Walk Like a Monkey

Video: http://goo.gl/bsCZu

Topic: Being Different

Bible: 1 Peter 2:10-12

Discussion Starter:
Talk about sticking out! You can imagine that even if people don’t know his name they are able to identify him by his behavior.

Living out your faith might make you feel similarly out of place. While your behavior doesn’t make you a Christian, often times living for Jesus means that you act differently than people who aren’t.

We all know that living for Jesus makes us stick out. Have you ever asked yourself why?

The Apostle Peter describes this phenomenon in 2 Peter chapter 2, “Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage 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.”

In other words, we stick out for a reason! Just going about your business as a Christian, even if it makes you stick out a little bit, is an act of worship that glorifies God.

3 Questions:
1. Would you rather run like a monkey or talk like a parrot?
2. When was a time that being a Christian made you stick out?
3. Have you ever seen God glorified simply by how you live?

Chew on this:
What are ways that Jesus wants us to stick out?