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.