Jeremiah 39.1-18 “Standing Alone on the Right Side of History”

“Standing Alone on the Right Side of History”

For forty years, Jeremiah called Israel to repentance for idolatry and false hope. He stood alone. Yet God vindicated him and fulfilled Jeremiah’s Word that God had commissioned him to speak. God brought judgment upon Israel for their sins according to God’s prophetic promise. Jeremiah is delivered by Babylon from prison.

hope. He stood alone. Yet God vindicated him and fulfilled Jeremiah’s Word that God had commissioned him to speak. God brought judgment upon Israel for their sins according to God’s prophetic promise. Jeremiah is delivered by Babylon from prison.

I. Alone

I. Alone

A. Jeremiah’s call to repentance

1. The prophets and the executive rulers speak peace while the nation sinks into moral degradation – ,

sinks into moral degradation – ,

2. Jeremiah grieves over their sin and future judgment – ;

B. God’s Word is a derision to him daily –

1. He is persecuted – ,

2. God’s Word was publicly rejected –

II. Judgment –

A. For nearly two years Nebuchadnezzar’s army laid siege to Jerusalem

1. Babylon took the city –

2. Victory for Babylon as the princes of Babylon sat in the gates of the city –

city –

B. Cowardice –

1. Judgment – ;

2. Remnant –

3. Socialist system of equalizing the nation – (Socialism is the solution after either a foreign power defeats a nation, one’s own government forces it on its people, or a natural disaster devastates a nation)

one’s own government forces it on its people, or a natural disaster

devastates a nation)

III. Rescue –

A. Jeremiah taken from prison –

1. He is rescued by Israel’s enemies

2. He is given his freedom

3. The Word of God is not bound

B. Jesus stood alone before His accusers

1. In Caiaphas’ house –

2. Abandoned by His disciples and friends –

3. His grief is prophesied – ,

Are you willing to stand alone against those who blaspheme our Savior God, ignore and even pervert His commands and are at ease in their sin? You can be sure that you are more than a conqueror in Christ.

God, ignore and even pervert His commands and are at ease in their sin?

You can be sure that you are more than a conqueror in Christ.