1. RIGHT SIDE UP Countering Culture – Connecting Christ
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2. They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course. (Psalms 82:5 KJV)
Woe [an expression of grief] to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! (Isaiah 5:20 NKJV)
““This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life. God didn’t go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again.” John 3:16-17 MSG
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3. Taking on Culture with TRUTH
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4. If we are going to be a part of God’s solution to the ills in our society, we must learn from TRUTH how to respond to horrible/controversial issues and people in the culture today.
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5. Identify with God and remember the primary objective.
How to Respond out of TRUTH:
Identify with God and remember the primary objective.
"God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth." (John 4:24 NKJV)
"Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, "teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen.
(Matthew 28:19-20 NKJV)
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6. 2. Be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to become enraged.
How to Respond out of TRUTH:
2. Be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to become enraged.
So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God. (James 1:19-20 NKJV)
For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. (Ephesians 6:12 NKJV)
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7. How to Respond out of TRUTH:
3. Consider the choices of reaction being presented to you.
“There is a path before each person that seems right, but it ends in death.” Proverbs 16:25 NLT
“What you think is the right road may lead to death.”
Proverbs 16:25 GNB
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8. 4. Compare those choices to God’s character.
How to Respond out of TRUTH:
4. Compare those choices to God’s character.
Let us make search and put our ways to the test, turning again to the Lord; (Lamentations 3:40 BBE)
I will give thought to your orders, and have respect for your ways. I will have delight in your rules; I will not let your word go out of my mind. (Psalms 119:15-16 BBE)
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9. 5. Commit to respond in the character of God.
How to Respond out of TRUTH:
5. Commit to respond in the character of God.
““You’re familiar with the old written law, ‘Love your friend,’ and its unwritten companion, ‘Hate your enemy.’ I’m challenging that. I’m telling you to love your enemies. Let them bring out the best in you, not the worst. When someone gives you a hard time, respond with the energies of prayer, for then you are working out of your true selves, your God-created selves. This is what God does. He gives his best—the sun to warm and the rain to nourish—to everyone, regardless: the good and bad, the nice and nasty. If all you do is love the lovable, do you expect a bonus? Anybody can do that. If you simply say hello to those who greet you, do you expect a medal? Any run-of-the-mill sinner does that. In a word, what I’m saying is, Grow up. You’re kingdom subjects. Now live like it. Live out your God-created identity. Live generously and graciously toward others, the way God lives toward you.””
Matthew 5:43-48 MSG
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10. 6. Don’t condemn those who chose otherwise.
How to Respond out of TRUTH:
6. Don’t condemn those who chose otherwise.
“DO NOT judge and criticize and condemn others, so that you may not be judged and criticized and condemned yourselves.”
Matthew 7:1 AMPC
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11. How to Respond out of TRUTH:
7. Be confident in knowing that you’ve stayed true to who you are and your primary objective.
But Peter and John answered and said to them, "Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you more than to God, you judge. "For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard."
(Acts 4:19-20 NKJV)
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12. ““Let me tell you why you are here
““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. “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.”
Matthew 5:13-16 MSG
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13. “And seek (inquire for, require, and request) the peace and welfare of the city… and pray to the Lord for it, for in the welfare of [the city in which you live] you will have welfare.” Jeremiah 29:7 AMPC
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