JEREMIAH CHAPTERS 44-45

THE EXAMINATION OF TRUE IDOLATRY

Just because you don't worship one god the same as another doesn't mean that idolatry doesn't exist.

1. The queen of heaven.(Jer. 44:15-19,25)
     A. Incense and drink offerings.
     B. Made cakes. (Jer. 7:18)
     C. Absence of blood offerings or true sacrifice.
          - Concern was not over sin. Heb. 9:22
               Goal was to obtain prosperity, and an easy life.
          - Easy religion of convenience. Ps. 54:6
               Not sacrificing of self. Phil. 2:17, Rom. 12:1-2
          - True sacrifice pleases God. I Pet. 2:5

2. The power of Egypt. (Jer. 43:7, 44:8)
     A. Cannot save them from God's judgment.(Jer. 42:16)
     B. True safety is only in the Lord. Ps. 4:8

3. The wisdom of self.(Jer. 44:16)
     A. God's thoughts are not man's thoughts. Is. 55:8-9
     *Why not ? Is. 29:14
          - Man has fallen by sin.
          - Man doesn't know even the most basic solutions. Rom. 7:18
          - God is always superior to man.
          - Man is easily distracted from original purpose.
     B. Is doomed. I Cor. 1:19
     C. Is foolishness. I Cor. 3:19