1. Desensitized to Sin (Part 1)

2. Desensitized! 2 Corinthians 2:11
“…to make emotionally insensitive or callous; specifically: to extinguish an emotional response (as of fear, anxiety, or guilt) to stimuli that formerly induced it” (Merriam-Webster Online)
Desensitized!
2 Corinthians 2:11 2

3. Have We Lost the Battle?
“Far from living in a world elsewhere, the faithful in the United States are remarkably like everyone else”…in the battle between faith and culture, “American culture has triumphed.”
(Alan Wolfe, How We Actually Live Our Faith) 3

4. Desensitized When God’s people are insensitive to sin Jeremiah 6:15
1 Timothy 4:2
Heb. 3:12-13 4

5. Why do we become desensitized to immorality and error?
Lack of knowledge, Hosea 4:6
Learn, teach and live, Ephesians 4: Hebrews 5:12-14
Why do we become desensitized to immorality and error? 5

6. Why do we become desensitized to immorality and error?
Fail to put off the old man of sin, Ephesians 4:17-24
Transform the mind, Romans 12:2; Ephesians 4:23
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7. Why do we become desensitized to immorality and error?
Worldly influences, 1 Cor. 15:33 (Prov. 6:27)
Sin’s deceit, Heb. 3:12-13
Do not love the world, 1 John 2:15-17
Do not pitch our tents toward Sodom, Genesis 13:12-13
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8. Why do we become desensitized to immorality and error?
Complacency toward God, Zephaniah 1:12
Wake up! Romans 13:11-12; Hosea 7:2
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9. Why do we become desensitized to immorality and error?
Obstinate rebellion, Hebrews 3:7-12; 10:26-27
Fear God and obey Him, Hebrews 10:31 (Proverbs 1:7; 9:10)
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10. When we become desensitized to immorality and error, we will surely lose our souls!
John 17:14-19
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