SERIES: Danger: Toxic!
TITLE: Germs
TEXT: I Thess. 4:1-8 (p.987)
“For the first time, the weird and the stupid and the coarse are becoming our cultural norm, even our cultural ideal.” Carl Bernstein
I. CONTAMINATION
Why has this happened?
- “It’s a (sign of the times)
- “The (devil) made me do it.”
- More Christians now opt for (lower standards) when confronted with the choice of living in (moral purity) as set forth in Scripture or (compromising) the rationalizing away the guilt.
What is “the Judges syndrome?” Doing what is right (in our own eyes).
Read this recently: “God, how long do I have to cry out for help before you listen? How many times do I have to yell, ‘Help! Murder! Police!’ before you come to the rescue? Why do you force me to look at evil? Stare trouble in the face day after day? Anarchy and violence break out, quarrels and fights all over the place. Law and order fall to pieces. Justice is a joke. The wicked have the righteous hamstrung and stand justice on its head.”
Habakkuk 1:2-4)
II. CLEANSING
What is the answer? I Thess.4:1-8
- (Walk and excel)- [1-2]
- (Abstain)- [3]
- (Holiness)- [7-8]
NEXT WEEK: Nauseating- Mt.15:1-9
