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<div class="SSN_rnum">I. "HAVE NO FELLOWSHIP WITH THE UNFRUITFUL WORKS OF DARKNESS."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. In verse nine Paul spoke of the fruit of the Spirit, now he speaks of the unfruitful works of darkness.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Nothing of true value or worth comes from the works of darkness.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. How many universities do you know of that were created by the Atheists Society.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. Most of them were started by the church and then later taken over by the atheists.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">c. How many hospitals?</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">d. How many orphanages?</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Not only are the works of darkness unfruitful, but they are destructive.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. Note how Hollywood is devoted to the corrupting of the values, and the polluting of the minds of the nation.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">4. As the result of the unfruitful works of darkness our nation is at the brink of destruction.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. In his letter to the Corinthians Paul questioned, "What fellowship has light with darkness?"</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">C. Not only are we not to have fellowship with them, we are to reprove them.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. We have been silenced by worldly pressure.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Imagine what would happen to a guest on the Donahue show that would take a stand for righteousness.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. There is all of this talk now about political correctness. It is only politically correct to speak against those who would speak up for righteous causes. You should never say anything negative against the homsexuals, only say negative things against those who would say that it is a sin.</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">II. "IT IS A SHAME TO EVEN SPEAK OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE DONE OF THEM IN SECRET."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. The problem is they no longer do them in secret, but openly.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. They now parade down the streets doing openly things that are unspeakably vile.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. Some of the practices of the homosexuals are so vile that you could not speak of them in a public forum. Yet they demand special treatment and privileges because it is their desire to live this way.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. How they have changed the whole political climate. It was once against the law to engage in their vile practices, but now they are given special considerations in the work place or in renting a home.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Thanks to President Clinton the government now rewards them for being gay.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">C. It is not just a shame to speak of the things they do, it would be repulsive and repugnant to decent minds.</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">III. "WE ARE TO REPROVE THE UNFRUITFUL WORKS OF DARKNESS, FOR ALL THINGS THAT ARE REPROVED ARE MADE MANIFEST BY THE LIGHT."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. Jesus said that the world loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil. He declared that everyone that did evil hated the light and would not come to the light because it reproved their evil deeds.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. When I was a boy my mother used to always point out to me how that the bars were always dimly lighted.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. It is interesting the things that people will do in the dark. </div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. It is interesting how behavior changes radically when the light is turned on.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">C. Paul tells them whatsoever makes manifest is light.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Light not only dispels the darkness, but it shows what was going on in the darkness.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. You are the light of the world, but don't be surprised when the world tries to put you out.</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">IV. WHERFORE HE SAITH, "AWAKE THOU THAT SLEEPEST."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. During the Nixon administration there was a belief that the majority of the people in the nation were moral. They called them the sleeping giant.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. The problem was that they were so busy with other pursuits in their quest for a comfortable life, that they let the liberals become so entrenched in the political process that our nation was destroyed.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. The liberal Supreme Court ruled not only prayer but God out of the public life of America.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. A child this week in a school in New York state was prohibited from saying how many days it was till Christmas on the public address system. They were not allowed to mention Christmas by name.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">c. Yet under the freedom of speech amendment they can use all kinds of profanity, or burn the American flag.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. We slept while our nation went down the tubes.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. There was always that hope that the moral majority would wake up and begin to assert it's rights.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">4. Jesus seemed to hit the nail on the head when He said that the children of this world are wiser in their generation than the children of light.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">5. To the Romans Paul wrote,</div>
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<div class="SSN_verse"><a onClick="return mV('Rom',13,11);">ROM 13:11</a> And that, knowing the time, that now [it is] high time to awake but of sleep: for now [is] our salvation nearer than when we believed.</div>
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<div class="SSN_verse"><a onClick="return mV('Rom',13,12);">ROM 13:12</a> The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. "Arise from the dead and Christ will give you light."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. It would seem that Paul would say, "Christ will give you life," that it might contrast with arising from the dead.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. But he said, "Christ will give you light."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">C. Light and life are associated in the scriptures.</div>
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<div class="SSN_verse"><a onClick="return mV('Psa',27,1);">PSA 27:1</a> { [A Psalm] of David.} The LORD [is] my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD [is] the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?</div>
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<div class="SSN_verse"><a onClick="return mV('Psa',36,9);">PSA 36:9</a> For with thee [is] the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.</div>
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<div class="SSN_verse"><a onClick="return mV('Pro',6,23);">PRO 6:23</a> For the commandment [is] a lamp; and the law [is] light; and reproofs of instruction [are] the way of life:</div>
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<div class="SSN_verse"><a onClick="return mV('Pro',16,15);">PRO 16:15</a> In the light of the king's countenance [is] life; and his favour [is] as a cloud of the latter rain.</div>
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<div class="SSN_verse"><a onClick="return mV('Jhn',1,4);">JOH 1:4</a> In him was life; and the life was the light of men.</div>
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<div class="SSN_verse"><a onClick="return mV('Jhn',8,12);">JOH 8:12</a> Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">V. SEE THEN THAT YOU WALK CIRCUMSPECTLY.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. Paul began to speak of the believers walk in chapter 4. He first told us to walk worthy of the vocation wherewith we were called.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Next he told us to not walk as the Gentiles who were empty headed.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Then he said to walk in love.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. Then to walk as children of light.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">4. Now he exhorts to walk circumspectly.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">5. To the Galatians he adds, Walk in the Spirit.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. In telling us to walk circumspectly Paul is saying to walk with all care, in perfect and upright manner.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">C. In describing what he means by circumspectly he says, "Not as fools, but as wise."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. So many times we have done foolish things, made foolish decisions.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. When Aaron joined with his sister Miriam in murmuring against their brother Moses, Miriam turned leprous. In fear Aaron said to Moses, "Alas my lord, I beg you, lay not this sin upon us for we have done foolishly."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. When Saul intruded into the priestly office and offered a sacrifice on the altar when Samuel had not appeared at the appointed time, Samuel said to Saul, "You have done foolishly you have not kept the commandment of the Lord."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">4. When God's judgment came upon the nation of Israel because of the census that David took, David cried to the Lord, "Take away the iniquity of your servant, for I have done very foolishly."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">5. When king Asa relied upon the arm of flesh rather than on the Lord for deliverance, the prophet came to him and declared, "You have done foolishly, from now on you will have wars."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">D. God wants us to be circumspect. The wisest thing we could ever do is to seek the will of God for every situation.</div>
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