Dear Fellow Believers:
I write to you today to bring to your attention the condition of our land in which we live. America used to be a nation that was called the Christian nation.
People used to have respect for pastors and men of God. People used to have respect for each other. Kids minded their parents at and their teachers at school and it was legal to discipline them when they misbehaved.
Today children have little if any respect for their elders and even less respect for teachers because of the lack of social discipline in today’s secular society. Children are indoctrinated by schools with false teachings of immoral behavior and silly superstitions and man made myths designed to put asunder the moral and righteous upbringing that Christian parents teach. They are taught that God did not create the universe and that God is not even real, but a state of mind. They are taught that sex outside of marriage is o.k. and that condoms are the answer to healthy relationships. These teachings are purely secular and absolutely go against everything taught in the Bible and taught in a Christian home.
Not only are your small children being brainwashed and indoctrinated all the way from Kindergarten through twelfth grade, but it gets much worse in college. Now your kids are grown up and you can only hope that they follow the example set before them in home and church for the last eighteen years. Some make it fine and some are brainwashed by super liberal professors who hate the name of Christ and will do anything to turn America in to a super state of 1960s radical liberalism and forever stamp out 2000 years of Christian faith in the world at large.
Your children are being harassed by radicals who label others as “bigots” and dividers if one does not succumb to their demands of secular approval. Homosexuality is being taught as normal in the schools and we all know that not only is it not normal, but it is a sexual perversion and a sin before God. No law, president, judge, scholar, professor, or nation can ever change that either. It is written in the Holy Bible which was inspired directly from God himself, sometimes even in person and no one has the right, ability, or authority to even question it, much less change it. We don’t really need a marriage amendment because we already have one located within the confines of the Holy Bible and that’s enough marriage amendment for any follower of God to have at his or her disposal.
We also have to be careful of who we blame for America’s problems. I am as guilty as anyone for blaming others for my problems and I fully admit my guilt in doing so. I, more than Ann Coulter probably, blame liberals for many of America’s problems.
While liberals do share a tremendous portion of guilt to demoralizing our traditional social structure of America, much of the blame falls directly on the Church itself. It is easy to blame liberals because we do see how they often go against the Word of God, but we can also blame ourselves as Christians because we allow it to take place.
Muslims fall on their knees and pray five times a day. How many times do we as Christian pray about our situation of the lost here in America? If every bible believing Christian in America would pray for a spiritual revival like the Day of Pentecost, then this nation would be a different place today. Perhaps if we prayed more and told more about Jesus and salvation, we wouldn’t have so much drugs, rapes, killings, prostitution, homosexuality, adultery, incest, and other sins.
What America needs today more than ever is revival. There are some today in this land who call themselves Christian but go against the very Christ whom they name themselves after. Recently a group of clergy was seen opposing the Federal Marriage Amendment and openly accepting homosexuality and same-sex marriage as normal. This bothers me because these people are clergy and are supposed to be leaders by example but instead they have betrayed their congregations, betrayed their country, and more than that, they have ultimately betrayed God.
The Bible does say that it is better to have never become a Christian at all than to become one and then betray the faith. These leaders have done just that and more. They have caused a false following which is worse than no following at all. These leaders betray God in the name of political correctness in order to obtain a measure of good standing with secular society. If you are a real Christian, you adhere to the Word of God and not waiver from it in the least. You can’t have it both ways. You either follow God or you follow the world, so please choose which one you want to go with and stop confusing us all. While what these clergy are doing is clearly un-Biblical, I do not question their salvation, only their dedication to God and what the Word of God teaches.
There is an urgent need for salvation and repentance today in the land in which we live. It seems to me that we live in a mean and cruel world that is getting worse by the day and I feel the urgency to change that before it’s too late.
I remember September 11, 2001 very well. I was sitting at my desk at work running some final tests on various electronic products when I heard the news. My boss called and said that a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center. At the time, I thought it was tragic and perhaps just a freak accident, but then when I heard that the other plane crashed into the other building I knew immediately that something was terribly wrong.
As the day went on and I learned of events unfolding and saw the horror on TV, I felt so sorry for those poor folks in New York. My heart still goes out to those who lost loved ones on that day. However as the week went by I can remember being so angry that I just wanted us to find Bin Laden and hang him from the tallest tree in America so that the rest of Al Qaeda could watch. Then I realized that my anger was getting the best of me and I did eventually stop thinking those thoughts because they were very un-Christian.
While these events were bad, I remembered something I have always been taught and knew from the Bible as well. No matter what happens and no matter how bad the situation is, God is still in control. He will never allow something to happen that we can’t handle with his guidance.
