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Jeremiah 16:1-21 Getting the world we want

Sunday 11th October 2026

Read: Psalm 137; Mark 2:13-22; Jeremiah 16:1-21

Sermon: Jeremiah 16:1-21

 

Introduction
PRAY

Jeremiah and the Babylonian Exile

Jeremiah 16:1-13 Jeremiah’s life embodies the message
16:1-8 don’t have kids so you won’t have to lament for them

16:9-13 in Babylon you can worship idols day and night

Jeremiah 16:14-21 A new Exodus to a clean land even for the nations
16:14-15 a new Exodus

16:16-18 the land must be cleansed

16:19-21 the nations will reject their idols for Yhwh

Mark 2:13-22 Jesus and the new Exodus

 

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Jeremiah 15:10-21 Jeremiah’s lonely obedience

Sunday 4th October 2026

Read: Psalm 38; Luke 6:20-30; Jeremiah 15:10-21

Sermon: Jeremiah 15:10-21

 

Introduction: Persecuted for righteousness’ sake (Ps 38:19-20; Mt 5:10)

15:10 Jeremiah’s first complaint: “I wish I was never born”

15:11-14 Yahweh’s first response: Jeremiah’s message will be vindicated

15:15-18 Jeremiah’s second complaint: has Yahweh failed him?

15:19-21 Yahweh’s second response: time for turning (or not)

Conclusion: “We must not mind a little suffering for Christ’s sake” (Is 53:3-6; Lk 6:22-23)

 

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Jeremiah 14:1–15:9 From Eden to Exile, and Home Again

Sunday 27th September 2026

Read: Romans 11:33-36; Hebrews 7:23-8:13; Jeremiah 14:1-15:9

Sermon: Jeremiah 14:1-15:9

 

1. The land lies under judgement — Jeremiah 14:1–6

2. Jeremiah appeals to the covenant God — Jeremiah 14:7–9

3. God exposes their false confidence — Jeremiah 14:10–16

4. Jeremiah keeps pleading — Jeremiah 14:17–22

5. “Send them out of my sight” — Jeremiah 15:1–9

6. The faithful Son bears our exile

7. What do we do with this?

Conclusion: Home again

 

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Jeremiah 13:1-27 Can a good for nothing people change its spots?

Sunday 20th September 2026

Read: Matthew 5:14-16; Ephesians 1:1-14; Jeremiah 13:1-27

Sermon: Jeremiah 13:1-27

 

Intro:  “You don’t know what you got ’til it’s gone”

1-11 Pride goes before destruction

12-14 Looming full destruction

15-27 Can an evil people ever be made clean?

Conclusion: living as God’s people, name praise and glory
(Mt 5:14-16; Ephesians 1:1-14)

 

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Jeremiah 11:18-12:17 The vineyard of the LORD has been ravaged

Sunday 13th September 2026

Read: Psalm 80; Matthew 21:33-46; Jeremiah 11:18-12:17

Sermon: Jeremiah 11:18-12:17

 

Introduction

Jeremiah and the Babylonian Exile

Jeremiah 11:18-23 Don’t shoot the messenger!
11:18-20 Destroying the messenger of inconvenient truths

11:21-23 lie or die OR lie and die

Jeremiah 12:1-6 Underestimating the human condition
12:1-4 Why do the treacherous thrive?

12:5-6 Your troubles have only just started

Jeremiah 12:7-13 The LORD’s favoured people have become hateful to him

Jeremiah 12:14-17 The potential for reversal

Matthew 21:33-46 The LORD’s vineyard in better hands

 

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Jeremiah 10:1-25 Who would not fear you, O king of the nations?

Sunday 30th August 2026

Read: Psalm 115; Revelation 6:1-17; Jeremiah 10:1-25

Sermon: Jeremiah 10:1-25

 

Introduction

Jeremiah and the Babylonian Exile

Jeremiah 10:1-16 The land given by the incomparable God must be rid of pointless idols
10:1-14 God who made everything and idols that do nothing – compare and contrast

10:15-16 Israel must be separated from her idols

Jeremiah 10:17-25 Pack your bags for certain exile
10:17-18 getting thrown out

10:19-20 feeling the weight of sin

10:21-22 stupid shepherds equals scattered sheep

10:23-25 praying in times of decline

 

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Song of Songs 5:2-6:3 Sick with love: when there is distance

Sunday 23rd August 2026

Read: Revelation 19:6-16; Song of songs 5:2-6:3

Sermon: Song of songs 5:2-6:3

 

Song of songs of Solomon

Song of Songs 5:2-8 Vulnerability in love

Song of Songs 5:9-6:3 Her only beloved
5:9 daughters of Jerusalem: Why your beloved more than another?

5:10-16 woman: My beloved is …..

6:1 daughters of Jerusalem: Where is your beloved?

6:2-3 woman: With me

“Never forget that when we are dealing with any pleasure in its healthy and normal and satisfying form, we are, in a sense, on [our Heavenly Father’s] ground… It is His invention… He made the pleasures… All [Satan and his devils] can do is to encourage… humans to take the pleasures which our [God] has produced, at times, or in ways, or in degrees, which He has forbidden. Hence [they] always try to work away from the natural condition of any pleasure to that in which it is least natural, least redolent of its Maker, and least pleasurable. An ever increasing craving for and ever diminishing pleasure is the formula… To get a man’s soul and give him nothing in return – that is what really gladdens [the heart of Satan and his devils].”
― C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters

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Song of Songs 4:1-5:1 A way back to Eden

Sunday 16th August 2026

Read: Jeremiah 31:31-34; Matthew 19:1-6; Song of Songs 4:1-5:1

Sermon: Song of Songs 4:1-5:1

 

1-6 He praises her beauty

7-8 He lays it on with a trowel

9-11 “It’s better to swell someone’s head than break their heart.”

12-16a “True love waits.”

16b-5:1 “You are not your own.”

Conclusion: The love that will not let us go