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[SLIDE 1] Introduction
Taboo: Seven Things The Church Needs to Talk About
[SLIDE 2] Today: Abuse
Suffer in silence, shame
Live in denial
[SLIDE 3] These Days: Understanding Abuse
A Few Stories
A youth pastor seduces 3 teen girls in his church and acts like he’s a victim.
Another youth pastor manipulates his youth group to believe he cares about them more than their parents.
A husband thinks his wife is cheating on him and sexually assaults her to punish her leaving her physically wounded.
A young person is molested by a neighbor and feels shame and guilt because she misunderstood the attention for something good.
In a moment of rage, a woman pushes her new husband down the basement stairs.
Family members who say demeaning things; yelling
A girl targeted starting in middle school by a boy who started a sex rumor about her through text.
Employers...
Nursing home...
The Stats
[SLIDE 4]
1 in 5 women raped
1 in 6 women/1 in 19 men stalked
1 in 4 women and 1 in 7 men physical violence by an intimate partner
[SLIDE 5]
70% of children who die from abuse are under 4
4 children die daily from abuse
90% of sexual abuse victims knew their perpetrator in some way
[SLIDE 6] Bullying
1 in 5 students report being bullied
1 in 3 up to 2x per month
Why: physical appearance, race/ethnicity, gender, disability, religion, sexual orientation.
orientation
[SLIDE 7] Cyberbullying and Kids
16% of US students report being cyberbullied
1 in 5 girls
1 in 10 boys
92% of teens are online daily
[SLIDE 8] Workplace bullying and Violence
1 in 3 women and 1 in 5 men file mental disorder claims related to harassment or bullying
37% of workers report being sworn or yelled at in the workplace
11% experience unfair treatment due to gender
20% have been exposed to sexual humor
22% report being physically assaulted or threatened
39% mental disorder claims caused by harassment, bullying or exposure to violence
Rising number of mental stress claims due to work place violence
BONUS INFO: Increasing number of adults being cyber shamed for what they post about, pictures they post (clothing choices, who they’re with, what they believe, how they look.
[SLIDE 9] Elder Abuse
1 in 9 over 60 has experienced abuse
1 in 23 cases reported
[SLIDE 10] It’s Bad - But it Always Has Been
The last days - after Jesus' resurrection, Christians believed they were in the last days.
V. 1 What are the last days
Popular Notion
The final days before Jesus returns.
Biblical understanding
Biblical understanding
Common NT way of talking about the period of time right before the start of the current time.
The period of time that began with Jesus’ resurrection.
The last days - after Jesus' resurrection, Christians believed they were in the last days.
Last Days - the final period of time or age where God will finish his redemptive work and put an end to injustice and evil.
Last days:
Thought to be the last period of time or age in human history where when its all said and done, all things will be made new completely and God will put an end to injustice and evil.
By “last days” he means the New Testament age ushered in by Jesus Christ
We've been in the last days for a long time.
In this passage, when Paul says "There will be..." he is saying that it has been and will always be)
Broken, sinful, morally corrupt human behavior - nothing new
Won’t be changing anytime soon - including in the church…it may get worse.
Start dealing with it now.
Paul is describing broken, sinful human behavior that really wasn't new.
He's not announcing something new, but reminding them that difficulty will continue and you'll probably experience worse things than you have.
[SLIDE 11] The Great Deception and What We’ve Become
Misdirected Love
What we’ve learned about Love, its values, fruit.
and - Patient, kind, NOT SELF SEEKING.
The values, fruit of love.
It’s who God is and who believers are to be.
The Great Deception is that love is not that.
That if you are patient, kind, etc, you will be taken advantage of and never experience love.
We can’t trust to “God” or other people to be or do this for us.
The only one we can trust is ourselves.
So let’s make sure we give ourselves the love we need.
There’s a difference between healthy appreciation and care for ourselves as created in God’s image.
That’s not what we’re talking about.
Misdirected love is the heart loving self and money/possessions, the pleasure it all brings most.
Lovers of Ourselves: The Source of Moral Corruption
Misdirected love is making the materialistic loving of self and the pleasure it all brings the most important thing.
Known by self-centeredness, selfishness, being self-absorbed.
A materialistic love of pleasure where the priority of life is to shower ourselves with anything and everything that makes us happy, is pleasurable.
Pleasure becomes a substitute for God
Materialism becomes substitute for spiritual maturity
It is the springboard for moral corruption because when the heart is captivated by these things, it has no need for God.
Materialism - substitute for spiritual maturity
Materialistic loving of pleasure
Self centeredness -
When the heart having been deceived about what love is has become captivated most with the materialistic love of pleasure, the root of abuse has been planted.
A materialistic love of pleasure -
This is the root of abuse
Characteristics of Materialistic Loving of Pleasure: John Stott
There are many of us who have these tendencies but they haven’t fully come out.
The signs can be there but it’s hard to put them together to see the whole picture.
That requires discernment.
John Stott
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