10. Unbelievers Make Life Hard for Believers - How to Remain Faithful Believers, Endure & Help One Another Endure. • Intercede on their Behalf - Jeremiah 38:7–9 “When In A Nation Hostile to True Faith Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, a eunuch who was in the king’s Jeremiah 37 & 38 (ESV) house, heard that they had put Jeremiah into the cistern—the C.T. Studd “If Jesus Christ be God and died for me, king was sitting in the Benjamin Gate—[8] Ebed-melech went then no sacrifice can be too great for me to make for Him.” from the king’s house and said to the king, [9] “My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they did to Jeremiah 10 Ways to Stay Faithful in 2021 & Beyond the prophet by casting him into the cistern, and he will die www.trustworthyword.com/enemies there of hunger, for there is no bread left in the city.” • Take Action on their Behalf - Jeremiah 38:10-12 1. Unbelievers Aren’t Your Ultimate Enemy, “Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, ‘Take Satan Is - Believers, Be E thirty men with you from here, and lift Jeremiah the prophet • Ephesians 6:10–13 “Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the out of the cistern before he dies.’ So Ebed-melech took the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you men with him and went to the house of the king, to a wardrobe may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. For we in the storehouse, and took from there old rags and worn-out do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, clothes, which he let down to Jeremiah in the cistern by ropes. against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this Then Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, ‘Put the present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the rags and clothes between your armpits and the ropes.’ heavenly places.” Jeremiah did so. • Come Alongside the Outcast - Jeremiah 38:13 “Then 2. Unbelievers Act Like Unbelievers - Believers, they drew Jeremiah up with ropes and lifted him out of the Don’t Be Shocked, Be R to Witness cistern. And Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.” • James 5:20 “whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering T God’s Deliverance and Timing - Jeremiah • will save his soul from death & will cover a multitude of sins" 38:16 “Then King Zedekiah swore secretly to Jeremiah, ‘As the LORD lives, who made our souls, I will not put you to death or 3. Unbelievers Act Like You Once Did - deliver you into the hand of these men who seek your life.’” Believers, Be H 2 Corinthians 4:7–12 “We are afflicted in every way, but not • Ephesians 2:1–3 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but in which you once walked, following the course of this world, not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be now at work in the sons of disobedience— among whom we all manifested in our bodies.” once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of Bible Reading - Week #4 -Genesis 48 - Exodus 10, wrath, like the rest of mankind.” Matthew 15-20, Psalm 20-25, Proverbs 4:20-6:11 TRUSTWORTHYWORD.COM WWW.BIBLE.VIDEO January 24, 2021 4. Unbelievers Are Blinded by Satan - 8. Unbelievers Encourage Unrighteousness - Believers, Be C Believers, W In Righteousness for All to See • 2 Corinthians 4:4 “In their case the god of this world has • Romans 1:32 “Though they know God’s righteous decree that blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the them but give approval to those who practice them.” image of God.” • Jeremiah 38:28 “And Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was taken.” 5. Unbelievers Hate the Message of Sin & Judgment - Believers, Speak Truth Courageously & C 9. Unbelievers Might Want to Hear Your • Amos 5:10 “They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they Experience - Believers, abhor him who speaks the truth.” • S the Gospel - Jeremiah 37:16–17 “When • Jeremiah 38:3 “Thus says the LORD: This city shall surely be Jeremiah had come to the dungeon cells and remained there given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon and be many days, King Zedekiah sent for him and received him. The taken.” king questioned him secretly in his house and said, “Is there any word from the LORD?” Jeremiah said, “There is.” 6. Unbelievers Hate, Hurt, and Abandon the • Defend Truth - Jeremiah 37:18-19 “Jeremiah also said to Messengers of God - Believers, Love Your King Zedekiah, “What wrong have I done to you or your Enemies & Find Comfort in God’s P servants or this people, that you have put me in prison? Where • Jeremiah 37:15 “And the officials were enraged at Jeremiah, are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of and they beat him and imprisoned him in the house of Babylon will not come against you and against this land’? Jonathan the secretary, for it had been made a prison.” • R Advocate for Justice - Jeremiah • Jeremiah 38:6 “So they took Jeremiah and cast him into the 37:20-21 “Now hear, please, O my lord the king: let my cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the court of humble plea come before you and do not send me back to the the guard, letting Jeremiah down by ropes. And there was no house of Jonathan the secretary, lest I die there.” [21] So King water in the cistern, but only mud, and Jeremiah sank in the Zedekiah gave orders, and they committed Jeremiah to the mud.” court of the guard. And a loaf of bread was given him daily from the bakers’ street, until all the bread of the city was gone. 7. Unbelievers Call Good Evil and Call Evil So Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.” (ESV) Good - Believers, Be Slow to A • Isaiah 5:20 “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil” • Jeremiah 38:20 “Jeremiah said … ‘Obey now the voice of the LORD in what I say to you, and it shall be well with you, and your life shall be spared.’”

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TRUSTWORTHYWORD.COM WWW.BIBLE.VIDEO January 24, 2021 8. Unbelievers Encourage Unrighteousness - 10. Unbelievers Make Life Hard for Believers - Believers, Walk In Righteousness for All to See Believers, Endure & Help One Another Endure. • Romans 1:32 “Though they know God’s righteous decree that • Intercede on their Behalf - Jeremiah 38:7–9 “When those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, a eunuch who was in the king’s them but give approval to those who practice them.” house, heard that they had put Jeremiah into the cistern—the • Jeremiah 38:28 “And Jeremiah remained in the court of the king was sitting in the Benjamin Gate—[8] Ebed-melech went guard until the day that Jerusalem was taken.” from the king’s house and said to the king, [9] “My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they did to Jeremiah the prophet by casting him into the cistern, and he will die 9. Unbelievers Might Want to Hear Your there of hunger, for there is no bread left in the city.” Experience - Believers, • Take Action on their Behalf - Jeremiah 38:10-12 • Speak the Gospel - Jeremiah 37:16–17 “When Jeremiah “Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, ‘Take had come to the dungeon cells and remained there many days, thirty men with you from here, and lift Jeremiah the prophet King Zedekiah sent for him and received him. The king out of the cistern before he dies.’ So Ebed-melech took the questioned him secretly in his house and said, “Is there any men with him and went to the house of the king, to a wardrobe word from the LORD?” Jeremiah said, “There is.” in the storehouse, and took from there old rags and worn-out • Defend Truth - Jeremiah 37:18-19 “Jeremiah also said to clothes, which he let down to Jeremiah in the cistern by ropes. King Zedekiah, “What wrong have I done to you or your Then Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, ‘Put the servants or this people, that you have put me in prison? Where rags and clothes between your armpits and the ropes.’ are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of Jeremiah did so. Babylon will not come against you and against this land’? • Come Alongside the Outcast - Jeremiah 38:13 “Then • Respectfully Advocate for Justice - Jeremiah they drew Jeremiah up with ropes and lifted him out of the 37:20-21 “Now hear, please, O my lord the king: let my cistern. And Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.” humble plea come before you and do not send me back to the • Trust God’s Deliverance and Timing - Jeremiah house of Jonathan the secretary, lest I die there.” [21] So King 38:16 “Then King Zedekiah swore secretly to Jeremiah, ‘As the Zedekiah gave orders, and they committed Jeremiah to the LORD lives, who made our souls, I will not put you to death or court of the guard. And a loaf of bread was given him daily deliver you into the hand of these men who seek your life.’” from the bakers’ street, until all the bread of the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.” (ESV) 2 Corinthians 4:7–12 “We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.”

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