How Now Shall I Live - Live Called

SERIES: HOW NOW SHALL I LIVE?

LIVE CALLED

JEREMIAH 1

JUNE 5, 2022

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HOW NOW SHALL WE LIVE? – LIVE LIKE…

#1. WE ARE KNOWN and CALLED

Jeremiah 1:5 “I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb. Before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as my prophet to the nations.”

Exodus 33:17 The Lord said to Moses, “I will also do this thing of which you have spoken; for you have found favor in My sight and I have known you by name.”

1 Corinthians 8:3 but if anyone loves God, he is known by Him.

Galatians 1:15 “But even before I was born, God chose me and called me by his marvelous grace. Then it pleased Him ¹⁶ to reveal his Son to me so that I would proclaim the Good News about Jesus to the Gentiles.”

#2. BE DONE WITH EXCUSES

Jeremiah 1:6 “O Sovereign Lord,” I said, “I can’t speak for you! I’m too young!” ⁷ The Lord replied, ‘Don’t say, ‘I’m too young,’ for you must go wherever I send you and say whatever I tell you. ⁸ And don’t be afraid of the people, for I will be with you and will protect you. I, the Lord, have spoken!”

Jeremiah 1:7 The Lord replied, “Don’t say, ‘I’m too young,’ for you must go where I send you and say whatever I tell you. ⁸ And don’t be afraid of the people, for I will be with you and will protect you. I, the Lord, have spoken!”

#3. SPEAK from what you SEE

Jeremiah 1:11-15 Then the Lord said to me, “Look Jeremiah! What do you see?” And I replied, “I see a branch from an almond tree.” ¹² And the Lord said, “That’s right, and it means that I am watching, and I will certainly carry out my plans.” ¹³ Then the Lord spoke to me again and asked, “What do you see now?” And I replied, “I see a pot of boiling water, spilling from the north.” ¹⁴ “Yes,” the Lord said, “for terror from the north will boil out on the people of this land. ¹⁵ Listen! I am calling the armies of the kingdoms of the north to come to Jerusalem. I, the Lord, have spoken!”

Ephesians 1:16b-18 “I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, ¹⁷that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him. ¹⁸I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,¹⁹and the surpassing greatness of His power to us who believe.

1 Corinthians 2:1-16 ¹When I first came to you, dear brothers, and sisters, I didn’t use lofty words and impressive wisdom to tell you God’s secret plan. ²For I decided that while I was with you, I would forget everything except Jesus Christ, the one who was crucified. ³I came to you in weakness—timid and trembling. ⁴And my message and my preaching were very plain. Rather than using clever and persuasive speeches, I relied only on the power of the Holy Spirit. ⁵I did this so you would trust not in human wisdom but in the power of God.

⁶Yet when I am among mature believers, I do speak with words of wisdom, but not the kind of wisdom that belongs to this world or to the rulers of this world, who are soon forgotten. ⁷No, the wisdom we speak of is the mystery of God his plan that was previously hidden, even though he made it for our ultimate glory before the world began. ⁸But the rulers of this world have not understood it; if they had, they would not have crucified our glorious Lord. ⁹That is what the Scriptures mean when they say, 

“No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined

what God has prepared for those who love him.” –[BUT LOOK AT VERSE 10]

¹⁰But it was to us that God revealed these things by his Spirit. For his Spirit searches out everything and shows us God’s deep secrets. ¹¹No one can know a person’s thoughts except that person’s own spirit, and no one can know God’s thoughts except God’s own Spirit. ¹²And we have received God’s Spirit (not the world’s spirit), so we can know the wonderful things God has freely given us.

¹³When we tell you these things, we do not use words that come from human wisdom. Instead, we speak words given to us by the Spirit, using the Spirit’s words to explain spiritual truths. ¹⁴But people who aren’t spiritual can’t receive these truths from God’s Spirit. It all sounds foolish to them and they can’t understand it, for only those who are spiritual can understand what the Spirit means. ¹⁵Those who are spiritual can evaluate all things, but they themselves cannot be evaluated by others. ¹⁶For, “Who can know the LORD’s thoughts? Who knows enough to teach him?” But we understand these things, for we have the mind of Christ.

Jeremiah 1:17 “Get up and prepare for action. Go out and tell them everything I tell you to say. Do not be afraid of them, or I will make you look foolish in front of them.”

Jeremiah 1:18 For see, today I have made you strong like a fortified city that cannot be captured, like and iron pillar or a bronze wall. You will stand against the whole land – the kings, officials, priests, and people of Judah. ¹⁹ They will fight you, but their will fail. For I am with you, and I will take care of you. I, the Lord, have spoken!”

Ephesians 4:1 “Therefore I, a prisoner for serving the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of your calling, for you have been called by God.”