Today’s passage: Jeremiah 24:1-10
Helpful thoughts:
- God uses this vision to show the difference of heart and judgment for the people of Judah.
- The exiling of those who had already left was going to be used by God for their good. Verses 5-7 contain a series of gracious works God will do for His people.
- This was not a sorting of good people and bad people. God is separating out a remnant and giving them hearts to know Him.
- This promise to return a remnant of Israel will see it’s final fulfillment when Christ returns. (Romans 11:25-27)
Questions to consider:
- If God were to leave Israel/Judah entirely to themselves (Or us for that matter), what would be their end? Do people naturally submit to God? (Romans 3:10-12)
- Even in judgment for the sin of the nation, what is God using this hardship to accomplish? What does God use these difficulties to do for His people? (Romans 8:28-29)
- In what ways has God used Israel’s rejection to bring salvation to the nations? What can we learn about God, given that He would intervene in the midst of mankind’s sinful disobedience to save us from ourselves?