JBaldwin
Puritan Board Post-Graduate
...as Christians we have obligations to Christianize society.
This comment made by TimV coincided with this mornings sermon which follows a thought I've been meditating on all week. (NOTE: This is not an attempt to put words into Tim's mouth or to try to interpret what he said, but rather use this comment as a jumping off point for a discussion on evangelism.)
Jesus said that we are to "let our light so shine that they may see our good works and glorify our Father which is in Heaven." This morning's sermon was on John 17:13-21. One point of the sermon was that we were redeemed so that we might be sent out to glorify God.
Another thought tossed in front of me this week (attributed to CS Lewis, I don't have an exact quote) was that the only way that we can change a bad society is to individually become good society.
All of these thoughts have been causing me to rethink how I relate to the world, and I would like some of your thoughts. In light of the above scriptures and quotations, what does it mean to "Christianize society?" Is that the same thing as letting our lights shine?