Article Three:
The third and final thing I want to write about for this assignment is the idea of conforming to the image of the world, rather than conforming to the image of Christ. I think this is an issue that my generation really struggles with – and something that is becoming a real danger to our churches today. As more of the world seeps in, more of Christ seeps out.
There are so many examples of this among young adults and teenagers in our churches – ‘fellowship’ nights that are beginning to include drunkenness, Christians that are wrongly citing the passage of ‘becoming all things to all men’ to justify using profanity, engage in impure relationships, etc. Simply put, it is when a Christian begins to compromise.
Romans 12:2 says, “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.” Our goal is to become more like Christ, not the world. As the church, we were called out of the world! Yes, we must still live in it, but shouldn’t non-Christians at least be able to tell who we are?
John says in 1 Jn. 2:15-17, “Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world--the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions--is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.”
Kingdom people should be about kingdom business. We can convert the lost without conforming to the pattern of the world. It’s surely a lot less confusing to them that way! I know it is difficult to be counter-cultural – I particularly struggled with this in high school. But I believe that our generation has the passion and love for God that could bring about a true restoration in the church today! Let’s try to be counter-cultural and follow Paul’s advice to Timothy: “Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity” (1 Tim. 4:12).
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