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What is the message of Jeremiah 34? ›
This chapter anticipates the final moments in the assault of the Babylonian army against Jerusalem, when Jeremiah foretold the destruction of the city and the captivity of King Zedekiah (Jeremiah 34:1-7), and sharply criticized the treacherous dealings of the princes and people with the slaves that provoked the ...
What does Jeremiah 33:6 say? ›Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.
What is the new covenant in Jeremiah 31-31-34? ›The New Covenant: Forgiveness in a New Key
A third important item in God's new covenant is a generous forgiveness that wipes the slate of the past totally clean. From the least to the greatest, “I will forgive their iniquity, and remember their sin no more” (Jeremiah 31:34).
Jeremiah 32:27 Amplified Bible (AMP)
“Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh; is there anything too difficult for Me?”
What's the big idea? Because Jeremiah prophesied in the final years of Judah before God's people were exiled to Babylon, it makes sense that the book's overarching theme is judgment. Indeed, the first forty-five chapters focus primarily on the judgment coming to Judah because of its disbelief and disobedience.
What was God's warning to Jeremiah? ›God warned Jeremiah that his own people would fight him, but God assured the prophet he would not be overcome. God's promises to be with Jeremiah and to rescue him are like his calls of Isaiah (Isaiah 6:1-13) and Paul (Acts 9:15-16).
When you deny God three times? ›Following the arrest of Jesus, Peter denied knowing him three times, but after the third denial, he heard the rooster crow and recalled the prediction as Jesus turned to look at him. Peter then began to cry bitterly. This final incident is known as the Repentance of Peter.
What does it mean that God will guard your heart? ›Guarding our hearts from a scriptural perspective means for us to be alert, through the power of Christ within us, to what enters and dwells in our hearts. We need to be aware of what we say and do, because over time, our thoughts and actions shape the status of our hearts.
What does hiding God's word in your heart keep you from? ›Hiding God's word in your heart will foster spiritual growth by guarding against those things that hurt you and displease God. I love the words of the Psalmist when he said, “Your word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against you.”
What are the three promises in the new covenant? ›Jesus' new covenant promises assure that everyone who will not resist the continual drawing of the Holy Spirit on their hearts will be drawn to Jesus through repentance and faith, be reconciled to God, forgiven of their sins, and sanctified through the writing of His law on their hearts, resulting in an “obedience that ...
What does God require in new covenant? ›
Thus, Christians believe that Jesus is the mediator of the New Covenant, and they also believe that the blood of Christ, which was shed during his crucifixion, is the only blood sacrifice which is required by the covenant. There are several Christian eschatologies that further define the New Covenant.
What is God's new covenant with us? ›Under the new covenant, God will write His laws on the hearts of His people to replace the sin that is presently written there (Jer. 17:1), but that which is written by God on the hearts of His people remains essentially the same as that which was written on tablets of stone.
What is the one thing that breaks God's heart above all? ›Your sin, my sin, Adam & Eve's sin breaks God's heart! Every choice to not believe the truth, worship things, or act selfishly grieves our heavenly Father.
What does Jeremiah 17:14 say? ›14 Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved, for you are my praise. 14 O LORD, if you heal me, I will be truly healed; if you save me, I will be truly saved. My praises are for you alone!
Why God breaks our hearts? ›He breaks our hearts by loss to prove to us that the gospel truly is gain. He breaks our hearts by grief so he can increase our longing for the place where every tear will be dried. He breaks our hearts by disappointment to prove that this world can never truly satisfy.
What are the main messages of Jeremiah? ›He called upon men to turn away from their wicked ways and dependence upon idols and false gods and return to their early covenantal loyalty to Yahweh. Repentance thus had a strong ethical colouring, since it meant living in obedience to Yahweh's will for the individual and the nation.
What is Jeremiah talking about? ›Much of Jeremiah's prophetic preaching is based on the theme of the covenant between God and Israel (God would protect the people in return for their exclusive worship of him); Jeremiah insists that the covenant is conditional, and can be broken by Israel's apostasy (worship of gods other than Yahweh, the God of Israel ...
What does rend your garments mean? ›Rend your heart and not your garments” (Joel 2:12–13). In Bible days, people expressed sorrow by tearing (rending) their clothes. Everyone who saw them knew they were grieving. If someone wanted to demonstrate their repentance and sorrow over their sin, they would publicly tear their clothes.
Why does God want us to guard our hearts? ›Guarding our hearts from a scriptural perspective means for us to be alert, through the power of Christ within us, to what enters and dwells in our hearts. We need to be aware of what we say and do, because over time, our thoughts and actions shape the status of our hearts.