Inductive Bible Study Essay Example

in their culture.

We need to put the care and well-being of others above our care and concern for ourselves. We need to love all people, not just the ones that are like us, or that are nice, or that can help us get what we want. This love for people will reflect God’s love for all people which He made clear by His laws in the Old Testament and the sacrificial death of Christ for our sins in the New Testament.

Be sure to identify all figures of speech.

1. This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord:
2. Stand at the gate of the Lord's house and there proclaim this message: 'Hear the word of the Lord, all you people of Judah who come through these gates to worship the Lord.
3. This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Reform your ways and your actions, and I will let you live in this place.
4. Do not trust in deceptive words and say, 'This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord! '
5. If you really change your ways nd your actions and deal with each other justly,
6. if you do not oppress the alien, the fatherless or the widow and do not shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not follow other gods to your own harm,
7. then I will let you live in this place, in the land I gave your forefathers for ever and ever. Grasp the Text in Their Town. What did the text mean to the biblical audience? Identify the literary context and the historical context
   

of Jeremiah 7:1-7. When and where does this prophecy occur? What does the surrounding text discuss?

Does this passage fall into one of the three main points of the prophetic message or one of the indictments discussed in the text? If so, which one? Review the discussion regarding the point of the prophetic message that relates to your passage. In the days of Jeremiah, the people of Judah faced difficult times. The northern kingdom of Israel was history, taken into Assyrian captivity. Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, had defeated Assyria, and was making his way into Judah. The people of Judah had developed a false hope by placing their confidence in the temple buildings themselves.

The people were under the impression that the mere fact that the temple was located in Jerusalem would spare the city. The Lord sent Jeremiah to the temple itself to preach that it would take genuine repentance to reverse the situation. Repentance would mean not only true-hearted worship of the Lord, but also a change in how the people treated one another; that their dealings were to be just and honorable and without oppression. Sure enough, in 586 B. C. , the Babylonian invaders destroyed the city of Jerusalem, the temple of Solomon, slaughtered the Jews, and many of Judah were taken into captivity.

This passage falls into all three main points of the prophetic message:

1) Idolatry, social injustice, and religious ritualism,

2) No repentance? Then judgment!

3) Yet, there is hope beyond the judgment for a glorious, future restoration.

This is a call to personal commitment and endeavor. It is not enough to be associated with the faithful… each of us must become one of God’s

faithful. Assignment 22-1: Various Proverbs Take the Interpretive Journey with each of the proverbs listed below. That is, take the first proverb and then write a short paragraph for each of the five steps regarding that proverb. Then turn to the next proverb and complete the five steps for it, followed by the same procedure for the last proverb. Try to make the application in Step 5 a real application for your life. Proverbs 10:12 Hatred stirs up dissension, ut love covers over all wrongs.

The New Testament teaches that we, who were once enemies of God, were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, Jesus Christ. And Jesus Christ died for us because God loves us. Thus, God is the supreme model whose love covers all! We are to extend this same grace that we have received for those whom we do not like, which is why Jesus teaches one to love one’s enemies. This same principle is also reiterated for fellow believers in 1 Peter 4:8. The New Testament elucidates this proverb in the person and work of Jesus Christ and upholds its teachings as applicable to us in the new covenant.