For Teenagers: Shaped or shattered - a study of Jeremiah
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MESSAGE ACROSS TIME MAJOR PROPHETS: ISAIAH JEREMIAH EZEKIEL
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Do not look down on your youth. Look at God is who able to do great things with you.
Transcript of For Teenagers: Shaped or shattered - a study of Jeremiah
MESSAGE ACROSS TIME
MAJOR PROPHETS:
ISAIAH
JEREMIAH
EZEKIEL
MESSAGE ACROSS TIME
Lesson 1: Isaiah: Live by God’s Standard
Lesson 2: Jeremiah: Shaped or Shattered
Lesson 3: Ezekiel: Model your message
A BRIEF STORY OF ISRAEL THE NATION
Moses
1,446BC
Joshua + 70 elders
1,380BC
God as King, living among Israel in the Tabernacle
Period of 18 Judges 350 years Samuel
1,043BC
Saul 1050 BC-1010 BC(40 years)
David 1010 BC-970 BC(40 years)
Solomon 970 BC-930 BC(40 years)
United Kingdom of Israel
Israel (Northern Kingdom,19 kings – all bad)
Falls to Assyria on 723 BC(207 years after
Solomon)
Falls to Babylon on 597 BC
(333 years after Solomon)
Judah(Southern Kingdom, 20 kings – 8 good)
597BC
Isaiah(740-700 BC)
Ezekiel(593-570 BC)
Jeremiah(627-580 BC)
Jonah went to Nineveh, capital of
Assyria (796 BC)
WHO IS JEREMIAH?• He is one of the four major prophets in the OT: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel • Prophesied around 626 B.C. in Judah• He is often called the “weeping prophet”• His name means “Yahweh Exalts”• Traditionally credited with writing the books Jeremiah, 1 Kings, 2 Kings and Lamentations
ISAIAH & JEREMIAH
Josiah
Jehoahaz Eliakim(Jehoiakim)
Mattaniah(Zedekiah)
Jehoachin(Jeconiah)
JEREMIAH PROPHESIED TO THESE KINGS OF JUDAH
Last good king
Last king
KEY POINTS
What’s the BIG Idea?
God wants people to have soft hearts which He can shape according to His purpose
Why does it matter?
God will severely judge those whose hearts are hardened and cold towards Him
How do I live it?
Allow God to shape your life as He desires, and be willing to deliver His message – even when people reject you
1. DON’T LOOK AT YOURSELF
Jeremiah 1:4-5God knows YOU!
Now the word of the LORD came to me saying, 5 "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, And before you were born I consecrated you; I have appointed you a prophet to the nations."
God knows us – what we are able to do, and what we are NOT able to do. He will NOT put us in a situation we cannot handle
Jeremiah 1:6-8God is with YOU!
Don’t know what to say? – God will give you the words
Afraid? – God will be with you
Then I said, "Alas, Lord God! Behold, I do not know how to speak, Because I am a youth.”
But the LORD said to me, "Do not say, 'I am a youth,' Because everywhere I send you, you shall go, And all that I command you, you shall speak. 8 Do not be afraid of them, For I am with you to deliver you," declares the LORD.
1. DON’T LOOK AT YOURSELF
1. God knows what you are made of, what you can handle
2. God will guide you, lead you, show you the way to go, and give you the words to say
3. God will be with you
Jeremiah 1:4-10
In life ….
1. DON’T LOOK AT YOURSELF
Jeremiah 2:5-8Follow God!
They followed worthless idols and became worthless themselves! They did not ask “where is the Lord ..”
Worthless Idols – what are your “idols” today?
Where is the Lord? – what answer comes to your mind immediately? Where is the Lord in your life today?
2. DON’T FORGET GOD
Jeremiah 18:1-10Be soft before God
Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand
The Potter – who is he? What does he do?
The clay – what is this?
3. DON’T HARDEN YOUR HEART
Jeremiah 18:1-10Be soft before God
What does it mean to be “soft clay” – Be humble, available, teachable, yielded to God
What does the clay become? – Something beautiful and useful
3. DON’T HARDEN YOUR HEART
DISCUSSIONS
1. Give examples of how people can be “hard” before God
2. List how you can be “soft” before God
