50 Shades of “J” 50 Shades of “J” III #833 November 22, 2015 Quincinera Year!

The Book of Jeremiah The heart of the matter is a M a t t e r o f t h e H e a r t.

Jesus Christ “THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS” “The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks.” Luke 6:45

C.H. Spurgeon “True religion is heart-work. We may wash the outside of the cup and the platter as long as we please, but if the inward parts be filthy, we are filthy altogether in the sight of God; for our hearts are more truly ourselves than our hands are; the very life of our being lies in the inner nature…”

So, to recap… The books of the Law The books of History The Wisdom Books Almighty God. The Prophetic Books The Book of Jeremiah, the people of God have sinned in 50 Shades of “J”, and are about to be devastated for breaking their covenant with Almighty God.

50 Shades I 1.Call 2. Message 3. Disaster 4. Injustice 5. unrighteousness 6. Prostitution 7. Adultery 8. Idolatry 9. Poor 10. Orphan 11. Fatherless 12. Foreigner/alien 13. child sacrifice14.Meaningless offerings 15. Self reliance 16.Forsaking Living water 17. Robot Religion 18. “My Anguish” 19. Stubborn hearts20. Greedy for Gain God’s Plans 30….50.

50 Shades II 21. Dirty undies 22. dry mouth 23. Flat wine 24. “The Joneses” 25. Pride 26. Presumption 27. “neighing” 28. drunkenness GOD’SP L A N S 29. GOD’S P L A N S 30. Deaf31. Wickedness 32. Defiant33. Unrepentant 34. Unlisteners35. Obstinate 36. Stubborn37. Negligent shepherds (13:20) 38. Amnesia 39. Forsaken 40….50.

50 Shades III G O D ’ S P L A N S 29. G O D ’ S P L A N S 31.Extortion 32. Oppression 33. Violence 34. Unsent 35. Unappointed 36. Dreamers 37. Cursed 38. Enslaved 39. Forsaken 40. Shame full 41. Stiff-necked 42. Sabbath-breakers 43. “marred” 44. false prophets evil hearted 45. Fake priests 46. evil hearted 47. Gone-to-pot 48. plundered 49. Exiled 50. DISOBEDIENT

29 Within the cavalcade of sin is Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”

O O P s O O P s !! Our Own Plans “…Look! I am preparing a disaster for you and devising a plan against you. So turn from your evil ways, each one of you, and reform your ways and your actions.’ (12) But they will reply; ‘It’s no use. We will continue with our own plans; each of us will follow the stubbornness of his evil heart.” Jeremiah 18:11-12

The chilling Matter of the Heart “The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? “I the LORD search the heart and examine the mind, to reward a man according to his conduct according to what his deeds deserve.” Jeremiah 17:9-10

King David “A man after God’s own heart.” “He defended the cause of the poor and needy, and so all went well. Is that not what it means to know me?” declares the LORD. Jeremiah 22:16 your heart (17) “But your eyes and your heart are set only on dishonest gain…”

“Don’t you know who I Am?” -The Potter Jeremiah 18:1-10 “O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter does?” declares the LORD. “Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel.”

Valley of Ben Hinnom “Valley of wrecked plans” Jeremiah 19 “In this place I will ruin the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies…break the jar while those who go with you are watching, and say to them “’This is what the LORD Almighty says: I will smash this nation and this city…” 19:7

And so it comes to pass… Jeremiah has been abused and despised and plotted against, put in the stocks, beaten…and in Jeremiah chapter 21, it happens, the assault on Jerusalem, the exile. Don’t you and I get “caught slipping”, or wear out in our Living Faith, in glowing, going and growing!

Jeremiah’s Lament “it happens to the best of us” Jeremiah 20:7-9 WHAT’S IN YOUR HEART? heart “So the Word of the LORD has brought me insult and reproach all day long. But if I say, “I will not mention Him or speak any more in His name,” His word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in, indeed, I cannot.”

Jeremiah 24:6-7 “Good Figs” “My eyes will watch over them for their good, and I will bring them back to this land. I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not uproot them. I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the LORD. They will be my people and I will be their God, for they will return to me with all their heart.”

II Chronicles 16:9 “For the eyes of the LORD range throughout the earth to strengthen those who hearts are fully committed to Him…”

The Apostle Paul II Timothy 2:22 “Flee the evil desires of youth, and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the LORD out of a pure heart.”

The heart of the matter is a matter of the Heart Jeremiah 29:11-13 “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.”