Today’s passage: Jeremiah 25:1-38
Helpful thoughts:
- This message had been the theme of Jeremiah’s preaching and prophesying for 23 years.
- In verses 11-12, God gives the length of time for the Babylonian Exile. Daniel would later be reading these words and pray to God for the end of the exile (Daniel 9:1-2).
- Every nation, every person in the world is responsible to God. It isn’t only Israel, or the Church who are responsible to follow Him.
Questions to consider:
- Where would Jeremiah need to find his strength to persevere and be faithful in his ministry for 23 plus years when the people around him did not respond to God’s word? Does a flood of positive feedback or negative feedback from people always give us an accurate view of ministry “success”? By what should we measure our preaching/teaching/ministry?
- Why might it be easy to see other people who do not believe as if they live in another reality or a separate bubble? Is the grass truly greener on the “other side” (Psalm 73)? If a person becomes an atheist, does that make him no longer responsible to God simply because he sees things that way? Who gets to define reality?
- Since all nations and all people will be judged, what do all people need to hear and believe to be saved from the wrath to come? What has God done in love to reconcile people to Himself?