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Exodus
20:4 |
Leviticus
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Psalm |
Proverbs |
Canaanites Genesis |
Northern |
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Generation Cycle |
Discipline |
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1-No Idols; Father’s |
1-Plague |
14:1 – “fool says ‘no God’ |
1- Generation- |
“In fourth generation your
descendants will come back here . . . |
930-890 BC
Jeroboam set up golden calves in Bethel & Dan |
REJECT TRUTH |
90-50 BC - |
1880-1920 R. Ingersoll C. Darwin Wellhausen S. Freud |
1918 Influenza Epidemic- 28% infected |
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2 |
2-Famine/ |
14:2 – none under- |
2- Generation: |
. . .for
the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure.” |
890-850 –
Ahab (850-810 Jehu,
but did not repent of Sin of Jeroboam) |
REPLACE TRUTH |
50-10 BC –
Great Famines strike (“Make the sky like iron, ground like bronze.”) |
1921-1960 -1925 Scopes -1933 Humanist Manifesto -John Dewey |
1929 Stock Market 1930 Dust Bowl |
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3 |
3-Crime “wild animals rob you, loss
children, roads deserted” |
14:3 – turned aside, together
become corrupt |
3- Generation: |
Jacob – 1. Levi – 2. Kohath- 3. Amram- 4. Moses |
810-770 |
REMOVE TRUTH |
10 BC-30 AD “For three years (seasons,
generations) I’ve been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree, haven’t
found any. Cut it down!” |
1961-2000 1962-prayer 1963-LdPray 1980-Ten 1987-Teach Creation 1989- Nativity |
1960-1991 Crime increases 313% |
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4 “Punish” sin of the fathers to
the 3rd & 4th generation |
4-Sword on Your Land “bring the sword upon you” |
14:4 – devour my people as men eat
bread |
4- Generation: Teeth are swords Jaws are set w/ knives to devour
the poor from the earth needy from among mankind” |
Leviticus 18, 19- “You must not do as they do in the
“Follow”=”to walk” “Practices”= |
770-721 (2 Kg.17:22) |
HAMAS |
30-70 AD -
“Do not weep for me; weep for yourselves and for your children” “If men do these things when the
tree is green, what will happen when it is dry” - 70 AD |
2001-2040 Hamas- -Physical -Psychologi. -Judicial -Social |
Sept. 11, 2001 |
Amos 8:4
(760BC) “Hear this you who trample the needy and do away with the poor
of the land. . .will not the land tremble for this
(8:8) 26:32 –Waste the Land
Micah 6:8-“He has showed you, O man, what is
good. And what does the Lord require of
you?
To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly
with your God.”
Isaiah 56:1- “Maintain justice and do what is
right, for my salvation is close at hand.”
Psalm
19:1-4- “The heavens declare the glory of God. . .There is no speech or language where
their voice isn’t heard
Isaiah
40:21- “Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the
beginning?”
Acts 14:17- “He has not left himself without testimony.”
Romans 1:19-
“Since what may be known about God is plain to them because God has made it
plain.”
Hebrews
1:1-2- “In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many
times, various ways.
Matthew
16:1-5- “You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but cannot interpret the signs
of the times.”
Matthew
13:20-Sower–Trouble, Persecution, Worry, Deceitfulness of wealth, Times of Testing,
Riches, Pleasure
Leviticus 18:3- “Do not follow their practices”
FOLLOW” –“walk in” “PRACTICES” –
“boundaries”
Leviticus 19:2- “Be holy because I am holy”
Parents, idols, fields, steal, handicap, justice, neighbor
Love neighbor as
yourself.”
Origins. . .Purpose. . . Ethics. . . Future
Thesis 1 –Religious humanists regard
universe as self-existing and not created
Thesis 2- Man is part of nature,
he emerged as a result of a continuous process
Thesis 8- The complete realization of human
personality to be the end of man’s life and seeks its development and
fulfillment in the here and now.”
Newsweek 2007
48% Americans
believe God created man as he is
13% believe
man evolved with no God
Gallop 2006 no change since 1982
91.8
Americans believe in God
11% think
society reflects Christianity
Newsweek 2004
82% Jesus
lived 55% every word Bible
79% virgin
birth 52% Jesus will return
George Barna
Research Group
“born-again Christians more likely to divorce”
“rarely find substantial difference
44% moral
decisions based on pleasing results
Second Great Awakening
1) 1811 Lyman
Beecher, revival preacher, “Our vices
are digging the grave of our liberties.”
2) US Chief Justice John Marshall wrote that the church “was too far gone ever to be redeemed.”
3) 1800 Charles
Carroll, signer of Declaration of Independence wrote, “they
who are decrying the Christian religion are undermining the solid foundation of morals, the best security for
the duration of free governments.
4) 1780 is
considered by church historians as the lowest point for church affiliation in
US history. 10% claimed membership.
In 1787 the Second Great Awakening
began.
Hope
1) Focus on values in business, politics, schools
2)
3) Moral absolutes in public debate
a. 2002 67% think morals getting worse
b. 2006 81% think morals getting worse
4)
Intelligent design
a. 64% think God created them
b. 20% think they evolved
c. American’s believing evolution down
6% from 1995-2005
5) Anthony Flew
became deist because of science and DNA
6) Church attendance steady for 60 years
7) Movie Passion of Christ $370 million
Action
1) Continue to proclaim the truth
2) Become biblically literate
3) Stay spiritually alert
4) Church Leadership needs to love
people & not simply love having
them
5) Fathers
& families must be restored
6) Government
must maintain order, stability
7) Church must:
a.
b. Present the
Gospel
c. Teach the
Scriptures
8)
Power of the church is in the people
not the preachers.