"Called" - Jeremiah 1

“Words We Tremble to Say Outloud” - By Barbara Brown Taylor

A Call of Words

Words = Event = Change

Biblical Timeline

Where is Jeremiah?

The Call of Jeremiah

Life-World (v.2)

Politics, Power Struggles, Beliefs, Kings, Death, War

It’s into this that Jeremiah is called to speak the WORD

How can words change our life world?

Formed (v.5)

Genesis 2:7 “Then the Lord God formed a man w from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being” (NIV)

Intentional Formation, Loving Creation

How does God telling Jeremiah of his formation affect his call?

Known (v.5)

Genesis 4:1 “Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain” (ESV).

Sexual Intimacy, Knowing on a Personal Level, Covenantal Knowing

Set Apart (v.5)

Set apart for a specific use

Persons, places, days, places, things are all set apart for God’s use

To go against this is blasphemy

What does it mean that we are set apart?

Appointed (v.5)

Placed in a specific place

To give

Sent (v.7)

Command is ambiguous

To where am I being sent?

Commanded (v.7)

No room for Jeremiah’s words

Rescued (v.8)

Whatever Trouble may befall him, God will “snatch” him

Equipped (v.9)

Empowered (v.10)

Watched (v.12)

Why does the Lord say this?

What does Jeremiah’s call have to do with us?

Because of 1 Peter 2:9

“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light” (NIV)

Jeremiah’s Calling is Ours!

We, too, are all of the things listed above.