1 Peter 3.1, 2

¹Wives, likewise, be submissive to your own husbands, that even if some do not obey the word, they, without a word, may be won by the conduct of their wives, ²when they observe your chaste conduct accompanied by fear.

The Law of God for Daily Meditation

Morning Meditation

Exodus 31.12-17

¹²And the LORDspoke to Moses, saying, ¹³“Speak also to the children of Israel, saying: ‘Surely My Sabbaths you shall keep, for it isa sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I amthe LORDwho sanctifies you. ¹⁴You shall keep the Sabbath, therefore, for it isholy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does anywork on it, that person shall be cut off from among his people. ¹⁵Work shall be done for six days, but the seventh isthe Sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does anywork on the Sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. ¹⁶Therefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations asa perpetual covenant. ¹⁷It isa sign between Me and the children of Israel forever; for insix days the LORDmade the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.’”

Sometimes you need to confront.

For I want you to know what a great conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea and foras many as have not seen my face in the flesh, that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, and attainingto all the riches of the full assurance of understanding and the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. Colossians 2.1-3

A humble platform

We are considering the platform from which we must judge and engage the culture of our lives in ways that please God and bless our neighbor.

For I want you to know what a great conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea and foras many as have not seen my face in the flesh, that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, and attainingto all the riches of the full assurance of understanding and the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. Colossians 2.1-3

Five disciplines

We have considered five specific ways in which Christians are called to engage culture in their service to God and their neighbors.

And He took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave itto them saying, “This is My body, which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” Luke 22.19

Cultural innovators

From the beginning of the Christian movement, the followers of Jesus Christ have blazed new trails in creating culture. They have been used to innovate a great many new cultural forms that have brought glory to God and benefit to others to this day.

Do not let your adorning be merely outward – arranging the hair, wearing gold, or putting on fine apparel – rather let it bethe hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable beautyof a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God. 1 Peter 3.3, 4

A work in progress...

What matters most of all in the way Christians engage culture is making sure that we are doing so as God Himself would – glorifying and honoring Him in all things (1 Cor. 10.31).

Now the multitude of those who believed were of one heart and one soul; neither did anyone say that any of the things he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common. Acts 4.32

The greatest challenge

Citizenship in the Kingdom of God changes everything in a person’s life, including the ways we engage culture.

“And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and deeds.” Acts 7.22

A gift of common grace

We make a mistake as Christians if we hold the view that all non-Christian culture is worthless and should be avoided. This is simply not the case.

Then Jesus went into the temple of God and drove out all those who bought and sold in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold doves. And He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of thieves.’” Matthew 21.12, 13

A lesson about culture

The story of Jesus driving the money-changers out of the temple has an air of comic relief to it.

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The Law of God for Daily Meditation

Morning Meditation
Exodus 20.12

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land that the LORDyour God is giving you.”