“How blessed are the people whose
God is the LORD!”
Psalms 144:15
Psalms 144:15
God’s hand has been evident in
America’s past and we need His divine guidance in our present to secure a
future of freedom and faith for our children.
Today we look at what God has to say about our relationship with Him and
our responsibilities to our country.
Once
Christianity is abandoned by a significant portion of the population,
the moral landscape necessarily changes.
We
are on a path towards a “Post-Christian” America.
Christians
have spent too long trying to change the world by controlling the lives
of people instead of influencing them and changing their hearts.
I.
The Need for Spiritual
Awakening 2
Chronicles 7:14
America was settled by people looking
for religious freedom.
In the 1730’s and 40’s, America
experienced “The Great Awakening.”
II.
The Framers and Faith Psalms 33:12
To remove the core of anything
is to change its nature.
The responsibility of a Christian
citizen in a republic form of government is to elect men and women who
know and follow the Lord God.
The problem with America is the same
thing that happened to Israel…over-reaching judges have torn apart the core
of our society by disregarding the Law of God.
It should be remembered by all
Christian citizens that you cannot legislate righteousness. Only
a revival can change America.
III.
The Citizen and Faith Matthew 22:21
Jesus declares that each of us has a dual
citizenship and infers that there are responsibilities connected to
both.
The best way to help both our earthly
and heavenly countries is to live out our faith with boldness,
compassion, respect and love.
A WORD OF WARNING:
Christians are quickly learning that partisan politics is not Christian
politics. Never trust a political party to carry a spiritual
banner. Psalms
146:3
The church is truest to its core mission
when it is the farthest from the entanglements of power.
