Counter Culture Revolution! The Call…
We all live in a culture, and the chances are that the culture you live in is not Godly. As we open up this series, we are going to look at a revolution that Jesus is calling us all to begin. Culture influences us, it defines things for us, and it impacts us everyday of our lives. As Christians, we are called to be different, we are called to be revolutionaries, and we are called to change things. Over the next few weeks we are going to taste and see the Counter Culture Revolution that we need to begin, we won’t be the first…
Revolution?
When you think of the idea of a counter culture revolution, you probably think of someone like Che Guevara, or maybe Ghandi, or perhaps even Nelson Mandela… but what about yourself, did you ever see yourself, as a Christian, called to be a revolutionary? Maybe not, and definitely not like some of these people that we’ve just mentioned, but Jesus is calling us to become revolutionaries, except this revolution is on a scale unlike any other, and for a cause greater than any other.
Do you hear?
All calls to revolution involve a great speech, and a great leader, and this call is no different. Read through Matthew 5v1→10, the beatitudes, this is the beginning of the greatest sermon ever preached. This is the call of the greatest revolutionary leader of all time, calling for the greatest revolution that will have an impact that will reach outside of time!
You see here Jesus shows us the beginning of the counter culture revolution that must take place within every single Christian, so that we are not transformed by our culture, but rather so that we can transform our culture. These are the beginning steps of what is required for us to radically impact our culture with a change that will last into eternity!
He’s calling you!
As we go through these changes that Jesus wants to see in us, we will begin to see how radical these words are, we will begin to see how awesome a task this is, and we will begin to see how amazing the effects of this internal revolution will be within our culture. We have not been called to be influenced by the culture that we find ourselves living in, although God placed you where you are for a reason, but we are being called to be changed by God, so that we can influence our culture for eternity sake!
