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*WAKE UP **AMERICA**!*
*Romans 13:11*
*INTRODUCTION*
*Around 1963, our nation, officially, turned its back on God.*
*Bill Bennett, the former Secretary of Education,*
*"David Report on Christianity and Culture"- "Index of Cultural Indicators." *
*He discovered that since 1960, looking at the years from 1960 to 1990, the*...
*Ø** population grew by about forty‑one percent (41%).
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*Ø** social spending grew in this nation, from $144 billion to $787 billion ‑‑ more than a 500% increase *
*Ø** welfare spending increased by 630%.*
*Ø** Spending on education, increased by 225%.*
*Ø** a 560% increase in violent crime*
*Ø** a 419% increase in illegitimate births.*
*Ø** The number of divorces went up by 400%.
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*Ø** a 300% increase in the number of children living in single‑parent homes*
*Ø** more than 200% increase in teenage suicide*
*Ø** the SAT scores dropped an average of over eighty (80) points.*
*John The Baptist*
Confronted a similar society
Carried out a special ministry
Called for a specific response
*1A.
THE CAUSE OF GOD'S JUDGEMENT*
*Matthew 3:7-12*
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*Two Groups Confronted...*
*1B.
The Pharisees*
*"The Sins of the Sacred Community*"
*Jeremiah 6:13-15*
*1C.
They were serious about profit (v.13)*
"The ends justified their means"
*2C.
They were soft on sin (v.14)*
*3C.
They were shameless about sin (v.15)*
*2B.
The Sadducees* -
*"The Sins of the Civil Government"*
*Amos 2:6-8*
*1C.
Social sins (vv.6b-7a)*
*2C.
Sexual sins (v.7b)*
*3C.
Spiritual sins (v.8)*
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*2A.
THE CURSE OF GOD'S JUDGEMENT*
*Deuteronomy 28:15- *
*GODS JUDGEMENT WILL...*
*28:16 - widespread~/no escape*
*28:18 - abortion~/loss of production*
*28:20a - right is wrong and wrong is right*
*28:21a,22a - disease (AIDS), droughts...*
*28:24a - severe storms~/dust storms*
*28:25 - Iraq, Somolia, Bosnia, N. Korea...*
*28:28 - serial killings, random shootings...*
*28:29b - never able to get ahead*
*28:30a - rape...*
*28:32 - we are the policeman for the world?*
*28:43a- illegal alians are flooding in~/land owners*
*28:65-67 - nervous wreck*
*28:45-48,63...*
*3A.
THE CURE FOR JUDGEMENT*
*Jeremiah 6:16*
*1B.
Stand (look)*
*In the right place*
*For the right thing*
*2B.
"Ask"*
*"for the ancient paths" - that oldtime religion*
*"where the good way is..." - Jesus is the way...*
*3B.
"Walk"*
/Ephesians 4:1 " *walk *worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,"/
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/Ephesians 5:2 And *walk *in love, as Christ also hath loved us, "/
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/Ephesians 5:8 " *walk *as children of light:"/
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/Ephesians 5:15 "See then that ye *walk *circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,"/
*4B.
"Find"*
*"rest"*
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*APPLICATION*
*Matthew 3:10-12*
*Judgment is coming - v.10*a
*Judgment is certain - v.10b*
*Judgment will be final - v.12*
*Judgment must begin here*
*/1 Peter 4:17 "For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God.../*
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