Jehoiakim Burns Jeremiah’s Scroll - Jeremiah 36:1-32

Topics: Anger, Answers, Disobedience, Fasting, Fear, Forgiveness, Hiding, Leadership, Listening, Mourning, Obedience, People, Plans, Prayer, Prophecy, Punishment, Questions, Repentance, Sin, Words Open It * 1. What is your most vivid memory of being sent to do something risky, and how did it feel at the time? 2. When has a routine duty suddenly required courage on your part? 3. For what reasons might you be willing to defy the governing authorities? Explore It 4. Who was king of Judah when Jeremiah wrote down this prophecy from God? (36:1) * 5. What was God’s purpose in having Jeremiah record His judgments against Judah? (36:2-3) 6. Who helped Jeremiah record God’s message and deliver it to the people? (36:4-7) 7. Why had many Jews gathered in Jerusalem at the time Baruch read the scroll in the temple? (36:8- 10) 8. Who reported the gist of the prophecy to the officials gathered in the secretary’s room? (36:11-13) 9. What did the other officials ask when they heard what was happening in the temple? (36:14-15) 10. What did the shaken officials feel they must do about the prophecy? (36:16) 11. What questions did the officials ask of Baruch? (36:17-18) 12. What orders did the officials give Baruch for himself and Jeremiah? (36:19) * 13. How did the king respond in action and attitude as the scroll was being read aloud? (36:20-24) 14. What did the king’s officials respond to what the king did with the scroll? (36:25) 15. What was the king’s first action after he had burned the scroll? (36:26) 16. What was God’s response to king Jehoiakim through His servant Jeremiah? (36:27-31) * 17. How did Jeremiah and Baruch faithfully demonstrate that God’s plans would not be stopped by the king? (36:32) Get It 18. How is God’s long-suffering nature portrayed in the story of Jeremiah’s scroll? 19. What character traits were exhibited by Baruch in this story? * 20. Why were the officials afraid when they heard Baruch’s message? 21. What are the indications within the story that the officials had a good idea of how the king would react to the scroll? 22. When might a routine duty suddenly require courage to do the right thing? 23. How does a public pronouncement of a written document add weight to a message someone wants to deliver? * 24. What is our responsibility when a decision with moral consequences lies in the hands of someone above us in the chain of command? Apply It * 25. How will you respond to those in immediate authority over you who resolutely oppose God? 26. How can God’s offer of yet one more chance remind you to seek God’s forgiveness for repeated offenses you’ve had trouble conquering?