Sermon Outlines for
the book of Jeremiah
Rev.
David P. Horrocks, Th.M.,
Jeremiah 1:1-19
(5/20/07)
Jeremiah 2:1-3:5 (5/27/07)
Jeremiah 3:6-6:30 (6/3/07)
Jeremiah 7:1-10:25 (6/10/07)
Jeremiah 11:1-12:17 (06/17/07)
Jeremiah 13:1-27 (06/24/07)
Jeremiah 14:1-22 (07/15/07)
Jeremiah 15:1-21 (07/22/07)
Jeremiah 16:1-21 (07/29/07)
Jeremiah 17:1-27 (08/05/07)
Jeremiah 17:19-27 (09/02/07)
Jeremiah 18:1-23 (09/09/07)
Selected (09/16/07)
Selected from Jeremiah (9/23/07)
Introduction: “The clouds and the sun”
The days of Jeremiah
The ordinary person (1:1-9)
A priest by birth, a
prophet by calling
The doubtful reluctance of
youthful inexperience
An obedient spirit, a trusting
will, and a tender heart
The extraordinary work (1:10)
Revival to the godly
Repentance to the sinners
Retribution to the wicked
The extraordinary Lord (1:11-19)
He chooses His servants
He gifts His servants for
their service
He defines their work
He governs His word
He will certainly judge the
sin of idolatry
He defends His servants
MESSAGE:
“THE EXTRAORDINARY LORD USES ORDINARY PEOPLE
TO DO THE EXTRAORDINARY WORK OF SPREADING
RIGHTEOUSNESS IN THE WORLD.”
Introduction: “Silver…gold…diamonds”
The nation turned from God
The nation turned towards that
which was not God
From true religion to false
religion
From streams of living water
to leaking buckets of mud
A gallery of pictures of the consequences of
The poverty of plundered
slaves (14)
The land is overrun by
gentiles (15-17)
A thirsting nomad in search of
water (18-19)
An unruly animal resisting
restraint (20)
The disappointment of a
degenerate vine (21)
A body stained with the deeds
of sin (22-23a)
A wild animal in heat looking
for a mate (23b-25)
A thief captured in his crime
(26-28)
A family album of incorrigible
children (29-37)
Spiritual adultery
continues
Divorce is final
Blessings will be withheld
More judgments are coming
MESSAGE:
“FORSAKING THE LORD IS A SIN THAT DAMAGES OUR CONDUCT,
OUR CONSCIENCE, AND OUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE WORLD.”
Introduction: “Monday, June 20, 1960”
Jeremiah’s mission: To destroy…
(1:10)
Jeremiah’s first sermon:
Jeremiah’s second sermon:
A call to the remnant of
The call to repent
with blessings to follow (11-20)
The weeping of
Invasion from the north
against sinful
The call for
The enemy is on
the way (5-18)
The agony of
Jeremiah (19-22)
The cosmic
catastrophe described (23-26)
The desolation of
Condition: They are ungodly (1-6)
Condemnation: They are ungrateful (7-9)
Conclusion: They are unfaithful (10-19)
Consequences: They are unconcerned (20-31)
The Lord Himself sends His
judgment upon
The Lord
declares war (1-5)
The Lord directs
the attack (6-15)
The Lord details
the verdict (16-23)
The Lord describes
the outcome (24-30)
MESSAGE:
“SIN FOLLOWED BY REPENTANCE LEADS TO BLESSINGS,
BUT SIN WITHOUT REPENTANCE BRINGS
TROUBLES.”
Introduction: “A prophet in the sanctuary”
Jeremiah’s mission: To destroy…
(1:10)
Jeremiah’s first sermon:
Jeremiah’s second sermon:
Jeremiah’s third message: The Lord is
just in His judgment (7:1-10:25)
Idolatry is the sin of false worship (7:1-8:3)
The Temple will
not save you (1-11)
The Temple cannot
even protect you (12-20)
The cause of
Judah’s sin is disobedience (21-31)
The calamity of
Judah’s judgment will be upon the city (32-8:3)
Idolatry is based on false relationships (9:2-26)
A sinful
society in need of correction (2-9)
The Lord’s
correction is judgment (10-16)
The Lord’s
judgment is severe (17-22)
The Lord’s
judgment is just (23-26)
Idolatry is the folly of following false gods (10:1-25)
Idols are
man-made (1-5)
The Lord is man’s
maker (6-16)
The Lord, not idols,
is the judge of the world (17-22)
The Lord, not
idols, is the Savior of sinners (23-25)
MESSAGE:
“THE LORD SEEKS REALITY IN OUR RELIGION,
FOR THERE IS NO RITUAL THAT IS A SUBSTITUTE FOR PERSONAL GODLINESS.
