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The Gravy Train Gospel (26C)
By: Mr. Chuck Colson

We can avoid being drawn in by our culture if we live our lives in total obedience to God. ***See outline below.

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The Gravy Train Gospel (26C)

Speaker: Mr. Chuck Colson

Date: 1/1/1900

References: 1 Peter 1:13-16

Introduction

Illustration: Colson comments on a Washington Post article that understands radical changes in political views but can't understand his conversion to Jesus Christ.
Illustration: Colson comments on a Newsweek article about the baby boomers' obsession with money.
Illustration: Colson tells about a man renting a car who insisted upon having a black Lincoln Continental.
Illustration: Colson tells his own life story to show that nothing but a relationship with God through Jesus Christ can give us security.
God doesn't demand our achievement, he demands our obedience.

Don't buy into the values of our culture.

Be careful to discern what's really Christian.
Understand that being a Christian won't necessarily be comfortable.

Allow God's Word to radicalize your life.

The Bible is the inerrant, inspired Word of God, and you can live and trust your life under its authority.
Read the Bible and let it change you.

Live a life of true holiness.

Holiness is not following a set of rules.
Holiness is conforming to the character of God.
Faith in action is true holiness.
- Illustration: Christian convicts demonstrated holiness by helping rebuild the home of a poor family, and people running a home for relatives of prisoners demonstrated holiness to those staying there.

Live a changed life out of thankfulness to God.

We are called to be a different people, changed by God.
- Illustration: Cathleen Webb, who lied about a man raping her, confessed to her lie because God changed her.
We must not take the grace of God for granted.

Conclusion

If you are committed to radical Christianity in direct opposition to a culture consumed with self, your course is not without peril.
God wants us to live our lives as men and women committed to obedient Christian living.

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