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Respectable Worldliness: The Dangers of Moral Decay

Delve into the implications of embracing worldly values over God's standards, exploring societal acceptance of immorality, biblical condemnations regarding homosexuality, adultery, and more. Understand how deception, worldly interactions, and trivializing sin make immorality appear acceptable. Uncover the shift towards situation ethics and the critical importance of purity to witness God's presence.

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Respectable Worldliness: The Dangers of Moral Decay

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  1. RESPECTABLE WORLDLINESS: MORALITY • James 4:4 • Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

  2. RESPECTABLE WORLDLINESS: MORALITY • 1 Peter 2:11 • Beloved, I beg you as sojournersand pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul

  3. By “Respectable,” We Are… • Discussing Worldliness That Is Accepted By Men. • Not Discussing Worldliness That Is Accepted By God.

  4. There Are Many Forms Of Worldliness Widely Accepted Among Men. Man Accepts The Bible Condemns Homosexuality • Gen. 2:18-24 • Rom. 1:26-28 • 1 Cor. 6:9-10 • Jude 7 The “In-Thing” Same Sex Marriage

  5. There Are Many Forms Of Worldliness Widely Accepted Among Men. Man Accepts The Bible Condemns Adultery • Matt. 19:9 • Rom. 7:2-3

  6. There Are Many Forms Of Worldliness Widely Accepted Among Men. Man Accepts The Bible Condemns Drunkenness • Gal. 5:19-21 • 1 Pet. 4:3 • Pro. 20:1

  7. There Are Many Forms Of Worldliness Widely Accepted Among Men. Man Accepts The Bible Condemns Immodest Dress • 1 Tim. 2:9-10 • 1 Pet. 3:3-4

  8. There Are Many Forms Of Worldliness Widely Accepted Among Men. Man Accepts The Bible Condemns Abortion • Jer. 1:5 • Psa. 139:13-16

  9. There Are Many Forms Of Worldliness Widely Accepted Among Men. Man Accepts The Bible Condemns Gambling • Eph. 4:28 • Col. 3:5

  10. There Are Many Forms Of Worldliness Widely Accepted Among Men. Man Accepts The Bible Condemns Dancing • Gal. 5:19-21 Prom

  11. Why Worldliness Becomes Respectable To Some Christians • Some are deceived by Satan. • Jno. 8:44 “You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.

  12. Why Worldliness Becomes Respectable To Some Christians • Some are deceived by Satan. • Some mix themselves with the world. • Hos. 7:8-9

  13. Why Worldliness Becomes Respectable To Some Christians • Some are deceived by Satan. • Some mix themselves with the world. • Because of familiarity with it. • Jer. 6:15 – “Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? No! They were not at all ashamed; Nor did they know how to blush. Therefore they shall fall among those who fall; At the time I punish them, They shall be cast down," says the LORD.

  14. Why Worldliness Becomes Respectable To Some Christians • Some are deceived by Satan. • Some mix themselves with the world. • Because of familiarity with it. • Have friends & family practicing it. • Matt. 10:34-37

  15. Why Worldliness Becomes Respectable To Some Christians • Some are deceived by Satan. • Some mix themselves with the world. • Because of familiarity with it. • Have friends & family practicing it. • Just sowing wild oats. • Gal. 6:7-8

  16. Why Worldliness Becomes Respectable To Some Christians • Some are deceived by Satan. • Some mix themselves with the world. • Because of familiarity with it. • Have friends & family practicing it. • Just sowing wild oats. • Trivializing sin. • Jas. 2:10; Rom 6:23

  17. Why Worldliness Becomes Respectable To Some Christians • Some are deceived by Satan. • Some mix themselves with the world. • Because of familiarity with it. • Have friends & family practicing it. • Just sowing wild oats. • Trivializing sin. • Overconfidence in self. • 1 Cor. 10:12

  18. Why Worldliness Becomes Respectable To Some Christians • Some are deceived by Satan. • Some mix themselves with the world. • Because of familiarity with it. • Have friends & family practicing it. • Just sowing wild oats. • Trivializing sin. • Overconfidence in self. • New morality – situation ethics. • Eccl. 1:9-10

  19. Do You Want To See God? • Matthew 5:8 • Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God.

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