Refuse to be Silenced
Main Passage: Jeremiah 11:21-23
I. Introduction
- Have you ever been silenced?
II. God has Always had Those Who Spoke on His Behalf,
Even To Government.
- The Old Testament has powerful examples of His people speaking into government.
- Moses to Pharaoh.
- Samuel to King Saul.
- Nathan to King David.
- Unnamed Prophet to King Jeroboam.
- Elijah to King Ahab.
- Elisha to King Jehoram.
- Isaiah to King Hezekiah.
- Jeremiah to King Zedekiah.
- Daniel to King Nebuchadnezzar.
- Esther to King Xerxes.
- In the New Testament we read of many bold saints as well.
- John the Baptist to King Herod.
- Jesus to Pilate and the Sanhedrin.
- Peter and John before the Sanhedrin.
- Paul before Governors Felix, Festus, and King Agrippa.
III. A Look at our Text
- Jeremiah is speaking the word of the Lord, but there are those who want to ______________ him.
- Jeremiah faced this problem on the regular.
- Jeremiah 20 – he is ______________ and put in prison.
- Jeremiah 27 – a ______________ arrests him and wants him killed.
- Jeremiah 37 – he is beaten and put in ______________.
- Jeremiah 38 – he is put in a ___________ and left to die.
- Jeremiah 20 – he is ______________ and put in prison.
IV. God is Speaking to Us
- Corporately as a ______________ we must speak out.
- The church played a significant role in the revolutionary war.
- Today we have a push toward a ______________ state that attempts to exclude God from public life.
- Our Nation has moved from the truth of God’s Word to moral relativism.
- Our founding fathers envisioned two institutions, the church and the state, both were to be under God.
- Government has attempted to mute the collective voice of the church.
- Even ______________ was removed from public schools in 1962.
- Individually
- Christians must vote their ______________.
- We must be a ______________ for Jesus.
- We must ______________.
- Christians must vote their ______________.
V. Conclusion