A Light for Today,
until the Morning Star Rises Tomorrow
Jeremiah 1:4-10 – New International Version (NIV)
4 The word of the Lord
came to me, saying,
5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
before you were born I set you apart;
I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
before you were born I set you apart;
I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
6 “Alas, Sovereign Lord,”
I said, “I do not know how to speak; I am too young.”
7 But the Lord said
to me, “Do not say, ‘I am too young.’ You must go to everyone I send you to and
say whatever I command you. 8 Do not be afraid of them, for I
am with you and will rescue you,” declares the Lord.
9 Then the Lord
reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, “I have put my words
in your mouth. 10 See, today I appoint you over nations and
kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to
plant.”
What came to Jeremiah (verse 4)?
When was he appointed to be a “prophet to the nations” (verse 5)?
Why did Jeremiah think that he could not be a “prophet to the nations” (verse 6)?
In your opinion, why did the Lord respond with an instruction on what not to do and also what to do (verse 7)?
Why was Jeremiah not to be afraid (verse 8)?
How did the Lord put words in Jeremiah’s mouth (verse 9)?
What was Jeremiah appointed to do to kingdoms and nations (verse 10)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?
Luke 1:67-80 - New International Version (NIV)
67 His father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and
prophesied:
68 “Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel,
because he has come to his people and redeemed them.
69 He has raised up a horn of salvation for us
in the house of his servant David
70 (as he said through his holy prophets of long ago),
71 salvation from our enemies
and from the hand of all who hate us—
72 to show mercy to our ancestors
and to remember his holy covenant,
73 the oath he swore to our father Abraham:
74 to rescue us from the hand of our enemies,
and to enable us to serve him without fear
75 in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
because he has come to his people and redeemed them.
69 He has raised up a horn of salvation for us
in the house of his servant David
70 (as he said through his holy prophets of long ago),
71 salvation from our enemies
and from the hand of all who hate us—
72 to show mercy to our ancestors
and to remember his holy covenant,
73 the oath he swore to our father Abraham:
74 to rescue us from the hand of our enemies,
and to enable us to serve him without fear
75 in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
76 And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most
High;
for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him,
77 to give his people the knowledge of salvation
through the forgiveness of their sins,
78 because of the tender mercy of our God,
by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven
79 to shine on those living in darkness
and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the path of peace.”
for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him,
77 to give his people the knowledge of salvation
through the forgiveness of their sins,
78 because of the tender mercy of our God,
by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven
79 to shine on those living in darkness
and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the path of peace.”
80 And the child grew and became strong in spirit; and he lived
in the wilderness until he appeared publicly to Israel.
When did Zechariah
prophesy (verse 67)?
Why should “praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel” (verse 68)?
In your opinion,
what does it mean that the Lord has “raised
up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David” (verse 69)?
How had the Lord
said He would raise up the horn of salvation (verse 70)?
What is the
salvation from (verse 71)?
What is the Lord
to remember (verse 72)?
How was the Lord
to enable “us to serve him” (verse 74)?
Why will
Zechariah’s child be “called a prophet of
the Most High” (verse 76)?
What will
Zechariah’s child “give his people” (verse
77)?
In your opinion,
what does it mean that the forgiveness of sins that verse 77 talks about is “because of the tender mercy of our God”
(verse 78)?
Where will the “rising sun” that will come to us from
heaven “guide our feet” (verses 78
and 79)?
What did
Zechariah’s child do (verse 80)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message
of this passage?
In your opinion, what are the similarities
between Zechariah’s child of Luke 1:67-80 and Jeremiah of Jeremiah 1:4-10?
2 Timothy 3:10-17
- New International Version (NIV)
10 You, however, know all about my teaching, my way of
life, my purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance, 11 persecutions,
sufferings—what kinds of things happened to me in Antioch, Iconium and Lystra,
the persecutions I endured. Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them. 12 In
fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be
persecuted, 13 while evildoers and impostors will go from bad
to worse, deceiving and being deceived. 14 But as for you,
continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you
know those from whom you learned it, 15 and how from infancy
you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for
salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is God-breathed
and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,
17 so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for
every good work.
What does Timothy know about Paul (verses
10 and 11)?
Who had rescued Paul from “all of them” (verse 11)?
Who will be persecuted (verse 12)?
In your opinion, what does Paul mean when
he says that evildoers and impostors “will
go from bad to worse” (verse 13)?
What is Timothy to continue in (verse 14)?
How will the Holy Scriptures make Timothy “wise for salvation” (verse 15)?
What is “God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and
training in righteousness” (verse 16)?
Who is to be “thoroughly equipped for every good work” (verse 17)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message
of this passage?
In your opinion, how is the “knowledge of salvation” that
Zechariah’s son is to give the Lord’s people in Luke 1:67-80 related to the
what Paul says that Timothy has learned and become convinced of in 2 Timothy
3:10-17?
In your opinion, how is the words that the
Lord put in Jeremiah’s mouth in Jeremiah 1:4-10 similar to the Scripture that
Paul says is “useful for teaching,
rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness” in 2 Timothy 3:10-17?
2 Peter 1:19-21 –
New International Version (NIV)
19 We also have the prophetic message as
something completely reliable, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as
to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star
rises in your hearts. 20 Above
all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the
prophet’s own interpretation of things. 21 For
prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human,
spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
What is “completely
reliable” (verse
19)?
In your opinion, what does it mean to “pay attention to it, as to a light shining
in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts”
(verse 19)?
How much prophecy “came about by the prophet’s own interpretation of things” (verse 20)?
What did prophecy never have its origin in
(verse 21)?
How did prophets, “though human” speak (verse 21)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message
of this passage?
In your opinion, how
does what Peter says about prophecy in 2 Peter 1:19-21 at least partially
confirm what Paul says in 2 Timothy 3:10-17 about the source of Scripture?
In your opinion, what does Zechariah say
in Luke 1:67-80 that his son would bring to Israel that Peter in 2 Peter
1:19-21 says the prophetic message we have does for us?
In your opinion, what
does Jeremiah say about the source of his message in Jeremiah 1:4-10 that 2
Peter 1:19-21 confirms is true for all prophets?
In your opinion, what do these passages
from Jeremiah, Luke, 2 Timothy, and 2 Peter tell us about what we should be
paying attention to?
In your opinion, what do these passages
show us about ourselves today?
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