Praying for Rain

It's been a very hot and dry month with temps reaching to ninety degree mark, even topping One Hundred degrees once or twice. There has been a high risk of fire, and local fire departments have been extra busy putting them out. The Fourth of July was of special concern seeing people were lighting off fireworks, and some were not as careful as others were.

The farmers are getting concerned as the corn which was coming up so nice, is now starting to curl up for because of the lack of rain, and the weatherman is giving us very little chance over the next two weeks for any substantial rain. The storms that developed to our South West disappeared over the big lake as they moved this way, a big disappointment indeed.

There is nothing we can do to make it rain, except pray and ask God to send some our way. I wonder how many people actually consider asking God for things like rain? It makes sense that the one who created rain, would be able to create some for us if we ask in faith, believing that he will do what we ask him too. Isn't that what we are told in the Scripture anyway? Too ask in faith believing, and not to doubt?

The Lord knows we are in a drought, and it is dangerous to our economy, in that the damage to crops could cause food prices to climb. So what would he allow such things as to happen knowing that it causes hardship for us? Well how many of us have even thought of at least speaking with the Lord about the situation? Truthfully many don't!

Seems that most people today turn and curse God when things get rough instead of turning too Him, and humbly asking God for help when they need it. That is the problem with our American society, we have turned our backs on God, and even go as far as openly defying him. Then why on earth should God help us when we are experiencing trouble? Why shouldn't God turn a blind eye why our crops rot in the fields, and our land is consumed by fire?

Let's be honest with one another. We have a much larger drought in this land, a spiritual drought that has causes the faith of many to wither up, and die. Others are just rebellious towards God altogether, and see no need for a Savior to set them free. We are living in a post Christian culture, in a nation that was originally founded on the Gospel of Christ Jesus, but now rejects it.

The greater problem in this nation is that people no longer fear God. They no longer have reverence for things that are sacred, or Holy in nature. God is viewed as being a great slave driver in the sky that wants to enslave them, when in fact he is a God of mercy that holds out his arms beckoning them to repent, and be saved.

We need to pray for rain, both physical, and spiritual!

Revival must start in the church, it must start with God's people, but it can only happen after God's people repent! Christian do you not realize that judgment begins in the House of God? So why then would repentance and revival not start there also.

If we desire this nation to turn back to God, the church must do it first! Some who call themselves Christians, are not true followers of Jesus, and many churches and denominations have fallen into apostasy, and the Spirit of God has departed from them. There remains a true remnant, the bride of Christ who has remained faithful to the end. These are not any one church or denomination, but all those who have come to true repentance, and received the free gift of Salvation God offers to every person who asks in faith.

Let us then humble ourselves before God in repentance, confessing our personal and national sins. Turning our back on them, and yielding ourselves to God. As the Church goes my friends, so goes the nation.

Let us then pray for rain, that God might have mercy on us one more time.

PFR- Pray for Rain

The Desert Song - Hillsong

So you said a little prayer?

Was there a time in your life where you said the 'sinners' prayer? Did you mean it? Were you sincere when you prayed to ask Jesus into your heart? Did you approach God with the right motivation? Did you make serious, heart felt repentance before God?

These are some very important questions that need to be asked, because right now there are countless thousands of people who also prayed the 'sinners' prayer, or made a public profession of faith before their local church body, that are in Hell!

Are you shocked by that statement? What I am saying here may offend you, but don't stop reading, your eternity may depend on it. Hold on before you brand me a heretic, or something, and consider what I am telling you. The truth is that churches in North America are chocked full of false converts. People who believe in Jesus, and have prayed the 'sinners' prayer, but for the wrong reasons, let me explain.

These day's many preachers are using 'modernized evangelism'. This produces false converts by the scores because it causes people to respond to the Gospel for the wrong reasons. The Preacher will say something like “There is a God shaped hole inside of you that only God can fill. Come up to the front and pray this simple prayer”. What is wrong with this picture? There is NO mention of the need for repentance, and without repentance there is NO Salvation.

