God's Way to Life

Aim: To enter into, and remain in the life of Christ.

Doctrine: God's way to life is _ the stream of fallen reason, which esteems ''survival'' to be better than _, and which protects _ at all costs.

Exegesis: The _ in God's way to life: choose to _ the right prophets (vv. 12-15); put all the prophets' words to the _ (vv. 16-18); _ in the suffering and resurrection of God's church's worship (vv. 19-22).

Further application: Helpful _ in God's way to life: have an attitude of _-honoring counter-culturalism, and conclude that the _ is better than the ''couch.''

Key verse: v. 12 ''To Zedekiah king of Judah I spoke in like manner: 'Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people and live...' ''