May not, then, the cause you do not know be the one which meets the Christian's need and secures answer to his legitimate prayers? (Jer. Nothing can be further from the meaning. One version renders it, "I will shew thee great and fortified things." 5. A good word for the weeping prophet. Title: Seeing Great and Mighty Things. Luther says, "Bene orare est bene studuisse" — To have prayed well is to have studied well. To cleverness God has nothing to say; to vanity He is scornfully inhospitable; but to the broken heart, to the contrite spirit and the willing mind, to filial, tender, devout, obedience, He will give Himself in infinite and continual donation: To this man will I look, for I see My own image in him, My own purpose is vitalised in his experience — the man who is of a humble and contrite heart, and who trembleth at My word, not in servility, but in rapture and wonder at its grandeur and tenderness."(J. II. Do you remember what God promised Jeremiah in verse 3? God looks at souls, faces, lives, destinies, and the least child in the world He rocks to sleep and wakes in the morning, as if He had nought else to do; it is the stoop of Fatherhood, it is the mystery of the Cross. And shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not. 6). His nature is such that He must hear His children. Prevailing prayer takes the Christian to Carmel, and enables him to cover heaven with clouds of blessing, and earth with floods of mercy. At the time they were being overtaken by the most powerful nation (Babylon), under the threat of the most powerful King (Nebuchadnezzar) on earth. Again, who are they that have attained to a high degree of spiritual life and vigour, to whom it is their habit to walk with God; who "rejoice in the Lord always;" who are God's saints indeed, the very elect, about whose being born of God we have no doubt? "Ye have not because ye ask not or because ye ask amiss," — you have been praying obliquely instead of directly; you have been vexing yourselves with circumlocution when your words ought to have been direct appeals, sharp, short, urgent appeals to Heaven: to such appeals God sends down richness of dew, wealth of blessing, morning brighter than noonday. III. Introduction  The Gospel of Mary (henceforth GMary) is one of the most unique of the Gnostic texts. Science marshals her facts. Edmond.One of the heathen poets speaks of Jupiter throwing certain prayers to the winds, — dispersing them in empty air. We may call for it speculatively, and no answer will he given; we may ask for it for the sake of mere intellectual delectation, and the heavens will be dumb and frowning: but if we try to outgrow God, then we shall know what God is in reality; He challenges the sacred rivalry, He appeals to our emulation to follow Him and study Him, and try to comprehend Him, and then how like a horizon He is, for we think we can touch Him in yonder top, but having climbed the steep the horizon is still beyond. Is it a mere act of exclamation! We all enjoy these kinds of verses. Now, there are reserved and special things in Christian experience: all the developments of spiritual life are not alike easy of attainment. Spurgeon. Pray; for the Holy Spirit prompts you, and helps you. It is a call that issues from the heart; it is the call of need, it is the cry of pain, it is the agony of desire, it is enclosure with God in profound and loving communion. To which he answered, "When your Majesty leaves off giving." We read in the first verse of this chapter, “Moreover the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet confined in the court of the prison.” Jeremiah, at this time, then was a prisoner. There are not many Naamans among us, that, when you beg of them one talent, will force you to take two; but God's answer to our prayers is like a multiplying glass, which renders the request much greater in the answer than it was in the prayer.(J. Call upon me, and I will answer thee etc. I love to talk about the scripture with everyone. A GLORIOUS REVELATION — "And will shew thee," &c. (1)Reprove the prayerless. They give us the guarantee that God hears and answers our prayers. COVID-19 Response: CityLight Church is meeting following CDC guidelines. Though His ways seem beyond discovery for the proud heart, they are simple … And as we receive the facts of science, so we ask that our facts may be received likewise. Such are our facts; in them we are sure that God answers prayer; and hence we believe also that in the material world he does the same. Jeremiah was in prison, and the Lord appeared to him a second time (Jer. Confirmed by the experience of His saints. God is infinite and eternal, man is