America's Greatest Need

I teach an adult men's Sunday School Class. I pray about what to teach before I start a new series. In the last year year and a half I believe the Lord led me to the Old Testament Prophets. We have gone through Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, and Obadiah so far and about to start Jonah. I am becoming more and more convinced that if America is going to stand, Christians first and foremost need to get right with the Lord. Look at the way God deals with nations. He tolerates sin for only so long.

We as Americans have been so proud of ourselves. So many think, "We're the Greatest Nation to ever exist! Look at what we have done! See the great nation that we have built with our own hands!" See Daniel 4:30. We have trusted so much in our military might. Who could defeat us?

The nation of Edom was also very proud. They had an impenetrable city, Petra. They thought on one could get in. They were wrong. They turn on their brother. Edomites were descendants of Esau, the brother of Jacob. They joined in the sacking of Jerusalem, even keeping people from escaping. God judged them. Read Obadiah.

Israel under King Jeroboam II was enjoying great success in every area but one. That area was the spiritual one. They had continued in the sin of Jeroboam I and added Baal and Molech. With those came temple prostitution and child sacrifice. Merchants cheated their customers. The poor were bought and sold to pay off their debt. Israel thought they were untouchable too. They were wrong. See the book of Amos.

America has been blessed. We can be cursed. Are we really any better than those 2 nations?

I have to examine myself. You have to examine yourself. Our only hope is the grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ.

If you are not sure that you have eternal life, you can be. Here is the simple road to heaven - the Romans Road.

1. We are all sinners before God. Romans 3;23, "All have sinned and come short of the glory of God." Romans 3:10, "There is none righteous, no not one."

2. Because you are a sinner you are worthy of God's wrath and condemnation. Romans 6:23, "The wages of sin is death..."

What can you do? You can DO nothing. Because the work has already been done.

3. Romans 5:8 says, "But God commended His love to us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us."

4. Romans 6:23 finish "... but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."

5. How does this gift become yours? Romans 10:9-10 say, "That if you will confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and will believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart man believes unto righteousness and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation."

As Romans 5:1 says, "Therefore being justified by faith we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." Justified means declaried righteous.

"Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be SAVED." (Sorry that's from Acts not Romans)

Put your trust in the finished work of Christ. He paid the price that we could not.

America's Greatest need is to return to our national motto of "In God we trust." To do it in not just word but in deed.