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Jeremiah 1:5 · BSB
1:5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
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…to him too. Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you, and before you were born, I consecrated you. I appointed you a prophet to the nations.Jeremiah chapter 1 verse 5Many people read that and picture a soul standing in front of God, waiting to be sent. But watch the sentence itself. Before I formed you in the…
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…the disciples, each of them, talents five, two, and one. Most times in our life, we go like, I'm not talented. Says who? Who? The Bible says inJeremiah chapter 1 verse 5, before you were formed, God already knew who you are. He already knew who you are before you were formed. He says that I've called you to be…
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…not busy these days, and no one's never not in a hurry. I hate that I say this so much. It bothers me. It is true. But you know what God thinks?Jeremiah 1, verse 5, he says this about the timeline. Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. And before you were born, I consecrated you. I appointed you a…
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…which is true. But if our identity and purpose is just tied to our vocation, our earthly vocation, we have missed the point. The Bible says inJeremiah 1, verse 5, Before you were formed, I knew you. Friends, God knows you by name. He does. He was the one who gives you life. He breathed into you, not just…
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…to him too. Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you, and before you were born, I consecrated you. I appointed you a prophet to the nations.Jeremiah chapter 1 verse 5Many people read that and picture a soul standing in front of God, waiting to be sent. But watch the sentence itself. Before I formed you in the…
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…for growth resulting is capacity. Do you know that everyone of us here has a capacity to grow? Capacity to grow. When God made you, formed you,Jeremiah 1 verse 5, I call you to be a prophet to the nations. He already, the words have, there's a calling on everybody's life. There is a purpose on everybody's…
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…had your life and your calling planned before you were born. Isn't that amazing that God's calling goes way before your birthday? And again,Jeremiah 1, verse 5says, Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you, and before you were born, I consecrated you. Talk about beautiful calling. But we need to be…
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…and understands every plan and thought. We even see this in Jeremiah, whenever hundreds of years later, Jeremiah hears this from God himself inJeremiah 1:5. Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. And before you were born, I consecrated you, I appointed you a prophet to the nations. Now, this…
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…into this world, amen. In Psalms 139, verses 13, you formed me. How's that? Woo! You formed my inward parts, you covered me in my mother's womb.Jeremiah 1:5. Prophet Jeremiah, before I formed you in the womb, you know this. I knew you. Before I formed you in God's infinite wisdom, God knew you were…
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…my first encounter with Jesus. I actually saw Jesus sitting behind that couch with me. He pursued me before I even knew him. Just like it says inJeremiah 1:5, before I formed you in your womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I set you apart. Even without knowing this scripture existed, I felt that…
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…himself had something to say about his age. And scholars estimate that Jeremiah was between 17 and 19 when God called him to be a prophet. And inJeremiah chapter 1, verses 4 to 7, you get that calling. In Jeremiah chapter 1, verses 4 to 7, he has something to say about his age. Listen to what Jeremiah 1, verses 4 to 7 says.…
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…If you look at the prophets and the lives of the prophets, you will find out that many of them were very young as well. For example, Jeremiah. InJeremiah chapter 1, verses 4 to 7, Jeremiah himself has something to say about his age. And Jeremiah, when he was called to be a prophet, is estimated to have been about 17 to 19…
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…of what I heard a pastor uh say one time. He was talking about this scripture in reference uh to Jeremiah. I want to read this for you. This isJeremiah chapter 1, verse 5. This is God speaking to Jeremiah and it says, I chose you before I formed you in the womb. I set you apart before you were born. I appointed you a…
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…over you. There's passages of scriptures that talk about God's design before the ages, before the world was even created. Jeremiah was called inJeremiah 1:5. Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. It's like an architect. I'm not an architect, but I used to love watching the Brady bunch. And Mr.…
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…revealed? And what if the next action of the Lord is to cleanse you in his presence and say, Behold, your guilt is removed. Your sin atoned for.Jeremiah 1, verses 4 through 7. This is a shorter one. And before you were born, I consecrated you. I appointed you a prophet to the nations. This is what the Lord tells…
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…prophets were not self-appointed in the Old Testament. Go further back. Prophets were not selfappointed. If you look at the prophet Jeremiah inJeremiah 1:5, before I formed you, God said, in the womb I knew you. Before you were born, I sanctified you. I set you apart. That's saying that there's a…
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…hard for you to picture that because you haven't had that modeled and exampled in your life, but let me share with you some scriptures that say it.Jeremiah 1:5, before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Amen. Amen. And before you were born, I consecrated you. What that means is I set you apart. That's…
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…And I still ask that question. Am I? Well, I want to look at Scripture, and then I want to talk about this idea. So we're going to look atJeremiah 1, verses 4 -10. If you've got your Bible, you can turn there, or it'll be on the screen. Jeremiah 1, verses 4 -10. I want to read this passage, and we're going to…
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…his place. Our Father in heaven, our Lord, let's give him the respect that he deserves. Let all glory and honor be put to his name. So he says inJeremiah, chapter 1, verse 5, that when we were in our mother's wombs. He knew us, he understood us. He had a blueprint for our lives, so there is nothing that catches him by…
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…you that you should go and bear fruit. Paul speaking to the Thessalonians says, For we know, brothers, loved by God, that He has chosen you. InJeremiah chapter 1, verse 5, following this same theme, he says, Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. And before you were born, I consecrated you. First John chapter…
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