Some promise the individual that when they accept Christ, their life will improve, and get much better, when the truth is that life gets harder than it was before. The Devil could care less about those who are lost in their sins, he has them right where he wants them, their his trophies. When someone truly receives the Lord, that is when the Devil goes to work to screw up their lives so that they will not have the victory that Christ wants them to have.

When sharing my faith with someone, I walk them through the Law of God, known to most as the Ten Commandments. The Apostle Paul told us that the Law is what shows us that we have sinned, and it also shuts the mouths of people trying to justify their sin. Without exposure to the Law, people cannot understand the Gospel of Grace.

Repentance is agreeing with God that you have broken his laws, or commandments, and because of that you are guilty before him, and deserve God's wrath in Hell. Without Repentance, no one is saved from the wrath of God. The Bible tells us to repent and be baptized in order to have our sins forgiven. It's not the baptism that saves, but repentance that saves a person.

No where in Scripture will you find anything that says pray this prayer to receive Jesus as your Savior. What you will find is located in Roman's 10: 9-10, that instructs us that we must confess with our mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in our heart that God raised Jesus from the dead. Somewhere along the line somebody decided to compartmentalize this into a simple prayer. While the prayer itself is nothing bad, in fact it's very good, but is widely misused by many, and even misunderstood by others.

How is the prayer misused by so many? They call people to pray the prayer without fully explaining the seriousness of it, or they invite people to pray it leaving out the need for true heartfelt repentance. Even the Heidelberg Catechism mentions the need for there to be heartfelt repentance, but most churches that teach this way do not call people to true repentance before God, and many people making a public profession of faith do so out of shear religious duty.

Every individual must cry out of God in repentance in from the depths of their own hearts, it must be done in their own words. Too many times someone has said “here repeat after me”they did, some were saved, many were not. It must come from the sinners own heart, the desire to humbly come before God in true repentance, confessing Jesus in Lord, that he came in the flesh and gave his life on the cross for them. They must ask to receive he pardon God has on hold for them, this is the free gift of eternal life.

It's not my aim to judge the intentions of anyone else's profession of faith, but rather to make people think, and consider whether they are truly in the faith, or not. How do we know if someone is truly saved or not? We look at the fruit they bear? There is rotten fruit, and good fruit.

Rotten fruit is the works of the flesh that is described in Galatians 5:19-21. They are as follows: sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, division,
http://www.wordsoftruth.net/worksoftheflesh122292002.htm



The Fruit of the Spirit is described to us in Galatians 5:22. They are as follows: Love, Joy, Peace, Longuffering, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, and Self-Control
http://www.bible-knowledge.com/fruits-of-the-holy-spirit/



2 Corinthians 13:5 says, "Examine yourselves, whether you be in the faith."
http://www.poweredbychrist.com/files/treasures/Examine_Yourself.htm



Here is a sermon by Paul Washer that has angered many, many people. It's called “Examine Yourself”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky8dTyPpiAo&feature=colike



So you said a little prayer to receive Jesus as your Savior, but it wasn't as simple as you thought was, was it? My prayer is that many will examine themselves before God according to His Holy Word, and that many will come to true repentance and be saved.

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Broken Before God

Feeling Broken inside? The truth is that God cannot effectively use us the way he wants too unless we are first broken before him. The problem is that when we yield ourselves to him in this way, asking to be broke by God, we don't really realize what were asking for. Being broke by God is a painful and difficult process where the Holy Spirit begins too clean all the crap out of our lives that is holding us back from living in a real relationship to God. 

We as Christians tend to lose our spiritual sensitivity over time as we are bombarded by the garbage the world keeps hurling at us, at break neck speed. It's often to late when we realize that we forgot to put on the amour of God that protects us from the fiery darts of Satan, and here we stand unprotected, and vulnerable. How easy we are taken down and dragged away when we let our guard down. 

