So you’ve decided to live for Christ? You’re not sure what it means to live as a Christian? Tonight on the show, Jeff, DW & Jason talk about living out your faith. We’re also answering your questions and comments on the TweetBack!
What does it mean to live out your faith? Isn’t it enough to just believe in God? What are some ways you put your faith into action each day?
One day an expert in religious law stood up to test Jesus by asking him this question: “Teacher, what should I do to inherit eternal life?”
26 Jesus replied, “What does the law of Moses say? How do you read it?”
27 The man answered, “‘You must love the lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your strength, and all your mind.’ And, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
28 “Right!” Jesus told him. “Do this and you will live!”
29 The man wanted to justify his actions, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
30 Jesus replied with a story: “A Jewish man was traveling from Jerusalem down to Jericho, and he was attacked by bandits. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him up, and left him half dead beside the road.
31 “By chance a priest came along. But when he saw the man lying there, he crossed to the other side of the road and passed him by. 32A Temple assistant walked over and looked at him lying there, but he also passed by on the other side.
33 “Then a despised Samaritan came along, and when he saw the man, he felt compassion for him. 34Going over to him, the Samaritan soothed his wounds with olive oil and wine and bandaged them. Then he put the man on his own donkey and took him to an inn, where he took care of him. 35The next day he handed the innkeeper two silver coins, telling him, ‘Take care of this man. If his bill runs higher than this, I’ll pay you the next time I’m here.’
36 “Now which of these three would you say was a neighbor to the man who was attacked by bandits?” Jesus asked.
37 The man replied, “The one who showed him mercy.”
Then Jesus said, “Yes, now go and do the same.”
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I believe the two scariest lies on the earth right now that are so prevalent are that you are a good person and that because God is a loving God, He will not punish … every funeral you go to, you hear people say ‘he or she was a good person’ and we have this belief that we do more good than bad and the reason that’s a lie is because God says so.
It’s our 50th episode of HopeNet Radio! On the show, we interview Jason Kaat (Website, Facebook), the Northcentral Region Coordinator of the National Network of Youth Ministries (NNYM), about See You At The Pole™ (SYATP). See You at the Pole™ is simply a prayer rally where students meet at the school flagpole before school to lift up their friends, families, teachers, school, and nation to God. It is a student-initiated, student-organized, and student-led event. (via syatp.com) Students from across the U.S. will gather at their flagpole on Wednesday, September 24 before the first bell to pray.
Starting this week, our theme on HopeNet Radio is about having a “Kingdom Agenda” in 2014. What do we mean by that? What does that look like in our life? Tune in all this month!
1 John 2:15-17 says: “Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.”
2 Kingdoms: Kingdom of God & Kingdom of this World.
The Porridge People make an appearance again. [Porridge People relates to the story of Esau in Genesis 25:34 where he chooses porridge over his birthright.]
Now, before we take a pessimistic (read: hopeless) point of view here, let’s be clear that there are many good men out there yet who need to be awoken in their stone-cold hearts. In case you missed the beginning of this conversation on HopeNet Radio, you can listen to the podcast here and start about midway through it. While this is not a new issue, it’s one worth talking about because we’re seeing a society of men who:
+ detach or disown their families
+ are addicted
+ don’t know how to be good husbands/fathers/friends
We’re here to help! Then, on the 2nd half of the show, we’re talking about our society’s fascination with dark spiritual things. Plus, we’re reading your emails, Facebook posts, & tweets!
