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The Village Church - Sermons

Empire

The Village Church - Sermons

The Village Church

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🗓️ 13 October 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

The building of an empire is the search for a “God-less Eden.” It leads us to worship selfishness, wealth, violence, and oppression.

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If you'd like to check out more resources or give to our ministry,

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please visit us at the Villagechurch.net.

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We often believe there are empires to build and

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Thrones to be overtaken. We build towers of ideologies in the hope of touching the

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heavens. But our king has already come.

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His kingdom is everlasting.

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He was enthroned not through

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crucifixion.

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it did not come to capture lands but hearts,

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not to break enemy lines but chains, addictions, and even bread.

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So we, the weary, now redeemed, bend swords into plow shares, hold tension, cling to the scriptures, pursue peace and

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cultivate space for the temporary difference of opinion. Hey TBC family, good morning. My name is Bijusatwathi and I'm one of the church

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planters here at T. B. C. I'm so excited to worship the Lord with you and excited to read the scripture for us all.

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This morning the scripture portion is taken from Genesis chapter 11 versus 1 through 9.

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Now the whole earth had one language and the same words.

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And as people migrated from the east, they found a plane in the land of Seiner and settled there. And as they said to one another,

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come let us make bricks and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone and

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bitumen for mortar.

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Then they said, come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower

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with its top in the heavens.

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And let us make a name for ourselves,

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