1 John 4:8
He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
There have been more songs and hymns written about the Love of God than probably any other characteristic of God. People everywhere enjoy talking about the Love of God, as we should. Yet we do very little talking about His judgment. We don’t like thinking about His Wrath and Punishment. Those subjects don’t sell nearly as many books and certainly won’t fill nearly as many pews. But like it or not, the truth remains that this Great God of infinite Love and Mercy as described in the Bible is also infinitely Just and Righteous and therefore He MUST express His Wrath against Sin and Apostasy!
Not only does God deal with the sins of Individuals who have rejected being washed in the Blood of Christ, but He also punishes and judges the sin and wickedness of Nations. We could walk through the Bible, as well as through our History Books and see the handprint of God’s Wrath and Judgment upon countless Nations of the past who backslid and transgressed Him.
He continually dealt with Israel, His chosen ones, with a heavy hand for their disobedience. Then, of course, one place that stands out so prominently is Sodom and Gomorrah. In the 19th chapter of Genesis we read in graphic detail of their destruction by the wrathful hand of Almighty God because of their willful and unrepentant sin. Then in Ezekiel we read the reasoning that God gives for His judgment upon this ancient land.
Ezekiel 16:49 – 50: “Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters had arrogance, abundant food and careless ease, but she did not help the poor and needy. Thus they were haughty and committed abominations before Me. Therefore I removed them when I saw it.”
We know from the Word of God, that homosexuality was not the only Abomination for which God judged Sodom, but it was the final straw and God in essence said, “NO MORE!” and destroyed them by Fire! We also read the accounts of Egypt and Nineveh and so many more, but what about America???
Proverbs 14:34
"Righteousness exalts a nation, But sin is a reproach to any people. The king's favor is toward a wise servant, But his wrath is against him who causes shame."
America has become a nation filled with vile wickedness, sin and immorality on a scale that is nearly incomprehensible. And because we were founded upon Christian Principles; And because we exalted Almighty God; And because we were a Nation shining brightly with the Righteousness of God, we have now shamed Him through our rebellion and apostasy. America has made a cataclysmic slide into utter moral decay.
Immorality and Perversion are just the everyday norm in the USA today and we’ve learned to live with it and accept it. It’s on Television, Movies, Grocery Store Newsstands and sad to say, but even in many churches across our land.
We see the widespread acceptance of homosexuality, even among some who claim to be Christian. As recently as the 1970’s, The American Psychiatric Association, still had homosexuality listed as a Mental Disorder. Psychiatry may have changed, but the Bible still calls it an Abomination. Homosexual Marriage is now becoming a reality in America! And I am not a Gay-Basher nor a Gay-Hater! And I recognize that it will take the same precious Blood of Jesus to save a Homosexual as it took to save me! But our nation is now endorsing and promoting this perverted sin and when a nation endorses and promotes sin and abominations and abandons God, rest assured ~ Judgment and Wrath are looming over that land!
Abortion is now promoted by our Federal & State Governments. We are spending millions of tax payer dollars to fund abortions in third world countries. Just today alone, while we went about our regular routine, an estimated 4,000 unborn babies were murdered in the name of their idol god ~ CHOICE. We have lived much of our lives out while more than 50 Million unborn American Citizens have been slaughtered in their mother’s womb since 1973’s Roe VS. Wade Decision.
Psalms 106:35-43
They mingled with the Gentiles And learned their works;
They served their idols which became a snare to them.
They even sacrificed their sons And their daughters to demons,
And shed innocent blood, The blood of their sons and daughters,
Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;
And the land was polluted with blood.
Thus they were defiled by their own works, And played the harlot by their own deeds.
Therefore the wrath of the Lord was kindled against His people,
So that He abhorred His own inheritance.
And He gave them into the hand of the Gentiles, and those who hated them ruled over them.
Their enemies also oppressed them, And they were brought into subjection under their hand.
Many times He delivered them; But they rebelled in their counsel, And were brought low for their iniquity.
Proverbs 6:16-19
These six things the Lord hates, Yes, seven are an abomination to Him:
A proud look, A lying tongue, Hands that shed innocent blood,
A heart that devises wicked plans, Feet that are swift in running to evil,
A false witness who speaks lies, And one who sows discord among brethren.
These scriptures describe the USA today and according to the Word of God, America has become an Abomination and He hates these things!
Today, Porn is the Norm. Since the birth of the internet, Pornography has exploded and become a $10 - $12 BILLION Dollar a Year Industry in the U.S. alone. Child molestation has sky rocketed. Sexual Perversion of every kind is now just winked at because we have become completely desensitized to the point that it’s no longer even shameful to many.
We now have an epidemic of Drug Abuse and Alcoholism. The war on Drugs has been lost by our Federal Government and both the financial and human costs of addiction are too great to even attempt to calculate, as well as the consequences thereof.
Sexual Immorality has exploded and so have STD’s. It is estimated by the CDC that 26 percent of American Girls between 14 and 19, have at least 1 Sexually Transmitted Disease.
Just recently, a story broke on national news that a Massachusetts School had decided to make condoms available to Elementary School Children, even as low as the 1st Grade. Can you imagine? That is a sick, perverted and demonically twisted mind! These perverted freaks ought to be locked up and never unleashed upon society again! They want to give innocent little 6 year old children Condoms! Yet these same lunatics say, “Don’t give them the Ten Commandments ~ (1. Thou Shalt Not Kill; 2. Thou Shalt Not Steal; 3. Thou Shalt Not Lie; 4. Thou Shalt Not COMMIT ADULTERY; etc.) That might give them brain damage or offend someone.” Instead, just hand them a condom at 6 years old! They can’t even write in cursive yet!
