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​Every Youth = Every Christian 

Consumer Christian #1 - Holiness

20/7/2018

 
What is a Consumer Christian?
One way of looking at it is what Dallas Willard (an American philosopher and Christian writer) describes as “Vampire Christians”. He writes:

“ One, in effect, says to Jesus: “I’d like a little of your blood, please. But I don’t care to be your student or have your character. In fact, won’t you just excuse me while I get on with my life, and I’ll see you in heaven.” But is this really acceptable to Jesus?”
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In short, Consumer Christians do not take holiness seriously, because faith is what they receive, not how they obey. Faith is about what they can get, but little about what they can give and sacrifice. They have Jesus as Saviour, but not Lord of their lives. The cross becomes a vending machine, rather than an example for life. 

But God’s word tells us that we are to “put off the old self… and put on the new” (Eph 4:22-24), we are to be “holy for Yahweh is holy” (1 Pet 1:16), Christ has ‘saved us and called us into a holy life” (2 Tim1:9).  

How does this influence CY?
  • When we share the gospel with others as salvation to heaven, but neglect obedience in faith in our everyday lives.
  • When we neglect our personal spiritual walk - in disciplines of prayer, repentance and bible reading.
  • When we neglect personal holiness and let sin slide without repentance, because it’s “insignificant” or “too small.”  
  • When we live a double life outside of church and ministry.
  • When we gossip, slander, neglect to show grace and forgiveness, complain or hold grudges.  

For Reflection:
  1. Are there areas in your life where you are a “Vampire Christian”? What do you need to repent of and change?
  2. How is your personal spiritual walk going? What habits or disciplines do you need to work on?
  3. Consider how you can encourage your brothers and sisters in Christ in their personal holiness. How do you interact with them? What do you talk about?

Every Youth = Every Christian

19/7/2018

 
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What if the goal we have for every youth coming out of CY was to become what the bible says every Christian should be?

What if, Year 12s coming out of CY:
  • Know and love the gospel (1 Cor 2:2)
  • Live for the Kingdom (Matt 6:33)
  • Participate in the work of Christ
  • Contribute to the Body of Christ (1 Cor 12:27)
  • Disciple one another (Matt 28:19)
  • Love God’s word and know how to feed from it
  • Actively seek to witness and embed themselves in their communities
  • Understand what it means to live as God’s people in God’s world

Every Youth = Every Christian captures something that we’ve been aiming to do at CY this year. In my teaching training, I’ve been told that when we set high expectations for our students, you will get high results. Peter Adams, at our last Getaway said,
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“Have the highest expectations for those around you,
and the greatest amount of grace.”

Every Youth = Every Christian, sets high expectations that our youths would be “empower[ed].. to join in the Mission of God wherever they are” throughout adolescence and as they enter adulthood.

But before we can understand how these goals can be achieved, we need to understand our context.

  1. What are the general felt needs of  Sydney Youths?
  2. What are the specific felt needs of CY?

Over the next few weeks, we will explore these felt needs and the goals and objectives that will help us strive for “Every Youth = Every Christian.”

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