How easily we fall victim to the ploys and distractions of the world. Remember my friend that all that glitters isn't gold, sometimes it's actually rubbish. Like the young man who demanded his share of his fathers inheritance, then went out and lived the wild life only to wind up eating and sleeping with the pigs, we too often fall into the same trap.

I am so glad that God is in the business of fixing broken people. He takes the ashes and creates wonders from it that blow our human minds. Now we know that at the end of our trials and tribulations we have something to look forward too that far exceeds the glammer this world has to offer. Until we get there however we may have to walk through some nasty stuff on the way. Sometimes God allows us to experience unpleasant things in order to make something beautiful out of our lives.

God tells us in His Word that he disciplines his sons because he loves us so much, and if God is not discipling you then your not his child. So the first step is to be sure that you are actually a child of God, that you've been Born-Again as Jesus said to be. Are you a true son or daughter of God? Did you come to a point in your life where you realized you had a problem called 'Sin', and needed a Savior? It takes true repentance to become a child of God, without that you can't claim Salvation.

God wants his Children to be broken before him, so that he can use them to bring him glory, so that God can use us to touch other peoples lives. I think about believers in other countries around the world where becoming a Christian is a death sentence to them, and they are more than happy to face severe persecution, and even death in order to follow Jesus Christ. What about in America? Who in this nation has really faced the direct possibility of being murdered because they accepted Jesus Christ as their Savior? I'm guess nobody has since we have freedom of religion here in America.

Freedom of speech, and of religion is a great thing, but on the other hand our western style of Christianity is weak and watered down, because of the amazing liberty we have had in America. Our great wealth, and prosperity has caused us to take our faith for granted, why other brothers and sisters around the world are being burned to death as they worship God in their church buildings. Kind of sobering isn't it? 

We in American should be weeping for them! We should be praying for those who are perpetrating these terrible acts of violence upon innocent Christians as they gather for worship. Yet our hearts are callused, and cold. We say to ourselves, That's a shame that those people died like that, 'blankety-blank' those Muslims for doing that to them'.  News of this sort does not really shake us up as it should, something is wrong with us people!

What we need is to be softened up by the Holy Spirit. What we need is too allow God to break us up, as painful as it can be, the church in American needs to be softened up. Once this happens, God will be able to move in His Church again in North America, because those that comprise the church are now usable for His glory. Of course I am talking about things on a nation level, what about on a personal level?

Do you really want to be used of God? Do you long for His touch? How desperate are you for God? Is there a burning fire inside of you that burns so hot you can't refuse it? That's called passion! Most Christians today don't experience this because they are too full of themselves, just like the rest of American society. This is the garbage that need to clean out by God before he can truly use His child that way He wants too use them.

We all claim to love God yet we don't love all of the brethren the way we ought too. Most of us have someone in our local church that we do not like, or even hate for some reason, and this is why God say's that his truth is not in us. We are liars if we say we love God, but we hate our brother in Christ! Then were does that leave us? On the outside looking in still. Time to search your heart and soul to be sure your in the faith, or at least repent of your sin and let God restore you.

I think that there is a distinct possibility that the Church in American is going to go through a time of breaking , and softening, so that it will again be a powerhouse for God instead of a country club! I urge my brothers and sisters in Christ in American to carefully think about the true state of the Church, and the nation at large. Consider for yourself the cost of following Christ to be sure it is a price you are willing to pay, and then if your are willing, follow Christ at all costs realizing that the day may be coming when those who call Jesus Lord may have to pay with their lives for doing so.

God wants his Church, His people broken and humble before him, so that they may be clean vessels that are usable to reach a lost and dying world before he comes again. He does this because he loves us so much and desires for us to live in vital communion with him. Are you willing to be broken? Have you been broken by God? Are you ready to serve him with everything you are?

The only way to become a beautiful masterpiece in the eye's of God is to let him break you. He is the master potter that takes a lump of clay and molds it into something worthwhile, and he is the only one that can do so.

