WARNING! Strong opinions will be expressed! If you are easily offended please do not read this, then complain. It is all said in love, but you were warned. . . .
America is rotting from the inside out! Why? Because She no longer recognizes God! The same way the Ancient Israelites asked Samuel for a King, we as a nation did the same. Only we each declared ourselves as kings over our own lives and disavowed the need for the very God who made us.
How did we do that? We systematically removed God from various important aspects of our lives, and caused a deadly domino affect.
When I was coming up in the early 60's, I remember we had prayer in school, they showed Christian films about Jesus' birth and resurrection. This left a very strong impression on my young heart, but more on that later . . . . .
Here is the short version of the decision to take "religion out of school".:
The U. S. Supreme Court issued two bans. One in 1962 and the second in 1963. Both bans were the result of lawsuits against the teaching of religion and religious practices in public schools. Basically stating that organized prayer in schools was a violation of the separation of church and state. It was decided that publicly funded schools were an extension of the state, and that organized prayer or bible readings were a form of proselytizing. The bans not only banned mandatory prayer in schools but also banned the daily reading of bible passages.
The lawsuits were supported by several organizations but the most outspoken supporter for banning prayer in schools came from Madalyn Murray O'Hair, the founder of American Atheists, Inc.
It was all started with a twenty-two word prayer:.
“Almighty God, we acknowledge our dependence upon Thee, and we beg Thy blessings upon us, our parents, our teachers, and our country.”
It's hard to imagine how a prayer such as this, started such a heated controversy and sparked such an action. I do know that, ever since this action was taken, the quality of our public schools have been drastically reduced. It's to the point now that the majority ( perhaps all ) of public schools have turned into zoos.
Public schools are riddled with drugs, violence, gangs, crime, and sex. In New York City, some schools ( in certain areas ) are so bad there are police officers stationed in them, and they have metal detectors.
The teachers can't teach because the students are out of control. Others can't teach because they fear for their own safety and lives. And sadly, some teachers even prey upon the very students they are entrusted to teach. In all of this, precious, young and impressionable children can't and don't learn. Is it any wonder parents are either homeschooling or sending their children to private or charter schools.
We have taken God out of the workplace. As Christians we are told we "cannot preach", pass out tracts, or share the gospel in the workplace. Christmas or Easter decorations which depict Jesus Christ, The Cross, The Manger Scene, cannot be displayed. If it is you are approached and told to remove it by a superior. In one instance a dear friend of mine was told to remove her bible from the top of her desk by her boss. Why? Because it was "offensive". The mere sight of a bible, offensive? Yes, the word of God, and the very sight of symbols which depict Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is offensive and intimidating to unbelievers. Thus the only way to make it stop was to ban it. Out of sight, out of mind!
But, what have we gotten in it's place? Corrupt workplaces where everything under the sun goes on and no one can stop it. Corruption, work place violence, crime, drugs, drinking, sex, etc. As a believer in Christ we must be strengthened moment by moment, and remain girded, or we too would be sucked in, and lose our testimony.
We have taken God our of our government and as a result we have crooked and corrupt people in the Oval Office, ruling according to how they feel Utopia should be, at the expense of others. We have crooked Senators, Congressman ( and women ), Assemblymen ( and women ), Mayors, Legislators, Judges, etc, who fail to recognize there is a God, and rely on His wisdom in order to steer the helm of this great country. No wonder we are in such a mess!
We have removed God from our home, as a result families are aimless. The man no longer knows his responsibility as a man is to be a "Builder of Homes", the wife no longer knows that she is supposed to be his "Helpmeet" and "Responder". The children never learn the basic tenant of childhood:
Exodus 20:12 (King James Version) 12. Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
There is no cohesion in the home, and the home becomes little more than a barn that a cow returns to every night. As a result, the children are set adrift with no core values. Is it any wonder they drift into gangs, drugs, violence, sex, and die at an early age. . . . . . ..
Instead of parents raising their children, they want the government do it. Free school breakfast programs, free school lunch programs, and something new about to be initiated, free school DINNER programs. Head start, day care, pre-kindergarden, afterschool programs. Free health care, free collage tuition, etc.
Parents go through their ups and downs with divorce, bad relationships, drugs, alcohol, sickness, domestic violence, etc. The police and, social workers and the, courts become the family negotiators and arbitrators instead The Most High and Holy God!
So guess what? The family has become so dysfunctional that the government has come into the home to tell parents how to raise their children! How? By telling parents that they feed their children too much junk food ( McDonalds, Burger King, KFC, etc ), they are feeding their children too much salt, that they are giving their children too much sugar, that the children are obese and the kids are not exercising enough, etc.
Hey! What about this radical idea? Raise and feed your own kids! Then the government won't be up in your bee's wax ( business )! Even the government knows, if you have enough unstable and dysfunctional homes, society itself will start to crumble into anarchy!
God NEVER meant for the government to come into your/our home(s) and telling you/us how to raise you/our kids! In God's eyes, those children are HIS and He has lent them to you/us FOR A SEASON! That means He wants them back, and you/we are merely a STEWARD ( temporary caretaker ) of them, until such time The Master of The House returns.
Please read this:
Mathew 25 14-29 ( King James Version )
14. For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.
15. And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.
16. Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents.
17. And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two.
18. But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money.
19. After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them.
20. And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.
21. His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
22. He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them.
23. His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
24. Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:
25. And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.
26. His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:
27. Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
28. Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents.
29. For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.
You have been ( or are ) entrusted, and it is your duty as a Christian to raise your children in the "nurture and admonition of The Lord." Why? Because, God never intended for children to come into the world to die and then go to Hell! Just like Ancient Israel, God wants us to be a nation of people who praise Him In EVERYTHING we do!
Unfortunately, sinful man has told God that he doesn't want Him, anywhere. So, God stepped back and allowed these things to happen in our society in order for us to see what the world is like without Him. This is only a little taste of it, friends. Hell is the total absence of God, but, this certainly seems like it's hell right now.
God is giving us a clear example, so we can see with our own eyes that when God is removed from ANY aspect of life, it WILL deteriorate! It literally rots from the inside out. Why? Because there is no "substance" inside to prevent it from rotting. The only substance is God, The Word of God, and The Holy Spirit. Only these will keep our society from falling like a house of cards.
Come back to God America! Come back to God!
2 Chronicles 7:14 (King James Version)
14. If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
And just in case:
John 3:16-18 ( King James Version )
16. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
18. He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
Yes, there is room at the cross for YOU. . . . . . .
NOTE: The word talent does not only apply to money. It applies to whatever God has blessed you with. And since you have been bought with the price of Jesus' precious blood, you are not your own anymore, so EVERYTHING you own belongs to God for His use and purposes.
