Passage: James 1:26-27 Speaker: Pastor Jon Kopp Series: Faith that Works
Speaker: Jon Kopp - \"We all too often want a Christianity and church on our terms according to our preferences and aligning with our lifestyles. We are a people happy to go to church just so long as nothing in our lives has to change. We are a people happy to be Christians as long as we can define Christianity according to what accommodates us. The only problem with that is that in order for the religion of Christianity to be authentic, true and actually acceptable to God, we have to let Him define what it looks like. And His definition of true Christianity is radically different from ours.\" (David Platt) In James 1:26-27, God defines for us what true Christianity looks like. It isn't easy and doesn't make us comfortable, but it does reveal whether our hearts have been \"brought forth by the Word of truth.\" May God transform us to reflect a Christianity that is valuable, pure and undefiled.