Living in Exile - Light and the Lord's Day

Dennis Tuuri

Outline: Isaih 42:5-8; 51:4,5 Living In Exile Light and the Lrods Day Sermon Outline by Pastor Dennis Tuuri, July 20, 2008 Cognitive Minority Jeremiah 29 and 1 Tim. 2:1-4 Be A Berean Both Ways! Acts 17:11 Timeline 721 Death of Israel Fall of Samaria (2 Kings 17) 627 Jeremiah prophesies 623 Daniel, Ezekiel born, Zephaniah prophesies 608 Josiah dies. Habakkuk prophesies, Babylon rising 605 Chapter 1 of Daniel, Neb. takes Daniel to Babylon. 70 yrs. begins 597 10,000 Jews captured, taken to Babylon, including Ezekiel, Mordecai 593 Ch. 4. Nebs insanity leaves a power vacuum; Jeremiah wears a yoke to convocation of rebels in Jerusalem. The rebels feel empowered by Nebs absence from the throne, but Jeremiah is against their rebellion . 587/6 Death of Judah Fall of Jerusalem. Jeremiah taken to Egypt . 537 Resurrection of Judah (Israel) Cyrus Decree - Temple to be rebuilt 520 Hag., Zach . prophecy 519 Book of Esther. Vashti and Darius 516,5 Esther becomes Queen. Ezra goes to Jerusalem 503 Nehemiah hears of troubles of Jerusalem 489 Events of Nehemiah 13, his return to Jerusalem, end of 49 years Lessons on Life in Exile from Jeremiah 29 I. Exile is from the Lord II. Ordinary life is what exile is all about A. Obeying in the Simple Things 1. Building and Planting Jer. 1:10 2. Avoiding Perfectionism and Legalism 2 Kings 5:18,19 3. Avoiding Titanism B. Believing Blessing is Present in Exile Gen. 1:28; Ex. 1:7; Jer. 30:19 C. Serving the City Ezek. 3:15 1. Working for the Citys Peace Avoiding the Siren Song of Retreatism and the Ghetto 2. Praying for the City Avoiding the Siren song of Syncretism and the Problem of Glamour 3. Having A Goal of Conversion for the City Ps. 122:6-9; Jer. 37:3, 7 No Year of Exclusion for this War! Dt. 20:5-10; 28:30-32; Isa. 65:21-23 III. Ordinary life means putting God first, seeking and listening attentively to Him. - Isa. 48:11; 43:7, Isa. 42:10-12; 43:20,21 IV. Ordinary Life Starts Here and Now, and on this Lords Day V. So What Can we Do On Sunday? A. Sweeping Away Distractions Rom. 14:5,6; Gal. 4:9-11; Col. 2:16-18; Ho. 2:11 ; Heb. 4:9 B. Observance Changes Through History Ex 20:8-11 Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. 11 For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it. Dt 5:12-15 Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as the Lord your God commanded you. 13 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 14 but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates, that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you. 15 And remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God brought you out from there by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm; therefore the Lord your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day. C. Sanctification: Putting Off and Putting On Isa. 58:13,14 1. Putting Off 2. Putting On D. The Lords Day and Eschatology