edited by Ro Willoughby
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SEASON 1, WEEK 4: DAY 3
The living God (Jeremiah 10:1-16)
A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LIVING GOD has powerful consequences in our lives and its absence leaves a hole nothing can fill. The Israelites had been influenced by the idol worship of surrounding nations and in these verses of vivid contrast Jeremiah pointed out the futility of idols.
1. Draw a vertical line down your notebook. On the left, list the reasons Jeremiah gave why idols were useless. By contrast, how was God portrayed? Write the answers on the right. Reflect on the two columns for a minute or two.
2. What was one of the results of idol worship, described in v. 2? Looking at similarities between Jeremiah's time and today, why are the Tarot, I Ching and other New Age divinations increasingly popular now? What part can you play in directing your friends to the living God instead of, for example, mystics in newspapers and magazines, on the radio and on TV breakfast shows. What other idols do we have today, which in effect are substitutes for Israel's wooden ones? Are any of these your idols?
3. Paul used 'the living God' as a title when describing the conversion of the Thessalonian Christians. Look up 1 Thessalonians 1:8-10. What is the similarity between Paul's usage and that of Jeremiah?
Look over your answers today concerning the living God and idols and spend some time praying about the implications.
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