Consensual Theft

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INTRODUCTION
There is nothing we can get ourselves _____
that the Spirit of God cannot get us ____!
INTO
OUT
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1. The ___________ period
COLONIAL
2. 1964, New Hampshire, reintroduction of
the __________
LOTTERY
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Four Surge-Waves
An American History of Gambling ...
3. 1988, Congress passed the Federal Indian
Gaming Regulatory Act that allowed Native
Americans to develop _________.
CASINOS
4. 1999, the immergence of ___________
gambling
INTERNET
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The sin of the spirit of the world ___________
FREEDOM
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The Pervasiveness of Gambling

• Gambling world wide is the fastest
• growing industry in business
• _________

HISTORY

• Amount spent on internet gambling

- in 1999 651 _________
MILLION
- in 2004 700 _________
BILLION
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The Pervasiveness of Gambling

• More people gamble on-line
• than attend ________

MOVIES

• Over __ million unique visitors
• gambled on the internet this
• past April.

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The Pervasiveness of Gambling

• Harvard Medical School notes
• that there are _ million problem
• gamblers and __ million at risk
• gamblers in America today.

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• ___ of all Americans visited a
• casino in 2003.

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The Pervasiveness of Gambling

• Gambling is the fastest growing
• form of addiction among
• ___________.

STUDENTS

• This is the first generation that is
• growing up under absolutely no
• ________ __________________
• of gambling.

MORAL
CONDEMNATION
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"Judgment begins
House God."
at the
of
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• It is ___________
• (Exodus 2017 1 Timothy 69-10)

COVETOUS
You shall not covet. -Exodus 2017
Gambling is institutionalized covetousness.
-D. James Kenedy
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People who want to get rich fall into temptation
and a trap and into many foolish and harmful
desires that plunge men into ruin and
destruction. For the love of
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money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some
people, eager for money, have wandered from the
faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
-1 Timothy 69-10
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The Griefs of Gambling

• Gamblings sequence of
• destruction is very similar to
• ______________.

ALCOHOLISM

• __ of problem gamblers
• reported an episode of major
• depression.

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The Griefs of Gambling

• __ of problem gamblers
• reported alcohol abuse

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• As many as __ of problem
• gamblers abuse their spouse or
• children.

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The Griefs of Gambling

• Gambling is the 1 cause behind
• white-collar crime.

• Problem gamblers and their
• spouses are 150xs more likely
• to attempt suicide

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The Griefs of Gambling

• Secular treatment/therapy of
• gamblers has an _ success rate

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2. It ____________ God (Matthew 625-34 1
Timothy 66-8)
MISTRUSTS
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For the pagans run after all these things, and
your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness,
and all these things will be given to you as
well. -Matthew 632-33
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But godliness with contentment is great gain ...
if we have food and clothing, we will be content
with that. -1 Timothy 66-8
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3. It _______ others. (John 1512)
HARMS
My command is this Love each other as I have
loved you. -John 1512
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4. It is potentially ___________. (1
Corinthians 612, 19-20)
HARMFUL
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I will not be mastered by anythingDo you not
know that your body is a temple of the Holy
Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received
from God? You are not your own you were bought
at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.
-1 Corinthians 612, 19-20
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Gambling is an equal opportunity destroyer. -Rex
Rogers
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5. It is poor _______________. (Proverbs
1211)
STEWARDSHIP
He who works his land will have abundant food,
but he who chases fantasies lacks judgment.
-Proverbs 1211
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What goes on here stays here The only thing
that stays in Las Vegas is your ________ You
bring home everything else as baggage.
MONEY
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APPLICATION
Gambling is the perfect post-modern game it is
a celebration of irrationality it makes no
sense. It fits right into the moral relativism
that is characterizing our period of time.
-Rex Rogers