{"id":2590,"date":"2013-08-12T08:03:17","date_gmt":"2013-08-12T12:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/?p=2590"},"modified":"2013-08-12T08:03:17","modified_gmt":"2013-08-12T12:03:17","slug":"germs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2013\/08\/germs\/","title":{"rendered":"Germs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"soul_reconstruction\"<\/a><\/h2>\n

SERIES: Danger: Toxic!<\/h1>\n

TITLE:\u00a0\u00a0 Germs<\/h2>\n

TEXT: I Thess. 4:1-8 (p.987)<\/h3>\n

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\u201cFor the first time, the weird and the stupid and the coarse are becoming our cultural norm, even our cultural ideal.\u201d\u00a0 Carl Bernstein<\/p>\n

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I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CONTAMINATION<\/p>\n

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Why has this happened?<\/p>\n

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  1. \u201cIt\u2019s a (sign of the times<\/span><\/strong>)<\/li>\n
  2. \u201cThe (devil<\/span><\/strong>) made me do it.\u201d<\/li>\n
  3. More Christians now opt for (lower standards<\/span><\/strong>) when confronted with the choice of living in (moral purity<\/span><\/strong>) as set forth in Scripture or (compromising<\/span><\/strong>) the rationalizing away the guilt.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    What is \u201cthe Judges syndrome?\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Doing what is right (in our own eyes<\/span><\/strong>).<\/p>\n

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    Read this recently: \u201cGod, how long do I have to cry out for help before you listen?\u00a0 How many times do I have to yell, \u2018Help! Murder! Police!\u2019 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.\u00a0 Law and order fall to pieces.\u00a0 Justice is a joke. The wicked have the righteous hamstrung and stand justice on its head.\u201d<\/p>\n

    Habakkuk 1:2-4)<\/p>\n

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    II.\u00a0\u00a0 CLEANSING<\/p>\n

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    What is the answer?\u00a0 I Thess.4:1-8<\/p>\n

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    1. (Walk and excel<\/span><\/strong>)- [1-2]<\/li>\n
    2. (Abstain<\/span><\/strong>)- [3]<\/li>\n
    3. (Holiness<\/span><\/strong>)- [7-8]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      NEXT WEEK: \u00a0\u00a0Nauseating- Mt.15:1-9<\/p>\n

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      SERIES: Danger: Toxic! TITLE:\u00a0\u00a0 Germs TEXT: I Thess. 4:1-8 (p.987)   \u201cFor the first time, the weird and the stupid and the coarse are becoming our cultural norm, even our cultural ideal.\u201d\u00a0 Carl Bernstein   I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CONTAMINATION   Why has this happened? \u201cIt\u2019s a (sign of the times) \u201cThe (devil) made me do it.\u201d More … <\/p>\n

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