Why Are Morals Changing
What if moral change is by design?
The coming of the lawless one is
according to the working of Satan…..
2 Thessalonians 2:9a
What is the Working of Satan?
The Real Devil
In our personal life, sin is our responsibility
–James 1:13-15
In the world Satan works with his ministers
–II Corinthians 11:12-14
We need to know the Working of Satan
The Real Devil
In our personal life, sin is our responsibility
–James 1:13-15
In the world Satan works with his ministers
–II Corinthians 11:12-14
We need to know the Devil’s Plan
The Devil’s Plan
Genesis 3:1-6
The Devil’s Plan was introduced in the Garden
Step 1 – Lessen the Sinfulness of Sin with a Lie
This sin is not as bad as it seems
Step 2 – Word Switch
Call it knowledge instead of Sin
Step 3 – Malign the Righteous
God does not want you to know
Step 4 – Get You to Live With It
Abortion
Genesis 9:6, Psalm 139:13
Step 1: Lessen Sinfulness with a Lie
Abortion was not for a bad reason
-Population control
-Prevention of single mothers
-Reducing crime
Abortion
Genesis 9:6, Psalm 139:13
Step 1: The Lies about Abortion
Step 2: Word Switch
-Abortion became Procedure
-Abortion became a Reproductive Right
-Pro-Abortion became Pro-Choice
-Child became Fetus
Abortion
Genesis 9:6, Psalm 139:13
Step 1: The Lies about Abortion
Step 2: Word Switch
Step 3: Malign the Righteous
-Those who are pro-life are anti-choice
-“War against women”
-Those opposed to abortion are violent
Abortion
Genesis 9:6, Psalm 139:13
Step 1: The Lies about Abortion
Step 2: Word Switch
Step 3: Malign the Righteous
Step 4: Making You Live With It
-Partial-birth abortions
-Cloning
-Minor’s not needing consent
Promiscuity
I Thessalonians 4:13, I Corinthians 6:18
Step 1: The Lies about Promiscuity
Free love of the 1960s
Media of 1970s to present
-“A person can be good & promiscuous”
-“Everyone does it”
-“It does not hurt anyone”
-“There are no consequences to love”
Promiscuity
I Thessalonians 4:13, I Corinthians 6:18
Step 1: The Lies about Promiscuity
Step 2: Word Switch
-Fornication became living together
-Unmarried people became partners
Promiscuity
I Thessalonians 4:13, I Corinthians 6:18
Step 1: The Lies about Promiscuity
Step 2: Word Switch
Step 3: Malign the Righteous
-Abstinence is “puritanical”, mocked
-“Virgin” becomes an embarrassment
Promiscuity
I Thessalonians 4:13, I Corinthians 6:18
Step 1: The Lies about Promiscuity
Step 2: Word Switch
Step 3: Malign the Righteous
Step 4: Making You Live With It
With the popularizing of homosexuality,
suddenly promiscuity seems trivial
Homosexuality
Romans 1:26
Step 1: The Lies about Homosexuality
–People are born this way
–People cannot control it
–Many people are this way
Homosexuality
Romans 1:26
Step 1: The Lies about Homosexuality
Step 2: Word Switch
-Alternative lifestyle
-Transgender
-“Gay”
-Tolerance
-Diversity
Homosexuality
Romans 1:26
Step 1: The Lies about Homosexuality
Step 2: Word Switch
Step 3: Malign the Righteous
-Homophobic
-Intolerant
-Narrow minded bigots
Homosexuality
Romans 1:26
Step 1: The Lies about Homosexuality
Step 2: Word Switch
Step 3: Malign the Righteous
Step 4: Making You Live With It
Homosexual marriage & legal actions
cause us to want to appease
Pornography
Romans 13:13, Matthew 5:27
Step 1: The Lies of Pornography
-Pornography is art
-Everyone looks
-It is harmless
Pornography
Romans 13:13, Matthew 5:27
Step 1: The Lies of Pornography
Step 2: Word Switch
-Adult bookstores
-Adult entertainment
-Free Speech
-Freedom and rights
Pornography
Romans 13:13, Matthew 5:27
Step 1: The Lies of Pornography
Step 2: Word Switch
Step 3: Malign the Righteous
-Censorship
-Book burners/banners
-Prudes
Pornography
Romans 13:13, Matthew 5:27
Step 1: The Lies of Pornography
Step 2: Word Switch
Step 3: Malign the Righteous
Step 4: Making You Live With It
De-sensitization of the 1970s-80s
causes us to accept vulgarity today
“What more shall I say?”
Alcohol
Coarse language
Evolution
Apostasy within the church
“What more shall I say?”
Now the Spirit expressly says that in
latter times some will depart from the
faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits
and doctrines of demons, speaking
lies in hypocrisy, having their own
conscience seared with a hot iron.
I Timothy 4:1-2
REMEMBER:
We are in the right regardless of opinion
But what I do, I will also continue to
do, that I may cut off the opportunity
from those who desire an opportunity
to be regarded just as we are in the
things of which they boast.
2 Corinthians 11:12
THEREFORE:
Speaking plainly
In all things showing yourself to be a
pattern of good works; in doctrine
showing integrity, reverence,
incorruptibility, sound speech that
cannot be condemned, that one who is
an opponent may be ashamed, having
nothing evil to say of you.
Titus 2:7-8
FINALLY:
Do not expect to be right with the world
"If you were of the world, the world
would love its own. Yet because you
are not of the world, but I chose you
out of the world, therefore the world
hates you.“
John 15:19
Damages of Immorality
"Come now, and let us reason together,"
Says the LORD, "Though your sins are as
scarlet, they will be as white as snow;
though they are red like crimson, they
will be like wool” - Isaiah 1:18