When Columbus came over here and discovered America, his little boats were filled with sailors who gambled away much of their time crossing the Atlantic by playing dice and playing cards. But gambling, in fact, played a very prominent role in early American history. We like to look back at the foundations of our country and assume that everything is as it ought to have been in the early Christian beginnings of America. Lest you think that’s something new, it isn’t. America is fast becoming a land of gamblers, and not only legal gambling, but illegal gambling makes the actual effect and impact of this thing almost incalculable. The best statistics indicate that there are about 10 million compulsive gamblers – and that’s more than the number of alcoholics. We do know that there is about $500 billion wagered every year legally in America, and estimates up to $1 trillion totally when you add the illegal gambling. Estimates of the total amount wagered are very difficult to come to it. The lottery has become the number one American fantasy. It is the new invisible addiction assaulting millions of people in our country and around the world. And I don’t very often do this, but I want to share with you something of the scene and how gambling fits into our culture today so that we have some grasp of the importance of understanding what the Word of God has to say which can be applied to this very, very important issue.Īmerica is on a gambling binge. This may sound a little more like a 20/20 television documentary than a sermon. I feel a little bit more like an investigative reporter than a Bible teacher this morning. Well, as you know, this morning we’re going to address the subject of gambling, the seductive dream.
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