Politics and religion collide when government in theory fires God from his high position as ruler of our country -- "one nation under God -- and the country's Trustee. "In God we trust" (or we used to). Politics and religion collide when evil is called good and good is called evil, and that's exactly what is happening on a broad scale today. Christians are silenced and singled out while those who serve other gods are welcomed and protected.
But when they started killing babies, that's when I personally realized the devil had a stronghold on our country. Who would agree to killing babies otherwise, no matter their age or location? Then prayer was disallowed in school. Same gender marriages are allowed. Children are taught deviant sexual practices as normal. Kids are targeted for sex operations to make them transgender.
The government is taking more control from parents every day, it seems. Many state and local governments have become corrupt and several past Presidents and their administrations have been scrutinized for alleged illegal behavior. How long shall Christians remain silent? Talk about "the silence of the lambs." Christians, we are those lambs. We're supposed to rescue those being led to the slaughter. We are supposed to follow scripture, meaning God, and teach the Bible to our children. We are supposed to stand up for our rights when we are being persecuted for our beliefs. We are often discriminated against. Another word for that is disparate treatment. We are deliberately treated less than fair. Where there are fewer churches or few strong churches with devoted and knowledgeable people, there is more immorality and more discrimination toward Christians. Rural areas tend to hold out longer but with time, some succumb to the control of the Father of Lies -- Satan.
Hollywood has been setting society's values for years and we have let it happen, so it's up to us to undo the damage our silence has caused. They are currently in crisis mode. I have that from an insider source. Now is the time to break their stronghold.
Do your part. If you have been given the talent of music, use that gift for the Lord. Don't hold back singing songs about sin, guilt and condemnation. If you preach, I for one would welcome a good "hell, fire and damnation" sermon to shake us all up. We need it. If your gift is writing, then write for the Lord. If your gift is teaching, don't leave the Lord out of your lesson plans.
Let your toes be stepped on for a change. Our nation needs to be humbled as so many nations before us in Bible times and since have had to endure. God has been patient and longsuffering toward us, but how long is His fuse? We may find out sooner than we expect.
Becky Wall
Scripture warnings:
...and if that nation I warned repents of its evil, then I will relent and not inflict on it the disaster I had planned. Jeremiah 18:8
...and if that nation I warned repents of its evil, then I will relent and not inflict on it the disaster I had planned. Jeremiah 18:8
Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession. Although the whole earth is mine... Exodus 19:5
And if you defile the land, it will vomit you out as it vomited out the nations that were before you. Leviticus 18:28
Proverbs 24:12 - If you say, “But we knew nothing about this,” does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who guards your life know it? Will he not repay everyone according to what they have done?
Like the nations the Lord destroyed before you, so you will be destroyed for not obeying the Lord your God. Deuteronomy 8:20
After the Lord your God has driven them out before you, do not say to yourself, “The Lord has brought me here to take possession of this land because of my righteousness.” No, it is on account of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord is going to drive them out before you. It is not because of your righteousness or your integrity that you are going in to take possession of their land; but on account of the wickedness of these nations, the Lord your God will drive them out before you, to accomplish what he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Deuteronomy 9:4-5
If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations on earth. Deuteronomy 28:1
The Lord will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none. Deuteronomy 28:12
Your sons and daughters will be given to another nation, and you will wear out your eyes watching for them day after day, powerless to lift a hand. Deuteronomy 28:32
The Lord will drive you and the king you set over you to a nation unknown to you or your ancestors. There you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone. Deuteronomy 28:36
The Lord will bring a nation against you from far away, from the ends of the earth, like an eagle swooping down, a nation whose language you will not understand, a fierce-looking nation without respect for the old or pity for the young. Deuteronomy 28:49-50
Among those nations you will find no repose, no resting place for the sole of your foot. There the Lord will give you an anxious mind, eyes weary with longing, and a despairing heart. Deuteronomy 28:65
The Lord will drive you and the king you set over you to a nation unknown to you or your ancestors. There you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone. Deuteronomy 28:36
The Lord will bring a nation against you from far away, from the ends of the earth, like an eagle swooping down, a nation whose language you will not understand, a fierce-looking nation without respect for the old or pity for the young. Deuteronomy 28:49-50
Among those nations you will find no repose, no resting place for the sole of your foot. There the Lord will give you an anxious mind, eyes weary with longing, and a despairing heart. Deuteronomy 28:65
They are a nation without sense, there is no discernment in them. Deuteronomy 32:28
Do not associate with these nations that remain among you; do not invoke the names of their gods or swear by them. You must not serve them or bow down to them. Joshua 23:7
They rejected his decrees and the covenant he had made with their ancestors and the statutes he had warned them to keep. They followed worthless idols and themselves became worthless. They imitated the nations around them although the Lord had ordered them, “Do not do as they do.” 2 Kings 17:15
They worshiped the Lord, but they also served their own gods in accordance with the customs of the nations from which they had been brought. 2 Kings 17:33
They worshiped the Lord, but they also served their own gods in accordance with the customs of the nations from which they had been brought. 2 Kings 17:33