infinite and transient in all his earthly relationships; it would he strange if God had told man everything He has to tell him, it would be the miracle of miracles that God had exhausted Himself in one effort, it would be incredible that the eternal God had crushed into the moment which we call time every thought that makes Him God. But there are facts concerning which we can say they are valid for our argument, because they never have occurred and never do occur, apart from prayer. Behold, I will bring it health and healing; I will heal them and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth. A. If we respond to God dealing with our sin properly, great and mighty things are around the corner for even those of us who failed. God pledges Himself to answer prayer. So great is the infatuation of man on the one hand, which makes him need a command to be merciful to his own soul, and so marvellous the condescension of God on the other that He issues a command of love. Jeremiah 33:3. "I will answer thee, and shew thee.". )And shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.Prevailing prayerThere are different translations of these words. Now, there are reserved and special things in Christian experience: all the developments of spiritual life are not alike easy of attainment. "But such a conclusion is not admissible; for the supposition is that everything is perfect, and yet that the pump will not work." A God so bound by physical law is really no God, and the creed of the atheist will alone harmonize with the assertions of science. By the time we get to verse 6, it looks like we are back on track again. 1. 6:14). Reynolds.When poor men make requests to us we usually answer them as the echo does the voice; the answer cuts off half the petition. ( C. H. He had prayed (Jeremiah 32:16), but he must pray again. God is infinite and eternal, man is infinite and transient in all his earthly relationships; it would he strange if God had told man everything He has to tell him, it would be the miracle of miracles that God had exhausted Himself in one effort, it would be incredible that the eternal God had crushed into the moment which we call time every thought that makes Him God. One version renders it, "I will shew thee great and fortified things." Is it a verbal exercise? Expect great things from God. If there be a God, he must be a personal God; but if he be a Person, then he must have will, the power of choice; but if he have will, he must be able to modify the action of his laws, as we can and do continually; and if he be our Father, as we believe, then we need not doubt that the fervent believing prayer of his children will avail much to induce him to modify his laws for our good. But we do not need to think of our prayers as random messages. )Prayer and its answerA young engineer was being examined, and this question was put to him: "Suppose you have a steam-pump constructed for a ship, under your own supervision, and know that everything is in perfect order, yet, when you throw out the hose, it will not draw; what should you think? Do we call for it? II. 4. C. It is Prayer that Brings Miracles into Our Lives. Babylon was coming just as Jeremiah had prophesied, and the people of Israel continued to ignore the message of God. Sir John Franklin's companions among the snows, and Captain Allen Gardiner dying of hunger in his cove, wrote words they could not be sure anyone would ever read. 1. "Then, sir," replied the student, "I should look over the side of the ship to see if the river had run dry." We may expect the unexpected. 3. God's very nature, as revealed in Jesus Christ, assures us that He will accept us in prayer. God must deal with the sin, first, before we can see the great and mighty things. II. Jeremiah 33:3 is not a foreign verse of Scripture to most. Spurgeon. V. God promises to exceed all we can ask or think. Jeremiah 33:3 I. Jehovah, our God, has access to us everywhere. Like all sin, it affects everyone involved, and unfortunately, Jeremiah also bore the affects of Israel’s sin. Does that apply to me? God invites him to a life of miracles. Call unto me, and I will answer thee This is spoken not to Jerusalem, and the inhabitants of it; but to the prophet, encouraging him to seek the Lord by prayer, promising an answer to him. V. … All the rest would let it starve; by prayer alone it lives. Jeremiah 33:3 "Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not." Call to Me and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know. (2)Encourage the prayerful.