Panorama of the Prophets
Christ in Jeremiah
The
writer of Hebrews gives this Messianic quote:
Then I said,
'Behold, I have come In the volume of the book it is written of Me To do Your will, O God.'"
The
Purpose of the Bible is to point us to a person the Person of Jesus Christ.
A)Panorama of the Prophets
series 1st week overview 2nd Christ in
..
B)Last week Overview of
Jeremiah tonight Christ in Jeremiah.
C)The very first Messianic statement in the book of Jeremiah is
found in
1)God refers to himself as
the fountain of living water
D)Indicts Judah for
rejecting Him the fountain of living water and carving out cisterns broken
cisterns that hold no water.
The
interesting thing about that statement is that Jesus referred to himself in the
same manner on two separate occasions.
A)
Jesus
answered and said to her, "Whoever drinks of this water will thirst
again, 14 but whoever drinks of the
water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give
him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting
life."
B)Perpetual flow { Inner
thirst quenched
On the last
day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, "If
anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.
38 He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart
will flow rivers of living water."
39 But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him
would receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet
glorified.
C)The role of the Holy
Spirit imparting the life of Christ into us fulfilling
Another
Interesting thing about the Prophet Jeremiah is when Jesus asked his
disciples who do men say that I am
A)One of the opinions was
Jeremiah.
B)The Disciples said some of
the people think you are Jeremiah you remind them of Jeremiah the prophet
The similarities between Jeremiah and
Jesus Christ are worth noting.
Neither married (16:2)
Both were rejected
by their own towns (11:21 and 12:6) with Luke 4:16-30).
Jeremiah ministered
under the menacing shadow of
Both were considered traitors by their people.
Jeremiah was
viciously opposed by the false prophets, Jesus by the scribes and Pharisees,
the false leaders of His day.
Jeremiah gathered
few disciples about him; Jesus had a small following.
Both were arrested
falsely and persecuted.
Both emphasized a
religion of the heart, and not merely one of outward forms and ceremonies.
In their preaching,
both used striking illustrations and comparisons.
Both revealed a
tender, sympathetic heart that was crushed by the wickedness of a nation that
should have obeyed Gods Word.
Both wept over the city of
It was this heart for the People that reveals our next
picture:
A)God indicts the Shepherds of
B)He prophesies that God is going to send one from the
branch of David that will be a true Shepherd a true King
4 I will set up
shepherds over them who will feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be
dismayed, nor shall they be lacking," says the Lord.
5 "Behold,
the days are coming," says the Lord,
"That I
will raise to David a Branch of righteousness; A King shall reign and prosper,
And execute judgment and righteousness in the earth.
6 In His days
THE LORD OUR
RIGHTEOUSNESS.
Jehovah
Tsidkenu The Lord our Righteousness
When
you put your faith in Jesus Christ,
His
righteousness is put into your account and you are declared righteous before
God. This is called "being justified by faith" (Rom
The Greatest
picture of Christ we have in the book of Jeremiah comes in the form of what he
will establish A new Covenant
The doctrine of the New covenant lies at the root of all true theology.
It has been said that he who understands the distinction between the Old Covenant
& the New Covenant is a master of
divinity. Spurgeon.
Now
a Covenant is a Contract or an Agreement between two parties
A)Several covenants that God made in the O.T. but
the Main Cov. Was the called the Old Cov. That He made w/
B) In the Book of Exodus giving of the Law the Lord
established this Cov. / the TERMS of
this Cov are found in several places Rd on
22If you are careful to obey every
command I am giving you to follow, and love the LORD your God, and do what he
has told you to do, and are loyal to him, 23then the LORD will force
all those nations out of the land ahead of you, and you will take the land from
nations that are bigger and stronger than you. 24Everywhere you step
will be yours
26See, today I am letting you choose a
blessing or a curse. 27You will be blessed if you obey the commands
of the LORD your God that I am giving you today. 28But you will be
cursed if you disobey the commands of the LORD your God.
