Readings for next week in Bible Overview

1. Jeremiah 7
1. What are Israel relying on?
2. What does God require of Israel is they are not to be carried off into exile?
3. What disgusts God about Israel’s behaviour?
4. What does this chapter teach us about worship?

2. Jeremiah 31:31-40
1. What is God’s promise?
2. List the benefits of the New Covenant?
3. How is it different from the Old Covenant?
4. What does it mean for us to be under the New Covenant? Praise God for those things now.

3.Amos 5:18-27
1. What shouldn’t Israel long for and why?
2. How does God feel about their ‘worship’?
3. What would God rather have? How does this help us understand what worshipping God really is?
4. Examine your own worship; am I in danger of going through the motions? Do I do worship on Sunday but not during the week? Is worship The activity of my life or an activity in it?

4. Malachi 2:17-3:5
1. What is the question Israel ask of God?
2. What is God’s answer (note: look for the two comings)?
3. What will the Lord do when he comes to his temple?
4. How does this help us understand what Jesus comes to do?