America in the Balance

The curse upon America

"Give to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God's."--Matthew 22:21

What are Christians to do? Though we live in the world, we no longer belong to the world as true believers in Christ. Still, we retain citizenship in the nations where we live. So what should our attitude be when it comes to electing political leaders?

As Americans, we need to pray for our nation because it is in very serious trouble. Decades of moral depravity, fueled by a spiritual lazy church have produced a godless people who thumb their noses at God and treat his laws with contempt. From those godless people come wicked and immoral leaders who promise all sorts of gratuities in exchange for votes. As such, as government grows, freedoms evaporate. And, as people continue to barter away their freedom for entitlements, they become even more lazier, uneducated, unmotivated and the serfs of a leviathan government.

When America began as a sovereign nation in 1776, she feared and respected God and honored his laws and commandments. Though not all of America's founding fathers were Christians, they still recognized that their fledgling nation had no chance without the blessings and protection from an omniscient, Holy God. With God, America grew into the greatest and most prosperous superpower on earth; a nation that provided a sanctuary for people who were desperate to escape the tyranny and darkness of bloodthirsty dictators and mass murderers.

The God who made the United States of America the greatest nation on earth was the same God who led the ancient Israelites out of slavery in Egypt to Israel where he made his earthly dwelling in the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem. This is the same God who sent his one and only Son Jesus Christ into the world to die for the sins of mankind 2,000 years ago on Calvary's cross.

Unfortunately, America has forgotten that. Americans have forgotten the God who blessed their nation and made their prosperity, hopes and dreams come true. Instead, America has become a vile and wicked nation that has murdered over 40 million babies through abortion since 1973, and proudly promotes her sexual sin and perversion in her streets. To the ancient Israelites who had a penchant for going spiritually astray, Moses warned: "Be careful that you do not forget the Lord, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery." (Deuteronomy 6:12) When the Israelites forgot the Lord, they inevitably turned to wickedness and depravity and came under God's judgment. That judgment eventually resulted in the loss of their nation for over 1,800 years, beginning in 130 A.D. when Roman Emperor Hadrian renamed that nation Syria Philistinia (Palestine) after he crushed the Bar Kochba rebellion.

And so America, you can choose to continue down the path of rebellion against God by mocking his laws and violating his commandments. You can continue to murder the unborn, celebrate sexual abomination, worship at the altars of the false gods of greed, idolatry, wealth, materialism and you can continue to persecute those who worship God and refuse to plunge into your growing cesspool of sin.

Or, you can repent and turn back to the Holy God that blessed America and made her the most prosperous and free nation on earth. America; you have been cursed with a vile and wicked leader in Barack Obama. He has become God's judgment upon you for your many sins. If you choose to ignore God and his warnings, he's going to remove his blessings from you and you'll quickly become an impoverished nation that will be a tragedy of epic proportions. If you don't believe that, then look at what happened to ancient Israel when she traveled down the same path. America, it's your choice.