READ: Jeremiah 1:1-12, John 12:44-50

1. God is the only one who sends His word. Christ is the word sent.

- John 1:14 - "And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son[d] from the Father, full of grace and truth."

- Jeremiah 1:1-3 - “The words of Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah, one of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, 2 to whom the word of the Lord came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign. 3 It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, and until the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the captivity of Jerusalem in the fifth month.

2. God is the only one who appoints those who speak on His behalf not man. - John 12:44-45 - "And Jesus cried out and said, “Whoever believes in me, believes not in me but in him who sent me. 45 And whoever sees me sees him who sent me."

- Jeremiah 1:4-6 - “Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.” 6 Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! Behold, I do not know how to speak, for I am only a youth.”

3. The one whom God sends speaks only what the Lord commands and nothing else.

- John 12:46 - “I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness.”

- Jeremiah 1:7-8 - “But the Lord said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am only a youth’; for to all to whom I send you, you shall go, and whatever I command you, you shall speak. 8 Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you, declares the Lord.”

4. The word of God is the has final authority over all things. By it God sets free and judges, gives life and destroys!

- John 12:47-48 - “If anyone hears my words and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world. 48 The one who rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge; the word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.”

- Jeremiah 1:9-10 - “Then the Lord put out his hand and touched my mouth. And the Lord said to me, “Behold, I have put my words in your mouth. 10 See, I have set you this day over nations and over kingdoms, to pluck up and to break down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.”

5. God watches over His word to accomplish and succeed in which He sent it!

- John 12:49-50 - “For I have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father who sent me has himself given me a commandment - what to say and what to speak. 50 And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I say, therefore, I say as the Father has told me.”

- Jeremiah 1:11-12 - “And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” And I said, “I see an almond branch.” 12 Then the Lord said to me, “You have seen well, for I am watching over my word to perform it.”

READ: Exodus 20

1. GOD speaks His law and commands Israel to obey. - Exodus 20:1-6 - “And God spoke all these words, saying, 2 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. 3 “You shall have no other gods before me. 4 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.”

2. GOD warns Israel and says, “Do not make gods of silver or gold to be with me.” - Exodus 20:18-24 - “Now when all the people saw the thunder and the flashes of lightning and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking, the people were afraid and trembled, and they stood far off 19 and said to Moses, “You speak to us, and we will listen; but do not let God speak to us, lest we die.” 20 Moses said to the people, “Do not fear, for God has come to test you, that the fear of him may be before you, that you may not sin.” 21 The people stood far off, while Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was. 22 And the Lord said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the people of Israel: ‘You have seen for yourselves that I have talked with you from heaven. 23 You shall not make gods of silver to be with me, nor shall you make for yourselves gods of gold. 24 An altar of earth you shall make for me and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen. In every place where I cause my name to be remembered I will come to you and bless you.

3. GOD gives Israel His command written by His own finger! - Exodus 31:18: - “And he gave to Moses, when he had finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, the two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.”

4. God writes on the tablets that Moses cuts out with his hands because He broke the ones that the LORD had made with His own finger! - Exodus 34:1-4 - “The Lord said to Moses, 'Cut for yourself two tablets of stone like the first, and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. 2 Be ready by the morning, and come up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and present yourself there to me on the top of the mountain. 3 No one shall come up with you, and let no one be seen throughout all the mountain. Let no flocks or herds graze opposite that mountain.” 4 So Moses cut two tablets of stone like the first. And he rose early in the morning and went up on Mount Sinai, as the Lord had commanded him, and took in his hand two tablets of stone.”

5. The same gift of Faith needed and given to believe is the same gift of Faith needed to obey the commands of GOD! - 1 Corinthians 2:12-16 - “Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God. 13 And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual. 14 The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. 15 The spiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one. 16 “For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ.

- Romans 9:31-32

READ: Isaiah 55

1. Are you Hungry and Thirsty? Come, He does satisfy.- John 6:35:

- Isaiah 55:1-2a - “Come (yalak: refers to a starting point; summons to start here), everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come (yalak), buy wine and milk without money and without price. 2 Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy (saba: fulfill, be filled)?

2. How does He satisfy His people? Listen diligently, Incline, and Hear: He has glorified His people. - John 8:45-47

- Isaiah 55:2b-5 - “Listen diligently (sama: hear intently; act in your hearing; be obedient; do what God says) to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food. 3 Incline (nata: turn to obedience) your ear, and come (yalak) to me; hear, (sama) that your soul may live; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, my steadfast, sure love for David. 4 Behold, I made him a witness (ayd: testimony; evidence) to the peoples, a leader and commander for the peoples. 5... he has glorified you.

3. Do you seek the Lord, and have you called on His name? He hears and forgives. He does not forsake those who truly seek Him! - Psalm 9:9-10

- Isaiah 55:6-7 - “Seek the Lord while he may be found; call upon (summon for help; repent) him while he is near; 7 let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, that He may have compassion on him, and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.

4. GOD’s word does accomplish that which He purposes, and shall succeed in the thing for which He sent it! - Deuteronomy 8:3

- Isaiah 55:8-11 - “For My thoughts (plans or devises) are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, declares the Lord. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.... 11 so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.

5. Blessed are those who Come hungry and hungry, who Listen, Incline, and Hear to hear His word, who Seek the Lord with all their heart and Call upon Him, for they lack no good thing and Know fully that His word will accomplish and succeed in which He sent it! - Matthew 6:33

- Isaiah 55:12-13 - “For you shall go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and the hills before you shall break forth into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. 13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress; instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle; and it shall make a name for the Lord, an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.”