Did You Know Its Ok To Be A Rebellious Church
The church, of which you are a part, is called to live counter-culturally wherever she is. It is the essence of the popular adage – “Be in the world but not of the world”. But drawn from the words of Jesus in John 17:15-17.
15) I am not asking that You take them out of the world, but that You keep them from the evil one. 16) They are not of the world just as I am not of the world, 17) Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.…
The problem is that many of us are blinded to the culture we are supposed to be counter to, limiting this command down to not drinking, cussing or not having sex before marriage. The scope of this command and call runs far deeper than that.
Does your culture prize overworking and putting in 60-70 hours weekly? You are called to live counter to that and honour your body’s limitations and duty of care to your family.
Does your culture value being all you can be as the most important thing? You must live contrary to that, live as unto Christ, and be whatever He wants you to be and do.
Does your culture honour the individual rights over the rights of the collective? You must live counter to that and love your neighbour as you love yourself.
We can not live Christian life effectively without being aware of the shape “the world” takes within our particular country and cultural context.
This type of countercultural living can’t be practised by individual Christians trying to obey on their own. It can only be achieved in a tight-knit Christian community living The Way together as a family. May the Lord be glorified in and through His counterculture community: the church.