Session 5 | Jeremiah 18:1-12
how God described His control over all situations.
5 The word of the LORD came to me:
6 “House of Israel, can I not treat you as this potter treats his clay?”—
this is the LORD’s declaration. “
Just like clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand, house of Israel.”7 “At one moment I might announce concerning a nation
or a kingdom that I will uproot, tear down, and destroy it.
8 However, if that nation about which I have made the announcement turns from its evil,
I will relent concerning the disaster I had planned to do to it.”9 “At another time I might announce concerning a nation
or a kingdom that I will build and plant it.
10 However, if it does what is evil in my sight by not listening
to me, I will relent concerning the good I had said I would do to it.”
In Control and True to His Character.
search verses 5-10
name examples
of God being “in control” and being “true to His character.”
highlight the Key Doctrine (p. 47):
God is an intelligent, spiritual, and personal Being,
the Creator, Redeemer, Preserver, and Ruler of the universe
(Ps. 135:6; Prov. 16:9).
“relent” (v. 8).
God warned Judah that His blessing was not automatic.
What are the dangers of presuming or taking for granted God’s blessing? (p. 47)
God was showing Jeremiah that His sovereignty
gives Him the right and power to forgive those who repent
and to judge those who do not.