Changing Gods?

By: American Decency Staff

By Steve Huston

Do you remember how the Mighty Hand of Providence brought a people out of different lands to the shores of what is now called America? Do you remember how God had lifted her up to be a beacon, a light, a city shining on a hill?  Have you read or heard about the many obstacles the pilgrims and puritans faced as they settled on these shores; about the seemingly impossible odds that our forefathers overcame in building this country?  Have you learned of the battles and wars which were turned by the wind, the waves or an enemy general acting opposite to what would be his normal, or his better judgment?

As I read about these blessings and as I remember the Divine Hand of Providence, I am humbled.  As I remember that it is God who raises nations up or brings them down and this according to their following or disobeying His will and His commands, I humbly fear.  I encourage you to read Jeremiah chapter 2 and see if you aren’t broken by the message found there.

Even as God spoke to Israel through the prophet Jeremiah, those words could be spoken to America today.  It could be a message directed to Washington, DC instead of Jerusalem.  He could remind us that we once sought after Him; we once loved Him; but now, we chase after things of vanity, things that do not profit.  Yes, God could remind us of His goodness to us; and then, He could deliver the same indictment found in verses 11-13.

Jeremiah 2:11-13: “ Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.  Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the Lord.  For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.”

The United States used to drink from the fountain of living waters; we were once known as a bastion of freedom. America could be counted on to take a stand against the oppression of the masses and for being a Christian nation.  Today, it would seem that America, according to our president, is no longer a Christian nation. It now fights for the “rights” of a 2% population (LGBT) while trampling on the rights of the masses and continues to slide down the list of countries with economic freedom.

We kill our children and call it convenience. We glorify sin and call it entertainment.  God’s beautiful and holy name has become commonplace and is too often used as an exclamation of disgust or as a curse word.  Too often we glorify the misuse of God’s name and call that entertainment as well.

The first President of the United States, in his inaugural address, encouraged us to look to God: “No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the invisible hand which conducts the affairs of men more than the people of the United States.  Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency.”

Our current President not only neglects to mention “our Creator” when often misquoting the Declaration of Independence, but is given the distinction of being the first president to talk about “gay rights” in his inauguration speech.  He continues to neglect the word of God as a standard to live by and pushes forward an agenda which goes contrary to same Hand of Providence that he refuses to recognize.

Homosexuality is not in itself destroying America but its rise and acceptance shows the heart of America.  Through this acceptance and the promotion of other anti-Biblical agendas, don’t we bite the “Hand” that fed us; don’t we provoke the heart of God?

We know things are bad, but we think we’re so far removed from Nazi, Germany.  Listen in horror to the words of Adolf Hitler as they echo off the White House walls, come screaming off the “tins of Hollywood,” and seem to resonate from every corner of our nation. Listen and weep with humble repentance, praying for the mercies of God.

“It’s been our misfortune to have the wrong religion.  Why didn’t we have the religion of the Japanese, who regard sacrifice for the Fatherland as the highest good?  The Mohammedan religion too would have been much more compatible to us than Christianity.  Why did it have to be Christianity with its meekness and flabbiness.” – Adolf Hitler

It would seem we’ve left our moorings and neglected our moral compass.  We’ve changed (or are changing) our God for gods which are not gods.  We neglect Jesus, the Christ, and pay homage to evolution, self, and any number of false gods.  We refuse to drink from the fountains of living water and gather around the cisterns of socialism, communism, psychology, materialism, intellectualism, and other false “–isms” vainly hoping to quench our thirst. There is but One thirst-quencher, and He is Jesus.  There is but One true God and He is “the Holy One of Israel.”

Keep all this in mind as you hear from a patriot preacher by the name of George Duffield:  “Whilst sun and moon endure, America shall remain a city of refuge for the whole earth, until she herself shall play the tyrant, forget her destiny, disgrace her freedom, and provoke her God.”

It’s time that we remember our destiny, respect our freedom and love our God. Please; let’s leave those cracked cisterns that don’t satisfy and drink from the fountain of living water once more.

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