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8/9/2019 Jesus, The Transcendent Culture
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Jesus, The Transcendent Culture
Pastor Kerry Wilson
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Jesus, The Transcendent Culture
Culture is from the latin word cultura, or
colere, it literally means to cultivate. Culture is
the actions, knowledge and values shared by a
social group. It is a seed planted that has its
expression found in its effects on the
adherents of that culture. In the area of
biology a culture grows. A culture or group canbe characterized and or defined by what they
are doing, and what they believe.
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Jesus, The Transcendent Culture
Culture affects how we think and even how
we perceive the world around us.
Our message to you today relates to the fact
that Jesus is The message of Hope.
In the media, telecommunications and
everyday conversation I am hearing questions
that have arisen based on the perception of
people in our generation.
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Jesus, The Transcendent Culture
Questions like (ie)
Why be good? Eat drink and be merry for
tomorrow we die
Why make plans for the future, we have no
natural resources, the global warming issue,
atomic threat, changing economics,
Am I going to grow old, have children, raise a
family
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Jesus, The Transcendent Culture
Is the American Dream still a reality, that if I
work hard and save that I can live better than
my parents did?
Am I going to have a job, be able to work and
make money to support my family?
Am I going to be able to retire?
There is no use, I cant make a difference
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Jesus, The Transcendent Culture
My life stinks, it would have been better if I would
have never been born.
I wish I were dead!!!!
I have no friends, no one to talk to, Im so lonely
and nobody cares.
Our culture has impacted the way that we think,
that is what we are here for, to give hope topeople who have lost hope, thrown in the towel
and are ready to jump the ship of life.
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Jesus, The Transcendent Culture
A familiar story
2 Timothy 1.2-7 To Timothy, my dearly beloved
son: Grace, mercy and peace, from God the
Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. I thank God,
whom I serve from my forefathers with pure
conscience, that without ceasing I have
remembrance of thee in my prayers night andday; Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful
of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;
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Cont. When I call to remembrance the
unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt
first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother
Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.
Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that
thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by
the putting on of my hands. For God hath notgiven us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of
love, and of a sound mind.
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Your life a mission or an intermission
Timothys culture (His exhorters dying and now
he is at the crux of his calling)
God is looking for people of Hope, to stir up the
gift, rekindle the fire, throw wood on the embers
of their life to put them in a position to affect
others around them. Your not infected or affectedby this culture. Jesus said,Be of good cheer, I
have overcome the world
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Jesus, The Transcendent Culture
Heaven subscribes to a different set of values,knowledge and growth than this world. Satanis trying to snatch the life out of this
generation by taking all their hope of anyfuture.
This culture has permeated the church, weare the salt and the light, if we have lost oursavor and our illumination this generation willbe lost.
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Jesus, The Transcendent Culture
There is a cultural war going on right now betweenJesus and His words versus Satan and this world. Theculture of heaven is revealed in the word of God, theculture of this world is plainly seen in the behavior,
attitudes and hopelessness of this world. This war has been fought in the trenches of our media,
telecommunications and classrooms across America.The effect can be seen by the fact that the stage isbeing set to provide security for your freedom,
entitlement for your sense of self worth, andvictimization for the ills of your life. Who will youblame?
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Jesus, The Transcendent Culture
The Bible has been attacked in its
authenticity, and inerrancy.
The historical Jesus, abandoned because of
the lack of reason in the supernatural Jesus
In the nineteenth century the questioning of
the validity of the Bible caused more literate
men and women to lose faith in Jesus than
any other single cause.
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Jesus, The Transcendent Culture
When the adherents of a culture become
disillusioned with the promises of that regime
then revolution soon follows.
When this culture comes face to face with no
hope of the future, then chaos will ensue and
chaos is only conquered by anarchy.
The culture of heaven says, In my Fathers
house there are many mansions.
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Jesus, The Transcendent Culture
Origin of Man
Attacks on the differentiation of the creation
of man
The eradication of gender
The elevation of plant and animal creation to
Gods special creation of man
The culture of Heaven says that We are
fearfully and wonderfully made..
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This is the Mindset of the a deceived Godless world
and culture, if this is our source than what is our
resource.
If we really believe this is our origin than were in bigger
trouble than we think!!!
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Jesus declared He was the Original,
when you see me you see the Father
IM Alpha & Omega Understanding our Origin means according to
Webster we understand our source.
Understanding our Origin we know ourAncestry.
Origin references the Original.
Derivation > means root, seed, or source.
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Jesus, The Transcendent Culture
The Goodness of Man is not evolutionary, a newstudy says that man will evolve to goodness intime if they could just eradicate religion.
The culture of this world mocks the culture ofheaven.. Nietzsche said this, Christianitydemanded a useless and debilitating sacrifice ofthe flesh and spirit rather than full blooded
heroic living and daring.. War and courage haveaccomplished more great things than love thyneighbor:.
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Jesus, The Transcendent Culture
Christianity is a religion of sheep that glorifiedweakness rather than the strength that liferequired.
Were not weak, we understand that when weare weak then we are strong. I would rather comewith 3 stones and a slingshot against the giants ofmy life than all the armies of this world.
We understand that when we humble ourselves
God exalts us, I understand that God has chosenthe foolishness of preaching to confound the wiseof this world.
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Jesus, The Transcendent One
The Attack on God, many clergy have beeninfected by this delusional thinking of this world.From the inerrancy of the scripture to the innate
goodness of man. The devil wants you to blameGod, who is our only hope for all the ills of thisworld and our personal woes.
The accusation of this culture says, they have to
question the morality of a God who wouldsacrifice for His own satisfaction the only perfectbeing ever to walk the earth.
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They just dont get it do they! The cause ofJesus Christ and the reason that were having
service today is John 3.16 For God soloved the world that He gaveHis only begotten Son that
whosoever would believe inHim.