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"Everybody's Doing It!"

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Introduction
  • Exodus 23:2
    • “Marriages end and kids misbehave.”
    • Esther 1:10-12, 19-21 – The king’s wife made him mad, so he got rid of her.
    • Temporary marriage license
      • Professor and author Stephanie Coontz put it this way: “In modern society, people are reluctant to enter marriages unless they know they can get out … That’s probably solved already by the availability of no-fault divorce.”

        • “The culture so quickly says, oh it’s over, it’s not going to work. We live in a consumer society. If something doesn’t work, you chunk it away and get a new one. And that has been translated into relationships … It’s a very pervasive myth today, that a marriage only works if you’re compatible. And couples come up against difficulties, disagreements, conflict, and they think, ‘We’re not compatible’ and so they separate. But actually, with a few very simple tools, they can work through these disagreements.”

        • Matthew 19:3-9
        • Ephesians 5:22-6:4
        • God’s standard has not changed!
          • “It doesn’t hurt to look.”
          • Matthew 5:27-28
          • Job 31:1
          • What is so dangerous about pornography is that so many people don’t think it’s wrong.
          • Galatians 5:16-26
          • I Thessalonians 4:1-8
            • “Just do what’s best for you.”
            • Genesis 3:6 – The first sin was all about what Eve thought was good for her.
            • II Peter 2:3
            • The first thing society does to make sin acceptable is change how things are worded.
              • “Strong woman finds unlikely advisor, learns to stand up for herself.”
              • The New Moral Code (Source: Bama OmniPoll, August 2015, Good Faith, p.58)
                • “Do you agree with the following statements?”
                Percentage of U.S. adults
                The best way to find yourself is by looking within yourself.
                91%
                People should not criticize someone else’s life choices.
                89%
                To be fulfilled in life, you should pursue the things you desire most.
                86%
                The highest goal of life is to enjoy it as much as possible.
                84%
                People can believe whatever they want, as long as those beliefs don’t affect society.
                79%
                Any kind of sexual expression between two consenting adults is acceptable.
                69%
                • Titus 2:11-15
                • Luke 9:23
                  • Conclusion
                  • We must live by the Word of God, not the immoral ideas people have … even if everybody’s doing it.
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