Who did Jesus say to Preach the Gospel too?

There is NO doubt the America is a nation that has enjoyed great prosperity that has resulted in much wealth, and materialism among the nations inhabitants. Even the nations poor enjoy some of the benefits that make the poor of other nations jealous of their wealth. 


This of course has effected the Church of our Lord Jesus Christ in that those who worship do so in great comfort, and safety, while their brothers and sisters across the globe take  great risks to come together and worship God.

Affluence is described as in the dictionary as "abundance of money, property, and other material goods;riches; wealth.  Our church buildings are carpeted, heated, air conditioned, filled with every type of modern conveniences, and technologies galore.  We drive nice cars, live in nice homes, most of which have the same conveniences.  

The problem is that we have become so accustom to being comfortable. We have become anesthetized by materialism, numbed by prosperity, and lulled to sleep by entertainment. 

We have fallen victim to our own lusts, our own pride, and or own greed! 

The church, consisting of those who call themselves followers of Christ, has forgotten it's mission, neglected it's calling, and left the work of Jesus Christ for someone else to do. 

Tell me, what is the work of Jesus Christ? It is 'Evangelism' is it not? And what is Evangelism? But the preaching and sharing of the Gospel of Jesus with those who need to hear it!  Jesus told us to go out into the streets and compel people to come into the fold, did he not? Are we doing what we were told to do?

Many churches do in fact embrace evangelism throughout their communities, don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to paint every church with a broad brush, my issue with the Church is that it is become an affluent Church, aimed at affluent people. Understand that the affluent need Christ also, but affluent men who enjoy prosperity are not who Jesus told us to preach too....

What happens in our churches when someone who is not affluent walks in? Maybe they are not dressed the way we would wish them to be. Maybe they are really different? How do we treat them? Like outcasts? Are they ignored by church members? Do people laugh at them, or stare at them? Is that what Jesus would do?

What if they came because they are looking for some hope in their lives? Maybe they are looking for someone to reach out to them, to love them unconditionally? Maybe they came to find Jesus?

Maybe they lost their job? Maybe they lost their home? Maybe they just because separated from their spouse, or are going through a divorce? Maybe they hurt inside? Maybe they have an issue with drugs and/or alcohol? Whatever the issue God brought them their to find answers, not to be persecuted by religious zealots! 

What did Jesus tell us to do in regards to the poor and hurting?

Jesus said in Luke 4:18 "The Spirit of the LORD is upon me, for he has anointed me to bring Good News to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim that captives will be released, that the blind will see, that the oppressed will be set free,"  

Jesus stated in Matt. 26:8 "The poor you will always have with you......."

There will always be those who are poor among us, those who do not drive the nicest cars, live in the nicest homes, wear the nicest clothes money can buy, and Jesus commands his disciples to preach to these people the Gospel of the Kingdom of God! WHY? Why did Jesus take aim at the poor instead of the wealthy? What was his point?

Could it be that those who are affluent and are able to afford the good things of the world have a much harder time realizing their need for a Savior? Could it be that those who are wealthy and enjoy great prosperity tend to view themselves as self made men who don't need God? The truth is that those who are poor are much more receptive to Gospel because their hearts are already broken, and they are looking for hope, looking for love and acceptance, and more wiling to listen to us when we are sharing with them the good news of Jesus Christ.

This message is not so much about the poor even, but about how the Church has become affluent in itself, and how church-going 'Christians' NO longer feel a sense of urgency when it comes to the lost. Western Christianity has become a hotbed of affluency where the 'saved' are lost in comfort, while the world around them sinks deeper and deeper into sin, and depravity. 

Jesus came for what reason?  

Mark 2:17 - "And hearing this, Jesus said to them, "It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

Jesus came to save dirty, low-down sinners, not to cater to self-righteous church goers!

