wednesday bible study december 5, ’12 are buried shorts & beligerant saints really Good for Nothing?! Jeremiah 13:1-11 THESouthwestCHURCH What’s the point of salt... that isn’t salty...? Matthew 5:13 “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.
THESouthwestCHURCH What’s the point of light... that isn’t lighty...?! Luke 8:16 “No one lights a lamp and hides it in a clay jar or puts it under a bed. Instead, they put it on a stand, so that those who come in can see the light.
THESouthwestCHURCH How sad would it be for God to describe us as “good for nothing.”
THESouthwestCHURCH 13:1 This is what the Lord said to me: “Go and buy a linen belt and put it around your waist, but do not let it touch water.” 2 So I bought a belt, as the Lord directed, and put it around my waist.
THESouthwestCHURCH 3 Then the word of the Lord came to me a second time: 4 “Take the belt you bought and are wearing around your waist, and go now to Perath and hide it there in a crevice in the rocks.” 5 So I went and hid it at Perath, as the Lord told me.
THESouthwestCHURCH 6 Many days later the Lord said to me, “Go now to Perath and get the belt I told you to hide there.” 7 So I went to Perath and dug up the belt and took it from the place where I had hidden it, but now it was ruined and completely useless. THESouthwestCHURCH 8 Then the word of the Lord came to me: 9 “This is what the Lord says: ‘In the same way I will ruin the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem. 10 These wicked people, who refuse to listen to my words,
THESouthwestCHURCH who follow the stubbornness of their hearts and go after other gods to serve and worship them, will be like this belt—completely useless!
THESouthwestCHURCH 11 For as a belt is bound around the waist, so I bound all the people of Israel and all the people of Judah to me,’ declares the Lord, ‘to be my people for my renown and praise and honor. But they have not listened.’
THESouthwestCHURCH Does God think that buried shorts & beligerant saints really are Good for Nothing?!
THESouthwestCHURCH * Buy ‘em...1a, 2a 13:1 This is what the Lord said to me: “Go and buy a linen belt... 2 So I bought a belt, as the Lord directed... THESouthwestCHURCH * Wear ‘em...1b, 2b,3-4a, 1b put it around your waist,... 2b and put it around my waist... 3 Then the word of the Lord came to me a second time: 4 “Take the belt you bought and are wearing around your waist,
THESouthwestCHURCH * Destroy ‘em...1c 1c do not let it touch water...
THESouthwestCHURCH * Bury ‘em...4b,5 4b and go now to Perath and hide it there in a crevice in the rocks... 5 So I went and hid it at Perath, as the Lord told me...
THESouthwestCHURCH * Dig ‘em up...6-7 6 Many days later the Lord said to me, “Go now to Perath and get the belt I told you to hide there.” 7 So I went to Perath and dug up the belt...
THESouthwestCHURCH * Hold ‘em up...7 7 took it from the place where I had hidden it, but now it was ruined and completely useless...
THESouthwestCHURCH God doesn’t want His People to be Prideful...
18-10a
THESouthwestCHURCH * Listen to God... These wicked people, who refuse to listen to my words,
THESouthwestCHURCH * Lean toward God... who follow the stubbornness of their hearts
THESouthwestCHURCH * Learn from God... and go after other gods to serve and worship them
THESouthwestCHURCH God doesn’t want His People to be Pointless...
2 10b THESouthwestCHURCH * Get Close...1-2, 11
THESouthwestCHURCH 13:1 This is what the Lord said to me: “Go and buy a linen belt and put it around your waist, but do not let it touch water.” 2 So I bought a belt, as the Lord directed, and put it around my waist.
THESouthwestCHURCH 11 For as a belt is bound around the waist, so I bound all the people of Israel and all the people of Judah to me,’ declares the Lord, ‘to be my people for my renown and praise and honor...
THESouthwestCHURCH * Get Close...1-2, 11 * Get Clean...1
THESouthwestCHURCH 13:1 This is what the Lord said to me: “Go and buy a linen belt and put it around your waist, but do not let it touch water.”
THESouthwestCHURCH * Get Close...1-2, 11 * Get Clean...1b * Get Committed...11
THESouthwestCHURCH 11 For as a belt is bound around the waist, so I bound all the people of Israel and all the people of Judah to me,’ declares the Lord, ‘to be my people for my renown and praise and honor. But they have not listened.’
THESouthwestCHURCH Does God think that buried shorts & beligerant saints really are Good for Nothing?!
THESouthwestCHURCH Matthew 5:13 “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be! thrown out and trampled underfoot.
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