TITLE:  Immoral Society and the Church
TEXT:  Titus 2:11-13
PROPOSITION:  Our world must find a cure for immorality.
QUESTION:  How?
KEY WORD:  Cures
SCRIPTURE READING:  Same

INTRODUCTION:

1. I don’t need to tell you about the decline in morals
2. How should the church respond?

Definition of Terms

1. Morality – “manners or customs, morals, relating to or capable of making a distinction between right and wrong in conduct”
2. Today, many reject the Law of God (Bible) and try to set their own rules.

Diagnosis

1. Erosion of home, family, and marriage – Divorce rates up 200% since 1960.
   Divorce is at an all-time high, Marriage is at an all-time low
2. Pornography – tons published each year, internet rakes in millions, movies, music videos, and magazines – desensitize us
3. Homosexuality – legalizing same-sex marriage
4. Pleasure – sports, movies, TV
5. Disrespect for God – courts, atheists

Prescription

1. Righteousness exalts a nation – Psalm 14:34
2. War against the flesh – 2 Corinthians 10:3-6
3. Go back to the Bible
   1. Respect for Scripture
   2. Respect for authority
   3. Regarding moral purity, holiness and godliness – Titus 2:11-15
   4. Plan of salvation
4. 2 Timothy 2:22
5. “In the final analysis, the real salvation of any nation is the personal integrity of individual citizens… Unless a deep spiritual surge comes soon, the carnality of America will bring sudden and sure decay. What a tragedy should our epitaph read, “Here lies America…a nation that died for the lack of righteousness by its citizenry...Where were the Christians?” Johnny Ramsey