The Church has become inoculated by Satan so that they no longer see,feel, or hear the cries of the lost!  The sinners in our own communities remain unreached, while we bask in comfort and security.  We are so lost in ourselves, thinking we are doing great things for God, and all the while he is weeping for us as we have missed the point altogether. 

What if we just for a moment were permitted by God to hear the groans and cries of of those who have left this world and found themselves in Hell? Would that not change our perspective? Would we dump the affluent lifestyle were so fond of, and embrace our real purpose for being here, to preach the Gospel of Christ, and see sinners come to repentance and Salvation!

Would some of us downgrade our level of living and invest the difference into the Kingdom of God, so that people in our communities would come to know Jesus as Lord and Savior of their lives. Would we get out from behind the stained glass curtain and take a few risks in order to others to be saved? Would we spend more time in God's Word, and more time on our knees with God, instead of more time in front of our TV sets, and computers?

What has to happen in America for God's people to wake up!  Affluency has destroyed the passion for God that once flowed through our churches, and out into our cities and towns. Affluency has produced apathy, and indifference in the hearts of well meaning Christians, so that they are focused on the wrong  targets, and not willing to take the necessary risks for God.

God forgive your people who have gone astray. Forgive us for the temporal idols we have erected in our lives that block our view of things eternal. Lord hear our cries of repentance! Lord we tear down our idols! Lord we want to embrace your calling today! In Jesus Name, Amen! 

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America Beware of the Impending Wrath of a Holy God

God allowed the Nation of Israel to fall into the hands of it's enemies when it responded in pride and arrogance, in defiance towards God, why should America be any different?  It's no longer a question of if, but when will God's patience wear out with America? He sent us a warning on 9/11 and some got it, but most did not, why?

America has fallen into the hands to her enemies, they are within our own borders, and many of them are citizens as well. Will the American people wake up and seek God through repentance, and turn back to the founding principles he set forth for us through our founding fathers, or will we all perish on account of our sin and defiance against a Holy and a Righteous God!

If God's people in America will tear their hearts before God, and weep before him in repentance for themselves, and their nation, there is a chance God will relent his judgment upon this nation. Honestly, we deserve Mr. Hussein Obama, for he is simply a reflection of the arrogance and defiance against God Almighty that exists all throughout our society. We can't blame Obama when we ourselves are just as guilty before God of allowing wickedness to run wild across this nation. 

We have become a nation of Anarchists!

Denying God, Defying God, and Deriding (Ridiculing,Mocking,) God! 

Proverbs 21:24 - "“Scoffer” is the name of the arrogant, haughty man who acts with arrogant pride."

This describes the people of America, even those who call themselves Christians who live for themselves, and have not learned what it means to die to self, pick up their cross and truly follow Jesus Christ. 

The Atheist scoffs at the existence of God saying 'He does not exist', even though he/she has very knowledge of God's existence planted deep withing them, they openly deny what their soul testify's too as truth. The Homosexual/Bi-sexual/and Transgender-ed makes a mockery of God  because they enjoy the sin in their sexual deviancy, and love to open defy their creator God by misusing and abusing 

The adulterer, the fornicator, the thief, the liar, the idolater, the polytheist (many gods), The blasphemer, and those who look the other way and/or tolerate evil, calling in good when it is wickedness in the eyes of God. It's only a matter of time before God will unleash his judgment on America, now is the time to turn back to God, now is the time to repent before him!

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WHAT CAN SAVE AMERICA?

Things are beginning to heat up in the political race for next years big Presidential election. People are choosing sides, and choosing a favorite candidate that they would like to see in the Oval Office January of 2013. Every candidate has his/her plan to save the country, fix our failing economy, and create jobs.

In the meantime, the present leader of the nation is doing everything he can to destroy the economy, and destroy the job market, why he claims to be fixing it. Everyone is wondering if there is going to be an America left by the time election season comes around.

