It was a gradual slide. “This was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughter had pride, fullness of food, and abundance of idleness; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.” – Ezekiel 16:49 NKJV
[John 12:37,38,40] “But although He had done so many signs before them, they did not believe in Him…”
Our influence is diminished. “Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.” – 1 John 3:1 NKJV
[Joshua 22:5] “But take careful heed to… love the Lord your God… to hold fast to Him, and to serve Him with all your heart…”
There was nothing I could do about it. “But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all.” – 1 Corinthians 12:7 NKJV
[Proverbs 23:29-32] “Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has…”
Strange monument… “Count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience.” – James 1:2-3 NKJV
[Ephesians 5:14] “Awake, you who sleep, arise from the dead, and Christ will give you light.”
You’re much better off without it. “Has a nation changed its gods, which are not gods? But my people have changed their glory for what does not profit.” – Jeremiah 2:11 NKJV
[Acts 17:25] “He gives to all life, breath, and all things.”
That was the difference. “You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” – Acts 1:8 NKJV
[Daniel 1:8] “But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s delicacies, nor with the wine which he drank…”
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