1. www.HebronChurchofChrist.com

2. We like light See things Navigate better Feel safer

3. Light & darkness in the moral realm Sons of light, 1 Thes. 5:5 Darkness is depressing -Blind -Stumble -Harm

5. Our society is permeated with moral darkness Violence

6. Our society is permeated with moral darkness Violence Sexual abandon

7. Our society is permeated with moral darkness Violence Sexual abandon

8. Our society is permeated with moral darkness Violence Sexual abandon Materialism

9. Our society is permeated with moral darkness Violence Sexual abandon Materialism Political corruption

10. Our society is permeated with moral darkness Violence Sexual abandon Materialism Political corruption Drugs

11. Moral darkness from ancient times Cain murdered Abel, Gen. 4:8 Sodom & Gomorrah, Gen. 19:5 Israel’s materialism, Amos 8:5, 6 Ahab & Jezebel’s sins, 1 Kgs. 21:9, 10 The priests intoxication, Isa. 28:7, 8

12. Lot was righteous, even in Sodom 2 Pt. 2:6-9

13. Noah & his family were faithful Even when all the world was filled with sin Gen. 6 & 7

14. Moses overcame a secular education Heb. 11:24-26

15. Shadrach, Meshach, & Abednego stood strong under social & political pressure Dan. 3:16-18

16. Light in darkness, 2 Cor. 4:4-6 God gave the gospel Truth is light to show the way Through it we know the Savior

17. We must come to the light, Jn. 3:19-21 To have the hope of heaven To shine as lights, Phil. 2:14-16

18. Let us believe the gospel is God’s power, Rom. 1:16 Leads to salvation – transformation Keeps us saved