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Post Christian Culture
Biblical Christianity is loosing its primacy in many cultures!
The church is changing with the world instead of changing the world.
The bible is not the centerpiece of the home and even in some church assemblies.
How can we be a shining light in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation?
There is no denying the fact that we are in an post christian era, in this country and even within the families you can see that.
This is not a new problem, just more evident today due to technology.
Warning that this was evident already (Rom1:28)
Warning that it was going to come in future too (2Tim3:1-5)
2Tim3:3-4
Post-Christian culture defined: old norms that once held true are no longer accepted by the majority.
(Satans toolbox)
He has many tools that he uses in this culture today that demonstrate the post-Christian culture, for:
Homosexuality is embraced; rejecting it means you are intolerant
Sex before marriage, living together is the norm
Discounting the severity of sin, such as adultery is now called “having an affair”
Marriage, divorce and remarriage for unbiblical reasons are acceptable
Even gender, God given gender is being rejected and you can be what you chose to be vs. what God made you to be.
Proclaiming the good news and calling sin, sin, is called hate speech.
Believing that the Bible is the Word of God; Jesus is the Son of God and believing in Him you can have eternal life was the norm, today it is challenged and debated.
Majority of people in society today do not accept the basic moral principles taught in the Bible.
They believe they are outdated and people who follow them are out of touch and unenlightened.
This post-Christian culture is both socially and religiously.
Sociology of the post-Christian culture
Socially it is accepting things that are contrary to God’s Word.
(i.e.
abortion, homosexuality, alternative lifestyles.
Religiously: Women’s roles, homosexual leaders, ministry participants that are dwelling in sin.
(Letting our light shine)
So, what do we do as a group of simply Christians studying God’s word together?
Do we form political action committees?
How about boycotting, holding rallies, standing with pickets to try to make changes?
How about becoming monks or forming communes and withdrawing from society?
Now some of those are a little out there are we chuckle at them, but I think you get the idea, but what does the bible say?
Paul tells us in our passage that will be the center of this series what we are to do.
Written in basically a pre-Christian culture Paul is addressing a group of Christians, what they are facing was:
Heavy Roman culture- many gods, many ways
Paganism
Intellectualism where immorality was not considered immoral
Paul wrote to them, but could be writing to our culture today couldn’t he?
Our focal passage (Php2:12-16) gives us some direction, hope and warnings so we can let our light shine as Jesus tells us (Mt5:14-16)
Open your bibles to Mt5:14 and let’s look at just a few verses and discuss some.
What does Jesus call us?
You are a light
You are part of many lights that make a city set upon a hill
a light that cannot be hidden; nor would we want it to be hidden
What does He call us to do?
Let our light shine, not only shine but before men
Be careful how you let your light shine, so shine of good works
What will be the results?
When we do, will will glorify the Father who is in heaven
As we get into this series we will delve into the passage with other accompanying passages with the aim being learning for application so to be a light in a post-christian era!
Turn in your bibles now to our focal passage (Php2:12-16).
We are going to transition now on Sunday nights from just a sermon to a bible study with a message and invitation within.
What do you see, what do you notice, what sticks out to you?
In this series we will look at, as this passage shows us.
Work out our own salvation
Work out our salvation with fear and trembling
Work of God, allow God to work and will in us
Allow Gods work in us and through us without grumbling or disputing
Work as children of God without fault
Work while holding fast to the Word of life.
Work out our salvation
Before we can be a shining light like Jesus wants us to be, we first need to work out our own salvation.
Its personal before its plural.
(work it out)
Work it out personally in front or in absence of others (Php2:12)
Don’t do it just in front of people, do it when no one is looking except God.
Work it out personally so then you can help others (Mt7:1-6; Gal6:1)
(below scriptures are not on a slide, just read then comment)
This passage is not about judging, it is about working our your own salvation, getting your own house in order so that you can help others with theirs.
So get up, sweep up, clean up, then help your neighbor.
This passage tells us to “get the plank out” then it says “you will then be able to see clearly.” - we need to see clearly to help others.
Don’t let your light be hindered or held back by a plank in our own eye.
Now we do have a responsibility to help each other according to (Gal6:1), but first work out our salvation personally first.
Work it out personally so you are not hypocrite and kept out of kingdom of heaven (Mt23:3) or take others out of the kingdom (Mt23:13)
Don’t be a hypocrite and tell others what to do and not do it yourself (Mt23:3); don’t keep others out of the kingdom or take others from the kingdom by being a hypocrite (Mt23:13)
Work it out personally as a person running a race (1Cor9:24-27)
Don’t do it aimlessly, beating the air, but run your race, run for the prize, be careful how you run so not to disqualify yourself..
Don’t go preaching and proclaiming without practicing or you are a hypocrite and that does not shine the light of Jesus that we are called to shine.
When we work out our personal salvation then our light will shine!
Work it out with fear and trembling
Who likes to think about fear, talk about fear?
Not a popular topic, but it should be when it comes to God.
Don’t lose our reverence (fear) of God.
Hell fire and brimstone sermons a thing of yesterday?
They were meant not to scare you but to scare the hell out of you.
Have we lost reverential fear of the Lord in our culture today?
Has
Has the pendulum swung to far the other way today where the fear of the has been diluted
Fear of the Lord
Fear of the Lord is necessary (Pro1:7)
Christ speaks of fearing the one who can destroy both your body and your soul in hell (Mt10:28)
(Apathy)
Without the proper fear of the Lord it is unlikely that someone will make an effort to work out their own personal salvation.
Have you seen apathy, faithlessness, fruitlessness in the church today?
Church assembly has lost its priority?
We cannot shine our lights when we are apathetic
Apathy: Lack of interest, enthusiasm or concern; listlessness, indifferent
We need to work out our salvation with fear and trembling by allowing God to work in us.
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