Posted on 11/14/2012 5:32:36 PM PST by Perseverando
When the day of the Lord's judgement comes, that judgement will begin with the house of God. The problem is not so much that Americans have "gone a whoring," as he put it, but that the Church has"gone a whoring." She has forgotten her First Love, the One who died to save her and make her clean and has instead pursued earthly lovers. Instead of seeking to please her Lord through obedience, she has sought the favor of the world. In doing so, she is sure to reap two things; 1) The disfavor of the world, and 2) (this one is far more important) the displeasure of Her Lord. He will, no doubt, as He has in the past, chastise the ones he loves for their purification.
The election has made me very sad, for in it I see God's hand of blessing being finally removed from the land that I love. The only thing that can save America now is the full out, sitting in sack cloth and ashes repentance of His Church. It's the elephant in the room that doesn't even know it's in the room.
“Basically, we live in time that is ripe for converting the pagans. But only if we choose to stop ATTENDING church and instead start to LIVE as Christians.”
AMEN! Shout it brother! From the rooftops!
The real origin of our nation’s fall lies at the feet of the church - Christians and churches who have embraced all the world has to offer and who no longer are salt - they have no influence on the world around them - so the fall of the nation was inevitable.....we need to quit pointing the finger at the liberals/Marxists, and look at ourselves.
II Chron. 7:14 is addressed specifically to “My people...”, not a nation....
“Yeah, well, down here in Georgia we tried that in 1861. Didn’t work.”
Try again.
Unless you always give up after the first attempt.
Well goodness, that was refreshing to say the least. I didn’t want to sound like hardhatted Hannah, but sheesh! Thanks for letting me know about your “friend”. Puts all this into prespective doesn’t it? Living like this is all going away makes them clueless. We should buy complimentary shovels for them so they can dig the hole to put their heads in.
Hey! Appropriate Christmas Present.
>>AMEN! Shout it brother! From the rooftops!
>>The real origin of our nation’s fall lies at the feet of the church - Christians and churches who have embraced all the world has to offer and who no longer are salt - they have no influence on the world around them - so the fall of the nation was inevitable.....we need to quit pointing the finger at the liberals/Marxists, and look at ourselves.
That’s the challenge, isn’t it? Getting the existing Christians to hear the message is tough. They are as “saved” as they need to be, or so they think. I preach in church from time to time and I think that it would be far easier to preach to the unsaved than it is to preach to those who think that they’re completely sanctified.
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