1. 1 Original Power Point By Chris Reeves Additions to the original By Jack Wheeler Clovis Ca. Email: jack@powerpointstojesus.com

2. 2 Book of Jeremiah Prepared by Chris Reeves * Winter Quarter 2004

3. 3 Jeremiah 23 Outline Judgment Against the Wicked Shepherds Wicked shepherds in the present (23:1-2) Righteous shepherds in the future (23:3-8) Judgment Against the False Prophets Their disgraceful conduct (23:9-15) Their dishonest message (23:16-22) Their deceitful methods (23:23-32) Their disrespectful attitude (23:33-40)

4. 4 Portrait of a False Prophet Jeremiah 23:9-40 Immoral (10-11) Cause to err (13) Strengthen evil (14) Human wisdom (16) False hope (17) Despise God (17) Unauthorized (21) Neglect duty (22) Prophesy lies (25-26) Forgot God (27) Rob God’s word (30) Mock true prophets (33)

5. 5 Portrait of a False Prophet Jeremiah 23:9-40 Immoral Jeremiah 23:10-11 10 For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourned; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right. 11 For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the Lord.

6. 6 Portrait of a False Prophet Jeremiah 23:9-40 Cause to err Jeremiah 23:13 And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.

7. 7 Portrait of a False Prophet Jeremiah 23:9-40 Strengthen evil Jeremiah 23:14 I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.

8. 8 Portrait of a False Prophet Jeremiah 23:9-40 Human wisdom Jeremiah 23:16 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the Lord.

9. 9 Portrait of a False Prophet Jeremiah 23:9-40 False hope Jeremiah 23:17 They say (Prophets of vs 16) still unto them that despise me, The Lord hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walks after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.

10. 10 Portrait of a False Prophet Jeremiah 23:9-40 Despise God Jeremiah 23:17 (KJV) They say still unto them that despise me, The Lord hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walks after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.

11. 11 Portrait of a False Prophet Jeremiah 23:9-40 Unauthorized Jeremiah 23:21 (KJV) I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.

12. 12 Portrait of a False Prophet Jeremiah 23:9-40 Neglect duty Jeremiah 23:22 But if they (Prophets of vs 21) had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.

13. 13 Portrait of a False Prophet Jeremiah 23:9-40 Forgot God Jeremiah 23:27 Which think to cause my people to forget my name by their (Prophets of vs 26) dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour, as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal.

14. 14 Portrait of a False Prophet Jeremiah 23:9-40 Rob God’s word Jeremiah 23:30 Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord, that steal my words every one from his neighbour.

15. 15 Portrait of a False Prophet Jeremiah 23:9-40 Mock true prophets Jeremiah 23:33 And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of the Lord? thou shalt then say unto them, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith the Lord.

16. 16 Portrait of a False Prophet Jeremiah 23:9-40 Prophesy lies Jeremiah 23:25-26 I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed. 26 How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies? yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart;

17. 17 Portrait of a False Prophet Jeremiah 23:9-40 Immoral (10-11) Cause to err (13) Strengthen evil (14) Human wisdom (16) False hope (17) Despise God (17) Unauthorized (21) Neglect duty (22) Prophesy lies (25-26) Forgot God (27) Rob God’s word (30) Mock true prophets (33)

18. 18 Jeremiah 23 Outline Judgment Against the Wicked Shepherds Wicked shepherds in the present (23:1-2) Righteous shepherds in the future (23:3-8) Judgment Against the False Prophets Their disgraceful conduct (23:9-15) Their dishonest message (23:16-22) Their deceitful methods (23:23-32) Their disrespectful attitude (23:33-40)

19. 19 Jeremiah for Today Shepherds have a great responsibility to lead in the right way (23:1; Act. 20:28-29)

20. 20 Shepherds have a great responsibility Jeremiah 23:1 Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the Lord.

21. 21 Shepherds have a great responsibility Acts 20:28-29 28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you (Elders vs 17) overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. 29 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.

22. 22 Jeremiah 23 Outline Judgment Against the Wicked Shepherds Wicked shepherds in the present (23:1-2) Righteous shepherds in the future (23:3-8) Judgment Against the False Prophets Their disgraceful conduct (23:9-15) Their dishonest message (23:16-22) Their deceitful methods (23:23-32) Their disrespectful attitude (23:33-40)

23. 23 Jeremiah for Today Jesus is the righteous king (23:5; Lk. 1:32-33; 2 Cor. 5:21)

24. 24 Jesus is the righteous king Jeremiah 23:5 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.

25. 25 Jesus is the righteous king Luke 1:32-33 32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: 33 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.

26. 26 Jesus is the righteous king 2 Corinthians 5:21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

27. 27 Jeremiah for Today False prophets look true, but they cause great trouble (Jer. 23:9; 2 Cor. 11:13-14)

28. 28 False prophets look true Jeremiah 23:9 Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the Lord, and because of the words of his holiness.

29. 29 False prophets look true 2 Corinthians 11:13-14 13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. 14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.

30. 30 Jeremiah for Today Test all teachers (Jer. 23:13; 1 Jn. 4:1-6)

31. 31 Test all teachers Jeremiah 23:13 And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.

32. 32 Test all teachers 1 John 4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

33. 33 Jeremiah for Today Nothing escapes the all-seeing eye of God (Jer. 23:23-24; Heb. 4:13)

34. 34 Nothing escapes the all-seeing eye of God Jeremiah 23:23-24 23 Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off? 24 Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord.

35. 35 Nothing escapes the all-seeing eye of God Hebrews 4:13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

36. 36 Jeremiah for Today Truth can be, and should be separated from error (Jer. 23:28; 1 Jn. 4:6)

37. 37 Truth can be, and should be separated from error Jeremiah 23:28 The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the Lord.

38. 38 Truth can be, and should be separated from error 1 John 4:6 We are of God: he that knows God hears us; he that is not of God hears not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

39. 39 Jeremiah for Today God’s word is like a fire and a hammer (Jer. 23:29; Heb. 4:12)

40. 40 God’s word is like a fire and a hammer Jeremiah 23:29 Is not my word like as a fire? saith the Lord; and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?

41. 41 God’s word is like a fire and a hammer Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

42. 42 Jeremiah for Today God is not mocked (Jer. 23:33; Gal. 6:7)

43. 43 God is not mocked Jeremiah 23:33 33 And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of the Lord? thou shalt then say unto them, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith the Lord.

44. 44 God is not mocked Galatians 6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man sows, that shall he also reap.