Buying a Field (Jeremiah 32:1-44)

Buying a Field Jeremiah 32:1-44 Matthew 13:44 When you are at your lowest and feel unlovable, it is then that you can most clearly see God’s redeeming love. I. Buying a Field (vv. 1-15) A. A City Under Siege (vv. 1-5) B. Request for Redemption (vv. 6-8; cf. Leviticus 25:23-37; Deuteronomy 25:5-6) C. The Public Purchase (vv. 9-15) II. What it all Means (vv. 16-44) A. The Perplexed Prophet (vv. 16-25) B. God’s Rhetorical Response (vv. 26-35) C. Exiles or Heirs? (vv. 36-44) D. The Preposterous Price (Matthew 13:44) Discussion Starters 1. Monday—Does it initially strike you as odd that there is an entire chapter in the Bible about buying a field? Why do you think God surprises us like this? 2. Tuesday—What is surprising about the timing when God wanted Jeremiah to redeem his cousin’s field? What does this tell us about how God sees circumstances versus how we see them? 3. Wednesday—This about Sarah (Genesis 18:14), Gideon and his 300 men (Judges 7) and Elijah with his wet altar (1 Kings 18). Why does God like to act when things seem impossible? 4. Thursday—What is the difference between finding our identity in what we do versus what God does? In which is hope found? 5. Friday—What does it mean that “you are the field”? What was the price God paid for your redemption? What does that tell you about his love?