C) The thing we see
about the terms of this Cov. Is there was a Condition
1)
The Promise of Blessing was based upon mans
obedience in keeping the Law of God / In Living according to the 10
Commandments
D) And in the Book of Exodus When
God thundered from on top of
1)
All that the Lord has said we will do/ But Broke that 40 days later
Moses delayed his coming down Make us a Calf
That was the Problem w/ the
Old Covenant & the reason there was a Need for a New Cov. / Problem
was Man couldnt keep it
A)The First Cov. Was not Fautless or w/ out Fault
but the fault wasnt w/ God or what He established / it
was w/ THEM /
B) The Problem was w/ Man & in his inability to
hold up his end of the Bargain / to keep the O.C. / the Law
C)The Lord sent Jesus to
establish a new Covenant Jeremiah foretold -
RD
Now there are 3
key components to the N.C. New heart / New Part /New Start /
New heart v.33
I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their
hearts;
26I will give you a
new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out
of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27I will put My Spirit
within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments
and do them.
There
the Lord declares I am going to give you a New Heart
A) New Heart speaks of an Internal work! The O.C.
was external: the focus was on man's outward performance: Sacrifices/
washings
1) Keeping the Law
B.) But The outward sacrifices; & washings could not
effect the inward!
C)Be surprised what heart is
capable of :
D.) Been rightly said that at the Heart of mans problem is a heart problem!
1) Our Hearts are wicked I am never surprised any more hear of
something someone did .
But praise the
Lord - He has the answer to OUR heart problem: He says I will give you a new heart!
A.) Not clean up the
heart but give you a new heart!/
B)The Heart is the core of who we
are & that is where God starts on the Transformation work
B.) Heart transplant! Meet people here testimonies
Now
in Ezk God says I will Remove your Heart of stone:
A.) Speaks of Hard heart no
response to God's call - seed on wayside no interest in spiritual things / it is a heart that is spiritually Cold & unfeeling
B) A heart that is Dead
Spiritually there is no life; no vitality;
1)
The Lord takes out that cold hard lifeless heart
& gives us a New heart a heart of
flesh
C) Living; feeling
Tender: & responsive! Pride
stubbornness are broken down - the new heart readily answers the call of God;
But notice what
else the Lord declared in Ezk. Not only will I give you a New heart but I
will place my spirit w/ in you & He will cause you to
.
A)The Lord says that Part of this new work is that
my spirit is going to live inside your heart do a change in you
B)Jesus declared
1)Teach you guide you
convict you call to your remembrance.
C)Point Internal work Vs
External working.
A
Scieintist was touring in the Aminish Country of Penn. The Amish are people who
love God very deeply / Very old fashioned in the way they live
A)No TV / no computers / no
modern day appliances / no cars / everything is still in the horse & buggy
stage
B) They live very simply &
they talk in king James English / thees & thous
C) Well this particular Scientist
was talking w/ this Amish man about the Amish mans believe in God
1)
Do you really believe that there is a God ? / A. man
answered Ye
Sceintist said
Have you ever seen God ? Ne /
Smelt God ? Ne / touched God ? Ne
Well how can you believe that
there is a God if you havent seen / smelt / touched God How do you even know
there is a God / Unscientific illogical
The A. man answer was
great : tellest thou me this / Pretale Hast
thou ever seen thy brain ? No /hast thou
. Smelt
/ NO / touched thy brain ? NO
Then how knowest
thou that thou hast a BRAIN ?
How Knowest thou
that God is real New Cov. Like that great old Hymn put it :
I serve a
risen savior He is in the world today, I know that He is living No matter what
men may say I hear his voice of mercy I hear his voice of cheer and just the
time I need Him He is always near.
He lives, He
lives Christ Jesus lives today He walks w/ me & talks w/ me along lifes
narrow way. He lives He lives salvation to impart You ask me how I know He lives
He lives w/ in my heart . The NC
A New heart God spirit in us
to lead us / direct us & empower us
I want us to
consider the 2nd aspect of this New Cov A New Part / notice the
end of v.33,34 and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. None of them shall teach his neighbor, and
none his brother, saying, Know the Lord,
for all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them.
