This week we compare the attitudes we expressed about Fairfield last week, with the attitudes God expects us to have for those around us...
THE 2 VIDEOS MAY TAKE SOME TIME TO LOAD
i. Culture/Society is something that the Christian should....?
- Contribute towards?
- Critique / criticise?
- Oppose ?
- Affirm?
- Be indifferent to?
Check out:
Gen 12:1-3
Romans 8:18-25
Revelation 21:1-5 + 22-27, 22:1-5
ii. Which of the following is closest to what you thought God's intention for the world would be?
a. destroy society/creation
b. save Christians from society/creation
c. redeem society/creation
iii. How might each of the options under question ii. lead to a different way of interacting with our culture/world?
iv. What vibe do we get from the following passages, as to the relationship God intends believers to have with wider society?
a.Jeremiah 29:1-9 b.Acts 11:19-26 c.Romans 12:9-13:10 d.Gal 6:10 e.Ephesians 6:1-9 f.Colossians 3:18-4:6 g.Titus 3:1-7
This video transitions us to our third week - Worship + Mission
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ReplyDeleteThought this was a fantastic study - unfortunately we ran out of time so didn't get to look through the passages but definitely wanna keep on thinking through them over the course of this week/month/year/rest of my life.
I found that the church is so often the bunker for me that i didn't even realise. whilst i might not go fleeing into it each week to escape the hostilities of the world, there's definitely a sense of 'this is home/this is comfortable' about it. (And to an extent rightly so i think because its God's family we're part of!)
But at the same time, we need to be like those in Jeremiah 29 in exile. God's people putting down roots, acknowledging what is true and false, but still interacting and dealing with society/creation.
By the end of our study, we all recognised that our hearts need to be committed. there's a big gap between our heart and God's heart and so we need to be committed to seeing this world in the same way that God does!
Tara Jane wrote on facebook...
ReplyDeleteI was so tired I almost fell asleep in the study ^_^
I liked thinking about the whole inviting people into the bunker vs leaving the bunker and finding people. Good stuff to brainstorm on.