National Righteousness

I posted this in the Bible study area but I it important to post it here also.

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National Righteousness

"Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people" (Proverbs 14:34).

Modern Christians place great emphasis on personal salvation, but we must remember that God is also the God of the nations. That being so, our own nation, so greatly blessed of God in the past, may well be in great peril, for "The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God" (Psalm 9:17).

Our nation was founded by men who had strong faith in God, and its laws were based on the laws of God. The schools all honored the Lord and His Word, taught the truth of special creation, and enforced Biblical morality among the students. Today, God and anything associated with Him are banned from the classroom, His laws are no longer taken seriously in the courts and legislatures, and evolutionary humanism is, in effect, the state-endorsed religion. Divorce and immorality are affecting most of the nation's homes; business and finance are ubiquitously plagued with greed and dishonesty; the sins of homosexuality, drunkenness, dishonesty, and drug use are rampant, and pantheistic New Age globalism is an imminent threat at our gates.

God would even have spared Sodom, though, if there had been ten righteous (Genesis 18:32), and America has evidently been spared thus far because it is still the nerve center of world missions and Christian literature, as well as aid for the sick and needy. The modern revival of true creationism is centered in this nation, and serious Biblical interest is growing in many places, yet worldliness, apostasy, and compromise are eating away at the heart of American Christianity, and there is great need for a revival -- not of religious emotionalism, but of genuine commitment to the integrity and authority of God's Word. "Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord" (Psalm 33:12).

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There are many Chrisitians even that believe that Chrisitans should not be involved in things of this world such as politics, government. Yet we see from this devotion, based on solid Biblical teachings, just how important that God considers it. If we as Christians are not involved in the political affairs of this nation then how can we consider trying to make it a Godly nation?

It is for this reason that such things have crept into our nation, our public schools and even into our churches. Because we Christians as a whole have not been standing up against the evil of this world.

It is estimated, as of 1990 U.S. census figures, that there are 151,225,000 people that consider themselves Christian. That is 86.2% of the population. There are only 7.5% of the population that are non-religious. Yet the minority are getting their way because we as Christians are not standing up for Jesus.

This does not mean that you have to run for office it does mean that you should make your vote count and you should be witnessing to others. You can make a difference for Jesus in this world.