Restore Part 3: Moving Beyond Offended

Main Question

When a follower of Christ engages the culture, how are they suppose to respond when they are confronted with a belief systems and world views that are contrary to their own?

Most Christians default reaction is to be _____________________

When comforted with the corruption of our world Christians ought to be _______________ not offended.

Provoked vs. Offended

Offended people tend to focus on registering their complaint

Vs.

Provoked people tend to take action

Offended people tend to point their finger at others and talk about how awful everything is and but to wait for someone else to take action.

Vs.

Provoked people looks for way to address the issue themselves

Those who are offended tend to focus on the __________________
Vs.
Those who are provokes tend to focus on the __________________

Sermon Passage: Acts 17:16-23; 32-34

Our Offense

-We can only be offended only by those we do not love.

-Those who we are unwilling to love.

-Those who we keep at a distance and continue to view as the enemy.

-Those we have depersonalized someway.

Final Point

__________________ is based not on offense at our sin, but is a demonstration of his paradoxon for us and his action towards are sins