Destroying Idols 3
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A Heart Given Over To Idols
A Heart Given Over To Idols
3 Traits Of A Heart Given Over To Idols
26 For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural,
27 and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error.
28 And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper,
29 being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips,
30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents,
31 without understanding, untrustworthy, unloving, unmerciful;
32 and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also give hearty approval to those who practice them.
Week 1: A Heart Resistant To Idols (keeping a watchful heart)
Week 2: A Heart Tempted By Idols (keeping a guarded heart)
Week 3: A Heart Given Over To Idols (keeping an unrepentant heart)
Main Idea: Exchanging the TRUTH for a LIE (vs 25) will lead to these things:
Main Idea: Exchanging the TRUTH for a LIE (vs 25) will lead to these things:
“For this reason…”
Reject truth believe a lie (mind/thoughts far from God)
Worship creation not Creator (heart far from God)
Serve themselves (no service of God)
Deterioration of Our Civilization (THE WORSHIP OF SELF LOOKS LIKE THIS)
1940-1945: Fear- People see war and death on a global scale for the first time with WW2
1955: Apathy- Vietnam war starts, Communism gains popularity
1960: Lust- Birth control pills introduced, bringing about the Sexual Revolution
1962: Atheism- Prayer taken out of schools
1963 & 1968: Shock- John F. Kennedy and MLK Jr. assassinated, country in shock
1969: Drug Addiction- Woodstock, widespread drug use for the first time
1973: Murder- Roe V. Wade, Abortion and murder are legalized
1984: Prosperity Gospel- False teachers Benny Hinn and Robert Tilton rise in popularity
1987: Scandal- Televangelists Jim Bakker and Jimmy Swaggart sex scandals
1991: Alternate Reality- The World Wide Web debuts on the internet to global use
1994: Moral Decay- O.J. Simpson, suspected of murder, is cheered by many as he flees police
1998: Hearty Approval- Bill Clinton is caught in sexual immorality, his approval ratings skyrocket
1999: Rampage- Thirteen are murdered in the Columbine High School shooting
2001: Tragedy- Americans discover what Islam is because of 9/11
2003: Compromise- Lawrence V. Texas. Homosexual acts can no longer be seen as criminal
2004: Rise of Social Media- Facebook is created
2007: Tech Addiction- Iphone is released
2008-2017: Addiction Result- Psychological distress increases by 71% and pornography generates 12 billion dollars in revenue per year
2015: Destruction of Family- Obergefell V. Hodges. Homosexual marriage is deemed legal and legit by the government
2016: Tolerance- North Carolina fights to pass HB2, making it illegal to use a restroom not corresponding to a person’s biological sex…LGBTQ community claims discrimination.
2019: Censorship- Tech companies begin censoring and canceling anyone who posts Biblical views against LGBTQ
2020: Deception- Black Lives Matter is found to be an evil socialist, communist group, whose mission is to destroy families
2021: Insanity- Currently, 1 in 4 children are aborted/murdered
2021: Wickedness- 70% of Amazon’s revenue comes from hosting almost half of all porn on their servers. This includes child pornography.
2022: Intimidation- Draft decision to overturn Roe V. Wade is leaked to intimidate and threaten conservative Supreme Court judges
2022: Pedophilia- NBC News publishes report that claims children as young as 3 years old can and should self-identify what sex they want to be
3 Traits Of A Heart Given Over To Idols:
1. Degrading Passions Are Desired (26-27)
1. Degrading Passions Are Desired (26-27)
26 For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural,
27 and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error.
Sexual disease, mental illness, death, damnation
OT - Sodom and Gomorrah to NT Roman Culture to Today (TIMELESS)
Nero, Elagabalus 222 AD
“The consequence is degradation of the body (v. 24), domination by lust, the disintegration of what is truly “natural” (i.e., in accordance with human nature as created by God; v. 26), and bondage to uncontrollable passions (v. 27).”
R.C. Sproul
Main Idea: Our natural design is abandoned.
Main Idea: Our natural design is abandoned.
God’s design for our lives is always better than our design for our lives.
What makes homosexuality and transgenderism worse than other sins?
All other sins are perversions of God’s good design, homosexuality and transgenderism are complete inversions of God’s design.
