Good News For Modern Man. Modern man has accomplished great things Medicine Travel Technology “Things” do not make a better society. Ec.12; Rv.18; 2 Tim.3.

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Good News For Modern Man

Modern man has accomplished great things Medicine Travel Technology “Things” do not make a better society. Ec.12; Rv.18; 2 Tim.3 “Things” do not make a better society. Ec.12; Rv.18; 2 Tim.3 “Our age is trying to drink its way to prosperity, destroy its way to plenty, war its way to peace, hate its way to love, sin its way to God, and drift its way upstream.”

This is the age of the... Fatalist: “Eat, drink, & be merry…” Pessimist: “What’s the use?” Atheist: “No God, no hope.” Ambitious: “Dog-eat-dog world…” Strong: “Might makes right.”

What is the cure? Aspirin? Stronger drugs? Violence? Revolution? The Gospel Ac.26:16-18 Ro.1:16-17 Good News For Modern Man The Gospel Ac.26:16-18 Ro.1:16-17 Good News For Modern Man

I. Message of Love For Age of Hate

Battle cry of 1960s Results: 2 Tim.3:2, love of self Ph.2:21, self-centered Lust (“love”) – doing what they wanted Talk (very little action)

Gospel: message of love John 3:16; 1 Jn.3:1; 4:7-11  God, 1 Jn.4:19  Brethren, 1 Th.4:9  Family, Ep.5:25; Tit.2:4  Neighbor, Ro.13:8-10

Love: known by actions it prompts NT: seek welfare of all  Ga.6:10, spiritual  Lk.10, physical

I. Message of Love For Age of Hate II. Message of Peace For Age of War

150 years in last 2000  Solution: gospel  “Peace”: 88 times in NT  Ro.1:7, everything Jew or Gentile ever dreamed of – in gospel  Isa.9:6-7  Peace with God: Ro.5:1  Peace within: Ph.4:6-7  Peace without: Hb.12:14 Did Prince of Peace fail?

I. Message of Love For Age of Hate III. Message of Hope For Age of Despair II. Message of Peace For Age of War

“Only go around once in life…”  Ec.2:20; 2 Co.4:8  “False hope is bad”  Hope is a... Door, Ho.2:15. Freed from exile... Helmet, 1 Th.5:8 (1:3). 1 Co.15; 1 Th.4 Anchor, Hb.6:19. 1 Pt.1:3-4...

I. Message of Love For Age of Hate IV. Message of Faith For Age of Doubt II. Message of Peace For Age of War III. Message of Hope For Age of Despair

Many doubt existence of God, virgin birth, Bible, Creation, etc.  Gospel is message of faith (2 Co.5:7)  Hb.11:1, all rely on ‘faith’  Ps.19:1-4, not ‘blind faith’ “I cannot explain the wind, but I can hoist a sail” Puts our mind in heaven, like Moses on Pisgah… Ac.7