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Introduction
Personal Experience of Recent Darkness
Feeling distant from God
Not partaking in ordinary means of Grace
Feeling exiled
Attempting to make atonement/work my way back to God
Written by Jeremiah during Israel’s Babylonian exile
Chapter 3 written in series of “tricolons” or three successive phrases
Six Characteristics of God in Suffering and Man’s Response to God
Faithfulness of God in Suffering
Goodness of God in Suffering
Sovereignty of God in Suffering
Compassion of God in Suffering
Justice of God in Suffering
Discipline of God in Suffering
Confession and Repentance
“But this I call to mind and therefore have hope.”
v21
Jeremiah writes these words from a state of despair
Lam 2:11,
Lam 2:
Are we not quick to forget our faith in the midst of suffering?
Puritans called spiritual depression the “Dark Night of the Soul”
RC Sproul “From faith to faith”
Peaks and valleys
Sometimes we may feel as if we are in a spiritual exile
What is the “this” Jeremiah calls to mind?
He remembers the promises of God rooted in the character of God
Six Characteristics of God in Suffering
He remembers the promises of God
1) Faithfulness of God in Suffering (22-24)
The Breadth of God’s Faithfulness (v 22)
As an ocean extending to an infinite horizon
The Depth of God’s Faithfulness (v 23)
As a waterfall flowing into an infinite cavern
The living water of God’s faithfulness is our only source of hope (v 24)
Realizing that God is the only source of Hope, Jeremiah changes his tune from his previous mindset of desolation and hopelessness
Realizing that God is the only source of Hope, Jeremiah
2) Goodness of God in Suffering (25-27)
It is good for us to wait on God for our deliverance (v 25)
Waiting = Trusting in God
Distrust other sources of deliverance, especially ourselves
isa
This is not a passive waiting
Seeking = Active waiting
Deliberately pursuing God in the ordinary means of grace and pursuing obedience
Content and confident
Content to suffer and confident God will rescue us from exile
We cannot profess our dependence on God and live independently from Him
It is good that we wait quietly (v 26)
a state of silence or expectant trust
we have nothing to contribute to our deliverance
trust that the Lord will save us from our suffering
Realizing the realities of suffering at a young age leads to a fuller life live in service of God (v 27)
yoke = suffering
suffering leads to repentance
the earlier one starts a life of repentance the better
3) Sovereignty of God in Suffering (28-30)
Circumstances for silence are brought on by God (v 28)
overview of first two chapters
over 70 times Jeremiah explicitly says that God is the direct cause of Israel’s suffering
Our response to God’s sovereignty in suffering is twofold:
1. Complete Humility (v 29)
2. Complete submission to God’s will (v 30)
4) Compassion of God in Suffering (31-33)
Suffering is temporary (v 31)
A call to God’s New Covenant promise and eternal plan
Suffering must end to accomplish God’s eschatelogical goal of a New Heaven and New Earth
We cannot experience compassion if we are not in a position that needs compassion (v 32)
God’s character is to dwell with His people, not to cause them suffering
God does not afflict without a just cause (v 33)
God is not malicious
He is full of mercy and justice
5) Justice of God in Suffering (34-36)
The suffering God causes is just and warranted due to sin
The suffering the world causes is unjust
Our suffering under injustice leads us to hope in God’s mercy and our salvation from corruption and unjust suffering
6) Discipline of God in Salvation (37-39)
God is sovereign in discipline
God disciplines us because He loves us
rev
God disciplines us to make us like Him
God is the source of discipline
Jeremiah is clear about this
Sin causes the need for discipline
Overruled and ordained by God
lam 1:
What is our response?
(v 40-42)
How do we respond to:
The Faithfulness of God in Suffering
The Goodness of God in Suffering
The Sovereignty of God in Suffering
The Compassion of God in Suffering
The Justice of God in Suffering
The Discipline of God in Suffering
There is only one response: Repentance (v 40)
Exile was meant to bring Israel to repentance
Suffering brings us to repentance
Acts of Repentance (v 41)
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