Today’s passage: Jeremiah 13:1-27
Helpful thoughts:
- God does not become great when we decide to cling to Him. He is great, and He shares his greatness with us when He causes us to cling to Him.
- The picture of the linen loincloth points to the grace of God.
- Verse 23 reminds us that sinners cannot make themselves righteous by nature. We need forgiveness and rescue.
- Part of the sadness of this chapter is the reality that God had offered Himself to the people of Judah and they continually rejected Him.
Questions to consider:
- How do the illustrations of this chapter point us to the truths of the gospel?
- How does God prove Himself to be great, holy, good, loving, gracious to us?
- Why are we able to grow in wanting to do what is right, even for the right reason? How does this leopard lose his spots? What does God do (2 Corinthians 5:17)? And therefore, who deserves all the glory and praise?