CITIZENS | WEEK 1
Oct 20, 2024
JARED CARL

 

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18 But what does it matter? The important thing is that in every way, whether from false motives or true, Christ is preached. And because of this I rejoice.

Yes, and I will continue to rejoice, 19 for I know that through your prayers and God’s provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ what has happened to me will turn out for my deliverance. 20 I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death. 21 For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.

Philippians 1:18-21

9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

11 Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul. 12 Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.

1 Peter 2:9-12

Citizens adopt the culture and practices of the nation or kingdom to which they belong.

1. Change your vantage point.

2. Know who you are and whose you are.

3. Proclaim the excellencies of Christ.

Ask Yourself | If I truly embraced that Jesus has subjected all things unto himself, how would that change how I live?

Ask Others | Do my responses and reactions to current world events reveal a person of hope or despair?