only God knows the human heart. We cannot understand the twists and turns and deceptions and dead ends of our own hearts; so when our hearts condemn us, we turn to the Maker of our hearts.17/03/2024