GOD SPEAKS - JEREMIAH

(Message by Tanny Keng)

0. Introduction

a) On various occasions in the Old Testament, God chose to communicate audibly with individuals. God will always find a way to make contact with those who want to know him.

b) Here is such an occasion.

1. Whom God spoke to 

@1. Jeremiah.

2. What God said

@1. Encouraged him to be his prophet.

3. Text reference: Jeremiah 1:4-10

i) ⁴ Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying: ⁵ “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you;
Before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations.” ⁶ Then said I: “Ah, Lord God! Behold, I cannot speak, for I am a youth.” ⁷ But the Lord said to me: “Do not say, ‘I am a youth,’ For you shall go to all to whom I send you, And whatever I command you, you shall speak. ⁸ Do not be afraid of their faces, For I am with you to deliver you,” says the Lord.

⁹ Then the Lord put forth His hand and touched my mouth, and the Lord said to me: “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth. ¹⁰ See, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, To root out and to pull down, To destroy and to throw down, To build and to plant.” (Jeremiah 1:4-10 NKJV)

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