The reason that I go back to this story is that I wanted to play Pat Robertson for just a minute. He does say things out of the ordinary sometimes, but I do still support His ministry. My personal opinion of what happened on September 11, 2001 is that perhaps God used our own enemy as a warning for us to change our ways before He destroys this land. If you take a look back into the Old Testament, can you count how many times God used enemies of Israel to judge his own people? Even though the Babylonians were wicked and not at all in touch with the one true God of Israel, God did use them to judge Israel and bring His people back to him. Could God be sending us the same warnings? Perhaps it will take a nation like China or Iran to drop us a nuke to bring us back. I sure hope not, but one way or another God does not allow sinful nations to exist for very long at a time. Every civilization that has ever existed and gone astray from God has been destroyed. Every last one of them! Remember Sodom and Gomorrah? Well if you go to the South end of the Dead Sea and dig deep enough through the salt filled water, sand and ash, you might accidentally find a remnant of one of those cities destroyed for its perversion and betrayal to God.
Sodom and Gomorrah was destroyed because there was not one righteous person in either city. NOT ONE! America still has hope and that hope lies within the church and its duty to proclaim the gospel message to every nation. Just as Jesus said, the gospel will reach every nation, and then the end will come. Already there are literally hundreds of people in Iraq turning from Islam to Christianity every single day and that is something that you won’t hear on a mainstream news media outlet – EVER! Under Saddam Christianity was illegal and the land of Israel was under constant attack from Iraqi paid, Hamas trained suicide bombers, but God fixed that and now people are turning the opposite direction which is one more thing the mainstream anti-Christian news media will not allow to be put on the air if they can help it.
The whole world climate was changed by sin at one time. At one time it did not rain on the earth-ever! The Bible teaches that a fine mist came from the ground and kept everything properly watered. This all changed when God judged the world by causing never before seen rain to fall for forty days and forty nights and destroyed all of mankind except for Noah and his family. The Bible also teaches that God wished that he had never even created man because he had grown so wicked except for Noah and his family. So God does judge sin. Let’s please remember this.
It seems as if people misinterpret Jesus as well. People on the left all the time quote me scriptures of which I have studied my whole life. They often tell me I am a “bigot” or I will be the one in Hell because I am “intolerant” of others. I seem to remember Jesus getting a little upset one day and driving money changers out of the temple with a whip. Are they going to now call Jesus “intolerant” too? Jesus had every right to do this because, first of all he existed before the world did and was by His father’s side when the Universe was spoken into existence in six literal days by the account we have in Genesis over 6,000 years ago. Next, he was the Son of God who owned the universe and everything in it, especially that temple. He drove the money changers out not because they were wicked and were cheating people, but because they were doing it in the temple, or the house of God, which today would be a church.
Yes Jesus does love everyone and desires that everyone go to Heaven, but not everyone will. Yes, Jesus taught love and sacrifice, but He is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords who will one day return and Judge the world, so I wouldn’t take the whole “tolerance” thing too seriously. It is the church’s responsibility to convey the message of salvation not forgetting that while Jesus is love, he is also an all powerful Son of God who chose to die of His own free will. We really owe him. He owes us nothing, but chooses to give us eternal life if we follow Him.
It is up to the church to do its job of praying, taking care of the needs of others, and taking a stand for what is right no matter the consequences. Someday it might be illegal for pastors to preach against homosexuality just as it is in some countries already. It’s only a matter of time before it hits American shores. No matter what law is passed we still have a responsibility to God much more than we have to man’s law. The Bible does teach us that we are to obey the laws of man, but not when it contradicts the laws of God. We might be punished on earth for a short time, but will receive an award in Heaven for eternity. I would much rather spend 25 years in prison on earth for preaching the Word of God and go to Heaven for eternity than I had to live in a luxury mansion a billionaire and die and go to hell for eternity.
Hell itself is a real literal place, not some imagined state of mind. Even some Christians doubt hell, but it is mention in the Bible more than 150 times and yet they still dispute it for unknown reasons. America truly does need to wake up and face the reality that one day, possibly soon God may judge this nation for betraying our faith to Him. Some of that responsibility might fall on the shoulders of liberals who created a God less society without morals, values, character, or common sense, but ultimately we as Christian will be held responsible by God in the end because it is OUR job to go out and witness to those who are lost and we are not doing that. Sometimes we may be restricted by the ACLU or some other group or reason, but the devil has never been able to keep the word of God silent and he will never succeed in doing so. Some on the left, and even some Christians ask the question “If God has so much love then, why does He send them to hell”? There is a quite simple explanation for this. God does not allow sin into Heaven. Though salvation with Jesus, sin is washed away, forgiven, and never mentioned again. However, when one rejects Jesus, he also rejects the cleansing of his sins there fore condemning himself. If you end up in Hell it will be because you rejected God. He offers salvation 27-7 if you ask. He never rejects anyone who asks sincerely, but not turning to him would be rejecting Heaven on purpose. In short, Jesus never rejects men into Heaven. Men reject Jesus therefore sending themselves into hell.
