The New Moral (Dis)Order "“ Part 1

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On today's edition of Pathway to Victory. You know, we keep hearing over and over again that our culture is evolving. We're getting better and better as a civilization.

But the evidence suggests the contrary. We are devolving, and it is that moral and spiritual deterioration that is the final sign of the coming of Jesus Christ. Welcome to Pathway to Victory with author and pastor, Dr. Robert Jeffress. As you read the headlines these days, our country really seems to be spiraling deeper and deeper into moral decline.

How much worse will things get? Today on Pathway to Victory, Dr. Robert Jeffress explains why our country's rapid spiritual deterioration will ultimately lead to its demise. It's a message called the new moral disorder. Now here's our Bible teacher to introduce today's message.

Dr. Jeffress. Thanks, David. And welcome again to Pathway to Victory. Did you ever think would come to this dark place in our country where animals would take priority over human life?

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David and I will give further details about these opportunities later on. But right now it's time to resume our series called America and the Bible. Today's message is titled The New Moral Disorder. Perhaps you've seen this headline. Most Americans think country headed in wrong direction.

Did you know a recent survey revealed that 66% of Americans agree with that sentiment? We saw what happened when an Amtrak train went off of the tracks. Many were injured, some were killed. But as tragic as that was, even more tragic is when a nation goes off the rails.

The results are even more disastrous. And we're seeing that happening right now in our nation and our world. How is it that our nation has gotten so far off track? Billy Graham provides an insightful answer. He writes, that moral and spiritual decadence is upon us today becomes evident at every turn of our daily newspaper. We live in a day when old values are rejected and the sense of significance and purpose has disappeared for many people's lives.

Yes, we need to cry out to be saved, saved from ourselves. For it is the soul of a nation and a culture that is dying. The world is on a moral binge such as was not known even in the days of Rome.

We have at our fingertips every pleasure that man is capable of enjoying and man has abused every gift God ever gave him, including sex, until he no longer finds joy and satisfaction in them. Dr. Graham wrote those words in his book, World Aflame, that was published in 1965. Fifty years ago, if it was true then, how much more true is it now? You know, we keep hearing over and over again that our culture is evolving. We are getting better and better as a civilization.

But the evidence suggests the contrary. We are devolving as a nation and as a world. And it is that moral and spiritual deterioration of our world that is the final sign of the coming of Jesus Christ.

And that's what we're going to talk about today as we continue our series. We're going to look at what the Bible says about the moral deterioration of our world and how it will be a precursor to the return of Jesus Christ. Is our culture really devolving? What evidence is there, Pastor? Let me point out three signs of the moral deterioration of our nation and of our world. First of all, consider the spiritual deterioration of our culture. Pew Research released a major survey in which they revealed that the number of Christians is declining in a...