We create our own punishments, we don’t need divine ones. When half the voting public pulls the lever to put this guy into office, it is on us for letting the nation get so dependent on entitlements and politicians who promise them cookies.
Cause & Effect.
For many years I’ve stated that our country’s decline has been first in the spiritual realm and thus the result of the spiritual decline in the church, God’s people.
The church and the world look the same, and the church has fully embraced the world’s thinking, ways, beliefs and its style of leaders. The vast majority of Christians are far more concerned with the material world than the spiritual, eternal one.
The church is to be “the salt” that prevents decay, but “when the salt has lost its savor”, the decay becomes pandemic.
The only hope as our Lord tarries is indeed II Chron. 7:14.
But here too, the church misses the first and most important part: “If my people.....WILL HUMBLE THEMSELVES...” Prayer without confession, repentance, and humbling of ourselves will be ineffective, for the lack of these indicates that our hearts are still not right before God.
I truly believe if we who are His will humble ourselves - including confession of our worldliness, materialism, carnality, and then fall on our faces and pray fervently, God will hear. He promises to.
But we cannot leave out the first element.
And the second it true fervent prayer.
I was approached by an evangelical before the ‘08 election who asked if I was actively working to prevent Obama’s election because he was indeed a socialist. He was totally committed to campaigning for Obama’s defeat.
I asked him if he was spending as much time on his knees praying as he was working outwardly - for if he wasn’t, his outward efforts would be in vain.
The same is true for this next election.
If we, the church, do not humble ourselves, confessing our sin and repenting, then praying fervently - Obama will indeed have another 4 years to destroy our nation.
And I don’t think we can survive as a nation another 4 years of his 360 degree assault on freedom.
I agree.
Yes, our nation is in serious need of revival.
But....We must remember that our **most** important mission field is that of our **own** children! The next most important mission field is the children of our own congregation!
Our nation is doomed if we continue to send children into our godless government schools where they **will** learn to think godlessly. They must merely to cooperate with the instruction!
And...No, churches will NOT step up and rescue the children! There are too many ministers whose spouses are government teachers. There are too many government school employees sitting in the pews. Few ministers will bite the hand putting money in the collection plate.
I pray daily that God will save our nation, but I seriously think that we are now at the point where too many have consciences that are past feeling.
That’s an excellent and sobering article. Thanks for posting.
Americans (offspring of early Americans) are as conservative and vote the same as they always have, it is immigration that keeps the left alive in the voting booth.
Obama has no God he is his own God.