One nation was being crushed by another and one city by another, because God was troubling them with every kind of distress. 2 Chronicles 15:6
He makes nations great, and destroys them; he enlarges nations, and disperses them. Job 12:23
But if he remains silent, who can condemn him? If he hides his face, who can see him? Yet he is over individual and nation alike... Job 34:29
The wicked go down to the realm of the dead, all the nations that forget God. Psalm 9:17
He makes nations great, and destroys them; he enlarges nations, and disperses them. Job 12:23
But if he remains silent, who can condemn him? If he hides his face, who can see him? Yet he is over individual and nation alike... Job 34:29
The wicked go down to the realm of the dead, all the nations that forget God. Psalm 9:17
“Let all the earth fear the Lord; let all the people of the world revere him. For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm. The Lord foils the plans of the nations; he thwarts the purposes of the peoples. But the plans of the Lord stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations. Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people he chose for his inheritance. From heaven the Lord looks down and sees all mankind; from his dwelling place he watches all who live on earth— he who forms the hearts of all, who considers everything they do.” Psalms 33:8-15 NIV
He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” Psalm 46:10
Clap your hands, all you nations; shout to God with cries of joy. Psalm 47:1
God reigns over the nations; God is seated on his holy throne. Psalm 47:8
He rules forever by his power, his eyes watch the nations— let not the rebellious rise up against him. Psalm 66:7
May the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you rule the peoples with equity and guide the nations of the earth. Psalm 67:4
May all kings bow down to him and all nations serve him. Psalm 72:11
May his name endure forever; may it continue as long as the sun. Then all nations will be blessed through him, and they will call him blessed. Psalm 72:17
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people he chose for his inheritance. Ps. 33:12
For lack of guidance a nation falls, but many advisers make victory sure. Prov. 11:14
Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people. Prov. 14:34
For day after day they seek me out; they seem eager to know my ways, as if they were a nation that does what is right and has not forsaken the commands of its God. They ask me for just decisions and seem eager for God to come near them. 'Why have we fasted,' they say, 'and you have not seen it? Why have we humbled ourselves, and you have not noticed?' "Yet on the day of your fasting, you do as you please and exploit all your workers. Isa. 58:2-3
For the nation or kingdom that will not serve you will perish; it will be utterly ruined. Isa. 60:12
And if they learn well the ways of my people and swear by my name, saying, 'As surely as the LORD lives'--even as they once taught my people to swear by Baal--then they will be established among my people. But if any nation does not listen, I will completely uproot and destroy it," declares the LORD. Jer. 12:
...if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. II Chron. 7:14
He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” Psalm 46:10
Clap your hands, all you nations; shout to God with cries of joy. Psalm 47:1
God reigns over the nations; God is seated on his holy throne. Psalm 47:8
He rules forever by his power, his eyes watch the nations— let not the rebellious rise up against him. Psalm 66:7
May the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you rule the peoples with equity and guide the nations of the earth. Psalm 67:4
May all kings bow down to him and all nations serve him. Psalm 72:11
May his name endure forever; may it continue as long as the sun. Then all nations will be blessed through him, and they will call him blessed. Psalm 72:17
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people he chose for his inheritance. Ps. 33:12
For lack of guidance a nation falls, but many advisers make victory sure. Prov. 11:14
Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people. Prov. 14:34
For day after day they seek me out; they seem eager to know my ways, as if they were a nation that does what is right and has not forsaken the commands of its God. They ask me for just decisions and seem eager for God to come near them. 'Why have we fasted,' they say, 'and you have not seen it? Why have we humbled ourselves, and you have not noticed?' "Yet on the day of your fasting, you do as you please and exploit all your workers. Isa. 58:2-3
For the nation or kingdom that will not serve you will perish; it will be utterly ruined. Isa. 60:12
And if they learn well the ways of my people and swear by my name, saying, 'As surely as the LORD lives'--even as they once taught my people to swear by Baal--then they will be established among my people. But if any nation does not listen, I will completely uproot and destroy it," declares the LORD. Jer. 12:
...if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. II Chron. 7:14
Below is an appropriate warning for the state of our nation today. It is taken from Deuteronomy 28:44-50. We too are turning away from God -- no relationship, no obedience, only unbelief, indifference, apathy, or even contempt.
"The foreigners who reside among you will rise above you higher and higher, but you will sink lower and lower. They will lend to you, but you will not lend to them. They will be the head, but you will be the tail. All these curses will come on you. They will pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, because you did not obey the LORD your God and observe the commands and decrees he gave you. They will be a sign and a wonder to you and your descendants forever. Because you did not serve the LORD your God joyfully and gladly in the time of prosperity, therefore in hunger and thirst, in nakedness and dire poverty, you will serve the enemies the LORD sends against you. He will put an iron yoke on your neck until he has destroyed you. The LORD will bring a nation against you from far away, from the ends of the earth, like an eagle swooping down, a nation whose language you will not understand, a fierce-looking nation without respect for the old or pity for the young." Does this apply to our nation too? We're on the edge of all of this coming true.
Verses were from the NIV Bible and were compiled and comments made by Becky Wall
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