Introduction: “Wrestling with…the Lord”
Wrestling with ourselves
Spirit versus the flesh
Spirit versus the soul
Wrestling with our neighbors (11:1-23)
They are opposed to the Lord’s message
They are opposed to the Lord’s messenger
The plot
against Jeremiah was disclosed (18-20)
The judgment for
their sin was declared (21-23)
Wrestling with the Lord (12:1-17)
Jeremiah’s appeal for
justice (1-4)
The Lord’s response to
Jeremiah’s appeal (5-17)
It is hard
serving Me, and it is going to get harder (5-6)
I have given
Repentant Judah
and converted nations will be blessed (16-17)
MESSAGE:
“IN OUR MATURING AS CHRISTIANS,
WE WRESTLE WITH OURSELVES, WITH OUR NEIGHBORS,
AND SOMETIMES EVEN WITH THE LORD.”
Introduction: “Pride in Christians…”
Jeremiah’s action sermons (13:1-14)
The people of
The jugs of wine
will be smashed in judgment
Jeremiah’s cry for repentance (13:15-17)
Take heed to the Lord’s
warnings (15-16)
Weeping will follow rejection
(17)
Jeremiah’s pictures of the coming judgment (13:18-27)
Dethroning of the king of a
declining nation (18-19)
Invading forces and
disappearing people (20)
The certain sorrow of secular
covenants (21)
Great punishment is the result
of great sin (22)
Unrepentant sinners are as
straw in the wind (23-24)
When you forsake the Lord you
are forsaken (25-27)
MESSAGE:
“WHEN THOSE WHO ARE BLESSED THE MOST SIN THE WORST,
GOD’S JUDGMENT IS SURE AND SEVERE.”
Introduction: “
We have sinned
– show us your power (7a)
We have sinned –
but You are absent (7b-9)
The Lord’s negative response (10-12)
Jeremiah’s appeal for
Jeremiah’s appeal - The false prophets mislead the people (13)
The Lord’s negative response (14-18)
False prophets
will be judged for their sins (14-15)
The people are
wicked and will be judged for their sins (16)
God is both a
loving Father and a just Judge (17-18)
The lessons that came to
There is a limit to the
Lord’s patience (19)
Sin crosses generations (20)
The Lord’s investment in His
people is great (21)
Only the Lord can save us (22)
MESSAGE:
“THE LORD USES TROUBLES TO TEST OUR FAITH,
TO GROW OUR CONFIDENCE, TO CORRECT OUR WALK,
AND TO JUDGE US FOR OUR BAD BEHAVIOR.”
Introduction: “
Rejected
by God
Destined for death
with dishonor
A witness to the
nations of the Lord’s power
Abandoned by all
Ransacked of her
treasures
The sin of King
Manasseh
The sin of
forsaking the Lord
The sin of
refusing to repent
Jeremiah’s complaint is declared (10-11, 15-18)
My life is a miserable
failure. (10)
You promised me significant
success. (11)
You promised me protection
from my enemies. (15)
Doesn’t obedience deserve
better? (16-17)
Will my faith in You be met
with disappointment? (18)
The Lord’s rebuke is decisive (19-21)
Repent of your unbelief
Be saved from all your fears
MESSAGE:
“TO KEEP STANDING FIRM AGAINST THE SINS OF THE WORLD,
YOU MUST KEEP STANDING FIRM IN YOUR FAITH IN THE LORD.”
Introduction: “First responders”
Jeremiah prepares for the coming national judgment (1-9)
Establishing a family is
not God’s will (1-4)
Comforting those who need
comfort is not God’s will (5-7)
Rejoicing with those who
rejoice is not God’s will (8-9)
The Lord explains the coming national judgment (10-13, 16-18)
The cause of the judgment is idolatry (10-13)
The past sin
(10-11)
The present
practice (12)
To provide a
future place (13)
The course of the judgment is captivity (16-18)
There is no
escaping judgment (16)
There is no
escaping the Lord (17-18)
Jeremiah looks beyond the coming national judgment (14-15, 19-21)
Nations will come confessing
to the Lord (19-20)
Nations will be converted to
the Lord (21)
MESSAGE:
“THOSE WHO FOLLOW FALSE GODS
ARRIVE AT SEVERE JUDGMENTS FOR THEIR SINS,
BUT THOSE WHO FOLLOW THE LORD
ARRIVE AT THE GREAT BLESSINGS OF SALVATION.”
