"why be moral?"

​Chapter 8: Memory Verse

1 Peter 2:11-12

Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul. Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.

Chapter 8: Common Grace

8.2: Objective

Plan how to avoid worldliness and asceticism by living as a pilgrim and an ambassador, discerning light and darkness in a fallen world.

Chapter 8: Common Grace

REalms of Culture

Folk Culture- organic through natural creativity of people in a particular region

High Culture- result of centuries of refinement and development towards excellence

Popular Culture- known as mass/consumer culture

"why be moral?"

create mobs and help to remove sensibilities (how we think, feel, are convicted...)

​Pop Culture: Bad

help bring joy and happiness to God's people through music, arts, movies

​Pop Culture: Good

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​Chapter 8: Common grace

Discuss Pop Cultures effect on sensibilities and why that's a cause for concern.

"why be moral?"

" Does a fish know that it is wet? not until you take it out of the water. " 

Chapter 8: Common Grace

​Worldliness

Sin effects every aspect, TOTAL DEPRAVITY.

"Sin is not only personal but also interpersonal and even suprapersonal"

"Do not be conformed to this world" (Romans 12:2)

Transformed- aggressive verb, the idea of you making a choice to not let the outside forces control you

​but be transformed

Conformed- passive verb, the idea of molding a clay pot, letting things happen

​do not be conformed

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chapter 8: Common grace

​worldliness

Cultural artifacts-tangible goods produced by a culture

Are cultural artifacts meaningless?

Can I walk around with my middle finger up claiming it is meaningless? It is no different than any other finger

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​asceticism

person who practices extreme self-denial, giving up even normal everyday pleasures

monks, nuns....

Chapter 8: common grace

​pilgrims/sojourner

This is our Father's world, but for right now, "the whole world lies in the power of the evil one."

If you fit in with the world around you then you are ruled by Satan

We are to be a pilgrim to the world but not an ambassador