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Post-Christian Culture
There is no denying the fact that this world, that this Country that even some of the churches (or so called churches) are changing, and not for the good.
We are seeing a trend where Biblical Christianity is loosing its primacy in many cultures, many peoples lives.
As far back as 1st century this was a concern.
(Rom1:28; 2Tim3:1-5; Mt5:14-16; Php2:12-16)
Rom1:28
Holding to a form of godliness where
Homosexuality is embraced; and if not you are intolerant
Sex before marriage; living together is the norm
When sin, adultery, is now called “having an affair”
Marriage, divorce and remarriage for unbiblical reasons is acceptable
Post-Christian culture can be defined as
old norms that one held true are no longer accepted by the majority
Example is people used to believe the Bible was in inerrant word of God, Jesus is the Son of God and in believing in Him you may have eternal life.
Today many believe there are many ways to God and Jesus is just one of them.
Majority of people in society today do not go with the basic moral principles taught in the Bible, they believe they are “out-dated” and people who follow them are “un-enlightened”
Post-Christian culture is both socially and religiously
Socially: As mentioned before homosexuality, living together outside of marriage are just “alternative lifestyles” and acceptable
Religiously: Women’s roles; accepting homosexual leaders,
So what do we do as a bible believing group?
How do we impact the post-Christian culture?
Do we form PAC’s?
Do we boycott, hold rallies, stand with pickets to try to make changes?
What about verbal violence and intolerance at abortion clinics?
Well what about forming monasteries, communes and isolating ourselves from the world?
Pretty far fetched with most of these I know but I think you get the idea.
So what do we do?
We do as the Bible tells us and our passage for this series is Php2:12-16
While it was written in the Pre-Christian culture to a group of Christians living in the midst of
Heavy Roman culture - many gods, many ways
Paganism
Intellectualism and where immorality was not consider immoral
In other words, Paul writing could be the same writing that could be, should be written today in our post-Christian culture.
So our passage (Php2:12-16) that was written in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation is applicable to us today.
It gives some direction, hope and warnings so we can let our light shine.
As the series will continue we ill delve into the passage with accompanying passages more.
First, work out our salvation
Work out salvation with fear and trembling
Working it out by allowing God to work in us
Allow the work without grumbling or disputing
Do it as children of God without fault and then
Finally, hold fast the word of life!
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By working out our salvation
We need to work out “our” salvation personally first.
(Mt7:1-6)
The passage here is not about judging but getting your own salvation, own house in order before you try to help someone with theirs, sweep up, clean up your own stuff first.
You can notice it tells us “first removed the plank” and then it says” then you will see clearly to take the speck out of someones eye” - we do have a responsibility to help each other.
But first we need to work out our own salvation!
(Mt23:3, 13)
Another thing to keep in mind in working out your salvation is don’t work out of your salvation and out of the kingdom of God.
And then add to that scripture
If you were to summarize 1Cor9:24-27 it would be run your race, for the prize, be careful how you run your race, not without aim not like beating the air, but with discipline self discipline so not to disqualify yourself.
Don’t go preaching, proclaiming and not doing, don’t be a hypocrite, work out your salvation!
- - - - when we work out our own salvation, our personal salvation then our light will shine!
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With Fear and Trembling
Who likes to talk or hear about fear? (Php2:12; Pro1:7; Mt10:28)
No one likes to hear about “fear” for the most part, and it sure is not popular when you bring in God when it comes to fear.
You remember the preaching of old and that was meant to scare the hell out of you.
Maybe in our post-Christian culture today the pendulum has swung too far the other way and the “fear of the Lord” has been diluted.
Where is the “fear and trembling?”
The Teacher spoke of fear of the Lord
Jesus taught about fear of the Lord
Without the proper fear of the Lord it is unlikely someone will will make the effort to work out their salvation.
Have you seen apathy, faithlessness, fruitlessness in the church today
We need to work out our salvation, work it out with fear and trembling by allowing God to work in us.
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By Letting God work in us
To let our lights shine in this world, we need to let God do work in us.
(Php2:13; EPh3:20-21; Php1:6; 1The5:19)
To let our lights shine in this world, we need to let God do work in us.
If we want to shine, allow God to work in us and will do more than we can think or ask
He is doing the work in us
How He works in us
to will - helping us in our motivation
to do - equipping us in our ability
But still we need to be careful to stay in God’s will so not to quench the Holy Spirit.
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We don’t want to hinder or resist God from working us and using us to shine a light in a crooked and perverse generation.
Don’t worry we will develop this more in the future lessons in this study.
So we are to be lights, but how we are lights is important too.
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Without grumbling or disputing (Php2:14)
We need to have the attitude of gratitude
We need to keep a positive attitude
We need to think on the things above
Living the in midst of a crooked and perverse generation and can be down right discouraging or depressing, we do not want to be complainers.
When we grumble, when we dispute we make ourselves less effective and our light does not shine the light of Christ.
Don’t let this generation lead to our own downfall, like it did Israel (1Cor10:10-12)
They were destroyed
We are instructed and given example
We need to be careful so not to fall.
Another way for us to improve our light is by getting along and being in unity with our brothers.
Unity brings conformity to convince the world concerning Jesus
Look at what Jesus prayed for the apostles.
(Jn17:20-23)
Jn17:
When we dispute, when we grumble or complain it is an indication of some growing that is left to be done.
(1Cor3:1-4)
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