HELPFUL BYSTANDER?

•    reluctance to get involved facilitates bad people toward evil ends
•    vs. Mary Poppins: may have to step out of sync with the crowd

THE GREAT DOWNGRADE: 13 WAYS CULTURE RAISES GOD’S IRE

1.    envious
2.    worship idols
3.    exchange God’s glory
4.    forget God who saves
5.    despise God’s gifts
6.    not believe God’s promise
7.    grumble
8.    not obey the Lord
9.    yoked to gods of sexual immorality
10.    provoke Lord by wicked deeds
11.    truth nowhere to be found
12.    prey upon those who shun evil
13.    no justice

MEN AND WOMEN WHO STEPPED IN TO INTERVENE

•    Moses stepped into the breach by pleading God’s qualities / promises
•    Phinehas intervened to stop plague due to Baalish sexual immorality
•    God in Christ “wrapped Himself in zeal” to redeem, work salvation
•    Jesus stepped forward to heal / teach / be arrested
•    Lamb took scroll necessary to fulfill divine justice
•    spunky initiative of Rahab, Jael, Abigail, Esther, Mary, Lydia

WILL YOU STEP IN, IN HIS STEPS?

•    Christ’s suffering example calls us to follow in His steps
•    police officers offered own vests for colleagues with none