A.)Now right away we see a
difference here / there is an Intimacy
that is described in the words "I
will be their God! They all shall know
me "
B)we see here the Lord gives Himself as the chief
blessing of the NC
C)OC relationship of
Distance Tab / veil / Priest
D)
1) Know me -
But in the NC the
Lord says I will be their God & they shall be my people and all of
them shall Know me
Not just Knowing him as the
Creator
More than Knowing about Him
Nor is it simply an intellectual
Knowledge of Him / Knowing about Him
A)I
know about Billy Graham read books about his life / From what I have read / I
consider him a great man / But no first hand Knowledge
B)
Now I have
friends who have spent time w/ him / pictures of them w/ Billy in their office
They Know him
1) They tell me about their
time w/ him ( very jealous )/ But for me It
is only a Knowledge
C) The NC promises more than just an intellectual
Knowledge /
1) it is not a vicarious
relationship where I am trying to live my relationship thru someone
else ( tell me more about God)
Remember Kid
tell her I like her / See if she likes me / Tell her I think she is cool / tell
her pretty dress
A)Word gets out so & so likes each other never
talked / dont really know each other
B) Some people are like that w/ the Lord Live their
relationship w/ Him through someone else / parent / Spouse / Missionary in a
book
1) But the
NC is a Relationship where the Lord says You can
Know me
C) It is a Knowledge
that speaks of an Intimacy a closeness in relationship
D) And When God says they shall be my people terms of endearment not servitude that
He is referring to / talking FAMILY
1) Incredible to try &
understand that God declares that He wants us to know Him !!!!
When He says that
I will be their God He is declaring I will be their ALL in ALL!
A)Aloving
& tender Father. A watchful shepherd &Guardian of his flock. A friend
that stickes closer than a brother. A rock/ A refuge/ A fortress/
B)A
high tower/ A castle of defense/ all that,& more is part of what is
ment when He said I will be their God,
1) Included in that phrase are
all the gracious titles of our Lord and all the blessed promises, and all the
divine privileges.
C) A new Part
New
Start
For I will
forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more."
This is the most
Exciting aspect of the New Cov. Sins forgiven & forgotten
1) Psalm
103:12 As far as the east is from the west he has removed our
transgressions
How far is the
East from the west Immeasurable no end in sight infinte : God chooses
to put out of His Remembrance
A) Not just that He is not dwelling on them / completely
REMOVED/ gone
B)Now on the day of Atonement the
Priest would first sacrifice a bull for his own sins
1)
Go into the HH w/ the blood of the Bull sprinkle
7
times on the floor and then 7 times on the Mercy
seat Signifying his sins were covered
C) After that He would go out
& Sacrifice a goat the goat was sacrificed for the sins of the people/
back into the HH sprinkle the Blood
7 times
.
1)
The People would wait w/ anticipation for the
High Priest to come out
D) Now there was a 2nd goat that were
chosen Now the two goats were actually VIEWED as one goat,
1)
Because both goats had a part to play in this
ritual representing the sins of the People
being covered for another yr
E)The
First goat was slain / his blood shed :satisfying the requirement of God that w/out the shedding of blood there is no remission of
sins
Then
the H.P. would take the live goat place
his hands on it signifying sins being transferred / this goat was bearing their sins
/
A)Then this goat which was
called the scapegoat would be led out into the wilderness far away
B) Several
priests would leave with the goat, and
at each mountain peak a priest would wait.
1)
One Priest would lead the goat out in the wilderness
by himself hed untie
it, turn it loose, chase it off,
C) Now when it went over the
hill, he would turn and wave to the priest on the hill behind him. Signaling Its gone.
1) He would in turn, wave to the priest on the
next hill, who would wave to the priest on the next hill,
.. H.P.who standing at
the door of the Tab.
D)He then would go
out and announce to the people, Youre sins are gone! And the people
would rejoice/ & Celebrate
1)Our sins are gone! The goat is disappeared and the sins are
gone!
Great cause for celebration.
The
two goats picture beautifully the work of redemption in Christ
A)One was killed
sig. The requirement met/ wages of sin
is death w/out the shedding of blood there is no remission / Signified Sins
were forgiven
B) The One led out
sig. Sins being
forgotten taken away
to be remembered no more Puts it out of Gods rememberance
1)
That is exactly what Christ accomplished for us on
the Cross / thru which He established this NC Sins Forgiven / Sins Forgotten
C)
So that everyday in the NC is a NEW START !!!!
D)Sins
forgiven and forgotten.
E)Took
the cup this cup is my blood of the new Covenant shed for many remission
of sins.
F)Covenants
sealed in blood or a Sacrifice.
1)Final
Sacrifice glorious new covenant
New heart / Part / Start