What Will America Do?

         
          America is the greatest country in the world, and I would rather live here than
     anywhere else.

          We have some of the most intelligent, industrious, and patriotic people right here
     in the USA.

          We also have some of the most faithful Christians, who seek God's will each
     day, for themselves and their country.

          It's good to celebrate Independence Day on the 4th, because we are truly a blessed
     nation.


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          Unfortunately, America seems to be on the wrong track, financially, morally,
     and spiritually.

          Our national debt is almost $16 trillion and continues to spiral out of control, as
     politicians from both parties irresponsibly spend our money.

          We have a president who has mocked the Bible, supported ungodly lifestyles,
     and tell falsehoods to the people without batting an eye.

          Anyone who stands up for traditional Christian values is branded a bigot and
     intolerant.

          Pornography, drugs and alcohol abuse, and all kinds of immorality are considered to
     be a normal part of life for many Americans.  These sins have become idols for many.


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          I fear America is going the way Israel went so many times, disobeying God and
     worshipping idols of our own making, instead of following Him.


          Many times the people of Israel "did what was evil in the sight of the LORD", and
     received God's punishment for their disobedience.  They abandoned Him even though
     He had been so faithful to them and brought them out of slavery in the land of Egypt.

          When they continued to disobey God and worship other gods, the LORD became
     angry with them and "gave them over to plunderers, who plundered them."  He "sold
     them into the hands" of others.  He used other people to defeat the Israelites militarily,
     causing them to lose their freedom time and time again.


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          While America has many fine people who faithfully serve God with their lives,
     most do not.


          God must be angry with the immorality and sinfulness He sees here in our country.
     How long will He hold this anger?  Will he eventually turn His back on a people who
     who don't serve Him, just as He did to Israel?


          God did punish Israel for its continued unfaithfulness, but He also promised to
     forgive them and heal their land if they would come back to Him.

          When Solomon prayed and asked God to forgive His people for their sins, the LORD
     replied to him,


                                         "I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for
                                          myself as a house of sacrifice.  When I shut up the heavens
                                          so that there is no rain, or command the locust to devour the
                                          land, or send pestilence among my people, if my people who
                                          are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and
                                          seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will
                                          hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land."
                                                                                                   2 Chronicles 7:12-14


          However, God added , 


                                        "But if you turn aside and forsake my statutes and my
                                         commandments that I have set before you, and go and
                                         serve other gods and worship them, then I will pluck you
                                         up from my land that I have given you, and this house that
                                         I have consecrated for my name, I will cast out of my
                                         sight, and I will make it a proverb and a byword among
                                         all peoples.

                                        "And at this house, which was exalted, everyone passing
                                         by will be astonished and say, 'Why has the LORD done
                                         thus to this land and to this house?'  Then they will say,
                                         'Because they abandoned the LORD, the God of their
                                         fathers who brought them out of the land of Egypt and
                                         laid hold on other gods and worshiped them and served
                                         them.  Therefore He has brought all this disaster on them."
                                                                                                 2 Chronicles 7:19-22


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          These words were meant for God's chosen people of Israel, but also apply to
     believers everywhere today.

    

          It seems America has a choice -- either turn from its sinfulness and disobedience,
     and serve God, or continue on its immoral way and suffer the wrath of God's anger.

         
          God's word has told us what we need to do.  Will America do it before it's too late?

                                      "He has told you, O man, what is good;  and what does the
                                       LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness,
                                       and to walk humbly with your God."
                                                                                                         Micah 6:8