Time to be saved from perverse generation
Acts
2:40, and with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, “Be
saved from this perverse generation.” Here, peter is saying perverse to the
generation of that time. But we should understand that today’s generation is
becoming more perverse.
#changing
influences are leading to new trends and also on the verge of perverse:-
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Rising rates of
depression and suicide. Today’s generation is uncanny, Even kids are stressing
out over grades, schedules, looks, popularity, violence, the future, the
desirable lifestyle and many mores. Which are creating the outcome like people experiment
the alcohol, cigarettes and many more because they are pressured, bored,
depressed, taking as a fashion too or trying to be stress-free
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Misuse of social
network and technologies which are for human benefits.
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Criminals go
free because of corruption in judgment or justice system.
#this is truly a time
to be saved from a perverse generation.All Christians should add like Peter
advised to add to our faith in 2 Peter 1:5-6:-
A. “add to your faith virtue”
People of virtue and pure heart have power because
virtue yields strength. People who are virtuous and righteous have power that
evil people do not have.
B. “to virtue knowledge”
Knowledge is to know right and wrong.
C. “to knowledge self-control”
Self-control is one of the fruit of the Spirit. And
it is to rule ourselves properly or to control over our desires.
D. “To self-control perseverance, to perseverance
godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, to brotherly kindness love.”
The last but the main important thing is the “love”-
love for the God and love for the all people. In Mark 12:30-31, “And you shall
love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind,
and with all your strength. This is the first commandment.
“And the second, like it, is this: ‘you shall love
your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
In 1 Corinthians 13:13, “And now abide faith, hope,
love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.”
So, love is very important in our faith.
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Colossians 3:2 “Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.”
If
we are preoccupied with movies, television, sports, novels, newspapers,
business, and even hobbies, we can miss what God has for us. Our focus and attention
must be on God’s word. So, we should set our mind on things on above not of
this earth.
#In Colossians 3:5, so
put to death your worldly impulses: sexual sin, impurity, passion, evil desire,
and greed (which is idolatry).So, remember we must put to death, whatever us
worldly in us. So, we must refuse to do bad things that belong to this earth.
Romans 1:21, “because,
although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but
became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened.” We
are filling up our thoughts with the things of the earth instead of God’s word.
All those thoughts which are futile for people’s spiritual growth and so, their
hearts are darkened.
Conclusion:-
Now, it’s a time to be
saved from this perverse generation, Colossians 3:8-10:- “But now you
yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy
language out of your mouth.
Do not lie to one
another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds, and have put on the
new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created
him.”
We must walk in the
integrity of the righteousness. So, that upcoming generation may be blessed.so,
let’s live our life in God’s righteousness and be saved from this crooked
generation.Proverbs 20:7, “The righteous man walks in his integrity; His
children are blessed after him.” At least, we need to think for our children
for their better life and for upcoming generation. It’s our responsibility to
be saved and to save our upcoming generation from perverse things.
All
we need to do in this perverse generation, Philippians 2:15-“so that you may be
blameless and innocent, God’s children without any faults among a crooked and
perverse generation, among whom you shine like stars in the world.”
Bible
says that we are like the bright stars that shine in the dark sky at night.
Among this perverse generation, we shine as lights in the world. And God’s
children must live blameless and innocent among this perverse generation so;it’s
time to be saved and to save people among this perverse generation.