(G. 1. )And shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.Prevailing prayerThere are different translations of these words. Now, within these limits there is room for prayer and room for answers to prayer. Well, what does that even mean? This should cheer us in intercession for others. 4. III. Jeremiah was, no doubt, in a state of hopelessness, but God had not forgotten him in prison. However, if we choose to harden our hearts against God as Israel did, we can expect to be a tragic story similar to Jeremiah 33:5. Pray, though you have prayed (see Jeremiah 32:16, &c.). God will shew His people "great and mighty things." We are not going to question your facts, though we may some of your inferences from them. JEREMIAH 33:3 AN INVITATION TO PRAY [Matthew 7:7-8] I've always been grateful for the simplicity of God's profound ways. Jeremiah 33:3. Edmond. We cannot believe him to be so tied down by his physical laws that, when it is consistent with the highest good of his children, and yet more when it is necessary for that good, he is unable to modify or alter them even though he would. We would all say, “those are the great and mighty things of Jeremiah 33:3 that we all want to see!” So why the doom and gloom in verses 4-5? Reynolds.When poor men make requests to us we usually answer them as the echo does the voice; the answer cuts off half the petition. "My lord," she said, "that is a matter of no difficulty. Sermon 1/10- The God Who Answers- Jeremiah 33:3. Greater things than these shall ye do; when He, the Paraclete, is come, He will guide you into all truth; grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ; add to your faith, until you scaffold yourselves up into brotherly love and charity, for from that pinnacle the next step is right into heaven. Prevailing prayer bears the Christian aloft to Pisgah, and shows him the inheritance reserved; it elevates us to Tabor and transfigures us, till in the likeness of our Lord, as He is, so are we also in this world. Also in the ordinary conduct of the Christian life, who among us is able to keep his garments unspotted from the world, to overcome besetting sin, to confront and conquer temptation, to preserve the hands clean and the heart pure, without continual prayer? Pray though you are still in prison after prayer. We may call for it speculatively, and no answer will he given; we may ask for it for the sake of mere intellectual delectation, and the heavens will be dumb and frowning: but if we try to outgrow God, then we shall know what God is in reality; He challenges the sacred rivalry, He appeals to our emulation to follow Him and study Him, and try to comprehend Him, and then how like a horizon He is, for we think we can touch Him in yonder top, but having climbed the steep the horizon is still beyond. Prevailing prayer takes the Christian to Carmel, and enables him to cover heaven with clouds of blessing, and earth with floods of mercy. "Prayer the soul's wings Thomas Brooks, alluding to the old classical myth of Daedalus, who, being imprisoned in the island of Crete, made wings for himself, by which he escaped to Italy, says, "Christians must do as Daedalus, who, when he could not escape by a way upon earth, went by a way of heaven." This command and this verse falls within a context of scripture that seems rather odd. Take a look again, “I will SHOW you.” Take a look at verse 6, “BEHOLD.” The promise has finally arrived! They will tremble in awe because of all the goodness and prosperity I will provide it. Sermon Information. God wills to be prayed unto; to be asked to give that which we desire and need. Can a book put on display the full glory of God while indirectly assuming His existence within a story? The passage starts off by showing us the background of the text. Reynolds. There are the common frames and feelings of repentance, and faith, and joy, and hope, which are enjoyed by the entire family; but there is an upper realm of rapture, of communion, and conscious union with Christ, which is far from being the common dwelling-place of believers. What would you think of a man who had written and folded and sealed and addressed a letter, flinging it out into the street and thinking no more about it? In fact, the “spiritual” leaders of Israel had advised King Zedekiah and the people to continue on as they were, and claimed that there would be peace (Jer. Ask-great things of God. (Jer. 2. 33:16). To cleverness God has nothing to say; to vanity He is scornfully inhospitable; but to the broken heart, to the contrite spirit and the willing mind, to filial, tender, devout, obedience, He will give Himself in infinite and continual donation: To this man will I look, for I see My own image in him, My own purpose is vitalised in his experience — the man who is of a humble and contrite heart, and who trembleth at My word, not in servility, but in rapture and wonder at its grandeur and tenderness."