Living in Babylon
What to do while living in Babylon
Jeremiah 29:4-14
Today Pastor John closes out our series Living in Babylon. Babylon, as we have learned, is a term found some 200 times in the Bible. It's not just a city (which it was), or a society, or a way of living (also correct), or even a metaphor for the struggles we face in our attempt to live as children of God (true as well). Babylon represents everything the devil, the world, and even our flesh is throwing at us in its attempts to be conformed to the pattern of the world (Romans 12:2). What's a believer of God to do while living in Babylon? God's answer might surprise you.
Series Information
The term Babylon is synonymous with a “pagan” culture, or non-Christian territory. Babylon in the O.T. was considered the enemy, the people who defeated the Israelites and made them exiles in a strange and foreign land that was not their home. In the same way, Christian believers who desire to live as children of God are feeling the effects of living in a changing post-Christian, even anti-Christian America.