September 11, 2022 - For the Welfare of the City: a Sermon on Jeremiah 29

Jeremiah 29:1-14  (Click to Read)
Preacher: Terence Chandra

This marks the first in a sermon series on the vision statement of Stone Church: The Heart of Christ in the Heart of the City. To kick off this preaching series, we'll be taking a closer look at Jeremiah 29:1-14. This excerpt from the Book of the Prophet Jeremiah is actually a letter to the Jews living in exile in the land of Babylon. Jeremiah informs his audience that, unfortunately, they'll be in exile in Babylon for a long time. However, he also tells him that God has a purpose for them while in Babylon. That purpose is to seek the welfare of the city to which they've been sent. It could easily be argued that, just as the Jews were sent as exiles to the land of Babylon, so too have the people of the church been sent into cultural exile here in the west. Needless to say, what Jeremiah says about God's will for the Jews in Babylon can teach us a lot about God's will for the church in the west.