(J. Prevailing prayer is victorious over the God of mercy. He counts the drops of dew, He puts our tears into His bottle, He numbers our sighs, and as for our groans, He distinguishes one from the other; these are not little things to Him, they are only little to our ignorance, and folly, and superficiality. WHAT MORE RIGHT HAS SCIENCE TO REJECT THE FACTS FROM WHICH THE CHRISTIAN DEDUCES HIS DOCTRINE THAT GOD ANSWERS PRAYER, THAN THE CHRISTIAN HAS TO REJECT THE FACTS UPON WHICH SCIENCE BASES HER DOCTRINE OF INVARIABLE LAW? Sailors in foundering ships sometimes commit notes in sealed bottles to the waves for the chance of them being some day washed on some shore. Then God invited Jeremiah to look at His power and to inquire of Him what He would do about it (verse 3). TO CONTINUE IN PRAYER. The best part of all is that God promises to show us GREAT and MIGHTY things! 3. To which he answered, "When your Majesty leaves off giving." Expect great things from God. The bird in the heavens upon its trembling wing is only little to us, it is not little to God. Now, this recovery might have been - we cannot prove that it could not - apart from prayer, and therefore, whilst these instances are very convincing to the believer, they are not so to others. It is sad to think that we often do that for ourselves. He has given His promise in the text; and it is often repeated elsewhere: He cannot lie, or deny Himself. God wants to do the great and mighty! Nor by the commands of the Bible alone are we summoned to prayer, but by the motions of His Holy Spirit. Are you quite sure that nowhere there may be some law which shall provide for these results which Christians call "answers to prayer"? Jeremiah 33:3: “Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.” April 29th, 2018 by Pastor Ed in devotional. To which he answered, "When your Majesty leaves off giving." I believe we should look into this text and allow it to answer these questions. Another, "Great and reserved things." Compare Jeremiah 29:12. )Calling unto GodJ. Prevailing prayer is victorious over the God of mercy. Title: Exposition of Jeremiah 33:3 Speaker: Dr. Benny M. Abante, Jr. Jeremiah 33:3-11. We shall seldom find among men Jael's courtesy, giving milk to those that ask water, except it be, as this was, an entangling benefit, the better to introduce a mischief. 5. People cannot heal when they are consistently wounding their souls with sin. And hence we maintain that it is good to call upon him, and that he is nigh unto such and will save them. )Answers to prayer should be eagerly expectedJ. So you see I might earnestly offer a petition, and yet might submissively leave it with the king. 33:1). Lord Bolingbroke said to the Countess of Huntingdon, "I cannot understand, your ladyship, how you can make out earnest prayer to be consistent with submission to the Divine will." As James 5:16 tells us "The effectual fervent prayer of a … Reynolds. God invited Jeremiah to call unto Him and promised that He would answer him. 1. Jeremiah 33:3. Get ready to worship Him like you’ve never worshiped Him before. The question is, Are we in need of further revelation? Holy prayers are the wings of the soul's deliverance. IS NOT GOD OUR FATHER? )Answers to prayer should be eagerly expectedJ. 4. There is no doubt that Jeremiah, while sitting in prison for sharing the message of God, was struggling in his mindset. We are bound to be grateful for the magnificent discoveries of the laws of the universe which science has already made. 7). There is nothing little. There is nothing little. Expect great things from God. In fact, it is often quoted as a life verse for many believers. Often, we pray and ask God to heal, rebuild, restore and show mercy just to see the opposite take place. "Ye have not because ye ask not or because ye ask amiss," — you have been praying obliquely instead of directly; you have been vexing yourselves with circumlocution when your words ought to have been direct appeals, sharp, short, urgent appeals to Heaven: to such appeals God sends down richness of dew, wealth of blessing, morning brighter than noonday. Another, "Great and reserved things." Some are seekers for your own conversion. ( C. H. Call unto me, and I will answer thee — An expression manifesting God’s favour and loving kindness; that he was ready to comply with the first intimations of his servant’s desires. Most Christians are familiar with Jeremiah 33:3 - Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not. Spurgeon. 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