The Christian has to understand that most of the things being presented to him from the culture are being presented without Christ at the center. In one word, it is Christless. But the Christian is to have Christ at the center. In regards to what we consume, like the tv shows and films we watch and things we engage in, most of it is Christless.
Consider your favorite Netflix show or your favorite movie. Ask yourself what views it has about Jesus if any at all. Yet we consume these things uncritically and blind ourselves to what the devil and the flesh are doing in all these, namely, to captivate and capture our minds so that we serve him and our flesh.
Paul writes that the days are evil and we should wake up from our slumber. The Christian should expect no less from today and the days to come, namely that it will be full of evil, and we are to engage in such a way as to bring Christ into all things.
We are to love our neighbors in everything and glorify God in all that we do. The world is not going to do this. It falls on the Christian to magnify Christ because it is the Christian who now confesses Christ as Lord although everyone will confess it when He returns.
Many Christians fear that they would be labeled a radical if they show too much allegiance to Christ in front of the world. They fear the label of being called religious or a killjoy. But one thing the Christian ought to understand is that the joy of the world and the joy in Jesus does not overlap. They are two different things. The Christian simply seeks his total satisfaction in God. Yea, his well overflows.
K.Oni
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