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PRESSURE TO CONFORM

PRESSURE TO CONFORM. Overcoming “Peer Pressure” For Christians of all ages!. Dictionary : “Social pressure by members of one’s peer group to take a certain action, adopt certain values, or otherwise conform in order to be accepted.”.

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PRESSURE TO CONFORM

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  1. PRESSURE TO CONFORM Overcoming “Peer Pressure” For Christians of all ages!

  2. Dictionary: “Social pressure by members of one’s peer group to take a certain action, adopt certain values, or otherwise conform in order to be accepted.”

  3. “It supersedes the love of our mothers, the threats of our fathers, the wisdom of our grandparents, & even the strength of our own convictions.... • When you’re under peer pressure, it’s not important what you do... just so long as everyone else is doing it with you...”

  4. God commanded, “You shall not follow a crowd to do evil” (Exo 23:2). • How do we overcome negative peer pressure?

  5. Pressured To Conform • Aaron (Exo 32:19-24) • Result: • He sounded foolish • He wasn’t allowed to enter the Promised Land

  6. Pressured To Conform • Peter (Matt 26:69-75) • Result: • He denied Jesus three times • He cursed & swore saying • He remembered Jesus’ words • He wept bitterly • He lived with the thought of his denials

  7. Pressured To Conform • Jewishrulers (John 12:42-43) • Result: • Jesus denied them before God & His holy angels (Lk 12:8-9; Matt 10:32-33)

  8. Pressured To Conform • Aaron • Peter • Jewishrulers • Refused (afraid) to stand up for truth • Refused (afraid) to separate from evildoers & temptation • Refused (afraid) to stand-alone

  9. Pressured But Didn’t Conform • Noah • 2 Pet 2:5; 1 Pet 3:20; Heb 11:7; Gen 6:3, 5-9, 22

  10. Pressured But Didn’t Conform • Joshua & Caleb • Num 13 & 14

  11. Pressured But Didn’t Conform • Jesus • Stoodup for the word of His father (Jn 8:55) • Separatedfrom evildoers & temptation (Jn 7:1-7) • Stoodalone when He died for us (Isa 53; Heb 9:12)

  12. When Pressured To Conform Consider it an honor to stand with Christ, wear His Name, & bear His burden (1 Pet 4:12-16)

  13. Are You Conforming To Truth? • Believe the gospel of Christ John 8:24; 20:30-31; Rom 1:16; 10:10 • Repent or turn from your sins Luke 24:46-47; Acts 2:38; 3:19; 17:30-31 • Confess your faith in Christ Matt 10:32-33; Rom 10:9-10 • Be immersed in water Matt 28:19; Mk 16:16; Acts 2:38; Rom 6:3-4; 1 Pet 3:21 • Live in obedient faith 1 Peter 1:14; Rev 2:10

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