Jeremiah

Renewing Your Mind

Ligonier Ministries

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🗓️ 19 April 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Jeremiah was tasked with announcing judgment on Israel. But he also had a message of hope. Today, R.C. Sproul introduces “the weeping prophet,” who revealed that God would raise His people from the ashes and send a promised Redeemer.

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Meet Today’s Teacher:

R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew’s Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.

Meet the Host:

Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of ministry engagement for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, and host of the Ask Ligonier podcast.

Renewing Your Mind is a donor-supported outreach of Ligonier Ministries. Explore all of our podcasts: https://www.ligonier.org/podcasts

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0:00.0	Jeremiah said, I am in derision daily, and everyone mocks me.
0:05.5	Is this what it means to be faithful to you and to your word, that if I'm faithful to you,
0:10.9	I have to be hated by everybody?
0:18.6	Jeremiah is often referred to as the Weeping Prophet, and he'll be R.C. Sproles' focus on this Saturday edition of Renewing Your Mind.
0:27.6	Over the past few weeks, we've considered several of the Old Testament prophets, and these messages are from a much larger series, one of our most requested resources, Dust to Glory, an overview of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, 57 messages in total.
0:44.3	If you'd like this series on a special edition DVD, along with digital access to the messages and study guide, simply give a donation of any amount at Renewing Your Mind.org
0:55.7	before midnight tonight, and you'll receive this time-tested resource as our way of saying thank you.
1:01.9	Well, here's Dr. Sprawl on the prophet Jeremiah and his unique role in the history of the nation of Israel.
1:15.7	I remember when I was in graduate school in the Netherlands that I lived a super regimented life, got up the same time every day, and we had a small bedroom in the
1:22.9	place where we were renting and it had a little sink. And there was just room to squeeze in this little desk, wall in the sink, and then the
1:30.0	back of the chair was up against the bed.
1:32.4	And I used to sit at that desk for 12 hours every single day.
1:37.8	And I had all this theological study to do.
1:42.2	And I said to myself, self, if I'm going to have to study all this theology,
1:48.6	there's something I want to add to it. I want to be studying the Bible while I'm doing this.
1:54.8	And so I had this routine that every day, before I started my academic work, I studied carefully the text of one book
2:06.8	of the Bible. And my companion for a year was the prophet Jeremiah. And ever since that experience,
2:16.6	I sort of feel like Jeremiah is my friend. I spent
2:20.8	so much time with him and pouring over the contents of his book. And I was always awestruck
2:30.3	by the courage, the faithfulness, and the devotion of Jeremiah. Because Jeremiah was also given
2:39.5	the unenviable task, much like Isaiah, to announce God's judgment upon his own people and upon
2:49.7	his own church.
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