Session 10 | Jeremiah 36:19-31

SPEAKS

ENGAGE

PREPARE:

• leak under the kitchen sink,
• a cut that gets infected,
• check engine light on the dashboard,
• a medical bill from your provider, and
• smoke detector sounding in the middle of the night.

INTRODUCE:

“Maybe if I ignore it, then it will just go away.”

Ask:

• What can happen if we decide to just ignore the situations listed on the board?

READ:

Talk about how ignoring the truths of God’s Word
is infinitely more dangerous than ignoring a light on your dashboard
or a leak under the sink.

Ask:

• What might be some reasons people disregard the message of the Bible? (p. 85)

TRANSITION:

In today’s study
we will see Jeremiah delivering yet another message of warning from God
to the king and the people.

The king responded by destroying the scroll containing God’s message.
Ignoring God’s message and trying to destroy it
did not make the message go away—as the king would soon learn.

EXPLORE THE TEXT

CONTEXT:

set the stage for the events described in Jeremiah 36.
Share that many biblical scholars believe these events happened around 605 BC,
the year that Babylon’s Nebuchadnezzar first conquered Jerusalem.

TRANSITION:

On the surface, Jehoiakim owed his reign to King Nebuchadnezzar.
But while the Babylonian ruler may have been the human agent in placing Jehoiakim on the throne,
God was behind the scenes working out His plans and purposes.

Yet, Jehoiakim never acknowledged God,
and his stubborn refusal to accept God’s words would lead
to his eventual downfall.