Introduction: “The three second collapse”
The cause of
Idolatry will result in
captivity (1-4)
Unbelief will result in curses
(5-8)
Greed will result in the onset
of poverty (9-11)
Forsaking the Lord’s presence
will result in being forsaken (12-13)
Rejecting God’s Word will
result in being rejected (14-18)
Profaning the Sabbath will
result in national destruction (19-27)
The cause of
The sinful heart is a mystery to man
The sinful
heart is deceitful
The sinful heart
is diseased
The sinful heart
is depraved
The sinful heart is known by the Lord
He searches the
thoughts of the heart
He tests the
desires of the heart
He appropriately
rewards the works of the heart
The sinful heart is made new by the Lord
The mind is
made new by the Word of God
The will is made
new by faith in Christ
The emotions are
made new by the power of the Holy Spirit
MESSAGE:
“AT THE HEART OF THE PROBLEM OF SIN
IS THE PROBLEM OF SIN IN OUR HEARTS.”
Introduction: “A wake up call…”
Stop using the Sabbath day for work (19-23)
The Sabbath day was being
violated
Five times the correction was
given
Correction had been given in
the past and ignored in the past
Start using the Sabbath day for rest and worship (24)
Give attention to the Lord
Give obedience to His word
There are blessings for obeying (25-26)
Established
politically
Established
militarily
Established
domestically
Established
religiously
Established
spiritually
There are judgments for disobeying (27)
MESSAGE:
“SPENDING THE SABBATH IN THE SANCTUARY
SHOULD MAKE A GREAT DIFFERENCE
AS TO HOW YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE IN THE WORLD.”
Introduction: “And then there were 12…”
The sovereign rule of God revealed (1-11)
Illustrated in a potter’s
shop (1-4
Applied by the Lord (5-10)
Declared by Jeremiah (11)
The sovereign rule of God refused (12-17)
Refused by
Resulting in judgment (13-17)
The sovereign rule of God rejected (18)
Jeremiah’s message was
rejected (18a)
Jeremiah’s life was rejected
(18b)
The sovereign rule of God remembered (19-23)
Jeremiah prayed for
protection from the wicked (19-20)
Jeremiah petitioned for
punishment of the wicked (21-23)
MESSAGE:
“IF YOU HAVE FAITH IN THE SOVEREIGN RULE OF GOD,
THEN THE RIGHTEOUS RULES OF GOD SHOULD BE SHAPING YOUR LIFE.”
Introduction: “How to study the Bible”
We meet Jesus in Jeremiah
Jesus is there prophetically in Jeremiah’s sermons
He is the promised new governor (Jeremiah 23:1-6)
He
is the shepherd Savior
He is
the shepherd King
He rules over the promised new government (Jeremiah 31:31-34)
Forgiveness
is by faith in the Redeemer
Holiness
is by the power of the Holy Spirit
Jesus is there personally in Jeremiah’s life
Both were
priests and prophets of God
Both declared
judgment and offered salvation
Both were opposed
by the false religion of their day
Both were
tender-hearted
Both poured out
their lives on loneliness
Both suffered for
the sins of others
Both were
justified by history
Others should meet Jesus in our lives, too
A different governor –
Jesus is Lord
A different government – Walk
by the Spirit
A different goal – Changed
heart changed life
Destiny
changing faith in the Lord Jesus Christ
The love of the
Holy Spirit for others
Sacrificial
service to the body of Christ
An eternal hope
that is shaping daily conduct
MESSAGE:
“JESUS HAS SAVED YOU; JESUS IS CHANGING YOU;
AND JESUS WANTS TO MEET OTHERS THROUGH YOU.”
Selected
from Jeremiah
Life principles from Jeremiah
Introduction: “Being defeated is not giving up”
God is Lord of the earth and King of all nations.
True patriotism is not blind to national sin.
In difficult days, we need to hear and to heed the word of God.
True messengers of God are usually (if not always) persecuted.
God’s servants often have their doubts and failings.
The important thing is not success but faithfulness.
The greatest reward in serving the Lord is becoming like Jesus Christ.
MESSAGE:
“THE SAME LORD IS CALLING US.
THE SAME WORLD IS OPPOSING US.
THE SAME FAITH IS REQUIRED OF US.
THE SAME GREAT GOAL IS ALWAYS BEFORE US.
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