David Platt urges young Christians to avoid 'comfortable' Christianity: 'You will waste your life'.
Evangelical Baptist pastor David Platt pleads with an audience of thousands of adults and teens to for them to spread the Gospel to unreached people at the annual Passion 2022 Conference in Georgia. | Screenshot: Passion2022.comPastor David Platt challenged young Christians to avoid "casual, comfortable, cultural Christianity" that turns a blind eye to the unreached, warning that getting caught up in the American dream will result in a wasted life.
"Be finished and done with a form of Christianity that says, ‘Pray a prayer, go to church, live it up in the world, go to some conferences and coast your way to Heaven.’ That’s not Christianity because it’s not following Christ,” Platt, pastor of McLean Bible Church in Virginia and head of the evangelistic outreach ministry Radical, told thousands of young adults gathered at the Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta for Passion 2022 on Jan. 2.
To follow Jesus is to "let His worldwide plan of ransom rescue dictate everything you think, desire and do, dictate your plans, dreams, how you’re going to live, what degree you’re going to get and how you’re going to make and spend money for the spread of God’s great love in Jesus among the nations," the pastor stressed.
“You will waste your life if you get caught up in this American dream. Don’t do it. Lift your eyes above the distractions,” he urged. “Look at the destiny of this world. The train of history is headed towards people of every nation, tribe and tongue, enjoying and praising Jesus. Jump on that train.”
Platt spoke on the first day of the Passion Conference, an annual event that seeks to equip the next generation of Christians to live boldly for the Gospel. Other speakers at this year's two-day event included Sadie Robertson Huff, Levi Lusko, Tim Tebow and founder Louie Giglio.
