
Q: What are your main concerns?
Romans 12:1-2 “I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. 2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.”
Due To A Study Conducted by Lifeway, that asks: “What is the main challenge facing the church today?” The number 1 answer is:
1.) Anti-Christian Culture”
Q: What does THAT mean?
Q: What IS culture?
A: “the social behavioral norms, knowledge, beliefs, art, customs, laws, language, history of a people group”.
Q: What is “ANTI-Christian culture?”
A: a culture where the values, behavioral norms, art, history, laws and traditions
Remember: “Psalm 24:1 “The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein”
ALSO Remember: “”Thy Kingdom Come, THY will be done on earth…as it is in heaven”(Matthew 6:10)”
Q: How do we face the “Anti-Christian” culture we live in?
1.)
John 17:14-17 “I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 15 I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one. 16 They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 17 Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.”
Q: So, what does Jesus say?
A: “They
2.)
John 17:21 “that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.”
POINT: He actually teaches us that it’s our unity…that is the
3.)
Titus 2:12 “For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, 12 training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age”
4.)
Matthew 5:13-14,16 “You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? ….14 “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
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