A MESSY VIEW OF LIFE
MESSY LIKE A FROG IN A KETTLE!
Do not let the world squeeze you into its mold . . . (Romans 12:2 – Phillips Bible)
For a time is coming when people will no longer listen to right teaching. They will follow their own desires and will look for teachers who will tell them whatever they want to hear. Â
They will reject the truth and follow strange myths. (2 Timothy 4:3-4 – New Living Translation)
I want to remind you that in the last days there will be scoffers who will laugh at the truth and do every evil thing they desire. (2 Peter 3:3 – New Living Translation)
These people will speak lies disguised as truth. Their consciences have been scarred as if branded by a red-hot iron. (1 Timothy 4:2 – God’s Word Translation)
It’s messy because it’s subtle
It’s messy because it’s popular
It’s messy because it’s dangerous
The door is wide and the road is easy that leads to hell. Many people are going through that door.
But the door is narrow and the road is hard that leads to life that lasts forever. Few people are finding it. (Matthew 7:13-14 – New Life Version)
Our culture is calling into question every absolute and replacing eternal truth with popular opinion. What’s a Christian to do?
Unfortunately, many compromise with the culture, buying into a myth that much of what the Bible says is a vestige of a more superstitious era.
We should grow out of it’s teachings as we grew past belief in Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy. (Allan Moseley – Thinking Against The Grain)
MESSY WHAT’S YOUR WORLDVIEW?
A worldview is the framework from which we view reality and make sense of life and the world. Whether conscious or subconscious,
every person has some type of worldview. A personal worldview is a combination of all you believe to be true,
and what you believe becomes the driving force behind every emotion, decision and action. Therefore, it affects your response to every area of life.
As Christians, we are commanded to have a Biblical worldview. A biblical worldview is based on the Word of God.
When you believe the Bible is entirely true, then you allow it to be the foundation of everything you say and do. (Del Tackett- Focus On The Family)
See to it that nobody enslaves you with philosophy and foolish deception,
which conform to human traditions and the way the world thinks and acts rather than Christ. (Colossians 2:8 – Contemporary English Bible)
Be careful not to let anyone rob you of this faith through a shallow and misleading philosophy.
Such a person follows human traditions and the world’s way of doing things rather than following Christ. (Colossians 2:8 – God’s Word Translation)
Our worldview are the glasses by which we see the world Â
Our worldview is the filter by which we make decisions
Our worldview is the framework by which we determine morality
The way you behave comes from something. Your attitudes and actions spring from your value system and your value system is based on what you believe.
At the foundation of a person’s life, we find his beliefs. These beliefs shape his values, and his values drive his actions. (Josh McDowell)
MESSY THE TRUTH ABOUT “THE TRUTH”
"What is truth?" Pilate asked. (John 18:38 – New Living Translation)
Jesus said to them, “You are truly my disciples if you live as I tell you to, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” (John 8:31-32 – Living Bible)
For truth to be “TRUTH” it must be objective (for all situations)
For truth to be “TRUTH� it must be universal (for all people)
. . . all the people did whatever seemed right in their own eyes. (Judges 17:6 – New Living Translation)
For truth to be “TRUTH� it must be timeless (for all time)
But God's truth stands firm like a foundation stone . . . (2 Timothy 2:19 – New Living Translation)
The culture of modern America exalts feeling and preference over thinking and truth more than does any other western culture in history.
Generally speaking, American Christians succumb to this cultural disposition more commonly
than they obey the command of their Lord to love God with all of their minds. (Allan Moseley)
CLEAN UP THE MESSY MAKE A COMMITMENT TO TRUTH!
GOAL 1: Every Christian must know what they believe
Then we will no longer be like children, forever changing our minds about what we believe because someone has told us something different or because
someone has cleverly lied to us and made the lie sound like the truth. (Ephesians 4:14 – New Living Translation)
GOAL 2: Every Christian must stand for what they believe
But you must continue to believe the truth and stand in it firmly . . . (Colossians 1:23 – New Living Translation)
GOAL 3: Every Christian must know how to live what they believe
You are the light of the world. You cannot hide a city that is on a mountain. Men do not light a lamp and put it under a basket.
They put it on a table so it gives light to all in the house. Let your light shine in front of men. (Matthew 5:14-16 – New Life Version)
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LifePointe’s Big Hairy Audacious Goals
Fall 2012
LifePointe Church - October 27-30, 2012
Igniting A Passion For God Speaker, Shawn McBride
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