I wanted to bring this older post back because the situation has become more acute. We are more defenseless now as a people than we were before Donald Trump was elected. This cannot be seen on the surface for on the surface we are turning things around. If our defenses depended on our military might then this would not be the case. The situation is compounded because the Marxist Obama administration literally enabled our enemies and further destroyed any semblance of a self-defense mechanism in upwards of one half of the American public thus we have the military means of neutralizing our enemies but our own people will likely turn against us should we try.
Our pulpits have utterly failed us. If you want a happy worship service then you are in business but even a quick glance at the 24th chapter of Matthew would show that Jesus had something else in mind as he told us time and again to watch and be alert. The only thing that we're alert for today is a passing thunderstorm that might send our picnic indoors.
The Hope We Have From This Past November 8th:
What a difference a day makes. Before the election of this past November 8th Christians, generally or seemingly the majority anyway, had a great concern for their nation....for Barack Obama had beaten it down so. The shadow of Hillary Clinton loomed large and menacing, the specter of societal collapse permeated every day's end, and the hope for a nation once so greatly blessed dimmed as a room whose candle was down to the pewter. Yet there was hope in the knowledge that God causes nations to rise and to fall, and that nothing could befall us without His permission, and that if only we would return to Him that His hand would be upon us whatever lie ahead.
But lo....a reprieve was given in the election of one who promised a return to greatness. No more would we invite our enemies in to do violence to us. No more would we squander our blessings or trample our heritage. We would build ourselves back up, strengthen our arms and once again provide an opportunity for any American anywhere to attempt anything and to succeed if he had the abilities.
The concern for America vanished as fog in the valleys with the rising of the sun. The problems...great problems... remained...but time was given us whereas before there was little to no time....or so we perceived it to be. How have our prayers changed? Do we still plead mercy...those who knew that only God's mercy could save us? I don't know these things but our countenance has changed....and not for the better.
The urgency, whatever level of urgency we had, has at best been put on hold and at worst totally forgotten! This is the down side of November 8th but there was no alternative. Nothing has changed as far as America's ignorance of or willful neglect of God. God doesn't read the newspapers. He doesn't wait to see what the pulpits will proclaim. He knows our every action before we move and our every thought before it is conceived.
November 8th changed this and this alone. Should we awaken...should we once again see our predicament...should it bear down on us so heavily that we do indeed repent...should our pulpits once again preach Christ with the power of the gospel...then we will have leaders in power....some leaders.... more than before....that might make decisions that acknowledge their Creator. This is the hope from this past November 8th.
Our pulpits have utterly failed us. If you want a happy worship service then you are in business but even a quick glance at the 24th chapter of Matthew would show that Jesus had something else in mind as he told us time and again to watch and be alert. The only thing that we're alert for today is a passing thunderstorm that might send our picnic indoors.
The Hope We Have From This Past November 8th:
What a difference a day makes. Before the election of this past November 8th Christians, generally or seemingly the majority anyway, had a great concern for their nation....for Barack Obama had beaten it down so. The shadow of Hillary Clinton loomed large and menacing, the specter of societal collapse permeated every day's end, and the hope for a nation once so greatly blessed dimmed as a room whose candle was down to the pewter. Yet there was hope in the knowledge that God causes nations to rise and to fall, and that nothing could befall us without His permission, and that if only we would return to Him that His hand would be upon us whatever lie ahead.
But lo....a reprieve was given in the election of one who promised a return to greatness. No more would we invite our enemies in to do violence to us. No more would we squander our blessings or trample our heritage. We would build ourselves back up, strengthen our arms and once again provide an opportunity for any American anywhere to attempt anything and to succeed if he had the abilities.
The concern for America vanished as fog in the valleys with the rising of the sun. The problems...great problems... remained...but time was given us whereas before there was little to no time....or so we perceived it to be. How have our prayers changed? Do we still plead mercy...those who knew that only God's mercy could save us? I don't know these things but our countenance has changed....and not for the better.
The urgency, whatever level of urgency we had, has at best been put on hold and at worst totally forgotten! This is the down side of November 8th but there was no alternative. Nothing has changed as far as America's ignorance of or willful neglect of God. God doesn't read the newspapers. He doesn't wait to see what the pulpits will proclaim. He knows our every action before we move and our every thought before it is conceived.
November 8th changed this and this alone. Should we awaken...should we once again see our predicament...should it bear down on us so heavily that we do indeed repent...should our pulpits once again preach Christ with the power of the gospel...then we will have leaders in power....some leaders.... more than before....that might make decisions that acknowledge their Creator. This is the hope from this past November 8th.
