DECREASE YOUR LOVE FOR SIN (12 OF 30)
by Scott Maze
Scripture: 1 Peter 2:4-8
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Decrease Your Love for Sin (12 of 30)
Series: Navigating Home
Scott Maze
1 Peter 2:4-8
Jeff Lasater was 14 when he took his own life last month (October 20, 2008). A student in Las Angeles' Acton High School, Lasater had been the target of boys throwing chili on him in the school lunch line. While others pulled his pants down. It was reported that the young man was the target of other students' bullying and teasing since he was in middle school. All of this reached a tipping point on Monday, October 20, 2008. As other students scurried to class, Lasater went to the school's restroom and pulled out a handgun in order to take his life. At 6'6'' and 275 pounds, he had begun to perform well on the football team. Nevertheless, his passive nature and large size was a continual target for others kids. In the end, it was just too much. Bullying in classrooms today has even taken on new angles as students have invented cyber-bullying. Cyber-bullying includes sending insulting text messages to a student's phone or posting hurtful rumors about a student on the Internet. Whether the bullying is the old-fashion way or it uses new technology, the results are the same. Students feel shame. Shame is a powerful motivator.
For example, Long Island police uses a website called the ''Wall of Shame.'' The ''Wall of Shame'' introduces readers to locals who have been arrested and convicted for Drunk Driving. The local law enforcement uses the wall because it is a deterrent to others.
In our text today, the Apostle Peter is aware that shame can be a powerful motivator. Peter is also aware that many believers feel shame and ridicule for following Christ.
So Peter is fearful that the believers will make Christianity a throwaway religion. When the fear of persecution comes, they will throw away their belief in Christ because of the difficulty of the times. Peter's words remind believers in Christ that the ridicule for following Christ is short-lived and honor will one day arri ...
Series: Navigating Home
Scott Maze
1 Peter 2:4-8
Jeff Lasater was 14 when he took his own life last month (October 20, 2008). A student in Las Angeles' Acton High School, Lasater had been the target of boys throwing chili on him in the school lunch line. While others pulled his pants down. It was reported that the young man was the target of other students' bullying and teasing since he was in middle school. All of this reached a tipping point on Monday, October 20, 2008. As other students scurried to class, Lasater went to the school's restroom and pulled out a handgun in order to take his life. At 6'6'' and 275 pounds, he had begun to perform well on the football team. Nevertheless, his passive nature and large size was a continual target for others kids. In the end, it was just too much. Bullying in classrooms today has even taken on new angles as students have invented cyber-bullying. Cyber-bullying includes sending insulting text messages to a student's phone or posting hurtful rumors about a student on the Internet. Whether the bullying is the old-fashion way or it uses new technology, the results are the same. Students feel shame. Shame is a powerful motivator.
For example, Long Island police uses a website called the ''Wall of Shame.'' The ''Wall of Shame'' introduces readers to locals who have been arrested and convicted for Drunk Driving. The local law enforcement uses the wall because it is a deterrent to others.
In our text today, the Apostle Peter is aware that shame can be a powerful motivator. Peter is also aware that many believers feel shame and ridicule for following Christ.
So Peter is fearful that the believers will make Christianity a throwaway religion. When the fear of persecution comes, they will throw away their belief in Christ because of the difficulty of the times. Peter's words remind believers in Christ that the ridicule for following Christ is short-lived and honor will one day arri ...
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