The World Was Ripe
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1. The World Was Ripe Politically.
1. The World Was Ripe Politically.
The Romans brought peace.
The Romans brought peace.
The Romans built roads.
The Romans built roads.
The Romans unified language.
The Romans unified language.
2. The World Was Ripe Economically.
2. The World Was Ripe Economically.
There were economic problems.
There were economic problems.
But there were economic opportunities.
But there were economic opportunities.
3. The World Was Ripe Morally.
3. The World Was Ripe Morally.
The family was in decline.
The family was in decline.
Slavery was a plague.
Slavery was a plague.
Sexual morality was in decay.
Sexual morality was in decay.
1 John 1:3 says, (CEV) “We are telling you what we have seen and heard, so you may share in this life with us. And we share in it with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.”
that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.
4. The World Was Ripe Religiously.
4. The World Was Ripe Religiously.
People sought a savior.
People sought a savior.
The Jews sought a Messiah.
The Jews sought a Messiah.
So the Redeemer came. Somewhere in the mind and heart of God from the very foundation of the earth the Christ had been waiting, hidden in the counsels of eternity until the great bell of the ages should strike; and when at last everything in the world and in the souls of men was ready and prepared, he came, the Word of God made flesh, not a moment early and not a moment late, but exactly on the stroke of the hour. It was the Day of the Lord.