Sermons

Mired by Cowardice

Jeremiah 38

Preacher: Thom Herbert

Hope for Hopeless

Jeremiah 32

Have you had a time when you felt hopeless?

Well, that’s how Jeremiah feels in this chapter (v1-25)

But God offers hope to Jeremiah (v26-41)

And God offers hope to us, as well!

(Preacher: Lawrence Claire)

A New Covenant!

Jeremiah 30-31

(Bible Reading: Jeremiah 31:27-34 & Hebrews 10:11-25)

 

 

Jeremiah said:

days are coming…

 

 

… when God will cut a new covenant

 

 

The writer to the Hebrews says… those days have come in Jesus!

 

 

Are you enjoying all the privileges of God’s new covenant?

 

 

 (Preacher: Steve Blencowe)

Living in a Fallen World

Jeremiah 27-29

(Bible Reading 29:1-14)

These chapters record God’s word to people He is judging 

 

 

 

What can we learn from this as we live in a world that is being judged?

 

 

 (Preacher: Steve Blencowe)

Hope is in Hearing God’s Word

Jeremiah 26

 

The ‘temple sermon’ is revisited as a reminder and summary of the serious situation

 

This time the glimmer of hope is highlighted

 

Hope that begins with hearing God’s word

  

And leads to 

taking risks to defend the proclamation of God’s word 

a desire to see justice done

 

Are we acting appropriately as we hear God’s word?

(Preacher: Steve Blencowe)

God’s Plans & God’s People

Jeremiah 11-25

(Bible Reading 23:1-8)

 

Punishment is part of a plan

 

A plan that includes hope, beyond judgement

 

 

God’s plan then and God’s plan now

 

 (Preacher: Steve Blencowe)

Trusting religious observance?

Jeremiah 7-10 (Bible Reading 7:1-20)

 

Jeremiah’s “Temple Sermon” 

 

A sermon with two points

 

      “reform your ways…”

 

      “do not trust in deceptive words…”

 

A sermon for then, and a sermon for now    

 

(Preacher: Steve Blencowe)

What it looks like to turn your back on God

Jeremiah 2-6 (Bible Reading 2:1-13)

 

God’s people commit two sins:

          i.          

        ii.          

 

We should learn from their unfaithfulness

(as the ‘prophet to the nations’ describes it for us) 

• 2v6         starts with not seeking God
• 2v20       moves to a declaration of independence
• 2v23       then self-deceit – I have not sinned
• 2v25       abandonment – I can’t help it
• 3v3         and hard-heartedness
• 4v1ff       God continues to call for them to return

 

And know the truth about:

          i.         ‘broken cisterns’ 

        ii.         ‘living water’  (John 4:13-14, Rev 7:17, 21:6)

(Preacher: Steve Blencowe

Human Hearts can be Hard of Hearing

Jeremiah 1, 36, 52

(Bible Reading, 36:1-8, 13-25, 27-28)

Human hearts can be hard of hearing

Jeremiah and the reality of God’s Judgement 

…for rejecting God and failing to listen to God’s word 

      …failing to listen to God’s powerful and effective word  (1:9-11)

God’s word and the reality of Judgement … for us!

(Preacher: Steve Blencowe)

Thinking about Elders

1 Tim 3:1-7, 1 Peter 5:1-5, Titus 1:5-9

 

Elders are everywhere, and in the Bible 

 

 

We have Elders in the Presbyterian Church

 

 

How should the Bible inform the way we think about elders for KPC?

You don’t need to be an elder to love and serve your church

(Preacher: Steve Blencowe)