RSVP Invitation I. Invitation- “Call upon Me.” A. Who gives this invitation? B. Who receives the invitation? C. How to respond to the invitation. D. What is the dead-line to respond? E. Benefits of response II. Motivation- Jer 33:3 “I will answer thee” A. Sometimes answered “before they call” B. Sometimes He “makes as though He heard not” C. Sometimes different from our expectations. III. Amplification Jer 33:3 “I will show thee great and mighty things” A. Healing, and Health (Jer 33:6) B. Liberty from Bondage (Jer 33:7). C. Purification and Justification (Jer 33:8). D. Guarantee (Jer 33:14) E. Promise of Continued Revelation, “I will show thee,” 1) There are more wonderful things to be seen 2) The Promise that builds F. Many refuse this reasonable offer- IV. Examination A. No response to the request, forfeits the name of Christian. B. Those who profess “Christianity” are duty bound to commune with Christ.

1. RSVP Invitation
These words must have been a shining light of hope
streaming through the bars of Jeremiah’s dungeon.
Jer 33
1 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the
second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the
prison, saying,
2 Thus saith the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that
formed it, to establish it; the LORD is his name;
3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee
great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
RSVP:
Invitation
Motivation
Amplification
Examination
I. Invitation- “Call upon Me.”

2. A.Who gives this invitation?
Jer 33:1-2 1 Moreover the word of the LORD came
unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up
in the court of the prison, saying,
2 Thus saith the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that
formed it, to establish it; the LORD is his name;
“The Lord” His voice it is we hear inviting us.
Every ear should be attentive when the word
of the LORD speaks and request a call.
B.Who receives the invitation?
A lonely prophet, in a dungeon.
Jer 33:1-2 1 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto
Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in
the court of the prison, saying,
To all who are “prisoners of hope” this invitation is
given.

3. C.How to respond to the invitation.
Vain is all other refuge, insufficient and temporary
are all other sources of consolation.
Ps 60:11 Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of
man. (Ps 108:12)
Isa 30:7-11 For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to
no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their
strength is to sit still.
Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a
book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and
ever:
That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children
that will not hear the law of the LORD:
Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets,
Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth
things, prophesy deceits:
Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path,
cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.

4. Zech 10:2 For the idols have spoken vanity, and the
diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they
comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock,
they were troubled, because there was no shepherd.
Gal 3:3-4 Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit,
are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet
in vain.
D. What is the dead line to respond?
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Ps 81:13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me,
and Israel had walked in my ways!
Joel 3:14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision:
for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
Matt 17:5 While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud
overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud,
which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well
pleased; hear ye him.

5. Heb 3:7 Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye
will hear his voice,
Rev 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any
man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to
him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
E. Benefits of response
God has promised to teach us how to pray.
Rom 8:26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our
infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as
we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for
us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
God doesn’t stop with just an invitation but he
further gives motivation for communication.
II. Motivation- Jer 33:3 “I will answer thee”
The promise is general and unlimited.

6. “I will answer thee.” Nothing said as to the
time, or place.
A.Sometimes answered “before they call”
Isa 65:24 And it shall come to pass, that before they call,
I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
Acts 12:5 Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer
was made without ceasing of the church unto God for
him.
B.Sometimes He “makes as though He heard not”
Temporary denial adds zeal to the suppliant,
and sweetens the blessing when it arrives.
Luke 24:28 And they drew nigh unto the village, whither
they went: and he made as though he would have gone
further.

7. John 8:6 This they said, tempting him, that they might
have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his
finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them
not.
C.Sometimes different from our expectations.
Paul “besought the Lord thrice” for the thorn to be
removed, but God answered by making “grace
sufficient.”
We ask deliverance from trials, but God opens only
“a way of escape that we may be able to bear it.”
2Cor 12:8-9 8 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice,
that it might depart from me.
9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee:
for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly
therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the
power of Christ may rest upon me.
1Cor 10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such
as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not
suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will
with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye
may be able to bear it.

8. We pray for spirituality, to be weaned from the
world, and “He takes away the desire of our eyes
with a stroke.”
Ezek 24:16 Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the
desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou
mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.
As if you had already been motivated to answer the
invitation God increases the value.
III. Amplification Jer 33:3 “I will show thee great and
mighty things”
This invitation is more than a simply an answer to prayer; it
is “great and mighty things,”
A.Healing, and Health (Jer 33:6)
Jer 33:6 Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will
cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of
peace and truth.

9. B.Liberty from Bondage (Jer 33:7).
Jer 33:7 And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the
captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the
first.
C.Purification and Justification (Jer 33:8).
Jer 33:8 And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity,
whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon
all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby
they have transgressed against me.
D. Guarantee (Jer 33:14)
Jer 33:14 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I
will perform that good thing which I have promised unto
the house of Israel and to the house of Judah.

10. E. Promise of Continued Revelation, “I will show
thee,”
1)There are more wonderful things to be seen
than the best of past experiences new wonders
continue to build for the “abundant life”
John 1:50 Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I
said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, believest
thou? thou shalt see greater things than these.
Jer 33:6 Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will
cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of
peace and truth.
1Cor 2:9-10 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen,
nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart
of man, the things which God hath prepared for
them that love him.
But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit:
for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things
of God.

11. 2)The Promise that builds
As they “go from strength to strength,” who
“follow on to know the Lord.”
Ps 84:5-7
Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in
whose heart are the ways of them.
Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a
well; the rain also filleth the pools.
They go from strength to strength, every one of
them in Zion appeareth before God.
Hos 6:3 Then shall we know, if we follow on to
know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the
morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the
latter and former rain unto the earth.
F. Many refuse this reasonable offer-
“Call upon Me, and I will show,”
Job 19:23 Oh that my words were now written! oh
that they were printed in a book!

12. Ps 14:7 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come
out of Zion! when the LORD bringeth back the
captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel
shall be glad.
Unlike the “emperor’s new clothes” a robe of
righteousness is not fashioned by imagination, or
convenient whim; let’s make Examination.
IV. Examination
Where do you stand?
2Cor 13:5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the
faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves,
how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
A.No response to the request, forfeits the name of
Christian.
Paul uses this phrase to identify believers…
1Cor 1:2 Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to
them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be

13. saints, with all that in every place call upon the name
of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:
To live without prayer is to live without
Christ and without hope.
B.Those who profess “Christianity”are duty bound to
commune with Christ.
1Thess 5:17-19
Pray without ceasing.
In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God
in Christ Jesus concerning you.
Quench not the Spirit.
Isa 55:6-8
Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon
him while he is near:
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous
man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and
he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will
abundantly pardon.
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are
your ways my ways, saith the LORD.

14. Matt 21:44 And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall
be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind
him to powder.
RSVP Invitation
I. Invitation- “Call upon Me.”
A. Who gives this invitation?
B. Who receives the invitation?
C. How to respond to the invitation.
D. What is the dead line to respond?
E. Benefits of response
II. Motivation- Jer 33:3 “I will answer thee”
A. Sometimes answered “before they call”
B. Sometimes He “makes as though He heard not”
C. Sometimes different from our expectations.
III. AmplificationJer 33:3 “I will show thee great and mighty
things”
A. Healing, and Health (Jer 33:6)
B. Liberty from Bondage (Jer 33:7).
C. Purification and Justification (Jer 33:8).

15. D. Guarantee (Jer 33:14)
E. Promise of Continued Revelation, “I will show thee,”
1) There are more wonderful things to be seen
2) The Promise that builds
F. Many refuse this reasonable offer-
IV. Examination
A. No response to the request, forfeits the name of
Christian.
B. Those who profess “Christianity”are duty boundto
commune with Christ.