We live in a sin-soaked world, 2 Pet. 3:7 Christ calls us out of the darkness and death of sin, 1 Pet. 2:9 We live in a world that is not our home and live for a home that we have not yet seen, Heb. 11:13-16 (2 Cor. 5:7) While the world celebrates sin, we must be saints (holy and separate), 1 Cor. 1:2 The calling of the gospel and the challenge of our faith, Eph. 4:1; 1 Pet. 2:

“What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.” Marketing campaign that reveals an attitude toward sin and personal accountability It’s a lie! Num. 32:23; Heb. 4:13; Gal. 6:7 Loss of moral purity and innocence, reputation, influence (not to mention the money), Rom. 13:11-14 Deceptive nature of sin! 3

“There are no rules here!” Discards moral accountability, 2 Cor. 5:10 “It feels good, so it must be right.” Prov. 14:12; 28:26; Jer. 17:9 Feeling good does not mean we are right in God’s sight, Acts 23:1 Subtlety of sin sears consciences, 1 Tim. 4:1-2 Truth is not self-defined! 4

“Those Christians are extremists and hypocrites; do what you want, not what they say.” If all were hypocrites it would not change the truth of God, 1 Pet. 1:21-25 All Christians are not hypocrites – living as light and salt, Matt. 5:

“Christians (all those who say there is absolute truth) must be opposed.” Jno. 16:1-4 You will be hated for following Jesus, Jno. 15:18-21 Illustrations: Movies and music that depict rebellion as heroic LGBT rights advocates reshaping society Our assurance is Jesus! Rev. 2:8-11 6

When surrounded by enemies and the outcome appeared in doubt, David continued to trust in the Lord, 11:1 Advisers cast doubt upon trusting God saying, “flee” and “the foundations are destroyed”, yet he did not waver, 11:2-7 Like David, we must not waver or doubt when the world celebrates sin! It will not stand, 2 Ths. 1:6-10 7