Exodus 20:4

Leviticus
26:14-39

Psalm
14:1-4

Proverbs
30:11-14

Canaanites Genesis
15:13-16

Northern
10 Tribes
Israel 721

Judah
586 BC

Jerusalem (70AD)
Luke 13:6-9
Luke 23:26-31

USA

Generation

Cycle

USA
Cycles of

Discipline

1-No Idols;

Father’s
Sin

1-Plague
”wasting diseases, fever . . .”

14:1 – “fool says ‘no God’

1- Generation-
”Curse Fathers
Don’t Bless Mothers”

“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 -
Pompey invades in 69 BC. (“Those who hate you rule over you.”)

1880-1920

R. Ingersoll

C. Darwin

 Wellhausen

S. Freud

1918

Influenza Epidemic-

28% infected

2

2-Famine/
Economy

”sky like iron, ground like bronze, soil not yield crops”

14:2 – none under-
stand
or seek God

2- Generation:
”Pure in own eyes, yet not
cleansed of their filth”

. . .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

3

3-Crime

“wild animals rob you, loss children, roads deserted”

14:3 – turned aside, together become corrupt

3- Generation:
whose eyes are ever haughty, lances are disdainful”

Jacob –

1. Levi –

2. Kohath-

3. Amram-

4. Moses
(Exodus 6:16-20)

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
Command.

1987-Teach

Creation

1989- Nativity

1960-1991

Crime increases 313%

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 land of Canaan. . .Do not follow their practices.”

“Follow”=”to walk”

“Practices”=
Boundries

770-721 Israel overthrown “persisted in all the sins of Jeroboam”

(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-
(violence oppression, injustice) in

-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)       Hollywood follows money. More good films

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.       Represent Kingdom of God

b.       Present the Gospel

c.       Teach the Scriptures

8)       Power of the church is in the people not the preachers.