SIGNS OF SPIRITUAL

FAMINE
Amos 8
SPIRITUAL FAMINE IN OUR CULTURE

• EVIL IS CELEBRATED

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SPIRITUAL FAMINE IN THE CHURCHES

• THE FULL COUNSEL OF THE BIBLE IS NOT

TAUGHT
• PLAYS AND PRODUCTIONS ARE THE FOCUS
• SIN AND REPENTANCE ARE NOT DISCUSSED
• THE PULPIT IS SILENT ON ISSUES OF MORALITY
LIKE GENDER, LIFE AND SEXUALITY
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SPIRITUAL FAMINE IN THE CHURCHES

• THE BIBLE IS BEING ALTERED TO FIT THE

WORLDS AGENDA
ROMANS 1:25
1 TIMOTHY 4:1
2 TIMOTHY 4:3-4

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SPIRITUAL FAMINE IN THE CHURCHES

ROMANS 1:25
THEY EXCHANGED THE TRUTH ABOUT GOD
FOR A LIE, AND WORSHIPED AND SERVED
CREATED THINGS RATHER THAN THE
CREATOR--WHO IS FOREVER PRAISED. AMEN .
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SPIRITUAL FAMINE IN THE CHURCHES

1 TIMOTHY 4:1
THE SPIRIT CLEARLY SAYS THAT IN LATER
TIMES SOME WILL ABANDON THE FAITH AND
FOLLOW DECEIVING SPIRITS AND THINGS
TAUGHT BY DEMONS

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SPIRITUAL FAMINE IN THE CHURCHES

2 TIMOTHY 4:3-4
FOR THE TIME WILL COME WHEN PEOPLE WILL NOT PUT
UP WITH SOUND DOCTRINE. INSTEAD, TO SUIT THEIR
OWN DESIRES, THEY WILL GATHER AROUND THEM A
GREAT NUMBER OF TEACHERS TO SAY WHAT THEIR
ITCHING EARS WANT TO HEAR.

THEY WILL TURN THEIR EARS AWAY FROM THE TRUTH

AND TURN ASIDE TO MYTHS. 7
SPIRITUAL FAMINE IN OUR LIVES

• YOU STRUGGLE TO DISCERN RIGHT VS.

WRONG, GOOD VS. EVIL AND TRUTH VS. LIE
PSALMS 119:130
THE UNFOLDING OF YOUR WORDS GIVES LIGHT;
IT GIVES UNDERSTANDING TO THE SIMPLE.
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SPIRITUAL FAMINE IN OUR LIVES

• YOUR FAITH IS RUNNING LOW

ROMANS 10:17
CONSEQUENTLY, FAITH COMES FROM HEARING
THE MESSAGE, AND THE MESSAGE IS HEARD
THROUGH THE WORD ABOUT CHRIST.
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SPIRITUAL FAMINE IN OUR LIVES

• YOU LACK JOY AND HOPE

JEREMIAH 15:16
WHEN YOUR WORDS CAME, I ATE THEM;
THEY WERE MY JOY AND MY HEART’S DELIGHT,
FOR I BEAR YOUR NAME,
LORD GOD ALMIGHTY. 13
SPIRITUAL FAMINE IN OUR LIVES

• YOU LACK DIRECTION IN LIFE

PSALM 119:105
YOUR WORD IS A LAMP FOR MY FEET,
A LIGHT ON MY PATH.

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