Mon, Jul 4th - 2:51PM

Is America Already Past the Point of No Return?

Is America Already Past the Point of No Return?

 This was part of a Scripture passage in my devotional time this morning. It comes from the book of Jeremiah. To point out the relevance of the principles of God and where we are as a nation, the words in brackets are mine, just to bring it into perspective:

 "5 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying: 6 “O house of Israel [America], can I not do with you as this potter?” says the Lord. “Look, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel [America]! 7 The instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, to pull down, and to destroy it, 8 if that nation against whom I have spoken turns from its evil, I will relent of the disaster that I thought to bring upon it. 9 And the instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it, 10 if it does evil in My sight so that it does not obey My voice, then I will relent concerning the good with which I said I would benefit it." (The New King James Version. Jeremiah 18:5-10)

 I read a liberal, so-called "progressive" blog yesterday that, as liberals always do, tried to point out that this nation wasn't founded upon Christian principles, once again with a twisting of history and knit-picking of words and phraseology. However, there are certainly way too many historical documents that say otherwise, including the Constitution, which they make a foolish attempt to utilize as a proof text (that they actually take out of context), as well as the Declaration of Independence.

 Truth always prevails, whether you are talking true history or true science, because all truth lines up with the Word of God, the Word made flesh, who is the personification of Truth, the Lord Jesus Christ, who can never lie!

 This country has arrived at the most crucial crossroad it has ever been faced with, and if we are to see a revival and restoration back to what made this nation great originally, it will certainly not be any of the political candidates that we are woefully left with during this election cycle; we must get back to our founding concepts! As the quality of the clay limits what the potter can do with it, so the quality of a people limits what God will do with them. The Lord limits His sovereign action on the basis of the response of the people. 

 Look at what God says in Jeremiah 4:28 for a moment: "²⁸ For this shall the earth mourn, And the heavens above be black, Because I have spoken. I have purposed and will not relent, Nor will I turn back from it." "Will not relent": Repentance brings mercy, but judgment is sure unless His people repent.

 Of particular note is Jeremiah 18:12 - "^12 And they said [in reference to God's call for repentance], “That is hopeless! So we will walk according to our own plans, and we will every one obey the dictates of his evil heart.”  The people reject God’s invitation to repent as being “hopeless.” “Hopeless” (ya’ash, Heb.) shows a sense of desperation. They decide that it would be an act of desperation to repent, and so they choose to follow the “dictates” (sherirut, Heb., “stubbornness”) of their evil hearts.

 Then notice verse 18: " Then they said, “Come and let us devise plans against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come and let us attack him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.” Another plot (among several), is devised against the prophet. This plot attacks his character and the content of his prophetic message. The people argue that the means of receiving God’s revelation will always be with them even though Jeremiah has predicted it will cease.

 Most of the political leaders in our day no longer seek the council of God. There was a time when the White House often sought out and consulted with Biblical spiritual leaders, one of the most sought after being, Rev. Billy Graham. However, the advice of the spiritually influential now, is certainly no longer sought after, in fact, more likely to be spurned. And the men and women of God who will have the boldness to stand and actually prophecy to this nation according to the Word of God, even have plots devised against them, much like what happened to Jeremiah, to attack them with false statements regarding their character in order to encourage others to disregard their prophetic message. Their pride and stubbornness will not only take them down, but multitudes of those who follow them.

 We, who have been called to advance the Truth of the Word of God, may be ridiculed, scorned, laughed at, derided and ignored, but that does not relieve us of our duty to sound the alarm to this nation and say: WAKE UP AMERICA! We continue to declare that the ONLY hope for America is Jesus, the Christ, the Son of the Living God!