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ECONOMICAL EROSION (28 OF 32)

by Donald Cantrell

Scripture: Revelation 18:1-24
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Title: Economical Erosion (28 of 32)
Series: Book of All Books
Author: Donald Cantrell
Text: Revelation 18:1-24

1 - The Fallen Forecast (1 - 8)
A) The Shining Angel (1)
B) The Shocking Announcement (2)
C) The Sinful Attributes (3 - 4)
D) The Shameful Aroma (5)
E) The Supreme Assertion (6 - 8)

II - The Fatal Fall (9 - 24)
A) Babylon's Burning (9)
B) Babylon's Bewailing (10 - 11)
C) Babylon's Bankruptcy (12 - 17)
D) Babylon's Banishment (18 - 21)
E) Babylon's Burial (22 - 23)
F) Babylon's Bloodiness (24)

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Loneliness and Suicide, Products of Materialism

Can you guess who said this? "I sit in my house in Buffalo and sometimes I get so lonely it's unbelievable. Life has been so good to me. I've got a great wife, good kids, money, my own health--and I'm lonely and bored, I often wondered why so many rich people commit suicide. Money sure isn't a cure-all."
O.J. Simpson 'People Magazine - June 12, 1978"

Ralph Barton a famous cartoonist left this as his suicide note: "I have had few difficulties, many friends, great successes; I have gone from wife to wife, and from house to house, visited great countries of the world, but I am fed up with inventing devices to fill up 24 hours of the day."

When we look to material things to make us happy, we are saying that God's love for us is not enough.

"I have held many things in my hands and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess."
Martin Luther

Today, we will see the fall of a materialistic system of greed, power, and lust.
Results of Materialism--Bankruptcy, Prison and Suicide

Let me share a story with you about how Satan attacks a Christian. First, Satan shot a poisonous dart at his heel; but the Christian was unharmed because his feet were protected with the message of God's peace. Next, Satan shot an arrow at his waist, but t ...

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