Do Not Pray
May 4, 2019 • Rabbi Jacob Rosenberg PhD
####Background: Chapter 7 has a long discourse on the Temple, possibly during the High Holidays. People have become confident in the Temple instead of uprightness, faithfulness and obedience to God. This is a similar message he gives in Chapter 11 and 26.
- Jeremiah 7:1-4
- Jeremiah 7:5-15
- Jeremiah 7:16-20
- Jeremiah 7:21-34
- 1 Tim 1:20; 1 Cor 5:5
- 1 John 1:5-9
####Going Deeper group study questions:
- Read Jer. 7:4-8, Micah 3:11, Gen. 17:7-8, Exodus 19:5-6, 2 Sam 7:16, Ps 132:13-14
- Is it possible to believe more in a promise rather than the one who promises?
- Read Deut 7:12–15; 28; cf. 1 Kgs 8:27; Isa 57:15
- What is required for obedience?
- Read Her 7:5-7, Ezek. 18:5–9; Mic 6:6–8; Jas 1:26–27
- What is the type of religion that pleases God?