Exodus 12:2 KJV
This month shall be unto you the beginning of
months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.
When Israel left Egypt everything changed.
- They would have new
leadership
- They would have new homes
- They would have new
life habits
- They would have a new
yearly feast (national holiday)
- They would even have a
new first month of the year
Christians need
to think of their relationship with God as one that makes everything new and
different than the world around them. We are not the same because of the Lord.
- Our culture is a
different culture than the rest of the world
- Our holidays are
different holidays than the rest of the world
- Our lifestyles are
different than the rest of the world
The only way
for Christians to remain in this world and not be if this world is to live
differently than this world.
When an
American assumes the role of ambassador to a foreign land he goes to that land
but remains American in his lifestyle and culture. It is true that there are
Americans who move to foreign lands and become engulfed in those cultures, but
it is seldom considered a healthy thing. Christians have a tougher spot because
we must first embrace the culture of the cross and come out of the culture of
the world before we take care not to become again engulfed in it.
God has made
the Christian a new creature. We are different than the world
- Different in our
culture and even
- Different than we once
were
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