Jeremiah address the people in exile and tells them to seek the welfare of the city to which they had been taken. The principle is that God’s people are to be a blessing to the wider society in which they live.
Read Jeremiah 29:1-14
Serving the King in All of Life
Jeremiah address the people in exile and tells them to seek the welfare of the city to which they had been taken. The principle is that God’s people are to be a blessing to the wider society in which they live.
Read Jeremiah 29:1-14
All of life includes our responsibilities to participate in the life and work of the church. Two areas are considered, participation in worship and the use of spiritual gifts.
An important part of “all of life” is the family. This sermon briefly considers marriage, the roles of husbands, wives, parents, children and single adults.
Read Ephesians 5:22–6:4
Our non-working time is a significant part of our lives. It is also to be used for the glory of God. Part of this time is to be used for the worship of God. But leisure and enjoyment are also part of God’s purpose for our lives and are to be enjoyed with thanksgiving to God.
Read Genesis 2:1-9
1 Corinthians 7:10-24 teaches that each believer has an life situation which is God’s assignment to him. This is the biblical idea of vocation. Work is a key part of that overarching vocation. Ephesians 6:5-9 teaches that we are to do all of our work as service to God.
Proverbs belongs to the wisdom literature of the Bible. The wisdom literature teaches us that part of the way that we serve God is through living lives that implement biblical principles of wisdom. In the NT Jesus Christ presented as the fulfillment and embodiment of God’s wisdom and it is through him that we are enabled to practice wisdom in our lives.
Read Proverbs 8
There are three themes in this passage which give us insight into our calling to serve God in all of our lives. They are the goodness of creation, the fact that man was created in the image of God and the creation mandate.
Read Genesis 1
This sermon is the beginning of a new series that will look at the idea of serving God in all of life. The biblical theme of the Kingdom of God is considered as the theological framework for our calling to serve God in all that we do.