Year 6, Day 72: Jeremiah 19

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Discipleship Focus: Prophet 

• Prophet: A prophet is one of the fivefold ministry categories that is used throughout the Bible and especially lifted up in Ephesians 4:11.  The prophet is primarily concerned with whether or not the people are hearing the voice of God.  The prophet is also concerned about whether or not the people are responding to God’s voice. 

This is a really deep chapter when considering the prophet. God asks Jeremiah to perform a public demonstration of wisdom.  Jeremiah is to bring the priests out to see and hear God's declaration.  As Jeremiah smashes the pot, Jeremiah is to declare that God will bring judgment upon Israel. 

Certainly, Jeremiah is serving as a prophet here in this passage.  He is bringing God's message to the people around Him.  He is concerned that the people actually hear from God.  This is what prophets do. 

I want to make sure that we truly understand what Jeremiah is doing here, though.  Jeremiah is gathering the priests around him.  Jeremiah is taking on the elite.  He is being a prophet to the leaders.  Jeremiah is risking irritating the powerful.  Remember yesterday when people wanted to silence him?  Today, Jeremiah puts himself directly in harms way in order to be a prophet for God. 

However, Jeremiah goes one step further.  He isn't just a prophet to the elite.  After performing the duty that God asked of him, Jeremiah goes back to the people of Jerusalem and proclaims te message for all the people.  Jeremiah wants all people to have access to God's word.  Jeremiah likely fears that the elite will ignore him and he wants all people to hear and be able to respond. 

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