"WHY the United States is 'in trouble'!"

Many prayers are being offered today for the outcome of the election being held in Georgia for two Senate seats, and for the Congress as they meet on Wednesday to certify (or not) the results of the Presidential election.  One thing is certain, our nation is "in trouble" ... with GOD!!!

Romans 1:18-32 tells us what happens when a "people," a nation turns away from the Lord:  He "gives them over" to their sinful desires.  This is clearly what has happened in the United States.  Having rejected God's Word and turned away from His truth, we are a nation without direction.  Listening to some of the people in Georgia explain why they voted one way or another, most had nothing to say about basic truths or principles that guided their thinking, or in many cases, their feelings.

Our nation is in trouble because a larger and larger majority of people have rejected the perfect law of God and are following the sinful nature that thinks first about itself!  Long ago the Psalmist wrote, "Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.  I have sworn an oath and confirmed it, to keep your righteous rules" (Psalm 119:105-106).

"Righteousness" and "holiness" are a foreign language to most in our nation.  Of course, not one of us is perfect, which is why we need a Savior!!  Our Father in heaven sent His Son into the world to redeem sinners and, as the Apostle Paul wrote, "I am the worst!"  Yet the desire of my heart, and of those who know the one true God who reveals Himself in His creation and in His Word, the Bible, is to please Him, to live in obedience to His Word.

What is wrong with our nation is that there is no longer a moral compass.  There is no truth that people believe is true for everyone.  So people have no direction to guide them.  But God's Word IS true, whether people accept it or not.  Voting should never be based on feelings or self-centered motives, but rather on biblical principles that God reveals in His Word.

I long to hear people say they voted for someone because they stand for life for the unborn, for personal responsibility regarding work and moral choices, for community support for law enforcement, for legal immigration, for education that teaches morality based on biblical truth, for parental responsibility for education, for family based on God's definition, for religious freedom from governmental control, etc.  Voting is a privilege and a responsibility ... before GOD!!  But when a congressMAN prays to "the one monotheistic god," and the first order of business is to remove "gender specific" pronouns from use in political debate, you know our nation is in trouble ... with GOD!!!

He has given us over, and rightly so.  No matter what the outcome of the election today or the proceedings tomorrow, we are not going to get the toothpaste back in the tube.  Too many of the young people in our nation have been indoctrinated, by schools and even by some churches, to believe in a false god who is no god at all ... a tolerant god who does not exist.  And they are not alone.  Those who reject God's Word, whether outside the church or inside it, are part of the problem.  And increasingly, THEY think that I/WE who stand on God's Word are the problem.

In the very first Psalm God makes it clear that HE is not "inclusive:" 

"Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.  He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither.  In all that he does, he prospers.  The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away.  Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous; for the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish" (Psalm 1:1-6).

The United States is in trouble ... with GOD!  To those of you who know the one true God, pray to our Father in heaven in the name of Jesus Christ and ask for mercy, that we may have a little more time, according to His will, to proclaim the Gospel, which is still "the power of God unto salvation to those who believe."  Difficult days are ahead, but our God reigns and He is with His people.  It is hard to ask God to "bless America," but I do pray for mercy and for strength to stand when others fall.

Pray for the true Church, that we may be strengthened and empowered by the Spirit of God to stand firm upon His Word and to continue to proclaim that Jesus Christ is Lord, calling people to repent, to turn from their sins and to believe in Him for forgiveness and life!

If you live in the United States and would like a copy of my book, " ... the end.", please email me at pastorsteve@lighthouse-ministries.org.  Rejoice in the Lord and give thanks to Him, for HE IS WORTHY!!