THE RADICAL CHRISTIAN LIFE (29 OF 48)
by Bob Ingle
Scripture: Mark 9:43-50
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The Radical Christian Life (29 of 48)
Series: The Gospel of Mark
Bob Ingle
Mark 9:43-50
Let's open our Bibles together to Mark 9. Let me ask you something. Do your unbelieving friends think you live a radical life? Are you a radical follower of Jesus? Your response should probably be 'What do you mean by radical?' That word has kind of been hijacked. Different people think very different things when it comes to radical Christians.
- For some, radical Christians are those who bomb abortion clinics and picket funerals of homosexuals.
- For others, radical Christians are those who sell their homes, move to the jungles of South America, and live in a hut for the rest of their lives solely focused on reaching the unreached tribes with the Gospel.
- Still others think radical Christians are those who go to church every week and put money in the plate.
But you know what Jesus would call a radical disciple? Obedient. According to Jesus, RADICAL disciples are simply OBEDIENT disciples. You see, in the bible normal Christians are radically obedient and radical Christians are normally obedient. Being radical isn't about specific actions; it's consistent obedience. Since all disciples are to be obedient; all disciples are to be radical. And if all disciples are radical; radical is really just normal, right?
But here's the problem you already know about: the church today looks so much like the world that when someone is simply obedient, they look absolutely radical and bizarrely abnormal.
Leonard Ravenhill said, ''Christianity today is so sub-normal that when a person begins to act like a normal, NT Christian, he's considered abnormal.''
A. If your co-workers saw you read your bible and pray every day during your breaks... Radical!
B. Single people, if others know you are committed to being a virgin till you marry...Radical!
C. If others knew you gave 10% of all your income to the church for ministry, and you designated a large portion of ...
Series: The Gospel of Mark
Bob Ingle
Mark 9:43-50
Let's open our Bibles together to Mark 9. Let me ask you something. Do your unbelieving friends think you live a radical life? Are you a radical follower of Jesus? Your response should probably be 'What do you mean by radical?' That word has kind of been hijacked. Different people think very different things when it comes to radical Christians.
- For some, radical Christians are those who bomb abortion clinics and picket funerals of homosexuals.
- For others, radical Christians are those who sell their homes, move to the jungles of South America, and live in a hut for the rest of their lives solely focused on reaching the unreached tribes with the Gospel.
- Still others think radical Christians are those who go to church every week and put money in the plate.
But you know what Jesus would call a radical disciple? Obedient. According to Jesus, RADICAL disciples are simply OBEDIENT disciples. You see, in the bible normal Christians are radically obedient and radical Christians are normally obedient. Being radical isn't about specific actions; it's consistent obedience. Since all disciples are to be obedient; all disciples are to be radical. And if all disciples are radical; radical is really just normal, right?
But here's the problem you already know about: the church today looks so much like the world that when someone is simply obedient, they look absolutely radical and bizarrely abnormal.
Leonard Ravenhill said, ''Christianity today is so sub-normal that when a person begins to act like a normal, NT Christian, he's considered abnormal.''
A. If your co-workers saw you read your bible and pray every day during your breaks... Radical!
B. Single people, if others know you are committed to being a virgin till you marry...Radical!
C. If others knew you gave 10% of all your income to the church for ministry, and you designated a large portion of ...
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