God is the one who appoints leaders to office, and any authority the Government has comes from him. Every dictator throughout history was allowed to be in power for a season, and most of them did evil things that were against the Holy nature of God, but were allowed for a reason. NO God did approve of Hitlers mass murder of the Jews in the gas chambers, anymore than he approves of the mass murder of the unborn here in America.

God has allowed evil men to take control of the United States of America for a season, they are doing horrible things to this country, and most Americans are helpless to stop them. You and I ask why this is? Why would God allow such things to happen here in America? I think the answer is easier to find than what you think it is. Just consider how sexual immorality has become commonplace in our culture. How what once was considered wrong is now looked at as being right, and how the media is saturated with sexual images of every kind, and we sheep just sit back and take it all in.

We have become desensitized to sin!  Desensitized to the point that we don't care to even raise a finger in protest anymore, we just let ourselves soak it up not realizing the danger we are putting ourselves in. The Devil knows what it takes to dumb down a culture, and destroy her from within, and he has gotten away with it, almost!

What hope is there then for America?

Surely American is on the brink of it's own destruction! The enemies are within our borders, even within our own homes, it is us, we have become our own worst enemies. Why is this you say? Because we have to some degree bought into the corruption ourselves, and allowed Satan room to work his evil, and water us down spiritually as a nation.


We have allowed the opposing religions of this world to challenge our minds and hearts for dominion. Humanism, Islam, Buddhism, and others have invaded and sought to tear down Christianity, and destroy the witness of Jesus Christ in our culture. Laws are passed that favor those who are full of hatred for the Gospel of Christ. Their places of worship have taken route in our cities, and their intentions are not as pure as they would like us to believe. Their ultimate goal is our annihilation! The death of the west, and the death of every Christian, non-Christian, and Jew who refuses to convert to Islam.

This is the system of Anti-Christ, alive and well in the world today, and growing in power everyday. It could be that America's present leadership is in place in order to take America down in order to allow the enemies of faith and freedom to overtake our country. It seems by the times that we are living in, and the signs that we are living on the verge of the coming of Jesus Christ for his Church. If that is the case, then everything is happening for a reason, and there is not much time left for men to repent, and turn to Christ before the door of the Ark of Salvation is closed!

Evil has reproduced freely in our culture at an alarming rate, as we Americans just get fatter and lazier, and farther from our Creator God. Yes we have fallen into a deep trap set for us, and the only way out is too look up, too God for a rescue. Even in Conservative circles many refuse Christ, and his way in exchange for political fix instead.

Let me make this clear to you my friend! American's Saving Grace is NOT Political! It is Spiritual!

The Bible makes it very clear that Satan has blinded the minds of the masses, so that they cannot understand the Gospel of Christ, and cannot find their way to the cross to find redemption, and forgiveness for sin.

2 Corinthians 4:4 -"Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who don't believe. They are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News. They don't understand this message about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God."

Let me make this clear to you, Satan wants to take your soul straight to Hell!  Those who refuse Jesus Christ are his trophies! I heard a minister talking many years ago saying that he visited the medical examiners office in L.A county, California. He said the place wreaked of death as dead bodies lined the hallways, as the refrigeration rooms were too full to accommodate all of them. Many of the dead there were young people, and he stated that he heard Satan whisper in his ear, "See, these are my trophies". What a sad, and horrible thing to realize that so many die everyday without Jesus Christ, and find themselves lost in a place of virtual torment, apart from God for eternity.

Will you make yourself listen to the voice of reason? or will you turn your ears away from what could be your last chance too change? America's only hope is Jesus Christ! There is NO other way to save this nation then you and I falling on our faces before God in repentance, first for our personal sins, and then for our national sins. 

We MUST cry out to God for mercy! We must recognize how we have offended him by taking him out of our schools, and out of public view. We have disgraced his Holy Name! We deserve to be slaves under a socialist dictator! We deserve to lose our liberty, and freedoms that we have used for evil instead of good. We have made a mockery of him in our churches by allowing the world to invade and change our doctrines, and replace them with socialized doctrines of demons.

