Standing in the temple of God in Jerusalem, Jesus said, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves. (Matthew 21: 13)
First, there are many true Bible-believing churches in the United States and in many nations around the world. There are also many true believers in Christ in the United States and in nations around the world.
Secondly, however, if you look at churches across America, what do you see? Many have become no more than Centers for Social Change where people gather, have coffee and donuts while they exchange pleasantries, after which they assemble in auditoriums to sing a little bit, pray a little bit, have a sweet, non-offensive message for a little bit, after which everybody trots along home.
Many churches have become like country clubs where people join and socialize---complete with paved parking lots, daycare centers, student centers, singles' centers, adult centers, and senior centers. They have gymnasiums, baseball/softball fields, and some have dining halls with chefs! Each group has activity calendars with monthly schedules for socials. Add educational centers, schools, and libraries. And just like country clubs, churches are places for members only.
As Centers for Social Change, churches have become places where you can feel good about yourself. Feel better. Forget about your troubles and your woes. You are not really a bad person: just a misguided soul. You need a place to find yourself. Someone who needs a support group. Someone to lean on. And a place where you can be happy. A place where you get in and fit in.
Do you know what it is like to be ignored? How, then, do you think God feels when we gather in buildings in His name and ignore him?
America's failure began when Americans stopped praying; therefore, we are reaping the harvest from the seeds we have sown, and the blessings that God heaped on America have now become a curse: and the nation that was once the light of the world has become a land of darkness---so much so, that because of our failure to pray, the United States now looks like ancient Rome, ancient Greece, and ancient Babylon: a land of idols with pagan religions and pagan churches.
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou has rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou has forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children. As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame. They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity. And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings. (Hosea 4: 6-9)
The United Nations and the New World Order will take control of the United States because America stopped praying. If churches became houses of prayer, however, the Lord can stop it; but as long as we refuse God, this change will come upon us quickly and we will have a ruthless king.
Amen.
First, there are many true Bible-believing churches in the United States and in many nations around the world. There are also many true believers in Christ in the United States and in nations around the world.
Secondly, however, if you look at churches across America, what do you see? Many have become no more than Centers for Social Change where people gather, have coffee and donuts while they exchange pleasantries, after which they assemble in auditoriums to sing a little bit, pray a little bit, have a sweet, non-offensive message for a little bit, after which everybody trots along home.
Many churches have become like country clubs where people join and socialize---complete with paved parking lots, daycare centers, student centers, singles' centers, adult centers, and senior centers. They have gymnasiums, baseball/softball fields, and some have dining halls with chefs! Each group has activity calendars with monthly schedules for socials. Add educational centers, schools, and libraries. And just like country clubs, churches are places for members only.
As Centers for Social Change, churches have become places where you can feel good about yourself. Feel better. Forget about your troubles and your woes. You are not really a bad person: just a misguided soul. You need a place to find yourself. Someone who needs a support group. Someone to lean on. And a place where you can be happy. A place where you get in and fit in.
Do you know what it is like to be ignored? How, then, do you think God feels when we gather in buildings in His name and ignore him?
America's failure began when Americans stopped praying; therefore, we are reaping the harvest from the seeds we have sown, and the blessings that God heaped on America have now become a curse: and the nation that was once the light of the world has become a land of darkness---so much so, that because of our failure to pray, the United States now looks like ancient Rome, ancient Greece, and ancient Babylon: a land of idols with pagan religions and pagan churches.
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou has rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou has forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children. As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame. They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity. And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings. (Hosea 4: 6-9)
The United Nations and the New World Order will take control of the United States because America stopped praying. If churches became houses of prayer, however, the Lord can stop it; but as long as we refuse God, this change will come upon us quickly and we will have a ruthless king.
Amen.
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