You Asked For It: Cultural Pressure | Pastor Rodney Thrift, LA Joiner, John Mitcham, Mike Wells, and Eddie Taylor
You Asked For It
Cultural Pressure…
John 8:32 (ESV) 31 So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, 32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” 33 They answered him, “We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How is it that you say, ‘You will become free’?” 34 Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who practices sin is a slave to sin. 35 The slave does not remain in the house forever; the son remains forever. 36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
John 14:5-6 (ESV) 5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
SOUL TATTOO: I want to know the truth, because I want to be free.
BIBLICAL TRUTHS ON CULTURAL PRESSURES:
POLITICAL PRESSURE: L.A. Joiner
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THE RACIAL TENSION: John Mitcham
- The root determines the fruit.
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Revelation 7:9-10 (NKJV) 9 After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands, 10 and crying out with a loud voice, saying, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
GENDER NEUTRALITY / SEXUALITY: Mike Wells
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THE COVID-19 CRISIS: Eddie Taylor
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2 Chronicles 7:14 (NIV) 14 if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
Ephesians 4:3 (NIV) 3 Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.
Psalms 133:1-3 (NKJV) 1Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brethren to dwell together in unity! 2It is like the precious oil upon the head, Running down on the beard, The beard of Aaron, Running down on the edge of his garments. 3It is like the dew of Hermon, Descending upon the mountains of Zion; For there the Lord commanded the blessing—Life forevermore.
- Unity is greater than being right.
SOUL TATTOO: I want to know the truth, because I want to be free.