As Alien As You And Me...

There is a clothing brand that is popular among Christians. It seems to be everywhere, on clothes & apparel, on car windshields, on Bible covers. It is the brand Not Of This World (or NOTW). The meaning is simple, the owner claims to be "not of this world," meaning they are aliens, meaning they are foreign.

We see God call His Kingdom and His followers aliens to this world. In John 17:14-15 while praying for His disciples, Jesus states, "...For they are not of the world any more than I am of the world..." When on trial before he was crucified, Jesus told Pilate that his kingdom was not of this world.

So if we are aliens, what is our place in this world? Should we have a place in this world? Should we remove ourselves from this world and live in a bubble? What is our role as foreigners? And what does it mean to be "Citizens Of Heaven"?

All Jr. High students are encouraged to join us at Crash this Wednesday night as ask these questions as we continue our study of Philippians: Putting The Unity Back In Community.