Discussion Jumpstarter
Study leader reference - not a definitive answer
Question 2
Using Matthew 10:32–33, the speaker insists we “confess or deny Christ with our actions,” giving the example of retaliating violence versus turning the cheek; what everyday choices (speech, internet behavior, workplace ethics, conflict) most clearly function as public confession or denial of Jesus in front of “men”?
Another way to ask: What normal daily choices (how you talk, what you do online, how you act at work, how you handle conflict) show people you confess Jesus—or deny Him? Which choices most clearly do that in front of others?
Discussion Jumpstarter
Direct Answer
The transcript’s main everyday measure is whether our actions align with Jesus’s commands—especially in conflict—so people can “see” Christ in us rather than see us act like the world. Public confession is shown through obedient, enemy-loving conduct; public denial is shown when we respond in fleshly, disobedient ways.
- He quotes Matthew 10:32–33: whoever “confesses me before men” will be confessed by Jesus; whoever “denies me before men” will be denied.
- He explicitly applies it to actions: “So we can confess or deny Christ with our actions.”
- His concrete illustration is conflict: if someone hits you and you “pummel them to the ground,” that is “denying Christ with your action.”
- The opposite is also concrete: “turn the other cheek” and “love your enemy,” which he calls “confessing Christ before men.”
- He ties obedience to receiving from God: “we receive from him because we keep his commandments and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.”
- He emphasizes “walk… to please God,” suggesting daily conduct is the arena where confession/denial happens.