Don’t Let the Enemy Kill the Christ in You Part 2Don’t Let the Enemy Kill the Christ in You Part 2
Lance Johnson Ministries
Have you ever read a book where things got a little intense with the main character and you flipped ahead a few pages to see what happens? Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to do that in your own life? In a way, you can. The story God’s telling is the st
29:30•5 Jan 2025
Protect the Christ in You: Growing Up Beyond Comfortable Church
Episode Overview
- The enemy targets spiritual maturity by keeping believers offended, distracted and focused on the flesh rather than Christ.
- Institutionalised church can keep people dependent on sermons instead of learning to feed themselves on God’s word.
- True biblical love sometimes confronts and corrects, telling hard truths rather than protecting people’s feelings.
- Life pressures such as family issues, finances and responsibilities can become tools to "abort" spiritual growth if priorities shift away from God.
- Genuine salvation should produce visible change, including boldness to share the gospel and a lifestyle that reflects Christ rather than addiction and compromise.
“The enemy is after your Christ… He's trying to abort Jesus being formed in you.”
How do people cope with the challenges of staying sober and spiritually awake at the same time? Bishop Lance Johnson brings that tension right into the spotlight, drawing on his own past with alcohol and drug addiction and his passion for a fully surrendered life to God.
Across this high-energy message, you'll hear him warning that "the enemy is after your Christ" – not just trying to tempt you, but trying to keep Jesus from ever being fully formed in you. He argues that the real danger isn’t only obvious sin, but a comfortable, institutionalised church culture that keeps people as "bottle suckers" instead of grown believers who feed themselves on God’s word.
Using strong, sometimes confrontational humour, Lance challenges the idea of a soft, sentimental Jesus: "Religion has changed the image of who Jesus is… He's radical." He points to biblical examples of Jesus calling out hypocrisy and insists that genuine love tells the truth, even when it hurts. That same boldness, he says, should mark anyone claiming to follow Christ, including how they live, speak, and share their faith.
You’ll hear him call out casual attitudes to drinking, drugs, and sexual behaviour among those who say they’re "saved", stressing that a life filled with Christ produces different fruit. He links spiritual immaturity with burnout, offence, and distraction, describing how family drama, finances, and even church politics can "abort your baby" – his vivid phrase for blocking spiritual growth. This episode speaks most strongly to people who’ve known addiction or chaos and now want more than a Sunday-morning faith.
It’s for anyone ready to be challenged on comfort, compromise, and half-hearted commitment, and who’s willing to hear hard truth wrapped in passionate preaching. The question Lance keeps circling back to is simple: are you ready to grow up so Christ in you can truly live? So, how prepared are you to protect the Christ in you and move from spiritual infancy to maturity?
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