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Addressing Apathy in the Church: Understanding and Overcoming Indifference

This survey delves into the pressing issues facing the Lord's church, primarily focusing on apathy and indifference. It explores how manifestations of apathy—such as loss of zeal, diminished prayer, and lack of interest in spiritual matters—gradually pull believers away from God. The causes, including materialism, generational disconnection, and the distractions of modern life, are examined. Through scriptural references, we consider the urgency for repentance and the need to rekindle our commitment to evangelism and community, ensuring that the church fulfills its divine purpose.

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Addressing Apathy in the Church: Understanding and Overcoming Indifference

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  1. Are We Apathetic? Haggai 1:1-11

  2. Survey Results • Problems facing the Lord’s church • Apathy/indifference • Divorce/remarriage • Liberalism/modernism • Church as a social club • Lack of evangelism • Legalism

  3. Definitions • Webster • Lack of emotion • Lack of interest; listless condition; indifference • Synonyms: impassiveness, lethargy, unconcern

  4. Decision Time • Are we guilty? • Not an open sin like murder, lying, etc. • Gradually pulls one away from God • Questions to ask • How does it manifest itself? • What causes it? • What is the cure?

  5. Manifestations of Apathy • Loss of zeal • Early Christians (Acts 2:42-46) • Not lessened by persecution (Acts 8:4) • Devil’s attack (Revelation 2:4, 5)

  6. Manifestations of Apathy • Loss of interest in spiritual things • Studying not important (Acts 10:33) • Prayer diminished (Acts 4:23-31) • Less conversation about spiritual things (Jeremiah 20:9)

  7. Manifestations of Apathy • Consumed by material things • Entangle us (Haggai 1:4; 2 Timothy 2:4) • Be like Abraham (Hebrews 11:9-16)

  8. Manifestations of Apathy • Hardened heart • No longer touched by the Gospel (Matthew 13:15) • Rush to services • Watch the clock • Get out quickly

  9. Causes of Apathy • Affluence • Easy to forget God (Deuteronomy 6:10-12; Proverbs 30:8, 9; Amos 6:1-6) • Trust in riches (Luke 12:15-21; 1 Timothy 6:17) • Unwise use of time (James 4;17)

  10. Causes of Apathy • Second or third generation Christian • Value of Truth not as great (1Timothy 1:12-14) • Becomes a tradition

  11. Causes of Apathy • Judgment is forgotten • “put out of our minds” (Psalm 10:11; 36:1; 73;11) • Willfully forgotten (Acts 24:25; 2 Peter 3:3-14) • “If we knew He would return tomorrow…”

  12. Causes of Apathy • Desire to live like the world • Warnings (Romans 12:2; 1 John 2:15-17) • Examples (2 Timothy 4:10; Hebrews 12:15-17)

  13. Cure • Repent • Apathy is a sin • Ephesians (Revelation 2:4, 5)

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