This document is a summary of a Bible study lesson on Jeremiah 1:4-14, 17-19. The key points are: 1) The lesson aims to help students understand what they believe about their faith and how to know God's will. 2) It discusses how God equipped Jeremiah for his prophetic calling by putting His words in Jeremiah's mouth and setting him over nations to deliver messages of both judgment and hope. 3) Similarly, God equips believers today to communicate His message, though some would prefer a more pleasing message over God's true words. The lesson challenges students to overcome excuses and fulfill God's purpose for them.

2. Make No
Excuses
Rhema Bible Study
Life Lesson 3-1
Jeremiah 1:4-14, 17-19

3. Lesson Purpose
• To understand what do I believe
about my faith?
• To answer how do I know the will of
God?
2

4. Lesson Impact
• This lesson can help you give
up your excuses for not serving
God and respond obediently to
His call.

5. Introduction
Make No Excuses
1. Are we willing to be used by
God?
1. How can we fulfill the purpose
for which He made us?

6. Make No Excuses
Lesson Titles
1. God Equips
2. God Equips
3. God Affirms

7. Topic 1
God Equips
Jeremiah 1:9-10

8. Topic 1
God Equips
Lesson Scripture: Jeremiah
1:9-10

9. Jeremiah 1:9
9 Then the Lord put forth his hand, and
touched my mouth. And the Lord said unto
me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth

10. Jeremiah 1:10
10 See, I have this day set thee over the
nations and over the kingdoms, to root out,
and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw
down, to build, and to plant

11. Topic 1
God Equips
Lesson Scripture: Jeremiah
1:9-10
•What does it say?

12. Topic 1
God Equips
• 1 Sam. 3:11
• 1 Kings 17:1-2
• Isa. 7:3
• first verses of Ezek.; Hos.; Joel; Jonah;
Mic.; Zeph.; Hag.; Zech.; Mal.).

13. 1 Samuel 3:11
11 And the Lord said to Samuel, Behold, I will
do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of
every one that heareth it shall tingle

14. 1 Kings 17:1-2
1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of
Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the Lord God of Israel liveth,
before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain
these years, but according to my word. 2 And the word
of the Lord came unto him, saying

15. Isaiah 7:3
3 Then said the Lord unto Isaiah, Go forth now
to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shearjashub thy son,
at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in
the highway of the fuller's field

16. Topic 1
God Equips
1. What did God do to equip
Jeremiah for his job?
2. Why was the Lord ready to uproot
and tear down Judah and the
surrounding nations?
3. In what ways would Jeremiah’s
message convey both judgment
and hope?

17. Topic 1
God Equips
4. How is the gospel of Jesus is a
message of both judgment and
hope?
5. How does the Lord equip us
today to communicate His
message?

18. Topic 1
God Equips
6. What happens if a
congregation would rather have
a preacher who brings a
pleasing message than one
who speaks the words of the
Lord?

19. Topic 1
God Equips
7. What does it take to be a bold
witness in a culture that has lost
respect for God?
8. What might we be called to
uproot and tear down today?

20. Topic 1
Discussion

21. Topic 1
Discussion
• Summary of Jeremiah
• Chapter 1: Jeremiah’s reluctant call
• 1:2-45: Jeremiah’s life and prophetic
messages to his own people during the
reigns of Judah’s last 5 kings
• 2:46-51: Jeremiah’s prophecies against
other nations
• The fall of Jerusalem and the Temple to
Babylon

22. Topic 1
Application

23. Topic 1
Application
• God calls people to serve Him based on
His ability, not ours.
• He equips and empowers for the task.

24. Topic 1
Application
• What excuses or objections are you
currently using to avoid God’s call?
• How will you overcome those excuses
and fulfill the role God has planned for
you?

25. QUESTIONS?