In the Spirit of BaruchJeremiah 36, esp. vs. 4-19

Jeremiah 45

Who Is Baruch?

• His Family – Jeremiah 32:12

Maaseiah

Neriah

Baruch

Who Is Baruch?

• His Family – Jeremiah 51:59

Maaseiah

Neriah

Baruch Seraiah

Who Is Baruch?

• His Family – 2 Chronicles 34:8

Maaseiah

Neriah

Baruch Seraiah

Who Is Baruch?

• His Family – Influential and Important People associated with the Royal Family.

Who Is Baruch?

• His Family – Influential and Important People associated with the Royal Family.

What will Baruch’s ambition be?What will his legacy be?

Baruch’s Work Shows His Excellent Spirit

• Task One – Jeremiah 36:4– Be on call for the Prophet• He’s in prison, verse 5 “confined”• “Bring Mark for he is useful for me for serving”, 2 Tim

4:11• “Through love, serve one another.” Gal 5:13

Baruch’s Work Shows His Excellent Spirit

• Task One – Jeremiah 36:4– Be on call for the Prophet– Write Down What the Prophet Says• An honor (to some)• Romans 16:2 – “I, Tertius, who wrote down this letter

(Paul’s letter to the Romans –jb), greet you in the Lord.”• 1 Peter 5:12 – Peter says, “Through Silvanus, whom I

consider a faithful brother, I have written this short letter to encourage you and to testify that this is the true grace of God. Stand fast in it.”

Baruch’s Work Shows His Excellent Spirit

• Task One – Jeremiah 36:4– Be on call for the Prophet– Write Down ALL the Prophet Says• All “52 Chapters”• Write Nothing Else

Lesson: Be Careful What Bible You Read

Baruch’s Work Shows His Excellent Spirit

• Task One – Jeremiah 36:4– Be on call for the Prophet– Write Down All the Prophet Says

Working for God’s

Prophet, not the king

Baruch’s Work Shows His Excellent Spirit

• Task One – Jeremiah 36:4, Write it Down• Task Two – Jeremiah 36:8, 10– Read it to everyone in the Temple

Baruch’s Work Shows His Excellent Spirit

• Task One – Jeremiah 36:4, Write it Down• Task Two – Jeremiah 36:8, 10– Read it to everyone in the Temple– Read it to the court officials, verses 12-15, esp v

15

Baruch’s Work Shows His Excellent Spirit

• Task One – Jeremiah 36:4, Write it Down• Task Two – Jeremiah 36:8, 10– Read it to everyone in the Temple– Read it to the court officials, verses 12-15, esp v

15

Fathers, read the Bible to your children

Baruch’s Troubles

Jeremiah 45:3 “Woe is me . . . God has given me grief . . . I find no rest.”

God’s Response to Troubles

To Baruch – Jeremiah 45:4• I will destroy the land

• You seek great things for yourself. Don’t do that.

• All will suffer.

• I will give you your life, wherever you go.

To Christians• I will destroy this whole

world – It’s only temporary.• Don’t seek greatness. Seek

service.

• Everyone will suffer. It’s part of being in a broken world.

• Wherever you go, I am with you. You will live forever.

Baruch’s Consolation – Jer. 45

Instead of taking that cushy, quiet,

princely job in Jerusalem, Baruch has taken the more dangerous job as scribe for the unpopular prophet Jeremiah.

The very suffering through which Baruch passes because of his loyalty to God gained him honor beyond anything he could have anticipated

Baruch’s Seal

Like Baruch, We Also . . .

• Are Privileged to Suffer– Phil 1:29 – “For to you it has been granted on behalf of Christ,

not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake.”– 1 Tim 4:10 – “we both labor and suffer reproach, because we

trust in the living God”• Are Privileged to Have God With Us Always– 2 Tim 1:12 – “for I know whom I have believed , and am

persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.”

– Matthew 1:23 – “and they shall call His name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is ‘God with us.’”

“For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers,

nor things present, nor things to come,

nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us

from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Rom 8:38-39