| Open The Scriptures 1. What does the phrase “cast them from his presence” mean in the context of Jeremiah 39 and 52:1-3? 2. What specific choices or actions by Zedekiah and the people do Jeremiah 38 & 39 highlight as leading to Judah’s fall? 3. Why does the narrator of Jeremiah 52:13 include the detail that the Babylonians burned the temple and the king’s houses, and what does that detail contribute to the story? Open Your Lives 1. What fears might keep someone from surrendering to God’s call, even when they recognize it could save them? 2. In what areas of your life might you be living “as if” separated from God’s presence, like the people of Judah? 3. How can our small group help one another notice signs of spiritual drift and encourage each other to repent and surrender to Christ? |
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