The Potter's House
Questions for Study 15
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MAP OF THE ASSYRIAN EMPIRE
MAP OF THE BABYLONIAN EMPIRE
MAP OF THE PERSIAN EMPIRE IN 500 B.C.
MAP OF THE KINGDOMS OF JUDAH AND ISRAEL
MAP OF JERUSALEM AND THE TEMPLE
ISRAEL'S HISTORY
OLD TESTAMENT BOOKS TIMELINE
ISRAEL'S KINGS AND PROPHETS
TIMELINE FROM BABYLON TO ROMAN CONTROL OVER ISRAEL
I. Keep the Sabbath Holy (17:19-27)
1. Why did the Lord tell Jeremiah to deliver his message? (19) Why? (20) What was he to proclaim? (21-22) What did Jesus and Paul teach about the Sabbath, the last day of the week? (Matthew 12:5-8, 12:11-12; John 5:9-15; Romans 14:5-8)
2. Did they listen? (23) What was promised if they carried no load on the Sabbath? (24-26) And if they did? (27)
II. The Potter's House (18:1-17)
3. Where was Jeremiah told to go to? (1-2) Who did he see working there? (3) What did the potter do to a marred piece of clay he was working with? (4)
4. What was the clay like? (5-6) Had any nation ever repented and thus was spared from God's judgement? (7-8; Jonah 3:4-5, 10) What nation was the Lord thinking of in verses 9 and 10?
5. Which of the two examples given was Judah? (11-12) Had any other nation switched gods like Israel did? (13-15) When God brings destruction to such people will he rescue them? (16-17)
III. Defile and Ignore Jeremiah (18:18-23)
6. What did Judah say about Jeremiah? (18) Did Jeremiah have ill intent for Judah? (19-20) How is preaching the gospel similar?
7. Did Jeremiah take any actions against his accusers? Instead what did he do? (21-22) Why did he pray this way? (16:3-4)
8. What did Jesus teach us to do when people reject the gospel we preach? (Matthew 5:43-45; Luke 9:52-56, 10:10-11)
9. What did he pray for those who tried to kill him? (23) Why? (7:16, 11:14, 14:11-12)
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