Pastor Lee is doing a sermon serious entitled "Myth Busters", and today's sermon was "Secular is Bad". He started off be defining secular as not pertaining to or connected with religion (opposed to sacred). But then he pointed out that in God's eyes, NOTHING is secular vs spiritual bc everything orginated from God. It's not what something is that makes it bad but what we do w/it.
When did the word Christian go from being a noun to being an adjective?
New Life Version (NLV)
John 17:
vs13 But now I come to You, Father. I say these things while I am in the world. In this way, My followers may have My joy in their hearts. 14 "I have given Your Word to My followers. The world hated them because they do not belong to the world, even as I do not belong to the world.
15 I do not ask You to take them out of the world. I ask You to keep them from the devil.
16 My followers do not belong to the world just as I do not belong to the world. 17 Make them holy for Yourself by the truth. Your Word is truth.
18 "As You sent Me into the world so I have sent them into the world also. 19 I set Myself apart to be holy for them. Then they may be made holy by the truth.
Jesus Prays For All Christians
20 "I do not pray for these followers only. I pray for those who will put their trust in Me through the teaching they have heard."
The world looking in does not see a group of people changed and trying to make a difference in the world, but a group of people trying to protect themselves from the world as if we were better than them!
Instead of us pointing out the light of the world, we spend too much time pointing out the world's faults and condemning them. What good are we doing pointing out what they already know?
The Message (MSG)
Matthew 5
vs13"Let me tell you why you are here. You're here to be salt-seasoning that brings out the God-flavors of this earth. If you lose your saltiness, how will people taste godliness? You've lost your usefulness and will end up in the garbage.
14-16"Here's another way to put it: You're here to be light, bringing out the God-colors in the world. God is not a secret to be kept. We're going public with this, as public as a city on a hill. If I make you light-bearers, you don't think I'm going to hide you under a bucket, do you? I'm putting you on a light stand. Now that I've put you there on a hilltop, on a light stand—shine! Keep open house; be generous with your lives. By opening up to others, you'll prompt people to open up with God, this generous Father in heaven.
I know I didn't say it half as well as Pastor Lee did, but the point is, yes, we are supposed to be different from the world, but how can we impact people for Christ if we seperate ourselves to keep from gettind koodies? I love my church bc it's the first place in a long time we're I've felt genuine love for people w/God's conviction, but no condemnation. Christianity is not about what you can't do, but about what you do do.
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I actually found this very interesting. It makes me think. Thanks for posting it.
Well, I'm glad someone understood what I was trying to relay bc I was afraid it came out all rambled :P
A little rambled but still point taken!
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