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Summit Life with J.D. Greear

Who We Are, Where We Come From, and What We Do, Part 2

Summit Life with J.D. Greear

J.D. Greear Ministries

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

In the book of First Peter, Christians are called to be aliens on this earth. That phrase appears on plenty of bumper stickers and T-shirts, but what does it actually mean? What does it look like, practically, to live as a citizen of heaven? Pastor J.D. answers that question as he continues our series, I Am an Alien.

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0:00.0

Today on Summit Life, Pastor JD Greer talks about our purpose in life.

0:03.8

I'm just like, I've just got sure of things going anywhere. I'm not sure what my life is doing.

0:06.8

I wasn't eating right. I wasn't taking care of myself. I generally had a bleak outlook on life.

0:11.0

It was this truth right here that brought me out of that.

0:13.1

Because I can remember the evening that God just kind of opened this up to me. I was like,

0:16.2

what are you doing? I am the son of a king.

0:20.0

Thanks for joining us today on Summit Life with JD Greer. As always, I'm your host, Molly Bitovich.

0:34.1

In the book of First Peter, Christians are called to be aliens on this earth.

0:38.1

And that may make for a pretty cold bumper sticker or a catchphrase, but what does it actually mean?

0:43.3

What does it look like practically to live as a citizen of heaven and not of earth?

0:48.4

Pastor JD Greer answers that question today as he finishes up his teaching titled,

0:52.6

who we are, where we come from, and what we do. So grab your Bible and meet us in the book of First

0:58.2

Peter, chapter 2. Here's Pastor JD. I recently read a copy of a book that my BFF Tim Keller

1:07.1

is releasing in the book. He gives four different attitudes that Christians have when it comes

1:11.9

toward culture and politics. Here they are, number one. He said, first of all, we've got what we

1:17.9

call a piotistic stance. They're like, you know what? We're all just going to be raptured anyway,

1:22.4

and everything is going to be burned up in the end. So our main focus really ought to be on just

1:27.1

converting as many people as we can, as fast as we can. Second group, he comments on what he calls

1:32.8

the conservative activist group. This group believes that the problem with our culture,

1:37.6

the main problem with our world is that our culture has lost its moral absolutes, its bearings.

1:43.0

The third group that he highlights is what he calls the evangelical relevance. These are

1:48.6

guys that usually have a lot of piercings, a lot of tattoos. They were sort of grunge jeans,

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