The LORD Your God

Text: Jeremiah 2
1 May 2016

1. References to God   (Jeremiah 1-2)

a) The LORD   (Jeremiah 1:2, 9, 12, 13, 19)
b) LORD God   (Jeremiah 1:6; 2:22)
c) The LORD your God   (Jeremiah 2:19)
d) The LORD God of hosts   (Jeremiah)

2. Reference to the Word of God The Word of the LORD   (Jeremiah 1:2, 4, 11, 13; 2:1, 4, 31)

3. Relating to God Understanding the Names of God

a) Single title
b) Multiple titles

4. Revelation of God (in general)

a) Relationship of God with His people
b) Appropriate regard for God
c) Reverence for God

5. Revelation of the name “LORD”

a) I am the LORD   (Exodus 6:2)
b) God Almighty (El Shaddai)   (Exodus 6:3)
c) The covenant of the LORD   (Exodus 6:4)

6. The Right of God to address His people

a) To rebuke them for their wicked ways
i) For turning to idols   (Jeremiah 2:5)
ii) For not seeking God   (Jeremiah 2:6)
iii) For forsaking the Lord   (Jeremiah 2:13, 17, 19)
iv) For backsliding   (Jeremiah 2:19)
v) For becoming degenerate   (Jeremiah 2:21)
vi) For rejecting correction   (Jeremiah 2:30)
vii) For arrogance   (Jeremiah 2:31)
viii) For forgetting God   (Jeremiah 2:32)
ix) For being unrepentant   (Jeremiah 2:35)
b) Addressing the leaders
i) The priests   (Jeremiah 2:8)
ii) The rulers   (Jeremiah 2:8)
iii) The prophets   (Jeremiah 2:8)
iv) The princes   (Jeremiah 2:26)
v) The kings   (Jeremiah 2:26)
c) Warning of Judgment
i) They will not prosper   (Jeremiah 2:37)
ii) They will be conquered   (Jeremiah 2:14-16)