"Revolution" means "great change". What would happen if a great many people all began to live with God inside of them, living his way?
Can one person really change things? If they influence others -
Ex: dominoes - one knocks over the other, which knocks over the next, which knocks over the next
If we were to build a revolution for God:
1. A Revolution only works when we know God's plan for us - what does he want each of us to do
Ex: Otherwise, if we don't know, it's like playing a game where the rules aren't explained
Most kids - and adults - if asked, would not know or would get it wrong!
2. A Revolution only works when we are with others who are working for the same goal
So...I need to know who's with me. I need to spend time around people who are also living for God.
Ex: Humming Game - you have to closely listen to what people say and watch what they do to know if they're on your team
3. A Revolution only works when everyone agrees they'll do the same thing
If I'm surrounded by people who are going to influence me away from God and who will discourage me, I won't get very far.
1 Peter has guidance on what we should do. 1 Peter was written to Christians under persecution - opposition to what they believed and their way of life. 1 Peter 2:11-12 - "I urge you, as aliens and strangers in the world, to abstain from sinful desires, which war against your soul. Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us." Peter is saying that even if people around you don't support what you're doing, if you do no wrong, what they're saying can't stick - it will actually reflect well on God.
This Revolution - that people would acknowledge him and start to care - is what God wants. Christians can do it, but as at the time Peter wrote, they have to stick together.
