1. Desensitized to Sin (Part 2)

2. Have We Lost the Battle?
“Far from living in a world elsewhere, the faithful in the United States are remarkably like everyone else” … in the battle between faith and culture, “American culture has triumphed.” -Alan Wolfe, How We Actually Live Our Faith 2

3. Why Do We Become Desensitized to Sin?
Lack of knowledge
Don’t put off old man
Influence of the world
Complacency
Stubborn rebellion
Why Do We Become Desensitized to Sin?

5. Renew Sensitivity toward the Sin of Immodest Clothing
Modest clothing (kosmios)
Orderly, well- arranged, decent, respectable, honorable (1 Timothy 3:2)
1 Timothy 2:9-10
(Proverbs 7:10)
(Jeremiah 6:15) 5

6. Renew Sensitivity toward the Sin of Immodest Clothing
Heart of:
Shamefastness (aidos): “A sense of shame, modesty” -Opposite of promiscuous
Sobriety (sophrosune) Soundness of mind, sound judgment (discreet, Titus 2:5)
Renew Sensitivity toward the Sin of Immodest Clothing
1 Timothy 2:9-10
(Proverbs 7:10)
(Jeremiah 6:15) 6

7. Renew Sensitivity toward the Sin of Immodest Clothing
Public immodesty…
Revealing shirts, blouses and dresses
Skin-tight clothing (yoga pants), etc.
Underclothes, lingerie
Shorts and skirts that expose the thigh
Exodus 28:42; Isaiah 47:2-3
Renew Sensitivity toward the Sin of Immodest Clothing 7

8. Renew Sensitivity toward the Sin of Profanity
Euphemisms
Substitute milder word
OMG
Gee, Gosh, Golly, Lordy
Darn, dang (dam_)
Shoot (sh_t)
Crap (sh_t)
Freakin’ (f_ckin’)
Dog gone (God da_n)
Talk out his “b_tt hole”
Renew Sensitivity toward the Sin of Profanity
Ephesians 4:29
Ephesians 5:4 8

9. Renew Sensitivity toward the Sin of Profanity
Speech should be:
Sound, Titus 2:8
Gracious, seasoned, Colossians 4:6
Truth in love, Eph. 4:15
Bold, 2 Cor. 3:12
Oracles of God, 1 Peter 4:11
Renew Sensitivity toward the Sin of Profanity
Ephesians 4:29
Ephesians 5:4 9

10. Renew Sensitivity toward the Sin of Fornication
Sensitivity has been replaced with blasé (relaxed) attitudes
Path to insensitivity:
Entertainment (humor, personalities)
Education (schools)
Practicality (plausible)
Morally acceptable
Renew Sensitivity toward the Sin of Fornication
Ephesians 5:3
1 Cor. 6:9-10 10

11. Renew Sensitivity toward the Sin of Fornication
Sensitivity has been replaced with blasé (relaxed) attitudes
Premarital
Adultery
Homosexuality
Bestiality
Flee, 1 Cor. 6:18
Renew Sensitivity toward the Sin of Fornication
Ephesians 5:3
1 Cor. 6:9-10 11

12. Renew Sensitivity toward the Sin of Doctrinal Error
“Truth is relative”
Christ still teaches us to maintain pure doctrine
Galatians 1:6-10
Romans 16:17
2 John 9-11
Renew Sensitivity toward the Sin of Doctrinal Error
2 Timothy 4:3-4 12

13. Renew Sensitivity toward Lost Souls
Conscious
Compassionate
Commitment
-Matthew 16:26-
Renew Sensitivity toward Lost Souls
Matthew 9:35-38 13

14. Desensitized!
When we become desensitized to the world (its sins) and to God’s truth, we will surely be lost. 14