Let Him Who Boasts . . .
- If it pained God so much to send enemies to take His people captive, why did He do it? Was such a measure successful?
- Think carefully. Who were the remnant, the ones left behind by the enemy, or the ones taken captive? What happened to each group in the days to come and eventually? Which group was more liable to repent and be faithful to God?
- Is it all right to brag about knowing God?
Creatures or the Creator
- Why did God command His people not to make an image to represent Him for worship? Does it have any strengths or only weaknesses? Why do people bow down to idols they have made themselves?
- Is there a difference in bowing down to an image one has made to bowing before a god imagined in our mind? Can a god be a figment of imagination?
- Can we worship the true God but with characteristics that are of our own making?
A Call to Repentance
- How can a threat be seen as sign of hope? Can a threat be delivered in a non-threatening manner or will it become ineffective?
- Are we ever beyond forgiveness?
- If we cannot remember our faults to confess them and repent are we excused?
The Call for Death
- Why do people wish to put a prophet or reformer to death? Are we different today? What kind of sermons and preachers do we like?
- Who can be authorised to pronounce a death sentence, people, a jury, a judge, a prophet, nobody?
- What are some things that are worth dying for?
Jeremiah's Escape
- Why would the people and the officials not agree with the priests and the prophets about putting Jeremiah to death?
- Which group would it be natural for the king to listen to? Why do you think he sided with the people even though the prophet was condemning him?
- What is the best way to handle a critic?
