letter to jewish exiles in babylon (598 bc). abandoned by god?
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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)
Can we really change in 2010?
• Don’t despair ! There is hope (v11)
• You are the hope of the city (v 7)
There is inbuilt into human beings a dangerous taste for unreality.Idols promise much but deliver little.
Rowan Williams Archbishop of Canterbury
Jim Wallis
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)
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
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