Sermon Tone Analysis

When You hear the term Christian, what do you think of?

When You hear the term Christian, what do you think of?

We think of the noun.

Perhaps some one who is a follower of Christ?

However, the term Christian as an adjective has come to describe many things.

Christian music

Christian books

Christian bookstore

Christians schools

Christian universities

Christian concert

Mormons refer to themselves as Christians and they deny the Trinity.

Seven Day Adventist refer to themselves as Christians and they deny the reality of hell and eternal judgment.

Even today, we are seeing this concept of modern Christians, or progressive Christians (That is Christian who find it perfectly reasonable to hold to abortion, gender discrepancy, Homosexuality and with this this we have seen an erosion of the term Christian.

This term has been hijacked now and destroyed.

Example: Christian bookstores, Christian music, Christian School, Christian concerts, Christian Movies

What is a Christian bookstore?

What is Christian music?

What is Christian school?

Christian concerts?

Christian movies?

These avenues and mediums have adopted this term and it seems that they have also adopted a love for the culture and its ever changing morality.

Unfortunately, then we must define what it means to be Christian in the modern world.

When I was coming through NGU, Christian Worldview was pushed.

I appreciated what they are trying to do, but I think the waters are a little cloudy as to what it means to be Christian.

So what does that mean?

Because often what is associate as Christian isn’t what Christ has authorized.

Hear me out, the term Christian isn’t bad, but the things associated with the word Christian has muddied the waters of what it means to be purely Christian.

How are we to live in a world that is trending this direction?

Are we to live with a Christian worldview?

Perhaps that isn’t the clearest answer.

I think a better term and a better worldview is the term biblical.

The Bible doesn’t change.

Speaking of the eternality of the Word, Jesus says:

Matthew

His word remains.

Is it of the Bible?

If it is of the Bible, then it will be purely Christian.

Normally that means we will be counter culture.

Because people don’t have a problem calling yourself a Christian.

People have a problem with submitting to the authority of God, and the authority of God in today’s world in the Holy Word of God that reveals his beloved Son.

They don’t have a problem with us believing in God so long as God’s standard isn’t what they are held to.

So how are we to live in this present world?

Five Commands we see in 1 Peter 1:13-16

Prepare

Keep Sober

Fix Your Hope

Do not be conformed

Be Holy (godly)

over the next few weeks, we are going to be going through a study by David Platt entitled, Counter Culture.