Jeremiah 11
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Evil hearts do evil things
Evil hearts do evil things
Illustration, evil hearts break covenants
Illustration, evil hearts break covenants
Symptoms of an evil heart
Symptoms of an evil heart
One symptom of an evil heart is not listening to God
Another is not doing
Another is going after other gods stop at verse 10 (idolatry)
Cost of an evil heart
Cost of an evil heart
Our response
Our response
New Heart (Justification/Regeneration)
Living it out (Sanctification)
Listening
Doing
Keeping God First
Introduce the concept of covenant
Introduce the concept of covenant
How God manages our relationship
Blessings if kept, cursing if broken (v. 5 land of milk and honey)
Speaking specifically of the covenant on Sinai v.4
Tunnelling on any one “sin” to make yourself right is like running around in a flood with a fire extinguisher or gathering onto the side of the boat thats already sinking. C.S. Lewis quote
Judah is full of covenant-breaking
Judah is full of covenant-breaking
They specifically are breaking the first commandment v.10, 13
God is incredibly patient with them, but he is not ignorant. Sin will be dealt with.vv.7-8
Their sinfulness is just the symptom of a greater issue: an evil and sick heart v.8
Their sinfulness is just the symptom of a greater issue: an evil and sick heart v.8
Perhaps they attempted to deal with their first commandment violations, but where one god is killed two more are raised in its place (v.13)
Its like cutting weeds with scissors, the problem may appear to be dealt with for the day, but what of tomorrow? The weeds will grow overnight
C.S. Lewis in Screwtape Letters: “The game is to have them all running around with fire extinguishers whenever there’s a flood; and all crowding to that side of the boat which is already nearly gone under.”
Apply: Behavior modification does not work when the heart is still sick, and it may in fact give false confidence to someone who is still terminally ill.
C.S. Lewis in Screwtape Letters: “The game is to have them all running around with fire extinguishers whenever there’s a flood; and all crowding to that side of the boat which is already nearly gone under.”
To think that we can make ourselves right with God by modifying our behavior is exactly that. We make a big fuss about certain hot-button issues and think we are safe as long as we dont do A, but then turn around and commit a multitude of socially acceptable sins. We need to recognize that our issue is not rooted in any action, but in that we have a sick and dying heart that produces filth. If we fail to recognize the true source of the issue, we may spend our entire lives never tasting victory.
Jesus keeps the covenant on our behalf (:24-28 or Jemeriah 31:31-34)
Jesus keeps the covenant on our behalf (:24-28 or Jemeriah 31:31-34)
When we do recognize the true source of the issue, we realize that we are completely incapable of keeping the covenant because of our sinful hearts.
When we do recognize the true source of the issue, we realize that we are completely incapable of keeping the covenant because of our sinful hearts.
So what then, has God left us hopeless and doomed to taste the punishment for sin? First of all God has every right to do that since it is we who are in the wrong and must ultimately take responsibility for our actions, but praise be to God that in his loving kindness and mercy he does not leave us in such a helpless and pitiful estate. No, God makes a way of escape for us so that we might not taste his wrath as enemies, but his love as sons and daughters.
More specifically, God has given us Jesus as a champion and a savior, so that Christ might taste the wrath reserved for our sinful hearts and we might inherit the benefits reserved for a truly righteous and perfect individual.
More specifically, God has given us Jesus as a champion and a savior, so that Christ might taste the wrath reserved for our sinful hearts and we might inherit the benefits reserved for a truly righteous and perfect individual.
But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.
Jesus offer us this new heart that loves the
For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
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Jesus cleanses our hearts and invites us to participate in obedience
Jesus cleanses our hearts and invites us to participate in obedience
There are essentially two responses to the pronouncement of judgement: repent and taste redemption through Christ or be hardened in your heart and receive the punishment your actions deserve.
Judah hardens their hearts and plots to assassinate Jeremiah because of the harsh message from God.
Let us not be like Judah, but repent from our sin and cling to Christ who can cleanse our hearts and make us new.
Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries.
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