GOD PLEADING FOR SAINTS, AND SAINTS PLEADING FOR GOD
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Jeremiah
62 sermons on Jeremiah
A TEST FOR TRUE SEEKERS
Jeremiah 1:5 — "They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward."
A SORE GRIEVANCE
Jeremiah 1:6 — "They have forgotten their resting-place."
THE LESSON OF THE ALMOND TREE
Jeremiah 1:11 — "Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree. Then said the Lord unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it."
“THY FIRST LOVE”
Jeremiah 2:2 — "Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the Lord; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown."
THE LOVE OF OUR ESPOUSALS
Jeremiah 2:2 — "Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the Lord: I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown."
WORDS OF EXPOSTULATION
Jeremiah 2:18 — "And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river?"
HYMNS FROM “OUR OWN HYMN BOOK”-737, 685, 682
Jeremiah 2:32 — "Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number."
THE RELATIONSHIP OF MARRIAGE
Jeremiah 3:14 — "Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord; for I am married unto you."
THE ARK OF THE COVENANT
Jeremiah 3:16 — "And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the Lord, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the Lord: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any more."
INTERROGATION AND EXCLAMATION
Jeremiah 3:19 — "But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me. My Father; and shalt not turn away from me."
HOPE FOR THE WORST BACKSLIDERS
Jeremiah 3:22 — "Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the Lord our God. Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel."
BAD LODGERS, AND HOW TO TREAT THEM
Jeremiah 4:14 — "O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?"
THE WAILING OF RISCA
Jeremiah 4:20 — "Suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment."
STORMING THE BATTLEMENTS
Jeremiah 5:10 — "Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end; take away her battlements; for they are not the Lord’s."
PORTION OF SCIPTURE READ BEFORE SERMON-PSALM 73
Jeremiah 5:24 — "Let us now fear the Lord our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest."
A BLAST OF THE TRUMPET AGAINST FALSE PEACE
Jeremiah 6:14 — "Peace, peace, when there is no peace."
REST AS A TEST
Jeremiah 6:16 — "Ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls."
THOUGHTS AND THEIR FRUIT
Jeremiah 6:19 — "The fruit of their thoughts."
THE BELLOWS BURNED
Jeremiah 6:29 — "The bellows are burned."
“WHAT HAVE I DONE?”
Jeremiah 8:6 — "What have I done?"
HEALED OR DELUDED? WHICH?
Jeremiah 8:11 — "They have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace."
HARVEST PAST, SUMMER ENDED, AND MEN UNSAVED
Jeremiah 8:20 — "The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved."
INDIA’S ILLS AND ENGLAND’S SORROWS
Jeremiah 9:1 — "Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people."
AN INSTRUCTIVE TRUTH
Jeremiah 10:23 — "O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps."
SINS OF OMISSION
Jeremiah 11:8 — "Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the imagination of their evil heart: therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do; but they did them not."
ARE YOU PREPARED TO DIE?
Jeremiah 12:5 — "How wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?"
INTERCESSION AND SUPPLICATION
Jeremiah 14:22 — "Art not thou he, O Lord out God? therefore we will wait upon thee."
THE NORTHERN IRON AND THE STEEL
Jeremiah 15:12 — "Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?"
THE SECRET FOOD AND THE PUBLIC NAME
Jeremiah 15:16 — "Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of Hosts."
PORTION OF SCRIPTURE READ BEFORE SERMON-1 JOHN 2
Jeremiah 17:1 — "The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars."
JEHOVAH TSIDKENU
Jeremiah 23:6 — "This is his name whereby he shall be called, The Lord our Righteousness."
THE TWO YOKES
Jeremiah 23:13 — "Thus saith the Lord; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron."
WINNOWING-TIME
Jeremiah 23:28 — "What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the Lord."
GOD’S FIRE AND HAMMER
Jeremiah 23:29 — "Is not my word like as a fire? saith the Lord; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?"
HEART-KNOWLEDGE OF GOD
Jeremiah 24:7 — "I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the Lord."
GOD’S THOUGHTS OF PEACE, AND OUR EXPECTED END
Jeremiah 29:11 — "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end."
A SECOND WORD TO SEEKERS
Jeremiah 29:13 — "And ye shall seek me and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart."
SEEKERS DIRECTED AND ENCOURAGED
Jeremiah 29:13 — "And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart."
“THE TIME OF JACOB’S TROUBLE”
Jeremiah 30:7 — "It is even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall be saved out of it."
BLESSED PROMISES FOR DYING OUTCASTS
Jeremiah 30:17 — "For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the Lord; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after."
WHO IS THIS?
Jeremiah 30:21 — "For who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith the Lord."
SECRET DRAWINGS GRACIOUSLY EXPLAINED
Jeremiah 31:3 — "The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee."
EVERLASTING LOVE REVEALED
Jeremiah 31:3 — "The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee."
NEW TOKENS OF ANCIENT LOVE
Jeremiah 31:3 — "The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee."
THE DRAWINGS OF LOVE
Jeremiah 31:3 — "The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love; therefore, with loving-kindness have I drawn thee."
EPHRAIM BEMOANING HIMSELF
Jeremiah 31:18 — "I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God."
GOD, THE HUSBAND OF HIS PEOPLE
Jeremiah 31:32 — "Although I was an husband unto them, saith the Lord."
GOD IN THE COVENANT
Jeremiah 31:33 — "I will be their God."
THE LAW WRITTEN ON THE HEART
Jeremiah 31:33 — "After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts."
GOD’S WRITING UPON MAN’S HEART
Jeremiah 31:33 — "I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts."
KNOWING THE LORD THROUGH PARDONED SIN
Jeremiah 31:34 — "And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord; for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more."
SEALED AND OPEN EVIDENCES
Jeremiah 32:14 — "Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Take these evidences, this evidence of the purchase, both which is sealed, and this evidence which is open; and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may continue many days."
CREATION-AN ARGUMENT FOR FAITH
Jeremiah 32:17 — "Ah Lord God, behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee."
“IS ANYTHING TOO HARD FOR THE LORD?”
Jeremiah 32:26 — "Then came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah, saying, Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: is there anything too hard for me?"
THE WHOLE-HEARTEDNESS OF GOD IN BLESSING HIS PEOPLE
Jeremiah 32:41 — "Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul."
THE GOLDEN KEY OF PRAYER
Jeremiah 33:3 — "Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not."
ZEDEKIAH; OR, THE MAN WHO CANNOT SAY “NO”
Jeremiah 38:5 — "Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you."
TWO ARGUMENTS AGAINST SIN
Jeremiah 44:4 — "Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate."
THE TENDER ENQUIRY OF A FRIEND
Jeremiah 47:5 — "How long wilt thou cut thyself?"
DWELL DEEP, O DEDAN!
Jeremiah 49:8 — "Dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan."
ENQUIRING THE WAY TO ZION
Jeremiah 50:5 — "They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward."
PERFECT JUSTIFICATION AND PERFECT PARDON
Jeremiah 50:20 — "In those days, and in that time, saith the Lord, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve."