1. CONTINUAL GROWTH AND INCREASING APOSTASY IN AMERICA “ But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.” 2 Timothy 3:13 KJV “While evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived” 2 Timothy 3:13 ESV

2. I. The Apostate Christians leave God into their own way today  They learn from the liberal philosopher’s idea of NEW MORALITY for those who have a right to choose for themselves:  The gay marriage.  Abortion.  Premarital sex  Marijuana

3. II. The Apostate Christians are like King Saul in Israel.  The Prophet Samuel yielded the right of the Jews who wanted to have a king in Israel like the world. 1 Samuel 8:1-22  King Saul feared the people and listened to their voice more than God. 1 Samuel 15:24  Their effects: the rapid growth of idols and sins in Israel.  Their consequences: wars and death.

4. III. The effects of the Apostasy in America  According to Josh McDowell the author, the 1996 research tells a statistical horror story of what is happening every day in America.  1,000 unwed teenage girls become mothers.  1,106 teenage girls get an abortion.  4,219 teenage contract a sexually transmitted disease (STD).  500 adolescents begin using drugs.

5.  1,000 adolescents begin drinking alcohol.  135,000 kids bring a gun or other weapon to school.  3,610 teens are assented; 80 are raped.  2,200 teens drop out of high school.  2,700 kids watch their parents separate or divorce. 90 kids are taken from their parents’ custody and placed in foster care, a group home, or institutional care.  7 kids (ages 10-19) are murdered.  7 juveniles age 17 and under are arrested for murder  6 teens commit suicide.

6. IV. Straight Talk is Necessary  Proverbs 11:14- “Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counselors there is safety.”  Those who need straight talk are parents, teachers, counselors, and pastors.  No passivity among the worldly people.  Love the sinners as Christ loves them like you. John 15:12

7.  Be brave to give honest answers to every age. Colossians 4:6  Give soft answer to those who feel angry, hurt or depressed. Proverbs 15:1  Listen to feedback before dealing with their problems.  Pray first before giving counsel.  Share scripturally.  The most important thing is to clean your heart before they will believe your honest answers.