America's Future

 

Hello friends,

Well, the 4^th of July celebrations are over. Here at Lake Ericson the weekend featured food, families, fellowship and fireworks. The fireworks display was one to be remembered, and I must not forget to mention the golf cart parade. There were some very creative entries for that.

 

It is remarkable that our country has been in existence for 250 years. There were those who said it couldn’t last, but here we are. As I see some of the things that are going on in America today, I wonder if we can continue as a nation. One thing I do know, if we stray much further from the Biblical principles upon which our country was created, how can the Lord continue to bless us?

 

There is a passage of scripture that was intended for Israel in the time of Solomon that I believe we can apply to our current situation. It reads, “If my people who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and heal their land” (2 Chronicles 7:14),

 

There are many voices out there promoting anti-Christian ideas and belittling the faith that we have been entrusted with. There are those who deny God’s existence and that we are here by some chance happening thousands of years ago. The apostle Paul addressed this in his second letter to Timothy.

 

He wrote concerning the last days: “People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God—having a form of godliness, but denying its power” (2 Timothy 2:2-5). All those things are taking the place of the one True God.

 

Many years ago, the question was asked, “Why is there no mention of the United States in prophecy?” The answer: “The United States will cease to exist.” This sounds harsh but considering the influx of false religions and ungodliness in our country today, it seems this is a distinct possibility.

 

“I felt compelled to write and encourage you to contend for the faith that was once and for all entrusted to God’s holy people” (Jude 3).

Keep the faith and preach Jesus.

In Him,

Pastor Jerry