DownLine Mens Summit Recap 4

Loved this final session by Chandler!

DownLine Summit Final Session
Biblical Pragmatism
Matt Chandler
Matthew 5:13-16

- One of the problems we find in evangelical circles is an over emphasis of ONE thing at the expense of everything else.

Matthew 5:13-16- Most certainly is a passage on discipleship
- People do not like salt- they like what salt flavors
- Salt doesn't make people do crazy things- they want salt on something
- Salt on earth- what occurs when we hear the word of God and are transformed by the Word of God so that we live in such a way that we become light to the World
- Salt comes before light
- In our culture there is an obsession with acquiring more and more information that we have no intention of applying
- Christianity in the west has become a joke- "muslims are serious- talk about them, get yourself killed."
- We have information, but we do not have transformed lives-
- Anyone can spout information, but they have no life to point to
- If you have information, but not transformation- it is worthless- throw it out to be trampled on by men

How did we get here? (a place where we have information but not transformation)
1. A unnecessary emphasis on width over depth
- When people do not apply what they know, its hardening to the truth
- Can't teach people who can't add to multiply
2. Absolute lack of authentic community
- Two things we always need: 1) encouragement and 2) Rebuke
3. Lack of submission to and understanding of Biblical Authority
4. Overemphasis on light
- proclamation without transformed lives ends up being trampled on by men
5. We have no idea how people change because we live in a culture of speed
- Spiritual growth is not a super highway
- "It's climbing everest in your underwear"
- People grow like children- you can't see it, but you can measure it

If all we did here is get information, then we are guilty of the very problem that is eroding away what we want to see happen in the lives of the men we pour into!

When all said and done, WE WIN! The glory of God covers all the earth!




Be Blessed,
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