why do christians twerk?
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Belongingness
Belongingness Defined
Belongingness is the human emotional need to be an accepted member of a group. Whether it is family, friends, co-workers, or a sports team, humans have an inherent desire to belong and be an important part of something greater than themselves. The motive to belong is the need for strong, stable relationships with other people. This implies a relationship that is greater than simple acquaintance or familiarity. The need to belong is the need to give and receive affection from others.
Feeling Left Out
Conformity
Don’t Conform, Transform!
Romans 12:2
Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God's will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.
Ephesians 4:22-24
20-24 But that’s no life for you. You learned Christ! My assumption is that you have paid careful attention to him, been well instructed in the truth precisely as we have it in Jesus. Since, then, we do not have the excuse of ignorance, everything—and I do mean everything—connected with that old way of life has to go. It’s rotten through and through. Get rid of it! And then take on an entirely new way of life—a God-fashioned life, a life renewed from the inside and working itself into your conduct as God accurately reproduces his character in you. MSG.
What’s it called when a Christian doesn’t take on a new life?
Worldly Living
Titus 2:12
12 And we are instructed to turn from godless living and sinful pleasures. We should live in this evil world with self-control, right conduct, and devotion to God,
World- Greek- Kosmos
• the ungodly multitude; the whole mass of men alienated from God, and therefore hostile to the cause of Christ.
God’s Instruction to His Children
I John 2:15 Stop loving this evil world and
all that it offers you, for when you love the
world, you show that you do not have the
love of the Father in you. 16 For the world
offers only the lust for physical pleasure,
the lust for everything we see, and pride
in our possessions. These are not from the
Father. They are from this evil world. 17 And
this world is fading away, along with
everything it craves. But if you do the will of
God, you will live forever.
4 ways to apply I John 2:15
I. Stop loving this evil world
II. The love of the Father not in you.
III. The offers of this world
IV. This world is fading away, but you will
last forever.
I. Stop loving this evil world
You are NOT OF THIS WORLD!
John 18:36 is where Jesus says that His kingdom is “not of this world.” As His followers, Christians are members of His kingdom which is “not of this world,” that is, heaven Philippians 3:20.
To love the world is to still be seeking for something out there, apart from God, that is going to give us our meaning, purpose, security, identity, life.
II. The love of the Father not in you.
Love for the world is incompatible with love for the Father. Therefore if one claims to love God and yet loves the world, there is something wrong with his claim to love God
Step right up!
III. The world offers
a. the lust for physical pleasure- Feel
b. the lust for everything we see- See
c. pride in our possessions- Who’s
possessing who?
d. These are not from the Father. They
are from this evil world.
IV. This world is fading away, but
you will last forever.
This is a contrast, and asks us to choose which of
two things we prefer. "The world," he says,
"passes away, and the evil desires “A. Worldly Pleasure= at its best it is but for a moment; ends
in dismantling of God’s Glory in us.
1. 18 But we Christians have no veil over our faces; we can be mirrors that brightly reflect the glory of the Lord. And as the Spirit of the Lord works within us, we become more and more like him. II Cor. 3:18
You are Blessed
B. but you will last forever. Psalm 1 1 Oh, the joys of those who do not follow evil men’s advice, who do not hang around with sinners, scoffing at the things of God. 2 But they delight in doing everything God wants them to, and day and night are always meditating on his laws and thinking about ways to follow him more closely.3They are like trees along a riverbank bearing luscious fruit each season without fail. Their leaves shall never wither, and all they do shall prosper.4 But for sinners, what a different story! They blow away like chaff before the wind. 5 They are not safe on Judgment Day; they shall not stand among the godly.6 For the Lord watches over all the plans and paths of godly men, but the paths of the godless lead to doom.
How do I stop being Worldly?
1. Cooperate with God’s Spirit- Sanctification is separation to God, Romans 15:16- “made holy by the Holy Spirit.”2. Crack open THE BOOK- We should read and study the Bible because it is God's Word to us. The Bible is literally "God-breathed" (2 Timothy 3:16). In other words, it is God's very Words to us. 3. Be Accountable- 23 Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promise. 24 Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works. 25 And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near. Hebrew 10:23-25
What are you eating?
Kids have grown up being entertained for more than being spiritually fed- John MacArthur
It’s Time to make some changes