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America is in serious trouble. It has gotten to the point where there is depravity of mind. Romans 1:28 explains it this way: "And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper." Depraved means morally bad and evil.
Laura Ingram in a Fox News interview said that there is a "desensitization" in our culture. In psychology this long word is defined as "the diminished emotional responsiveness to a negative, aversive, or positive stimulus after repeated exposure to it." It is an emotional numbness with no conscience! I Timothy 4:2 says that in the last days before Christ's return some will become "seared in their conscience as with a branding iron." The picture here is one of putting a hot iron on one's conscience so that they are no longer sensitive to evil or immorality. Isn't this what we are seeing in America, and all over the world?
Another reason why America is in trouble is that there is no taking responsibility for one's actions by too many people. Many are being allowed to get away with most anything. In relationship to anger, which is a cause of much of what we see today, the Bible says in Genesis 4:7 after Cain became angry with his brother Abel, "sin is crouching at the door and its desire is for you, but you must master it." Cain did not master his anger and he ended up murdering his brother. Anger leads to bitterness, which leads to hate and rage, which leads to evil acts. This is what America is experiencing. That is why we are told in Ephesians 4:26 to "...not let the sun go down on your anger." This means to take responsibility for it and deal with it quickly.
To make matters worse, there is no swift punishment for evil acts. This nation, and our criminal justice system, would do well to follow the advice given in Ecclesiastes 8:11. "Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed quickly, therefore the hearts of the sons of men among them are given fully to do evil."
On top of all of this it has become evident that God has given America over to doing its own thing apart from Him, with the consequences, as expressed in Romans 1. In this chapter we see the phrase, "God gave them over" three times!
Verses 21-24 say "For even though they knew God, they did not honor him as God, or give thanks; but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing to be wise they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and crawling creatures. Therefore God gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, that their bodies might be dishonored among them."
Verses 25-26 continue, "For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator who is blessed forever. Amen. For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions..."
Verse 28 says "And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind to do those things which are not proper." We could make a long list of improper things in our culture today, couldn't we.
Alongside all of this, there are five major areas that have gained more than a foothold in the American culture. There is lot to be said about each of these areas, much more than space would permit in this article. You, the reader, can easily research these and come up with plenty of supporting material. For now I will just list them:
1. The LGBT agenda.
2. A dramatic rise in Satan worship.
3. Apostasy.
4. Islam.
5. Persecution of Christians.
Sadly, we now live in a post-freedom of expression America! A person cannot go to some college campuses and express an opposing or controversial view without expecting a public destructive demonstration. People who disagree with someone label them as bigots or racists. Now, we have even seen an attempted assasination of Republicans at a ballgame.
Ronald Reagan said an often-repeated quote:
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children, and our grandchildren, what it was once like in the United States where men were free."
Unless this nation reverses course it will continue on into the sunset.
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