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Letter to Jewish Exiles in Babylon (598 BC)

Letter to Jewish Exiles in Babylon (598 BC). Abandoned by God?. Can we really change in 2010?. Don’t despair ! There is hope (v11). God’s gracious plan – Christ (33:15). “...I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah (31:31)

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Letter to Jewish Exiles in Babylon (598 BC)

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  1. Letter to Jewish Exiles in Babylon (598 BC)

  2. Abandoned by God?

  3. Can we really change in 2010? • Don’t despair ! There is hope (v11).

  4. God’s gracious plan – Christ (33:15) “...I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah (31:31) ...For I will forgive their wickedness and remember their sins no more (31:34). ....I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God and they will be my people (31:33)

  5. Can we really change in 2010? • Don’t despair ! There is hope (v11) • You are the hope of the city (v 7)

  6. Seek the Shalom of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Jeremiah 29:7

  7. “Mission is putting love where love is not.” St John of the cross

  8. H O P E

  9. “Seek the shalom of the city to which I have carried you into exile.” Jeremiah 29:7

  10. “Seek the shalom of the city to which I have carried you into exile.” Jeremiah 29:7

  11. Rowan Williams Archbishop of Canterbury There is inbuilt into human beings a dangerous taste for unreality. Idols promise much but deliver little. Jim Wallis

  12. Can we really change in 2010? • Don’t despair ! There is hope (v11) • You are the hope of the city (v 7) • Seeking God’s transformation ( v12-13)

  13. Those who cling to worthless idols Forfeit the grace that could be theirs Jonah 2:7-8

  14. 2009 – the challenge “I believe that God is calling His church here in Billericay to step forward and be counted, to go for a substantial increase in personal commitment and in service built on the foundation of our relationship with Jesus. (1) A challenge to self-examination and repentance (2) A challenge to put service about self

  15. 2010 – pastoral strategy • Helping you to find freedom in Christ. • Helping you to rediscover your first love. • Helping you to be a whole life disciple. Shalom in the church...Shalom in the city.

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