America Gone Awry

November 13, 2009
What has happened to our once-great country that just a short time ago was proud to be “under God”?

It is truly amazing to watch what has taken place in the general over-all mentality of our government over just these past 12 months. - As an example, let’s look at some of the President’s appointed advisers. When a closer look is taken, it’s astounding to see who he has surrounded himself with.

Let’s start with regulatory czar Cass Sunstein, who defends the removal of organs from terminally ill patients without their permission. - Or Obama’s choice of school-safety czar, gay activist Kevin Jennings, who actually pioneered the practice of introducing homosexual advocacy into public schools by disguising it as “school safety!” - or science czar John Holdron, who has advocated sterilizing Welfare recipients and seizing babies born to unwed mothers, and predicted one billion people would die in “carbon-dioxide induced famines” caused by - are you ready? - a coming new ice age.

There’s also people like Equal Opportunity Commission nominee Chai Feldblum, who endorses polygamy, and Aids czar Jeffrey Crowley - both openly homosexual. In fact, the Gay and Lesbian Leadership Institute boasts on its website that at least 60 “LGBT” leaders have secured spots in the Obama administration.

And the list goes on and on.

But before we more on, let’s not forget Van Jones, Obama’s “green jobs czar” who was forced to resign in the middle of the night, following widely publicized revelations that he was a self-proclaimed communist and racist conspiracy-theorist.

And we wonder why we are going through such difficult times. --

America has been steadily slipping into the pool of  moral decadence for quite some time and this current hive of secular villains is just the culmination of an ongoing march toward self destruction.

And we, the public, are responsible for it! It seems we’ve turned our backs on all things moral and upright.

Let’s for a moment ask ourselves how we elect leaders who openly support issues that are contrary to the laws of the God we claim to follow. For example, candidate Obama stated quite clearly that he supported abortion and homosexual lifestyles.

Now I ask this question -- statistics and polls support that close to 90% of Americans claim to be of the Christian faith. -- How then can we go to the polls and elect those who openly go against the teachings of this same God?

I’ve heard many thoughts on this such as “You’re old fashioned”, or “The teachings of the Apostle Paul are out-dated”, or a young student of theology stating, “Our generation gets it.” -- Even statements like, “We must modernize or we will die from within”.

I remember a conversation I had with a pastor back in the early ’80’s who made such a statement about the teachings of the Apostle Paul. - My response was, “If that were true, where then do we draw the line?” -- There was no response then nor will there be one today. If we were given these liberties to alter all scripture that makes us “uncomfortable” or, “doesn’t fit our present-day lifestyles”, then I would submit that we would have a convoluted Bible which would ultimately be declared worthless. 

This same Apostle wrote in his 2nd Letter to Timothy, 4:3-4 -- 

Here Paul tells us what would happen in these days. If you are totally honest with yourself, you would have to agree. - The leaders in today’s church, for the most part, are handing out this “itching ear” theology that is not enough to reach those who are lost. - Most messages spoken in today’s “sanctuaries” revolve around safe, non-challenging subjects as opposed to the message of salvation that teaches the reality of the cost of following our Savior Jesus Christ.

In Revelation 3:14-22, the teachings of Jesus concerning the seventh church of Laodicea, supports this by saying how rich and complacent it had become, the results of which he says, “So, because you are lukewarm - neither hot nor cold - I am about to spit you out of my mouth.” (vs. 16)

To sum up this current mentality concerning today’s church, I recently met with a pastor friend and he was telling me how difficult it was to be a pastor of a church in these times. -- How attendance and tithing were way down. --

Since then, this comment has troubled me because I believe that these are the times that a church should thrive. -- As we continue to march ever closer to the end of “The times of the Gentiles,” the needs of Christ’s flock will only grow greater. I think that this should be a time of renewal for an otherwise rich and dead church. The spiritual needs will be great and this is when the true leaders will go forth in great anticipation to meet these needs. -- Many souls are waiting for the “good news of Jesus Christ”.

Finally, getting back to the condition of our government and its leaders, America is no longer “good” when her citizens fail to hold to account their representatives who go so far contrary to God’s will.

Matthew 24:21-22)

Hebrews 3:13 says, 

Until next time,

Red