PPT-Adapted from the series by David Jeremiah

GIANTS SLAYING THE DOUBT SLAYING Series Outline What is it What does it do to me How do I kill it Secret Weapon Recap Fear Love Discouragement Humility Loneliness Introspection Guilt. David Rolph Seely and Jo Ann H. Seely Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 8/2 (1999): 24–35, 85–86. 1065-9366 (print), 2168-3158 (online) Old Testament prophet Jeremiah and Book of Mormon pr I. LET’S . BEGIN WITH OUR . STORY. II. . INTRODUCTION: THE NEED TO RETURN TO THE ANCIENT . PATHS. What Is Pragmatism. ?. Ministering In An Age Of Itching Ears. The . market-driven ministry philosophy . Michelangelo, 1512. Jeremiah:. What do you know???. K. INGS. The Kingdom Divides. Assyrian Exile of Israel – 722/21 BC. Judah after Assyrian Exile. Israel and Judah at the time of Jeremiah. Jeremiah Worked for a Long Time. JEREMIAH . Zedekiah: A King Fit for the People. Simon Harris. Zedekiah & Jeremiah. Vision of two baskets of figs . . Jer. . 24 . Letter to the captives . Jer. . 29. Sign of the . yokes . Jer. . 27. Jeremiah. Who was Jeremiah?. Priest from Anathoth . Where did he preach?. In Jerusalem. When did he preach?. 627-586 (and ministered longer) . Structure, Text, Canon. Text. LXX is 15% shorter than MT. Jeremiah 1-6. Lesson 132. The book of Jeremiah contains the prophecies, warnings, and teachings that were part of the prophet Jeremiah’s ministry to the Southern Kingdom of Judah. . Jeremiah is responsible for much of the content of this book, but he likely used scribes to record his words as he dictated them . Jerusalem. will soon be destroyed.. Let’s remember the context !. Jeremiah. is writing. (. cf. Jer30v1). Jehovah. is speaking. (. cf. vs. 1, 2, 3, 7, 10, 15, 16, 20 & 23). Jacob. is addressed. (cf. Jer30v10). Jeremiah . 30-33. Lesson . 135. We are to understand that the scattered remnants are exhorted to return to the Lord from whence they have fallen; which if they do, the promise of the Lord is that he will speak to them, or give them . Have . you ever wondered if your life will have a happy or a sad ending. ?. What . would be a happy outcome to your life? A sad . ending?. Read . Jeremiah . 31:1-3. , . looking for what Jeremiah learned . for my Name.. I will make it a byword and an object of ridicule among all peoples. This temple will become a heap of rubble. All who pass by will be appalled and say, ‘Why has the Lord done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’ People will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the Lord, the God of their ancestors, who brought them out of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—that is why he brought all this disaster on them.’”. JEREMIAH: PLOT. Jeremiah is called to prophesy to Judah re their sins & coming judgment. For 40 years Jeremiah foretells what is coming, often paying a high price personally. Judah will be defeated & Jerusalem destroyed. JEREMIAH. Backsliding. ~ 13x. JEREMIAH. JEREMIAH. 640 BC. 620 BC. 600 BC. 580 BC. Josiah 640-609 BC. Jehoahaz 609 BC (3 months). Jehoakim 609 -598 BC. Jehoiachin. 598 BC (3 months). Zedekiah 598 586 BC. The Old Testament prophets . spoke. God’s messages to encourage, warn, and guide us!. Jeremiah 1:9-10 . 9 . Then the LORD reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, “. I have put my words in your mouth.. JEREMIAH THE PROPHET He was son of Hilkiah , one of the priests of Anathoth , in the land of Benjamin, in Judah. He was called to the prophetic office about 627 BC. He was called to be a prophet by God when he was young and a bachelor.