With that being said, I decided to blog about some findings and insights. Whether you agree or not is totally up to you, but it's a viewpoint in my opinion worth pondering.
"To the kindly influence of Christianity we owe that degree of civil freedom, and political and social happiness which mankind now enjoys... Whenever the pillars of Christianity shall be overthrown, our present republican forms of government, and all blessings which flow from them, must fall with them."[6] · [7] - Jedidiah Morse
6. Jump up ^ George Frater, Our humanist heritage : a handbook for humanists, Longwood, Xulon Pr., 2010, 338.
7. Jump up ^ William J Federer, America's God and country : encyclopedia of quotations, Coppell, Tex. Fame, 1994, p. 456
Add to that scripture... (taken from The Way Bible)
Proverbs 28:14 Blessed is the man who reveres God, but the man who doesn't care is headed for serious trouble.
Proverbs 29:18 When there is ignorance of God, the people run wild; but what a wonderful thing it is for a nation to know and keep his laws! (emphasis added.)
And lastly, Romans 1:18-32 But God shows his anger from heaven against all sinful, evil men who push away the truth from them. For the truth about God is known to them instinctively. God has put this knowledge in their hearts. Since earliest times men have seen the earth and sky and all God made, and have known of his existence and great eternal power. So they will have no excuse [when they stand before God at Judgment Day]
Yes, they knew about him all right, but they wouldn't admit it or worship him or even thank him for all his daily care. And after awhile they began to think up silly ideas of what God was like and what he wanted them to do. The result was that their foolish minds became dark and confused. Claiming themselves to be wise without God, they became utter fools instead. And then instead of worshipping the glorious, ever living God, they took wood and stone and made idols for themselves, carving them to look like mere birds and animals and snakes and puny men.
So God let them go ahead into every sort of sex sin, and do whatever they wanted to-yes, vile and sinful things with each other's bodies. Instead of believing what they knew was the truth about God, they deliberately chose to believe lies. So they prayed to the things God made, but wouldn't obey the blessed God who made these things.
That is why God let go of them and let them do all these evil things, so that even their women turned against God's natural plan for them and indulged in sex sin with each other. And the men, instead of having a normal sex relationship with women, burned with lust for each other, men doing shameful things with other men and, as a result, getting paid within their own souls with the penalty they so richly deserved.
So it was that when they gave God up and would not even acknowledge him, God gave them up to doing everything their evil minds could think of. Their lives became full of every kind of wickedness and sin, of greed and hate, envy, murder, fighting, lying, bitterness, and gossip. They were backbiters, haters of God, insolent, proud braggarts, always thinking of new ways of sinning and continually being disobedient to their parents. They tried to misunderstand, broke their promises, and were heartless-without pity. They were fully aware of God's death penalty for these crimes, yes they went right ahead and did them anyway, and encouraged others to do them too.
What a sad state we have entered, but I have hope. I believe that even though all this evil is going on, God in his mercy will remove the veil that covers our eyes. Truth again will enter our hearts, especially with as quick as everything is going, people will realize...wait, what are we doing? Repent (which means to change your ways), and earnestly strive to do so. God has claimed all of us as His children, and He sent His Son Jesus Christ to show us how to do it! He knows we can't do it on our own and that we will make mistakes, and that it is hard. Look at what Jesus went through! He was constantly tested. That's why we need a Savior. Jesus picks us up each time we fall back into sin and gently leads us back onto the right path! He alone knows how hard the temptations are.
God knows the natural consequences that come as a result of the decisions we make. That is why it is stated over and over again in Scripture that if you OBEY my laws the blessings will abound! He knows the hurt that will come from not following his laws! It's Natural Law, Divine Law. Just as we parents know the hurt our own kids will feel when they don't heed our warnings! If they're not obedient sometimes they experience logical consequences. Not what we inflict on them but rather what occurs from Natural Law. However, even though they fall on hard times are we not there offering support whether they accept it or not? Not much you can do if they don't accept it. That is what is happening to God right now. He knows what our choices are going to lead us to, but allows us our free choice. Yet, He waits for us to return to Him. We in this world are in such dire straights, and not many are accepting the guidance God has given us through Scripture. It is only a matter of time before either we wake up, or Natural Law will occur and we will suffer the consequences. Either way, the turnaround will happen and all will once again be good in the world. History repeats itself!
Psalm 33:12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, whose people he has chosen as his own.
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Have a Happy and Safe 4th of July!
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