The Hope of Israel

Friday, September 26, 2014
Jeremiah 17:12-17 

12 A glorious high throne from the beginning [is] the place of our sanctuary. 
13 O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, [and] they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters. 
14 Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou [art] my praise. 
15 Behold, they say unto me, Where [is] the word of the LORD? let it come now. 
16 As for me, I have not hastened from [being] a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was [right] before thee. 
17 Be not a terror unto me: thou [art] my hope in the day of evil.

OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) Where did the prophet say that the sanctuary for the people of God was (is)? (v.12)
2) What did the prophet say would become of all who forsake the Lord? Why? (v.13)
3) For those who praise the Lord, what will He do for them? (v.14)
4) What were did the people of God ask the prophet? (v.15)
5) What did the prophet do, and refrain to do, as a servant of the Lord? (v.16)
6) What did Jeremiah ask from the Lord and why? (v.17)

APPLICATION QUESTIONS
7) How faithful have you been in ministering to God's people?
8) How have God's people responded to your ministry?
9) How frequently do you praise the Lord in good times, and in troubled times?

PRINCIPLES
10) Those the Lord places in authority over us are ultimately accountable to the Lord.
11) Those who follow the Lord will never be ashamed.
12) God is the source of healing, salvation, and refreshing through Jesus Christ.