If America falls or if Jesus comes back tonight it will be the church who is responsible for the shape of this country because the responsibility of keeping right with God and not straying from the truth falls on our shoulders. It is our duty and mandate by Jesus Christ himself, not to judge the opposition of which we are all guilty of, but to lead them to the saving knowledge of the lord and savior Jesus Christ. Perhaps instead of arguing we can start witnessing to people and win them over God and away from evil thinking society.
So, fellow church members I leave you with a challenge. Revive your spirits. Pray more often and more intensely. Witness to someone every day, and don’t let politics get in your way of serving god. Serve God with all your heart, soul, and strength and pray daily that you will not fall prey to temptation. We need to revive America before it is too late and there is no America to revive. Remember that it is YOUR responsibility as to what happens to our values and morals in Christ. Traditional values are almost dead and some even want it dead but we cannot afford to let the opposition take control and destroy what is left of America. We can save America, but we are going to have to pull together as a massive force and stick together to do so.
It is our job to oppose any wrong doing that our leaders impose on society. Same sex marriage, abortion, extra-marital sex, defamation of God and the Ten Commandments, defamation of Christmas, teaching of evolution as fact, outlawing of prayer in school,etc. are just a few of the heavily debated items that we need to address in America before we lose it to the secular world. These issues determine which direction our land goes. It can go down into the pits of Sodom or it can return to normal and as it always has been. It is our sole responsibility to keep core Christian values and pass them on to the next generation so that they too can enjoy the freedoms of America without persecution.
I talked earlier about the trouble in the school systems and about the secularization of the nation’s youth by rogue leaders in teaching positions. The best way to counter that and make sure that your child has an education filled with math, science, reading, English, computer, etc. and free from wicked subject like homosexuality, abortion, and adulterous sex education is to take them out of the public school if they are in one and place them in a private Christian school that teaches core traditional principles instead of secular idealism. It would be even better if you could afford it, to home school your children. The earlier you can get them away from the public schools and away from the NEA’s policies, the better chance you will be. If this is done, then by the time he or she is college age indoctrination by liberal professors will be almost impossible.
As I leave you, remember to keep the faith and never betray your lord or His teachings in exchange for popular demand by the secular worldview. There is a straight and narrow road to heaven and a winding crooked wide open road to hell. I hope you are on the right road and wish you luck in fulfilling the challenge that has been set before you. Remember that not everyone will change or be saved. Some will gladly accept the invitation the Holy Spirit puts upon their hearts, but some will never be saved. A tragedy indeed! However, don’t be discouraged when one yells at you or threatens you because of your message of hope and salvation.
I was witnessing to two ladies the other day. Both were escorts and each one had a different approach to the gospel message. Although both rejected the message (and the messenger) they reacted differently. One lady simply questioned why I was telling her this and didn’t seem to be offended but I was told to leave her alone. The other was very angry and yelled and screamed and threatened to have me arrested for harassment. Nevertheless I never gave up. I did respect the girls and did not mention this again, but I also prayed for them and continue to do so. Even though they rejected the message, a seed was planted for them to think about.
Normally it takes time for some to accept their sin and ask for forgiveness and salvation. Some may never, but some will. I have found that most often it is those who are hate the gospel message the most turn out to later be the most devoted Christians. I have heard many stories of ex-Atheists who have been saved and now preach the Word of God. Ex-atheists make good preachers because they know what it’s like to not have a belief system compared to having salvation. Ex-homosexuals make the best witnesses for same-sex couples and individual homosexuals. Exodus International sure has great record of ex-atheist homosexuals who are now straight men who preach about Jesus. So, ladies and gentlemen, don’t get discouraged when the message is rejected. It is now our duty to save them. It is only our duty to tell the about Jesus. It is then their decision whether they accept it or deny it. We as Christians will not be judged on Judgment Day by our actions on earth as the unsaved will, but how we lived our life for Christ and how we served as a witness to him. What better time and place to start than right now in free America!