We deserve nothing more than to be judged as a nation, and that is why Obama is in office. This is not the fault of white Americans, but all Americans. The heart and soul of this nation is now in moral danger. Will you begin to pray unto God for mercy? or continue in your pride and arrogance?


GOD HAVE MERCY ON HIS NATION!
   

The Law, Salvation, and the Fear of the Lord

Proverbs 9:10 - "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

God exhorts each of us through his Holy Word that if we want to be wise we must first fear the Lord, the Holy and Righteous King of the universe. To fear God is to reverently respect who he is, the True and Living God!

How many times have we disrespected God, made a mockery of his Grace, and dishonored his Holy Name? How many times have we as professing Christians used his Holy name in vain, or made a fool of him by our words and actions? How many times have we trampled his amazing grace after he so graciously gave to us when we clearly deserved his wrath.

If we were to stop and truly consider just how Holy and Righteous God, our lifestyles would change, wouldn’t they. We need to realize that we are but measly human beings that deserve to burn in Hell forever, but God in his love and mercy came down and shouldered our punishment, the wrath we deserved so that we would not have to suffer the consequences of our own sin.

We go on living day in, and day out as though God is some kind of distant cosmic cousin, way out in outer space, watching us from far off. We seem to lack a true understanding of what HOLY means. God’s holiness is his absolute moral perfection that will not tolerate ANY sin in his presence, at all! 

His Righteousness stands hand in hand with his Holiness, and his Justice is perfectly just in every way. Our puny minds can not really comprehend the awesomeness of God. How great and mighty he is, and how much he deserves our respect, and our worship.

Do we even understand the concept of sin? Sin is anything that violates the law of God, which is contained in what we know as the Ten Commandments. Ten laws once etched in stone, now written on the hearts of believers by the Holy Spirit of God. Ten Laws by which God will judge all of humanity by at the last judgment of the Living and the Dead!

The Law that Moses carried down from that mountain on stone tablets was the absolute written moral standards of a Holy God! The knowledge of this Holy God is written on the subconscious mind of every person, so that no one has an excuse on judgment day. Yes, even wicked, evil men who vehemently deny the existence of God have the knowledge of God imprinted on their subconscious’s. The believer has the Law of God written on their hearts and minds by the Holy Spirit.

God and His Law are inseparable! God is the Judge of all mankind, and bound to his law. The just judge of all eternity will render his judgment with all fairness and equity, no one will escape his judgment no matter who they are.  God’s law is perfect, an picture of absolute morality, righteousness, and holiness. How then should we men who fear God live? In reverence, purity, and holiness before God, that’s how!

Men who gleefully wallow in their sin and corruption cannot stand to look at the Law of God because it causes them to be convicted of their sin. This is why we have seen the Ten Commandments removed from our schools, and other public places.  The ungodly do not like to be reminded of their sinfulness, they tend to become irate when confronted with the Law of God, for it pricks their conscious minds, like a big needle stick, it causes them pain because they know inside they are guilty before God.

The world  watched as men removed a large stone monument from a courthouse in Alabama because people could not stand too see the monument as they came and went from the building. Simply seeing a representation of the Law of God makes them squirm, they are uncomfortable all of a sudden, and are conscious of their sinfulness. So the only remedy they can find is to remove it from view, but they are still under the Law of God, and still just as guilty before God.

If a states that he does not believe in the law of gravity, and too demonstrate his utter stupidity, the man jumps off of a ten story building. Does his stating that he does not believe in the law of gravity change the outcome of his jump? Not at all! He still goes splat of the sidewalk below regardless of what he claims to believe. As it is with God and his Law. A man may state that he does not believe in God, or the Law of God, but that will not change the outcome one bit. He/she will still stand before God someday and be judged according to the very Law of God they claimed not to believe in.

Why did God give us his law? What does the Law do? The Law of God has two basic jobs it does. Number one it shows men that they have sinned before God, and secondly it closes the mouths of those who are trying to justify their sin.

