God vs. Culture

This morning in Sunday School we talked about some things in our life that is wrong but for the most part culturally accepted. Resentment, bitterness, grudges, and strife are all things, if we are honest, we have in our lives. Our culture has done an amazing job teaching us that when someone wrongs us it is OK to feel bitter, to hold a grudge. My main thought this morning was this: Just because it is accepted and often approved of in our CULTURE does not mean that it doesn't offend a holy and righteous GOD. I'll take God's perspective over my liberal culture's any day. Since you have had some time to digest this point I make about culture's seemingly authoritativeness in our lives, let me ask you a question: How did this happen?? How did our surroundings that will wither and fade become our predominate source of right and wrong over Jesus Christ? I have an idea but let me share with you my thoughts in the words of a great friend and a great pastor:

"lets be real for just a minute most of the guys in our generation are flaming liberals or watered down at best."

When he said this to me, a light went off. This is one guy in the ministry speaking to another in the ministry about OUR generation which serves in the ministry. People just don't have biblical worldviews anymore. We take the subjects of God, man, truth, ethics, and knowledge and we see them in a worldly perspective instead of a God-perspective. God= a distant force or higher power not holy, righteous, perfect, everlasting, and the great Judge the Bible tells us He is. Man= generally good and self-sufficient not lost, depraved, and in need of a Savior like the Bible tells us. Truth= circumstantial meaning it's according to the situation not ABSOLUTE like the bible tells. Ethics= cultural meaning whatever the culture says is ok not RIGHT IS RIGHT AND WRONG IS WRONG like the bible tells us. Knowledge= whatever science reveals to us not natural revelation meaning what God has revealed to us through creation and Special revelation meaning the Word of God.

I guess this post turned into more of a sermon than I originally anticipated, but I'm just so sick over the people we are losing to the world because our lives as believers are inconsistent. Listen to the beautiful words of Peter in his first epistle chapter 1:14-16

14As obedient children do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, 15but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, 16since it is written, "You shall be holy, for I am holy."

Man that sure is a high calling...are we living it?