Engage Week 2

Engage week 2 CHRISTIAN ATHEIST- I BELIEVE IN GOD BUT DON'T WANT TO GO OVERBOARD Recent Gallop Poll 94% of Americans believe in God or some kind of spirit being Cafeteria Christianity Pick and choose Christianity---They forget you have to pay at the end of line Consumeristic Mind Set---If you help me I might serve you...make it better for me 1 Peter 3:15(nasb) - but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence. The Lord says: "These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Isa. 29:13(niv) PRACTICAL ATHEIST: SOMEONE WHO BELIEVES IN GOD, BUT LIVES AS IF HE DOESN'T EXIST. 14 To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of God's creation. 15 I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! 16 So, because you are lukewarm-neither hot nor cold-I am about to spit you out of my mouth. Rev. 3:14-16(niv) spit: emeo (em-eh'-o); spew, spit or vomit. LUKEWARM CHRISTIANS 1) Crave acceptance from people more than acceptance from God. 2) Rarely share their faith in Christ. 3) Do whatever it takes to alleviate their guilt. 4) Think more about life on earth than eternity in heaven. 5) Gauge their morality by comparing to others. 6) Want to be saved from the penalty of sin without changing their lives. - Grace with no judgment 7) Only turn to God when they are in a bind. 8) Give whenever it doesn't hinder their standard of living. 9) Are not much different from the rest of the world. 10) Want the benefits of what Christ did without conforming to who He is. 17 You say, 'I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.' But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked... 20 Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me. Rev. 3:17, 20 (niv) Beautification on the outside and no sanctification on the inside. We are a worldy church if we are desperate for what the world is desperate for..... WHEN YOU TRULY FEAR GOD * YOU'LL SERVE HIM WHOLEHEARTEDLY WITHOUT ANY CONDITIONS. "Do not lay a hand on the boy," he said. "Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son." Genesis 22:12(niv) If you love me, you will obey what I command. John 14:15(niv) * YOU'LL BE FOREVER RUINED. "Woe to me!" I cried. "I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD Almighty." Isaiah 6:5(niv) Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!" Isaiah 6:8(niv) The greatest visible evidence of a fear of God is obedience. Faith says I do not need answers....I need God, I do not need everything to go my way, I just need God to continue His work in me.......