A Message to the Church – The Reasons Why America Must Be Judged (Section 2.) (lukewarm Church) (false teachers) (false doctrine)

A Message to the Church – The Reasons Why America Must Be Judged (Section 2.) (with Links)

Sections with Links:

1. The Church in America is in need of repentance

2. Why America must be judged

3. The sins that America has committed against God

4. Why America cannot be restored, except on an individual level (Conclusion)

[This 4 part article will take less than 20 minutes to read. But, it is arranged in sections for convenience.]

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2. Why America must be judged

Sadly, America must be judged for all its wickedness and rebellion. It once brought the Gospel to the nations and it once promoted God, but it has rejected God, and has rejected the Bible, and has rejected the Ten Commandments, God’s eternal laws of moral living. And, sadly, the Church has allowed sin into its midst, and has embraced worldly things, and has become lukewarm.

We Christians need to consider the words of Jesus when He spoke to His disciples about how one cannot love both God and worldly things (mammon). In Matthew 6:24, Jesus said: “[24] No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.”

If we love the ways of the world, we cannot love God. If we serve our fleshly nature and refuse to seek God’s will, we would not love God or be serving God. Not loving God is a scary thought. It means that we would love the world and would love God very little. Eventually, our love toward God would grow so cold that we would become like the Church of Ephesus mentioned in Revelation 2:3-5.

Revelation 2:3-5

“[3] And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted. [4] Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. [5] Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.”

For the Lord Jesus to remove “thy candlestick” means that he would be removing His light and life from a former Christian, and he would be spiritually dead, cut off from God. That is the case with people such as Judas Iscariot, who betrayed the Lord Jesus in order to have money.

His love was more toward money than toward God. And, even though Judas felt some remorse over his sin, he did not repent. Instead, he hung himself because he couldn’t face the guilt of his sin, which he was unwilling to truly repent from. If he had repented, he would have been forgiven, and he would not have desired to commit suicide.

When Judas became one of the 12 disciples, he was a believer in Jesus and a follower of Jesus. Jesus did not make any mistakes. He did not choose someone who never loved him. He chose a man who served and loved God. But, Judas later became covetous and stole money. Money became his pursuit. And, for the sake of having more money, Judas betrayed the Lord Jesus.

Likewise, Christians can pursue their own goals and plans, or harden their hearts through sin, and by doing so would reject Jesus Christ. Such people may still speak as if they loved God. But, God knows their hearts. Jesus spoke of such people in Matthew 15:8: “[8] This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.”

When the people who were Christians turn from God toward idols, their evil influences will affect the non-Christians around them. The people who claim to be Christians will become more and more wicked in their hearts and actions, and the world will follow with them. That is the main reason why God will have to judge this country of America.

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