Nowday, the youth in Cambodia became very scary living creature on earth. They gamebling, drinking, smoking, using drug! immorality become normal for them. How about Christian youth? Well, some of them seem to be strong in the Lord but some of them not. Becuase fo the these things that attract them and they become almost one of them. They lost their first love and they don't like to come to the church and they become tired to the church. They don't read the Bible, pray and even doesn't want to fellowship with other Christian.

What is it exactly that make the youth nowday become lukewarm? Is it because of the media? Internet? or any other worldly material?

What can we do to help these young life follow the partern of Jesus and be on fire for him?

Any suggestion?

there are a lot of factors that play a role in "lukewarm" christians.. socialization factors such as peer influence, media, all play a huge role in how people think, act and react... but thats not the only thing that is the source of this "lukewarm" stage.. Christian started from Judaism... so in a sense, it all started with strict rules, consistant residual praise, habitual scripture readings and so on.  As time passes, Christianity started moving towards being more liberal; less systematic..

a lot of peopel have a hard time deciphering what christianity is.. being a christian is to believe that Jesus is the son of God, thaty He came down to save us.. and that to make you a strong christian is that you WORK TO BUILD that relationship with Christ.. so people take that concept and change it to their own definition which is "as long as have a good relationship with Christ, i dont' need to do all that other stuff like go to sunday Church, read the bible, and pray all the time"... thats not right

TO HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST IS TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND HIM MORE; AND THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT IS TO READ HIS TEACHINGS AND HIS EXPERIENCES.. THE BEST WAY TO STAY CONNECTED WITH CHRIST IS TO COMMUNICATE WITH HIM THROUGH PRAYER... AND THESE TWO THINGS WILL LEAD PEOPLE TO BE INSPIRED AND MOTIVATED TO DO GOOD THINGS IN HIS NAME..  

as much as we say all these things; a lot of youth, and people in general, will brush it off and say, "i have plenty of time to work on it".. the truth is we don't.. we don't know when Christ will come; we have to be ready... amen 

#800080 size=2I do recognize the problem among youths today.  Much you have said are already pointed out the problems.  And some points are asserted by Simon...and I happen to agree.

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#800080 size=2By all means, youths have a tendency to have their own world stage in this generation.  We can certainly look at many angle of day to day situation:  peer pressure, role model, world influences, drugs, drinking, other factions, and all sort of immorality addictions that suit their daily flesh.  And, they would rather listen their friends than their parents'.  So why should they listen to the boring message in the church?

Not only youths who face this era, but among adulthood as well.  We have become a skeptical and doubt-infected society through media, internet, the new age's views and through intellectual idolatry.  Now it goes to something like this:  Intellectual idolatry is the source worship of your opinions or philosphies over the truth of the word of God.  1 Samuel 15:23 says that "stubbornness is as idolatry."  Who is stuborn?  The person who will not change his secular opinion even when he hear Good News...the truth of God's Word.  So they become immunity of lies.  So, the popular saying:  "you can worship pigions and the god moon, but believe in JESUS you're insane."  They have become Bible haters, Jesus haters, scripture haters and do away with all the Christian culture?  

Fast forward.  The intellectual idolator is one who has made his thoughts, his opinions and his philosphies his gods.  He chooses doubt over faith.  He chooses death over life.  He chooses science over the supernatural mentality.  The day will come when he needs a miracle, and his intellectualism will be revealed for what it truely is:  idolatry.

When you do come across with such as this, you may want to send a message:  "You may value your opinions highly in this world, but you do not affect reality!  Fire burns, whether you believe it or not.  He will cause the sun to rise from the east to the west, whether you believe it or not.  Sin kills, whether you believe it or not.  Miracle happens, whether you believe it or not.  And God heals our soul whether you believe it or not.  God died on the cross already for your sin and mine, whether you take it or not. 

God bless.





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Nowday, the youth in Cambodia became very scary living creature on earth. They gamebling, drinking, smoking, using drug! immorality become normal for them. How about Christian youth? Well, some of them seem to be strong in the Lord but some of them not. Becuase fo the these things that attract them and they become almost one of them. They lost their first love and they don't like to come to the church and they become tired to the church. They don't read the Bible, pray and even doesn't want to fellowship with other Christian.

What is it exactly that make the youth nowday become lukewarm? Is it because of the media? Internet? or any other worldly material?

What can we do to help these young life follow the partern of Jesus and be on fire for him?

Any suggestion?