Look to God

Dear Brethren,

There was a time in the past when the great majority of Americans prayed to God and looked to God for His blessings.  We became the richest and mightiest nation that has ever existed as a result of those blessings.   Today, we have moved on.  As a nation, we now think that our prowess, policies and institutions determine the course of our country – not God.  “You say in thine heart, my power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.”  (Deuteronomy 8:17)

We have come to really believe that we don’t need God anymore.  In fact, we have taken a fresh new look at our Constitution and concluded that it asserts that God must be removed from everything.  It has become clear to us that a secular society, without Commandments, morality, laws and ethics, would be a much more wonderful paradise of liberty and freedom to do as we please.

God, in His infinite wisdom knew that modern Israel would walk the same rebellious path as their forefathers.  “Beware lest thou forget the Lord, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.”  (Deuteronomy 6:12)  It is clear that God is dealing with us as a nation – just as He removed His blessing from ancient Israel.  So, how will our demise come about?

Right now, our nation is going through a most critical episode in our history as a result of “God” being removed from our nation and our thoughts.  Our impending healthcare debacle is only one of the ways that God will soon bring America to its knees.  God is systematically removing our preeminence in the world.

Many of the promises made to the great majority of the American people about affordable healthcare have proven to be unaffordable at best.  Recent political moves are threatening to destroy the most advanced hospital system in the world.  If all goes as planned, our sophisticated medical field will be reduced to the level of the socialist European styled healthcare systems with long lines and sub-standard doctors.  It is God who is allowing this to take place.  We are losing our healthcare, and much more, because of our rejection of God.

It is not only our healthcare, but our entire economy is also going to collapse soon.  It is going to be devastating – and they are both tied together.  The Bible predicted that ravaging curses would come upon us when we failed to look to God and keep His Commandments.  God said:  “If ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments… that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:”  (Leviticus 26:14, Deuteronomy 28:15)

Who believes today that we are about to totally lose control of our health system?  It will soon fail drastically, leading to run-away infectious diseases, heart conditions, consuming cancers and a host of new untreatable, unheard-of diseases?  “The Lord shall smite thee with consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with fungus infections.”  (Deuteronomy 28:22)

Our overextended economy is more fragile than most realize.  Recently, when gasoline went north of $4.00/gallon our economy took a nose dive because millions of citizens did not have the extra money to spend on the thousands of incidentals that were helping to drive our floundering economy.  The exponentially increasing bureaucratic costs and the resulting job losses associated with the new healthcare plan are robbing the economy of its life’s blood.

These enormous cost increases for insurance, taxes and fines that have been thrust on one-hundred million Americans will crash the system and bring America's economy to a grinding halt.  Just the huge increase in Medicaid enrollees will greatly dilute available resources.  Who still believes that highly trained medical doctors will double and quadruple their patient workload while working for Walmart wages?  “Your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase.”  (Leviticus 26:20)  This major disruption in one-fifth of the American economy will rapidly lead to – not a recession – but another depression.  This time it will be a great – great depression.  “Cursed shall be thy food-basket and thy storehouse.”  (Deuteronomy 28:17)

This medical disaster that our nation is facing is only the beginning of much greater catastrophes if we do not repent and look to God.  This move toward a government run single-payer financing system is not compassion for the poor, as they claim.  It is just the opposite; this government policy is driving great segments of our society into the untenable position of becoming unemployed, underemployed and perpetually impoverished.

From all around the earth foreigners come to these shores to imbibe of our rich heritage.  There is a reason they do not clamor to get into Haiti, Mexico or Bangladesh.  They come to share in America’s well-being and quality of life.  From the President of our country down to the single proprietor of a taco stand, they will not be able to believe their eyes at America’s sudden collapse.  “I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it.”  (Leviticus 26:32)

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Sermon:  "Look to God"


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