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*America Bless God*
Proverbs 14:34
*Introduction:*
1.
You have likely heard the phrase, “God Bless America.”
While America falls farther and farther away from God, have you ever wondered, “Why should He?”
2. A gallop poll in 2005 conveyed the following results.
a.
A majority of Americans ACCEPT: The Death Penalty (70%); Divorce (66%); Gambling (66%); Premarital Sex ~/ Fornication (58%); Children Born Out Of Wedlock (54%)
b.
A majority of Americans DO NOT ACCEPT: Marriage Infidelity (93%); Polygamy (92%); Human Cloning (87%); Suicide (82%); Homosexual Relations (52%); Abortion (51%)
3. America is a world leader in: Violent Crime; Divorce; Teenage Pregnancy; Voluntary Abortion; Illegal Drug Use
4. Why should God Bless America?
a.
The petition should be for America to bless God.
b.
In our lesson today we will look at how America got to where it is morally and tonight we will look at where we can go from here to try and help America get back on track.
*I.
**HOW DID WE GET HERE*
Three Areas of Decline:
A.
Academic
1. Evolution
a.
Evolutionary thought is being taught in our schools as fact, and it is being instilled into the minds of our children at an early age.
b.
How can we expect our young people to grow up respecting human life when they think it does not differ from animal life?
2. Values Clarification
a.
A popular teaching method implemented in the 20th century which basically teaches the student to find their own set of values based upon what is important to them.
b.
This system of "Values Clarification" is the philosophy behind many of our schools today.
c.
The major problem with this approach is that right and wrong are determined by the situation and not by the action (basically there are no wrong answers and no absolute truths)
B.
Morals
1. Marriage
a.
People do not see marriage anymore as 1 man, 1 woman, 1 life-time, rather many see it as a way to clear their conscience while living with someone else.
b.
Marriage is no longer seen as a covenant between man, woman, and God, but a way to express ones love to another person (whether it is a member of the opposite sex or not).
c.
1890 - 5000 divorces; 1992 - 1,250,000 divorces.
2. Abortion
a.
While many Americans rally against “Operation Freedom,” set forth by President Bush, more babies have been killed in their mother's wombs than all the soldiers killed in all the American wars combined.
b.
4,400 babies are killed every day; nearly 30 million since Roe -v- Wade.
3. Sexual perversions
a.
Because many Americans are so money hungry, they will do anything to make a dollar sell their body, show off their body, etc.
b.
Friends, whether it be in the news, or in a video store, we live in a society today where, SEX SELLS.
i.
As a result you will see billboards with half naked women on them.
ii.
You will hear of men being pregnant (woman who had a partial sex change and is legally a pregnant man).
iii.
You will see commercials, movies, and the like that openly flaunt sex out of wedlock, homosexuality, rape, and pedophilia.
[AND WE SAY GOD BLESS AMERICA]
c.
Our children are taught in public schools about “safe sex,” and not abstinence.
i.
Instead of being taught about waiting until one is married to have sex, they are handed condoms and told to use them.
ii.
Our nation lacks the moral courage to teach abstinence.
C.
Religion
1. Pluralism – a term used to describe the acceptance of all religious paths as equally valid.
a.
Division is accepted and applauded in religion.
b.
It is choose the church of your choice, and whatever makes you feel good mentality that many in America live for today.
[This is directly against what Jesus taught about unity Jn.17]
2. Relativism – a term used to describe any doctrine which denies the existence of absolute values
a.
There is no longer any standard truth among so-called Christians today.
b.
As a result, many are turned away the biblical truths echoed by our forefathers.
3. Pacifism – being quiet about sin in order to keep the peace.
a.
The generation of today accepts as normal, what at once was deemed repugnant.
b.
For fear of making a stand for what is right, we have kept quiet and said nothing.
Results From the Decline:
D.
America has removed God from its thoughts (Rom.1:18,
21, 28-32).
1.
No other time than the present has the Bible been more assessable and yet, at no other time than the present has the Bible been read the least.
2. We must glorify God in our actions and deeds.
E.
Pleasure has become Americas God (Prov.21:17;
Phil.3:19).
1. Everything is about pursing happiness (principles this country was founded upon), but it about finding it in your own way and not Gods.
2. "/He who loves pleasure will be a poor man; He who loves wine and oil will not be rich/."
- *Proverbs 21:17*.
3. "/whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame—who set their mind on earthly things/." - *Philippians 3:19*.
F.
America became tolerant of sin (Gal.5:19;
Is.5:20; Rom.1:32).
1. Galatians 5 lists 19 “lusts of the flesh,” things that are in and of themselves ALWAYS WRONG.
2. We have come up with our own way of accepting the reality of sin, and in actuality it is nothing more than a moral placebo to soothe what’s left of our conscience.
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