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Christians fall down before the wicked these days and corrupt the springs. Sadly, the church hardly speaks with a unified voice against the false religions that are capturing our institutions everywhere. Tyranny descends on the nations in every generation largely through fake Christians, do-gooders, prohibitionists, social-gospelites, social justice warriors, and other antinomians. We explain here why Woke is bad, why feminism is bad, and other worldly ideologies that are counter to the laws of God. Churches want to avoid the discussions because they want to avoid controversy, or they say that they are committed to "the Gospel." But the law of God is part of the teaching related to the Gospel itself. Reject the law of God, and you have rejected the Gospel.

"We have come into the way of faith," says Augustine, "let us constantly adhere to it. It leads to the chambers of the king, in which are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. For our Lord Jesus Christ did not speak invidiously to His great and most select disciples when He said, 'I have yet many things to say unto you, but you cannot bear them now' (Joh 16:12). We must walk, advance, increase, that our hearts may be able to comprehend those things which they cannot now comprehend. But if the last day shall find us making progress, we shall there learn what here we could not."

Over church history, the institution we know as the Roman Church sought to "Christianize" many pagan, destrutive pratices. Lent is one of those seasonal practices. Lent as we know it today did not exist before the fourth century, and the church leaders in league with Constantine brought the many differing forms of fastings and practices into one conforming practice. But we discover in this lessson that God is not indifferent to these observances, nor should we be.

Key Phrase—v. 3a: "See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called the children of God . . . " (ESV) Aim: To Love The Father Who Loves us—In Christ, and By The Spirit.

The lesson argues for a distinction between church and state, rejecting formal theonomy in favor of general equity confessionalism. It asserts that civil government's role is limited to punishing evildoers and protecting religious liberty, rather than enforcing true religion or establishing a Christian state. The speaker contends that societal collapse is a consequence of divine wrath when nations reject God, which the state cannot prevent through coercion. True renewal depends on church-led evangelism and spiritual revival, not political power. Ultimately, the church relies on the Holy Spirit to prevail in the marketplace of ideas without secular support.