We are teaching this generation, just as we’ve been doing for several generations now, that casual sex is okay. I don’t care what the CDC says! I don’t care what Congress or the Whitehouse may say! I don’t care what Hollywood says! I don’t care what the Education Department or any School says! There is only 1 form of Sex that is permitted under God’s Holy Ordinance! It is not PRE-MARITAL! It is not EXTRA-MARITAL! It is not HOMOSEXUAL! But even in the year 2010, sex is still only permissible between a husband and his wife! PERIOD!
We need to teach that to our children and grandchildren! We need to once again begin teaching them right from wrong! Stop depending on the schools! Stop depending on the government! Stop depending on Dr. Phil and Oprah! They have one agenda for your child, and that is to fill their mind with a Progressive, Anti-Christian Worldview and Mindset, but the responsibility to raise these children correctly belongs to their parents!
We have watched as the God Ordained Family Unit and the sanctity of Marriage has unraveled and been made a mockery of. The U.S. now has the World’s highest Divorce Rate. It’s twice what it was in 1960. And of course, you can trace our Moral Decline all the way back to the moment that we took Prayer out of the public schools. It has Devastated Morality in America. 50% of all marriages will end in divorce. Each time that I officiate a wedding ceremony for some “happy couple”, I pray earnestly for their survival, as I realize that statistics only give them a 50% chance of surviving. And while Marriage rates are declining, Cohabitation rates AKA “Shaking Up” is rising. Again, regardless of what anyone says or how common it may become, Fornication or pre-marital sex is still SIN!
The Out Of Wedlock Birth Rate is astronomical as well. And I’m certainly not down on Single Parents. As a matter of fact, my heart is filled with compassion for them, because they’ve got an extra heavy burden to bear, but the fact remains this. The reason for many of the single parent situations in America is because we’ve got a serious problem. In 1948, only 3.8 percent of births were by unmarried women. By 1960, it had risen only slightly to 5 percent. But now, Out Of Wedlock Births account for 40% of all babies born in the United States. Yet, we’re not alarmed by it, because it’s just become the Cultural Norm.
America is hemorrhaging from within and we are infected with immorality and sin and evil and I’m afraid that we’re in the last stages of this killer disease as a Free-Society. That breaks my heart, because I love America.
We read and hear accounts of God’s Judgment and Wrath upon other nations for their sin and wickedness. History gives vivid detail of what happened to other great nations who walked the same path that America is now on. Yet, I still hear Americans, both Christian and Non-Christian alike, saying say things like, “That won’t happen here, this is America!” or “You’re just fear-mongering, God is a God of Love and Grace and He would never do that to us.”
The question asked by many today is, “Will God Judge America?” Yet it appears to me that the beginning of His Judgment is already upon us and many are still in denial!
The Bible says that God is Longsuffering and we know that He has blessed America with extraordinary benefits, including political and religious freedom and economic blessing matched by no other. But we, as a nation, have squandered it… Taken it for granted… And rebelled against our Holy and Righteous God…
And so the question to be asked, is really not, “Will God judge America?” But rather, “Why has He spared us from Judgment for so long?”
ROMANS 1:18 – 32
Rom 1:18-32
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, 19 because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them. 20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, 21 because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Professing to be wise, they became fools, 23 and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man — and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things.
24 Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves, 25 who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
26 For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. 27 Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due.
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting; 29 being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers, 30 backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31 undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving, unmerciful; 32 who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them.
Three times in this passage of scripture do we see the terms, “God Gave Them Up” or “God Gave Them Over”. That term is translated from the same Greek Word, “Paradidomi” which is used in 2 Peter 2:4 where it says, “For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment;”
This doesn’t mean that God just passively removes His hand of protection and allows them to go their own self-willed way, but the implication is much more deliberate than that. It is an act of Judicial Judgment, where God Himself SENDS them to their Punishment!
Remember, God is long-suffering and He don’t just instantly zap us every time we have a rebellious attitude or fall into some sort of moral failure and sin, else we’d all be doomed. But there is a point, in which an individual or a people or a nation through continued, intentional transgression and willful rebellion, can cross a line with God and burst headlong through His Long-Suffering Patience! And at that point, He will not simply remove His hand, but He will actively hand them over to their own sinful desires and the consequences thereof!
I am sad to say, but Romans 1:18 - 32 is a very real depiction of the State of our Union today.
But, not only are we being plagued with complete Moral Failure… And not only are we seeing violence becoming more and more rampant… And not only are we witnessing the implosion of our Economic Systems… And not only are we seeing more and more horrific things happening on our homeland from natural disasters to Islamic Terrorism to Homegrown Terrorism to the Border Crisis, Illegal Immigration and Mexican Drug Cartels to the rising threat of Nuclear War with North Korea, Iran and even Russia… The bottom line: America Has Turned Her Back On God and Walked In Her Own Way For Far Too Long And We Are On The Verge Of Bringing About Our Own Demise And Destruction…
If there were ever a time to draw close to the Lord Jesus Christ and get your heart, life and home in order, it’s now time. We need God both personally and nationally. Jesus Christ is still the answer that we need and thank God His Word has not left us without remedy. It’s the same as it’s always been…
2nd CHRONICLES 7:14, “If my people which 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.”
Friend, God changes not! Therefore, this is a promise which still holds true, even today. Let us each put this scripture into practice and continue doing so and begin praying for a genuine Revival of the Holy Spirit to sweep across this nation one more time. With God, all things are possible!
Just Thinkin’ Out Loud,
Pastor Robbie
