2. Jeremiah prophecies during the days of Josiah to Zedekiah.

3. Book of Jeremiah was written about 627 B.C.

4. Citizens of
Judah
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America

5. Citizens of Judah & America
INTRODUCTION
Were God speaking directly to the United States of America through a modern Jeremiah, the message and warnings would be the same as they were 2,600 years ago.

6. Jeremiah - the Weeping Prophet
Citizens of Judah & America
INTRODUCTION
Jeremiah - the Weeping Prophet
Reproves the sins of the Jews.
Jeremiah warns that Babylon would destroy
Jerusalem.
He urges Jerusalem to turn from idolatry.
Prophecies that the Jews would be in
Babylonian captivity for seventy years.
Jeremiah 25:11-12

7. JUDAH HAD NO DELIGHT IN GOD’S WORD
Citizens of Judah & America
JUDAH HAD NO DELIGHT IN GOD’S WORD
God’s word had become a reproach to them. Jeremiah 6:10
Reproach- Hebrew = cherpah scorn, taunt, shame, disgrace
Imagine the word of God becoming a shame and disgrace to God's people!

8. JUDAH HAD NO DELIGHT IN GOD’S WORD
Citizens of Judah & America
JUDAH HAD NO DELIGHT IN GOD’S WORD
God’s word had become a reproach to them. Jeremiah 6:10
But what about America today?
We are to desire the word of God Psalm 19:7-10; Psalm 119:

9. JUDAH WAS GIVEN TO COVETOUSNESS
Citizens of Judah & America
JUDAH WAS GIVEN TO COVETOUSNESS
God warned the people through Jeremiah. Jeremiah 6:11-13
Is America any different from Judah?
Ecclesiastes 5:10 He who loves silver will not be satisfied with silver; nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity.

10. JUDAH WAS GIVEN TO COVETOUSNESS
Citizens of Judah & America
JUDAH WAS GIVEN TO COVETOUSNESS
God warned the people through Jeremiah. Jeremiah 6:11-13
Is America any different from Judah?
We are warned about covetousness today.
Luke 12:15 And He said to them, "Take heed and beware of covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses."

11. Romans 1:29 being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers,
Ephesians 5:3 But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints;
Colossians 3:5 Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.

12. JUDAH POSSESSED A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY
Citizens of Judah & America
JUDAH POSSESSED A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY
The people of Judah accused the prophets of lying. Jeremiah 5:12-13
The people of Judah thought everything was all right. Jeremiah 6:14
The church at Laodicea had a false sense of security. Revelation 3:17-18
What about America today?

13. JUDAH LOVED FALSE RELIGIOUS TEACHING
Citizens of Judah & America
JUDAH LOVED FALSE RELIGIOUS TEACHING
The people of Judah loved false prophecies. Jeremiah 5:30-31
King Ahab loved false prophecies in his day. 1 Kings 22:6-8
What about America today?
Does the truth bother us? Galatians 4:16
Do we like false doctrine? Matthew 15:8-9

14. JUDAH WAS NOT ASHAMED OF THEIR SINS
Citizens of Judah & America
JUDAH WAS NOT ASHAMED OF THEIR SINS
The people of Judah had forgotten how to blush. Jeremiah 6:15; 8:12
America today does not know how to blush!
The people of America have forgotten how to blush!

15. Tim Tebow
Bruce Jenner
Bible Thumper
Shut up!!!!!!!!!

16. This is what’s wrong with America
Tim Tebow
Bruce Jenner
Bible Thumper
Shut up!!!!!!!!!
This is what’s wrong with America

17. JUDAH REFUSED TO SEEK THE OLD PATHS
Citizens of Judah & America
JUDAH REFUSED TO SEEK THE OLD PATHS
The people of Judah needed to return to the old paths (God’s way). Jeremiah 6:16, 19
America today needs to return to the old paths (God’s way). Matthew 7:21-23
Proverbs 16:25 There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.

18. Citizens of
Judah
Jeremiah 21:8-10 “Now you shall say to this people, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death. 9 He who remains in this city shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence; but he who goes out and defects to the Chaldeans who besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be as a prize to him. 10 For I have set My face against this city for adversity and not for good,” says the Lord. “It shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.” ’

19. What will America choose. Will we choose the way of life or of death
What will America choose? Will we choose the way of life or of death? Will history repeat itself? Will America fall like Judah because of turning away from God?
Citizens of
America

20. Citizens of
Judah
Citizens of
America