True religion isn't about church buildings nor organized religion; it's about how we live

1. A Sermon to Die For
Jeremiah 7

2. The Temple Sermon
• When the people first heard this
sermon, they wanted to kill
Jeremiah (Jeremiah 26:6-11)
• The sermon itself is found in
Jeremiah 7

3. The Temple Sermon
• Main points:
• The people thought that having
the temple was enough
• They didn’t bother to live
righteous lives
• God promised to send them into
exile and destroy the temple

4. Deceptive words, 605 B.C.
• “We have the temple of the
LORD… ”

5. Deceptive words, 2005
• “We are the church of the
LORD… ”

6. Deceptive words, 605 B.C.
• “God doesn’t care what you
do as long as you come to
the temple and make your
sacrifices ”

7. Deceptive words, 2005
• “God doesn’t care what you
do, as long as you come to
church on Sunday and take
the Lord’s Supper”

8. God’s words, Jer. 7
• I will thrust you from my
presence, just as I did all
your brothers, the people of
Ephraim

9. God’s words, Rev. 2
• Repent and do the things
you did at first. If you do not
repent, I will come to you
and remove your lampstand
from its place.

10. Jeremiah’s warning
• It’s not enough to be a member
of the right church
• It’s not enough to “do all the
right things” at church
• It’s not just religion; it’s life

11. God’s words, Jer. 7
• Obey me, and I will be your
God and you will be my
people.

12. God’s words, II Cor. 6
• I will live with them and
walk among them, and I will
be their God, and they will
be my people.

13. God doesn’t just
want your Sundays
and Wednesdays.
He wants your whole
life.