The Heart of Man: "Why Do I Do What I Do?" Jer. 17:5-13

Intro:

Outline:

P: “Cursed is the Man” (vs. 5-6)

P: “Blessed is the Man” (vs. 7-8)

P: “The Heart” (vs. 9-13)

Summary:

Prayer:

P1: “Cursed is the Man” (vs. 5-6)

p1 (v. 5)

Thus says the LORD:

Cursed is the man

Who trusts in man

and makes flesh his strenth (arm)

Whose heart turns away from the LORD

p2 (v. 6a)

He is like

a shrub in the desert

and shall not see any good come

p3 (v. 6b )

He shall dwell

in the parched places of the wilderness

In an uninhabited salt land

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Transitional phrase:

P2: “Blessed is the Man” (vs. 7-8)

p1 (vs. -)

Blessed is the man

who trusts in the LORD

Whose trust is the LORD

p2 (vs. -)

He is like a tree

planted by water

and sends out its roots by the stream

p3 (vs. - )

Does not fear when heat comes

for its leaves reamin green

and is not anxious in the year of drought

for it does not cease to bear fruit

Application/Implications:

Transitional phrase:

P3: “The Heart” (vs. 9-13)

p1 (vs. -)

The heart is deceitful above all things

and desparately sick

who can understand it

p2 (vs. -)

I the LORD search the heart

and test the mind

to give every man according to his ways,

according to the fruit of his deeds

p3 (vs. - )

like the partridge

That gathers a brood that she did not hatch

so is he who gets riches but not by justice

in the midst of his days they will leave him

and at his end he will be a fool

A glorious throne

set on high from the beginning

is the place of our sanctuary

O LORD, the hope of Israel

all who forsake you shall be put to shame

those who turn away from you shall be written in the earth

for they have forsaken the LORD

the fountain of living water.

Application/Implications:

Transitional phrase:

P4: “” (vs. -)

p1 (vs. -)

p2 (vs. -)

p3 (vs. - )

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Transitional phrase:

Summary

Discussion questions

Worship- Renew the Mind (Scripture)

1. What passage of Scripture did we look at? Summarize it in your own words.

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Grow- Engage the Heart (Conversation)

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Serve- Enlist the Body (Action)

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