Sunday, February 22, 2009

Can people follow me?

Tonight I went downtown to a church called Ethos, it was started by the campus ministers at Lipscomb and has grown to several hundred people. It is such a neat church, it meets in a bar - not a normal church atmosphere. It's mission is to reach those who are scared away from typical church settings, or people who have no prior experience with church. I love going there and worshiping and experiencing God in communion much differently than what I am "used to." Tonight Brandon Steele (one of our campus ministers) walked us through the first chapter in 1 Thessalonians and brought up a very interesting question: Can people follow your lifestyle and see that you live as Jesus? He asked how many of us had ever told someone who was younger than us, or a new convert, or someone completely new to any type of faith, to follow our example and see Christ in our life. I began to think, am I leading the type of lifestyle that someone can base their entire Christian lifestyle on the way that I individually act? Because in 1 Thessalonians 1:4-10 Paul talks about how the church in Thessalonica were imitators of Paul and the other disciples at the time. He urged them to be models for those that were around them, so that they would see Christ in them. It is just something for me to think about, especially when I can choose however I want to live my life.

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