These Discovery Questions are for use with this week’s Lookout Bible Lesson, “Hope in Repentance” (Jeremiah 18:1-12; 24:1-10), by Mark Scott.
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By Michael C. Mack
1. In what specific way have you put off falsehood and spoken truthfully over the past week?
2. How has your life been reformed over the years?
Ask two people to read aloud Jeremiah 18:1-12; 24:1-10 one after the other, preferably from different Bible versions. Then ask a third person to briefly summarize the passages.
3. In general, what does God want his people to learn from the two object lessons (18:1-4 and 24:1-3)?
4. What broad choices are presented to people by God and through his prophet?
5. What do you learn about God from these passages?
6. What do you learn about people?
7. Reread Jeremiah 18:12. What can we learn from the people who chose to live for themselves rather than God?
8. Are you stubbornly clinging to something (a fear, worry, heartache, goal, or ambition) that you should surrender to the Lord? If so, what is it?
9. Based on our study and discussion, complete the sentence: “I will . . .”
10. How can we pray for you to be able to release to the Lord something to which you are stubbornly clinging, so you can say, “You are the potter, I am the clay”?
For Next Week: Read and reflect on Jeremiah 29:1-23. You can also read next week’s supplemental texts as well as the Study and Application sections as part of your personal study.
Author: Michael C. Mack
Michael C. Mack is editor of Christian Standard. He has served in churches in Ohio, Indiana, Idaho, and Kentucky. He has written more than 25 books and discussion guides as well as hundreds of magazine, newspaper, and web-based articles.
