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The works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
–Galatians 5:19-21 (KJV)–

The fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
–Revelation 21:8 (KJV)–

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Charles Finney, Lectures on Revivals of Religion (Revell, 1868), chs. 2, 3, 12, 14, 15, 17.

Dr. John R. Rice, Why Preach Against Sin? (Sword of the Lord, 1985), pp. 26-30.

David Wilkerson, Hey, Preach…You’re Comin’ Through! (Revell, 1968).

—. “What Happens to the Church When Preachers No Longer Preach Against Sin?”

—. Written version of the audio sermon above. January 17, 2005.

Paul Washer, The Gospel’s Power and Message (RHB, 2012), chs. 6, 15.

¹ Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years. ² He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord and followed the ways of his father David, not turning aside to the right or to the left. ³ In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek the God of his father David. In his twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of high places, Asherah poles and idols. ⁴ Under his direction the altars of the Baals were torn down; he cut to pieces the incense altars that were above them, and smashed the Asherah poles and the idols. These he broke to pieces and scattered over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them. ⁵ He burned the bones of the priests on their altars, and so he purged Judah and Jerusalem.
–2 Chronicles 34:1-5 (NIV)–

Ronald Reagan
(1981–1989)

Massive War on Drugs escalation.

Mandatory minimum sentences.

Crack cocaine penalties.

Strong anti-pornography DOJ enforcement.

Backed religious moral reform movements.

False prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction. And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of truth will be blasphemed. And in their greed they will exploit you with false words. Their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.
–2 Peter 2:1-3 (ESV)–

⁹ Do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral (Gk. PORNO) nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men ¹⁰ nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. ¹¹ And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
–1 Corinthians 6:9-11 (NIV)–

³⁸ I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, ³⁹ neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
–Romans 8:38-39 (NIV)–

²⁶ If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, ²⁷ but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God. ²⁸ Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. ²⁹ How much more severely do you think someone deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified them, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace? ³⁰ For we know him who said, “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge his people.” ³¹ It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
–Hebrews 10:26-31 (NIV)–

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When the soul comes to know that sin is put away by the atoning blood; when the heart discovers that it is not our life that saves us, but the life of God that comes to dwell in us; that we are not to be regenerated by our own actions, but are regenerated by the Holy Ghost who comes to us through the precious death of Jesus, then despair flies away, and the soul cries exultingly, “There is hope. There is hope. Christ died for sinners: why should I not have a part in that precious death? He came like a physician to heal the sick: why should he not heal me? Now I perceive that he does not want my goodness, but my badness; he does not need my righteousness, but my unrighteousness: for he came to save the ungodly and to redeem his people from their sins. I say, when the heart comes to a knowledge of this truth, then it is saved from despair; and this is no small part of the salvation of Jesus Christ.”
–Charles Spurgeon–

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There is a fire to light a sleeping heart
A wish to see the Spirit take control

Crush the chains that hold you down
And let yourself be filled with fire
Wake up and realize the dream you’ve lived
Was set up by the liar

A broken heart, a kneeling soul
The Spirit will set you on fire
To give you strength to reach the ones
Who search the truth with deep desire

Crucifixion of the ego
Death and burial of the old

Crush the chains that hold you down
And let yourself be filled with fire
A broken heart, a kneeling soul
The Spirit will set you on fire

There is no spiritual authority
Outside obedience of God

A broken heart is needed to reach this state
Divine encounter with the living God

–Extol, “Ember”–

I have this against you: you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophet. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality.
–Revelation 2:20 (NIV)–