Profile of An Exile

December 13, 2015 #836SWEET SIXTEEN!!

The Book of Jeremiah Chapters 26-31

I. Submit patiently to inevitable adversityII. Seek the brightest course under the

darkest circumstanceIII. Cherish hopes for the future under the

most trying present circumstancesIV. Find happiness by seeking the welfare

of others.

Pulpit CommentaryPosthumously, I introduce you to this morning’s outliners: Editors Very Reverend H. D. M. Spence, D.D, andReverend Joseph S. Exell, M.A. via Gloucester, England, circa 1890. Funk&Wagnalls Company, New York and Toronto. As His Word is ageless, so some of the comments

Man’s wall versus God’s Word

• Because we’re talking about the demise of beloved Jerusalem, we should talk about “temporal versus eternal.”

Isaiah 40:7 “The grass withers, the flowers fade, but the Word of our God stands forever.”

Living Faith at 16

• H.B.! LFLM, you look youthful for being eight hundred and thirty six Sundays old!

• Born: December 5th, 1999• Committed to:

Glowing, Going and Growing• Committed to knowing God’s Word!

And speaking God’s Word!

“Stand in the courtyard of the LORD’s house…Tell them everything I command you; do not omit a word.” Jeremiah 26:2

“…His Word is in me like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones.” Jeremiah 20:9

Jeremiah: The truth hurts

Jeremiah’s message was: “bow to Babylon” this is your punishment. (27:12) accept the yoke of “captivity” and defeat.SURRENDER?! Jerusalem: the place of “Good Tidings” the subject of the 15 “Ascent Psalms”; the City of David, the “seat of power,” the Dwelling Place of Yahweh and His Shekinah Glory! DARK DAY

Psalm 87 Psalm 122

• “He has set His foundation on the holy mountain; the LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. Glorious things are said of you, O city of God…the LORD Most High Himself will establish her.”

• “I rejoiced with those who said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD. Our feet are standing in your gates, O Jerusalem.”

Take your medicine, People of God

• “When 70 years are completed for Babylon, I will come to you and fulfill my gracious promise to bring you back to this place.” 29:10

• Jeremiah was in jail for saying the “exile” would last 70 years. His critic-prophets were saying “a short time,” “two years max.” (28:3,11)

Jeremiah 29Profile of an “Exile” (11x)

I. Submit patiently to inevitable adversityII. Seek the brightest course under the

darkest circumstanceIII. Cherish hopes for the future under the

most trying present circumstancesIV. Find happiness by seeking the welfare of

others.V. 2015 Editor Pastor Jack: And P R A Y !

Then get to God’s Tattoo Parlor!

• Tattoo removal first: “Judah’s sin is engraved with an iron tool, inscribed with a flint point, on the tablets of their hearts…” 17:1

• NEW-OVER “This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time,” declares the LORD. I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God and they will be my people.” 31:33

Find happiness by seeking the welfare of others

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Maimonides’ Ladder

• “Tzetakah” Charity-Justice• The highest form of charity is to help sustain a

person before they become impoverished by offering a substantial gift in a dignified manner, extending a suitable loan, providing employment, a business opportunity, so as to make it unnecessary to become dependent on others.