How to live as an Jeremiah 2949 How to live as an EXILE Jeremiah 2949 How would you feel Psalm 1371 By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion 1Peter 11 ID: 477007
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Exile
How to live as an
Jeremiah 29:4-9Slide2
How to live as an EXILE
Jeremiah 29:4-9
How would you feel?
Psalm
137:1
By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept,
when we remembered Zion
.
1Peter 1:1
To God’s elect, exiles, scattered...Slide3
How to live as an EXILE
Jeremiah 29:4-9
How to relate to Stoke as an exile in Stoke?
Option 1: Fit in
(v6)
What the Babylonians wanted.
Eg
Daniel ->
Belteshazzar
If self-preservation is your goal, do this!
...but we are called to be holy.
Option 2: Hunker down
False prophet lied: 2 years.
(
ch
28, cf v8-9)
Deeply tempting approach!
...but we are in this for the long-term.Slide4
How to live as an EXILE
Jeremiah 29:4-9
How to relate to Stoke as an exile in Stoke?
God’s plan:
Make a long-term plan (v5)
Don’t fit in & fizzle out (v6)
Seek their peace & prosperity (v7)
= “shalom” – flourishing in every dimension
Matthew 5:44
love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you
Luke 10:27
Love your neighbour as yourself
Romans
12:21
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.Slide5
How to live as an EXILE
Jeremiah 29:4-9
How to relate to Stoke as an exile in Stoke?
God’s plan:
Make a long-term plan (v5)
Don’t fit in & fizzle out (v6)
Seek their peace & prosperity (v7)
= “shalom” – flourishing in every dimension
1Peter
2:11-12
Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and
exiles
, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul.
Live
such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.Slide6
How to live as an EXILE
Jeremiah 29:4-9
How to relate to Stoke as an exile in Stoke?
God’s plan:
Make a long-term plan (v5)
Don’t fit in & fizzle out (v6)
Seek their peace & prosperity (v7)
= “shalom” – flourishing in every dimension
How?
Jesus’ sacrifice for you drew you in
...so that you can confidently sacrifice yourself
...to draw others to him.