OUTLINE:

2Ti 1:7
For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline.

1Th 1:5
for our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction; just as you know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake.

Selfishness
An arrogant person never asks “what do you need?” in a vacuum. There’s always a pre- or post-analysis that includes, often silently, “…and what’s in it for me?”

When Subjectivity Becomes the Culturally Accepted Norm
Societal norms can be so powerful that people under them can refuse to judge with integrity. Objective thinking is no longer allowed because it upsets the societal norm, which has supplanted godliness. Instability becomes the accepted norm!

OperationRescue.org

Reasons Women Give for Abortion
21% Inadequate finances
21% Not ready for responsibility
16% Woman’s life would be changed too much
12% Problems with relationships, unmarried
11% Too young and/or immature
8% Children are grown; she has all she wants
3% Baby has possible health problems
<1% Pregnancy caused by rape/incest
4% Other

Context Switching
In the realm of debate, this is when a person uses something related to the main topic, but inappropriately. For example, using a corner case to nullify a general policy.

Context Switching
- For something to be holy, it must be done with integrity.
- For something to be done in integrity, it must be taken in context.
- Of all things, the Bible must be taken in context!

Context Switching
Evil begets evil. If a person is unwilling to defend their position within the context of it, they lack integrity, which is evil. From that decision-point on, no argument is wholly viable.

2Ti 1:7
For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline.

“weak women”
from gunaikarion (transliteration = gynaikaria) - this word specifically speaks to women, not men; in context, Paul is pointing out the easiest prey, the “weaker vessels” (1Pe 3:7); why do you think Satan uses “feminism” as his Trojan horse today???

“always learning”
in context, Paul is referring to those women who vacillate between subjective societal norms; even today, many have come out saying they feel pressured to be less like the woman God made them to be, by feminists, in general