Aim: To enter into, and remain in the life of Christ.
Doctrine: God's way to life is against the stream of fallen reason, which esteems ''survival'' to be better than redemption, and which protects idols at all costs.
Exegesis: The steps in God's way to life: choose to hear the right prophets (vv. 12-15); put all the prophets' words to the test (vv. 16-18); participate in the suffering and resurrection of God's church's worship (vv. 19-22).
Further application: Helpful aids in God's way to life: adopt an attitude of Christ-honoring counter-culturalism, and conclude that the cross is better than the ''couch.''
Key verse: v. 12 ''I also spoke to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, 'Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live!' ''
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Rev. Mark Henninger received his Masters of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois, and he has been Pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Peoria, Illinois for more than 30 years.