Citizenship – Greece

Citizenship – Greece

The kingdom of man will further strengthen its influence upon God’s people through a process called enculturation.  The church’s response must a be careful engagement and an avoidance of isolation – that we might reach the lost with a creative and intentional reframing of the culture.  

Preliminaries: 

  1. The story is the idolatry of the kingdom of man
  2. The scene is Greece
  3. The strategy is enculturation

Observations: In the kingdom of man… 

  1. Idolatry is ubiquitous
  2. Idolatry will be enculturalted
  3. Idolatry is hidden, but ought to be obvious to Christians
  1. A citizen of heaven will bring God into the marketplace
  2. A citizen of heaven uses inculturation to lead others to the gospel
  3. A citizen of heaven unveils ignorance with a universal call to repentance

Conclusions: 

  1. Culture’s curiosity must be answered with revelation
  2. To proclaim the rule of King Jesus means that you will be rejected
  3. Jesus resurrection is the evidence of his reign and rule

Application: What does inculturation look like under Jesus reign… 

  1. Redeem the culture by engagement
  2. Reshape the idols by hijacking them
  3. Reveal the truth about God’s Son
  4. Repent from your sins