A Sermon Outline by John Kennedy
Jeremiah 50:5. They shall ask the way to Zion.
These words call our attention to the return, and to the desire of the captives. Their Return. They are wearied of captivity.
They are persuaded that it was their sin that procured it for them.
They were persuaded that the Lord alone could deliver them.
Their deliverance came, and they knew it.
1Preached on 4 September 1882 in Strathconon, where Rev Donald Macfarlane had been the first Free Church minister.
It was the Lord that they were seeking.
They were weeping as they were returning.
They were weeping, remembering their sins.
They were feeling far away from their native land.
The desolation of their native land made them sad (Psalm 126).
Repentance is a life-long exercise.
Their Desire. It is to join themselves to the Lord.
This is the first thing that they desire.
This is the Lord, the Messiah.
There were two things they knew regarding Him:
(1) that He was divine, (2) that He was the anointed One.
He is Head of the everlasting covenant.
They desire to be one with Him as purposed by God.
They desire to be of His members.
They desire to be of His subjects and disciples.
The Covenant. They approve of its design and plan.
No other will now do for them.
They desire an everlasting covenant.
A covenant between the Trinity.
Sealed with everlasting righteousness.
Grace reigning through it to everlasting life.
They leave themselves in the Lord’s hands.
Application. No rest without this (Isaiah 55).