{"id":824,"date":"2015-11-16T08:44:33","date_gmt":"2015-11-16T13:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.csbcva.org\/?p=824"},"modified":"2015-11-16T08:44:33","modified_gmt":"2015-11-16T13:44:33","slug":"the-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.csbcva.org\/?p=824","title":{"rendered":"The Internet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Here are the completed notes from the Sunday Morning Service November 15, 2015:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Introduction:<\/h3>\n<p>@ The world at our finger tips<br \/>\n@ Instant communication with people around<br \/>\n@ Incredible access to information<br \/>\n@ Generations: \u00a0Generation Z (1995 \u2013 2009) Today\u2019s Students (1 in 4 Americans are younger than 18)<br \/>\nNever known a world without digital technology<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tech Savvy<\/li>\n<li>Community is not everyone in their presence<\/li>\n<li>Social media connected<\/li>\n<li>Does not prefer face to face interaction<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Scripture: 1 Corinthians 10:31<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>1. Sites<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Excellent and helpful<\/li>\n<li>Dangerous and damning<\/li>\n<li>Huge source of temptation<\/li>\n<li>The porn industry generates $13 billion each year in the United States\n<ul>\n<li>Pornography and sexual imagery are rampant on the internet<\/li>\n<li>Pornography searches since the start of 2015: Over 1,936,319,913<\/li>\n<li>1 in 8 online searches is for pornography<\/li>\n<li>1 in 5 mobile searches are for pornography<\/li>\n<li>24% of smartphone owners admit to having pornographic material on their mobile handset<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>68% of divorce cases involved one party meeting a new lover over the internet<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Postings<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Either glorify Christ or dishonor Him<br \/>\n@ Place to take a public stand for what is right and what is wrong<br \/>\n@ Place to share prayer needs with one another<br \/>\n@ You say things you would never say in person<br \/>\n@ Not a place for the Christian to turn to air their frustrations, get something off their chest, or air their dirty laundry<br \/>\n@ Give false impressions &#8211; Through online profiles people project an image of themselves that may not be real<br \/>\n@ The Heart of the person is not easily discernable in written online Communication<br \/>\n@ One moment of indiscreation online can destroy your testimony<br \/>\n@ When you post on the internet it is out there forever \u2013 information is archived indefinitely<\/li>\n<li>Alarming Statistics:\n<ul>\n<li>71% of teens hide online behavior from their parents<\/li>\n<li>Sext\/Sexting: Sexually explicit text message<\/li>\n<li>20% of 16-year olds and 30% of 17-year olds have received a sext<\/li>\n<li>1 in 5 of 18-24 year olds have sent a sext (19%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\n3. Believers Response<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Be consistent with who you are in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17)<br \/>\n@ Not a substitute for handling conflict scripturally (Matthew 18; Galatians 6:1)<br \/>\n@ Guard against addiction (1 Corinthians 6:19, 20; 9:27)<br \/>\n@ Guard against the wasting of God given time (stewardship of time) (Ephesians 5:16)<br \/>\n@ Guard that social media can become the \u201cother man\u201d or the \u201cother woman\u201d (your time and attention)<br \/>\n@ Guard against rudeness (1 Corinthians 13:5)<br \/>\n@ Abstain from fleshly lusts (1 Peter 2:11)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Internet expands your area of influence:<\/h3>\n<p>@ Allow your light to shine (Matthew 5:14-16)<br \/>\n@ An avenue for fulfilling the Great Commission (Matthew 28:18-20)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are the completed notes from the Sunday Morning Service November 15, 2015: Introduction: @ The world at our finger tips @ Instant communication with people around @ Incredible access<span class=\"excerpt-ellipsis\">&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.csbcva.org\/?p=824\" itemprop=\"url\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sunmorn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csbcva.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csbcva.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csbcva.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csbcva.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csbcva.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=824"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.csbcva.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":825,"href":"https:\/\/www.csbcva.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824\/revisions\/825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csbcva.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csbcva.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csbcva.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}