To put it plainly, the world is in trouble and it is clear that Satan is at work. It seems that everywhere we turn in our modern society, we see immorality, gender bending, homosexuality, blasphemy, murder, abortion, lawlessness, thievery, and the list goes on. As believers it can be easy to become discouraged as we ask ourselves, "Why doesn't the world follow God's law?".

But where there's a mess, there's a message. In today's lesson, we turn to scripture to see what the Word of God has to say about our current situation. And as we do, we will draw out things which should encourage and strengthen the believer in the face of such evil circumstances.

We will consider questions such as:

• Who's world is this?
• What is God's response to the evil of this world?
• How should the Christian respond to such evil?
• What encouragement is there for us?

We thank you for listening to today's teaching. We pray, that as we continue in this world, that you will be encouraged by the Word of God.

In our previous lesson, we began to look at the lies of the world which have trained the church regarding abortion, rather than the truth of the Word of God.

As we considered this evil which is at the forefront of our society, we examined some of the lies we didn't realize we believed. The big lies include:

1. That which is conceived in the mother's womb is not a baby.
2. The rights extended to us do not extend to the unborn.

In part 2 of this series, we consider the third lie, that a mother has the right to murder the child in her womb without consequences.

Again, it is our desire that we be led by the Word of God regarding the topic of abortion, a topic which has great power to divide not only political groups, but the body of Christ, as well.

We thank you for listening to today's teaching. We pray that we as a body of believers will be led together by the Word of God in all matters, and that His Word would guide us in this topic, as well.

One of the greatest tragedies facing our world today is the horror of abortion. This topic alone divides people not only politically, but it is a topic that divides the church as well. As a church, we must look to the Word of God to determine what the Lord has to say about this blight on our society.

Sadly, many of us have been discipled by the world instead of the Word of God. The result is that, many churches during the Holocaust who sang louder to drown out the cries of the Jews carried by their churches on their way to the Nazi death camps, so the church today has grown complacent when it comes to the topic of abortion.

Some of the lies we will consider in today's lesson are:

1. The church should not speak on political issues.
2. It is not the job of the government to interfere in the choice a woman makes regarding her body
3. We can't legislate morality
4. The church should not be involved in anything political.

Finally, we begin to look at three big lies regarding abortion, covering the first two today.

1. That which is conceived in the mother's womb is not a baby
2. The rights extended to a child outside the womb do not extend to a child in the womb

We thank you for listening to today's teaching. We know this is a difficult topic for the church in today's world. We therefore pray, that as a body of believers, we will all turn to the Word of God to determine the proper perspective on this topic.