2. THE CRY OF TORMENTED FAITH
ž Background
Jeremiah given Mission to preach
Repentance to a Nation gone astray
from God:
cf Jer 5
3. 1. SELF-CENTRED FEELING 20:7-8
GOD’S MISSION MISINTERPRETED cf Jer 5
ž Deceived by God v7 cf Jer 1:6-8
ž Ridiculed by men v7b
ž Insulted and reproached within v8
cf Jer 17
4. 2. FAITH-CENTRED FEELING 20:9-10
GOD’S WORD AND URGENCY
ž The Word of God is Unquenchable v9
ž The Word of God is Unrestrained v10;
cf 1 Cor 9:16
ž The Word of God is Unshame-able
Jer 20:10b; cf 2 Cor 5:13
5. 3. GOD-CENTRED FEELING Jer
20:11-13
A. GOD’S PRESENCE AND POWER 20:11
ž Persecutors will stumble; not prevail
ž Persecutors will fail and be disgraced
ž Persecutors’ shame will be long lasting
v11
6. 3. GOD-CENTRED FEELING Jer
20:11-13
B. GOD’S JUDGMENT AND
VINDICATION 20:12
ž The Righteous will be probed in Heart
cf Ps 139:23
ž The Righteous will vindicated
ž The Righteous will Sing to the Lord
ž The Righteous will be rescued
7. 4. PROBLEM-CENTRED FEELING
20:14-18 GOD’S GIFTS REGRETTED 20:14
A. Beginning of Life
— Not Blessed – His Birthday
— Not Happy – His Birth Announcement
— Not Auspicious – His Birth as a Son
8. 4. PROBLEM-CENTRED FEELING
20:14-18 GOD’S GIFTS REGRETTED 20:14
B. Celebration of Life 20:16
— Thrown down and not pitied
— Mourning Cry and Battle Cry
9. 4. PROBLEM-CENTRED FEELING
20:14-18 GOD’S GIFTS REGRETTED 20:14
C. End of Life 20:17
— Better to Die – in the womb, still born
○ Mother’s womb his tomb
— Better to be Unborn
○ Not to witness Trouble AND
Sorrow
○ Not to end Life in Shame
10. “Before I formed you in the
Jer 1:5
womb I knew you, before you were
born I set you apart; I appointed you
as a prophet to the nations.”
11. Isa 51:7“Hear
Me, you who know what is
right, you people who have My Law in
your hearts: Do not fear the reproach
of men or be terrified by their insults.
12. — 1 Cor 4:9 For
it seems to me that God has put us
apostles on display at the end of the procession,
like men condemned to die in the arena. We have
been made a spectacle to the whole universe, to
angels as well as to men. 10 We are fools for
Christ, but you are so wise in Christ! We are weak,
but you are strong! You are honored, we are
dishonored! 11 To this very hour we go hungry and
thirsty, we are in rags, we are brutally treated, we
are homeless. 12 We work hard with our own
hands. When we are cursed, we bless; when we
are persecuted, we endure it; 13 when we are
slandered, we answer kindly. Up to this moment
we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse
of the world.
13. Heb 12:2 Let
us fix our eyes on Jesus,
the Author and Perfecter of our faith,
who for the joy set before Him
endured the cross, scorning its
shame, and sat down at the right
hand of the throne of God. 3 Consider
Him who endured such opposition
from sinful men, so that you will not
grow weary and lose heart.
14. THANK YOU
May our Lord Bless and Watch over
you in your deep spiritual struggles,
that in the end, your Faith might be
Stronger
and your Fellow Believers and
Disciples might be challenged to
Walk Closer with God.
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