Why Do Countless Young Christians Live Like People of This Dark World?

What a joy it is for me to come here again and appeal for the holiness and purity the Word of God calls us into. As a mother of three grown children, my heart especially leans toward young people who are still under their parents’ care or just starting out in life. I don’t come as an expert, but as a Christian mother who loves and desires to see her children walk in the light of Christ.

Lord willing, I will continue to speak on sexual purity, a topic heavily emphasized in the letters of Paul. And as I do, please hear this as the voice of a caring mother who longs to see the next generation grow into godly adults whose lives glorify God.

So let me ask you one question to consider:

Why do countless young Christians live like the people of this dark world, with no real difference in their lifestyle?

I hope and pray what I share may help young people:

• Who fast and pray, only to fall back into sin.
• Who travel to holy places or seek anointed people for deliverance but remain addicted.
• Who want divine guidance but live in sexual sin.
• Who thought marriage would fix their problems but find the same darkness.
• Who perform spiritual rituals not rooted in Scripture.
• Who feel God is silent while they knowingly continue in sin.

The answer? Lack of knowledge of God’s Word.

Many of these young people may be sincere Christians, but without being rooted in Scripture, they live by emotion, spiritual performance, or even superstition. They don’t ask the hard questions: If those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh, why am I still enslaved? (Gal. 5:24)

They rely on willpower, bounce between addictions, and devise escape plans outside God’s design. Some hope ministry will silence their guilt, but end up leading double lives—applauded in public, tormented in private.

But sin hardens. As Hebrews says, “Take care… that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin” (Heb. 3:12-13).

They become immature—like straw, drifting with every trend and doctrine. Lights, noise, and performance-driven gatherings attract them more than sound teaching.

They are not anchored. Only their emotions are on fire, not their mind or life.

Yet Scripture says:

“So that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro… Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ.” (Eph. 4:14-15)

God has already given us everything we need:

“His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness…” (2 Pet. 1:3)

Everything is in the Word.

A Christian who is anchored in Scripture doesn’t make peace with sin—they fight it. The battle against sin is not a phase; it is a lifelong war. And that is Christianity: growing in Christlikeness through the Word, by the Spirit, until we see Him.

Christ is worth every ounce of effort and energy. He is our only hope, our only strength, and our only anchor. May we press on to know Him.