I believe God is calling out to American.
I believe God is calling out to Churches.
I believe God is calling out to Christians.
I believe that God is Crying out Proverbs 14:34:
Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people. (Pro 14:34).
Is America Righteous?
The Hebrew Word tsedâqâh (tsed-aw-kaw'). Describes justice, right actions, and right attitudes, as expected from both God and people when they judge.
Righteousness requires a Standard, a Measuring Stick that can be applied to actions and attitudes.
This Nation began with a foundation of Righteous Justice for All, of Righteousness as the basis for government. The Bible was the Foundation of our Constitution. Let me read some words from our founding fathers and mothers.
When asked the question, "What is the greatest thought that ever passed through your mind?" Daniel Webster responded:
"My accountability to God."
Abigail Adams
"A patriot without religion in my estimation is as great a paradox as an honest Man without the fear of God. Is it possible that he whom no moral obligations bind, can have any real Good Will towards Men? Can he be a patriot who, by an openly vicious conduct, is undermining the very bonds of Society?....The Scriptures tell us "righteousness exalteth a Nation."
John Hancock April 15, 1775
"In circumstances dark as these, it becomes us, as Men and Christians, to reflect that, whilst every prudent Measure should be taken to ward off the impending Judgments....All confidence must be withheld from the Means we use; and reposed only on that GOD who rules in the Armies of Heaven, and without whose Blessing the best human Counsels are but Foolishness--and all created Power Vanity;
Francis Scott Key February 22, 1812 (He wrote our National Anthem)
"The patriot who feels himself in the service of God, who acknowledges Him in all his ways, has the promise of Almighty direction, and will find His Word in his greatest darkness, a lantern to his feet and a lamp unto his paths.' He will therefore seek to establish for his country in the eyes of the world, such a character as shall make her not unworthy of the name of a Christian nation...."
Patrick Henry March 23, 1775
"It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions, but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ. For this very reason peoples of other faiths have been afforded asylum, prosperity, and freedom of worship here."
"It is when people forget God that tyrants forge their chains."
William Penn (Founder of Pennsylvania)
"If thou wouldst rule well, thou must rule for God, and to do that, thou must be ruled by him....Those who will not be governed by God will be ruled by tyrants."
James Madison
"We have staked the whole future of American civilization, not upon the power of government, far from it. We have staked the future of all of our political institutions upon the capacity of us to govern ourselves, to control ourselves, to sustain ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God."
George Washington In his Inaugural Speech, April 30, 1789,
"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."
We have come a long way since 1776.
Today we no longer Cry out to God for righteousness. We no longer practice Justice.
We are more concerned about being “fair” to all people. We don’t want to “offend” others. We run our government by “poll numbers” and “political correctness”.
After all who can say what “Righteousness” is? Behavior and Lifestyles are all subjective anyway. The only standard we have in society is “Thou shall not hurt anyone or the environment”
TRUE Righteousness demands a standard of behavior. It demands a standard or Right and Wrong.
Jesus Declared that only in Him do we have Life, Liberty and Happiness