Romans 3:19-20 “Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God. Therefore no one will be declared righteous in his sight by observing the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of sin.”

The Law of God brings the consciousness of sin!

The Law of God is a teacher that brings us too Christ, leading us to repentance, and faith that justifies us before God. It’s through faith that we are saved by the Grace of God. It is the law that leads to conversion of the soul, and changed heart and life.

Galatians 3:24 - “So the law was put in charge to lead us to Christ that we might be justified by faith.”

Psalm 19:7 - “The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul:….”

There is NO Fear of God until a person is exposed to the Law of God. Once exposed to the Law of God, the Law brings with it the knowledge of sin, and with it the fear of the Lord that cause the conversion of the soul, or a person to repent and receive Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.

Using the Law of God correctly we pass over a persons intellect,  and go straight for their conscious where the Spirit of God works to bring about repentance in their lives.

The law brings with it the knowledge of God’s wrath upon the ungodly. The law results in the punishment of all who violate it, without exception, except for those justified by faith in Christ.

Romans 4:15 - “for the Law brings about wrath, but where there is no law, there also is no violation.”

If there were no law of any kind to adhere too, a person could not be held accountable for breaking it, but the law does exist, and mankind has broken it. Breaking the Law of God results in punishment just as breaking the Laws of men results in punishment. Some may argue that because they do not believe in God, or the Bible that they then are not accountable. Oh Contraire!  Yes they are accountable because they are under the Law of God whether they like it or not, God still exists, and so does his Law.

Remember what the Scripture say’s!

Roman’s 1:20 - “For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities--his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God.”

Professing Atheists claim that God does not exist, but their subconscious minds bear witness otherwise. Men have the free will given them by God to reject the Lord Jesus Christ if they please, but with that rejection comes the wrath of God for their sin because God’s law still stands in judgment over them.

Our society has lost the essence of the fear (respect) for God and his Word that used to exist in our culture. Therefore we as a society are doomed to suffer the consequences of allowing evil to reign in the place of righteousness.

A great American wrote many years ago that a Word of God should permeate every city and town, or else sinful and evil literature would surely take it’s place. America’s founding fathers knew the value of the Bible, the Law of God, and the effect it has on a nation. The Word of God, and the fear of God are sustaining forces that America needs desperately in order to preserve her as a nation.

Without God, His Law, and the Bible - America is doomed to self destruction!

Why should we then expect God to save America when we have allowed him to be trampled, and removed from the important places within our society? Why should God not just sit back and laugh at us as this nation, and it’s people crumble into oblivion? 

Proverbs 1:26-29 “I will also laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your dread comes, When your dread comes like a storm, And your calamity comes like a whirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon you. Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently but they will not find me, Because they hated Knowledge, And did not choose the fear of the LORD.

Consider the scene at the Calvary, there are two thieves crucified on either side of Jesus, who deserve the punishment are getting.  One mocks the Savior, the other cries out for forgiveness for his sins, and Jesus responds to him with love even though his body is full of terrible suffering. You noticed the one thief yells at the other one “Do you not even fear God?” One man believed and was spared eternal torment, the other died and went into eternal darkness apart from God.

Luke 23:40-41 - “But the other answered, and rebuking him said, “Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? And we indeed are suffering justly, for we are receiving what we deserve for our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong.”

Let us fear the true the living God! Let us learn to use the Law of God to lead others into the righteous fear of God, so that they may be saved from the wrath of God that is coming upon all men who have rejected the free gift of God. Let us pray then for the salvation of those who are lost, even those who hate us as Christ instructed us too do.

Let us always reverence (fear) God, and live grace filled lives so that others will be drawn to the Christ who died for them, who showed his love to us all when we were all still sinners in need of saving.

Let us always use the Law of God the way Jesus used it to bring conviction upon the sin sick souls of the lost, so that they might see their lost condition, and desire the cure God offers them.