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A Prophet’s Perspective on Christmas

A Prophet’s Perspective on Christmas. Jeremiah 23:1-8. Jeremiah 23:1-8 NIV.

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A Prophet’s Perspective on Christmas

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  1. A Prophet’s Perspective on Christmas Jeremiah 23:1-8

  2. Jeremiah 23:1-8 NIV "Woe to the shepherds who are destroying and scattering the sheep of my pasture!" declares the LORD. 2 Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says to the shepherds who tend my people: "Because you have scattered my

  3. Jeremiah 23:1-8 NIV flock and driven them away and have not bestowed care on them, I will bestow punishment on you for the evil you have done," declares the LORD. 3 "I myself will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven

  4. Jeremiah 23:1-8 NIV them and will bring them back to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and increase in number. 4 I will place shepherds over them who will tend them, and they will no longer be afraid or terrified, nor will any be missing," declares the

  5. Jeremiah 23:1-8 NIV LORD. 5 "The days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I will raise up to David a righteous Branch, a King who will reign wisely and do what is just and right in the land. 6 In his days Judah will be saved and Israel will

  6. Jeremiah 23:1-8 NIV live in safety. This is the name by which he will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness. 7 "So then, the days are coming," declares the LORD, "when people will no longer say, 'As surely as the LORD lives,

  7. Jeremiah 23:1-8 NIV who brought the Israelites up out of Egypt,' 8 but they will say, 'As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the descendants of Israel up out of the land of the north and out of all the countries where he had banished them.' Then they will live in their own land."

  8. A Prophet’s Perspective on Christmas Jeremiah 23:1-8

  9. Our Hope is Not Found in Political Leadership!

  10. Our Hope is Not Found in Political Leadership! • God’s Rejection of the “Shepherds”

  11. Our Hope is Not Found in Political Leadership! • God’s Rejection of the “Shepherds” • God’s Judgment on the “Shepherds”

  12. God Will Provide a New Kind of Leader!

  13. God Will Provide a New Kind of Leader! • God’s Restoration of a Remnant (3-4)

  14. God Will Provide a New Kind of Leader! • God’s Restoration of a Remnant (3-4) • God’s Righteous Branch of David (5-6)

  15. God Will Provide a New Kind of Salvation!

  16. God Will Provide a New Kind of Salvation! • An Immediate Understanding

  17. God Will Provide a New Kind of Salvation! • An Immediate Understanding • An Extended Understanding

  18. Romans 3:21-24 21But now a righteousness from God, apart from law, has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. 22 This righteousness from God comes through faith

  19. Romans 3:21-24 in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference, 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and are justified freely by his

  20. Romans 3:21-24 grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.

  21. A Prophet’s Perspective on Christmas Jeremiah 23:1-8

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