Today, God’s Word is the only thing that stands in the way of a complete homosexual and transgender revolution.
23 Watch over your heart with all diligence,
For from it flow the springs of life.
24 Put away from you a deceitful mouth
And put devious speech far from you.
25 Let your eyes look directly ahead
And let your gaze be fixed straight in front of you.
26 Watch the path of your feet
And all your ways will be established.
27 Do not turn to the right nor to the left;
Turn your foot from evil.
Application: Challenge parents talk/teach children instead of social media (not a hypocrite)
Sodom - blind - fighting through door to rape angels
EVEN IF IT CONDEMNS ME TO HELL, I’m going to do this!
Example:
Andy Griffith to Al Bundy to Modern Family (homosexual couple adopts child)
Bugs Bunny to the Simpsons to South Park to Family Guy to DinoRanch (2 Gay Dinosaurs being given an egg)
Football to Stuffed Dolls to Barbie Dolls to Mario to Mortal Combat to Grand Theft Auto to Virtual Reality (including porn)
Wrestling -entertainment - soft porn
Music -
Sports - political - racial division - men in women’s sports - Tim Tebow
And we are amazed at what people do? Why are we shocked?
2. Depraved Thinking Deteriorates (28-31)
2. Depraved Thinking Deteriorates (28-31)
28 And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper,
29 being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips,
30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents,
31 without understanding, untrustworthy, unloving, unmerciful;
Main Idea: God’s near presence isn’t acknowledged
Main Idea: God’s near presence isn’t acknowledged
Main Idea: Ignoring God leads to His passivity which leads to our full commitment to sin and sinning.
Main Idea: Ignoring God leads to His passivity which leads to our full commitment to sin and sinning.
7 For as he thinks within himself, so he is.
He says to you, “Eat and drink!”
But his heart is not with you.
Illustration: In St. Louis, there is a large railroad switchyard. One switch directs a train away from one main track to another. The smallest, thinnest piece of metal serves as the switch between the two tracks. One track goes to San Francisco, the other track goes to New York City.
Sin does the same with our minds. The smallest deviation from God’s Word can switch us from the track of righteous thinking to the track of depraved thinking.
How does sin deteriorate our thinking?
First, sin will DECEIVE the mind by enticements
Second, sin will DISABLE the mind by entanglements
Third, sin will DEFILE the mind by impurity
Finally, sin will DESTROY the mind by insanity
7 You were running well; who hindered you from obeying the truth?
8 This persuasion did not come from Him who calls you.
9 A little leaven leavens the whole lump of dough.
Illustration: Mom’s UTI - bacteria enters the body, causing infection and untreated death
Biblical example: Garden of Eden: Lie - Thought - Disobedience - Run from God - murder - every thought was evil all of the time at Noah
“People don’t drift towards holiness.
They drift towards compromise and call it tolerance.
They drift towards disobedience and call it freedom.”
(D.A. Carson)
17 So this I say, and affirm together with the Lord, that you walk no longer just as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind,
18 being darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart;
19 and they, having become callous, have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.
5 Therefore consider the members of your earthly body as dead to immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which amounts to idolatry.
6 For it is because of these things that the wrath of God will come upon the sons of disobedience,
3. Deadly Approval Develops (32)
3. Deadly Approval Develops (32)
26 For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural,
27 and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error.
28 And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper,
29 being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips,
30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents,
31 without understanding, untrustworthy, unloving, unmerciful;
32 and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also give hearty approval to those who practice them.
Main Idea: Other’s nasty sin is applauded
Main Idea: Other’s nasty sin is applauded
What we should be saying:
19 Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: immorality, impurity, sensuality,
20 idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions,
21 envying, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
How most people live:
3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires,
Nothing has more physical evidence than the total depravity of man, but nothing has more mental rejection than the total depravity of man.
“When you refuse to teach on the radical depravity of men, it is an impossibility that you bring glory to God…because the cross of Christ and the glory thereof is most magnified when it’s placed in front of the backdrop of our depravity.”
(Paul Washer)
For the Believer who is struggling: “Nobody can produce new evidence of your depravity that will make God change His mind. He justified you with His eyes open.”
(J.I. Packer)