PSALM 33:12-19

PSALM 33:12-19 12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He has chosen as His own inheritance. 13 The LORD looks from heaven; He sees all the sons of men. 14 From the place of His dwelling He looks On all the inhabitants of the earth; 15 He fashions their hearts individually; He considers all their works.

PSALM 33:12-19 16 No king is saved by the multitude of an army; A mighty man is not delivered by great strength. 17 A horse is a vain hope for safety; Neither shall it deliver any by its great strength. 18 Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear Him, On those who hope in His mercy, 19 To deliver their soul from death, And to keep them alive in famine.

Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord PSALM 33:12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord

Deuteronomy 28:1-2 If you fully obey the LORD your God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations on earth. 2 All these blessings will come on you and accompany you if you obey the LORD your God…

America’s founding fathers believed in Jesus Christ; And they sought to establish a republic that honored and exalted Jesus Christ.

A Nation Blessed by God “The (favor) of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right which Heaven itself hath ordained.” President George Washington Inaugural Address; April 30, 1789

A Nation Blessed by God “The general principles on which the fathers achieved independence were…the general principles of Christianity.” President John Adams

A Nation Blessed by God “No nation has ever existed or been governed without religion (and) the Christian religion is the best religion that has been given to man and I, as Chief Magistrate of this nation, am bound to give it the sanction of my example.” President Thomas Jefferson

A Nation Blessed by God “America was ‘of all the nations in the world… most justly called a Christian nation’ because Christianity ‘has so largely shaped and molded it.’” Chief Justice David Brewer Church of the Holy Trinity V. United States

A Nation Blessed by God “The teachings of the Bible are so interwoven and entwined with our whole civic and social life that it would be literally….impossible for us to figure what that life would be if these teaching were removed.” President Theodore Roosevelt

A Nation Blessed by God “America was born a Christian nation. America was born to exemplify that devotion to the elements of righteousness which are derived from the revelations of Holy Scripture.” President Woodrow Wilson

A Nation Blessed by God “American life is built, and can alone survive, (upon the) fundamental philosophy announced by the Savior nineteen centuries ago.” President Herbert Hoover

A Nation Blessed by God “This is a Christian nation.” President Harry Truman

A Nation Blessed by God “This is a Christian nation.” President Harry Truman “If we ever forget that we are one nation under God, we will be a nation gone under.” President Ronald Reagan

“Whatever we once were, we are no longer a Christian nation.” President Barak Obama June 28, 2006

President Abraham Lincoln “We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of Heaven; we have been preserved these many years in peace and prosperity; we have grown in numbers, wealth and power as no other nation has ever grown…

President Abraham Lincoln “But we have forgotten God. We have forgotten the gracious hand which has preserved us in peace and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us, and we have vainly imagined, in the deceitfulness of our hearts, that all these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own…

President Abraham Lincoln “Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self-sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace, too proud to pray to the God that made us. It behooves us, then, to humble ourselves before the offended power, to confess our national sins and to pray for clemency and forgiveness." Abraham Lincoln March 30, 1863

2 Chronicles 36:15-16 15 And the LORD God of their fathers sent warnings to them by His messengers, rising up early and sending them, because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place. 16 But they mocked the messengers of God, despised His words, and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against His people, till there was no remedy.

AFTER MANY WARNINGS

AFTER MANY WARNINGS 2 Chronicles 36:15-16 15 And the LORD God of their fathers sent warnings to them by His messengers, rising up early and sending them, because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place. 16 But they mocked the messengers of God, despised His words, and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against His people, till there was no remedy.

AFTER MANY WARNINGS Ezekiel 33:11; The Word of the Lord says “I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked.” 1 Peter 3:20; who formerly were disobedient, when once the Divine longsuffering waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.

WHEN THE PEOPLE OF THAT NATION CONTINUALLY REJECT HIS MANY WARNINGS

WHEN THE PEOPLE OF THAT NATION CONTINUALLY REJECT HIS MANY WARNINGS 2 Chronicles 36:15-16 15 And the LORD God of their fathers sent warnings to them by His messengers, rising up early and sending them, because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place. 16 But they mocked the messengers of God, despised His words, and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against His people, till there was no remedy.

WHEN THE PEOPLE OF THAT NATION CONTINUALLY REJECT HIS MANY WARNINGS Romans 1:20-22; For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, 21 because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Professing to be wise, they became fools…

WHEN THE PEOPLE OF THAT NATION CONTINUALLY REJECT HIS MANY WARNINGS Romans 1:28; And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting.

WHEN THE PEOPLE OF THAT NATION CONTINUALLY REJECT HIS MANY WARNINGS "Marriage was created by the hand of God. No man, not even a Supreme Court, can undo what a holy God has instituted. For thousands of years of recorded human history, no society has defended the legal standard of marriage as anything other than between man and woman…” Michele Bachmann (R-Minn)

WHEN THE PEOPLE OF THAT NATION CONTINUALLY REJECT HIS MANY WARNINGS “Who cares?” Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) House Minority Leader

2 Chronicles 36:15-16 15 And the LORD God of their fathers sent warnings to them by His messengers, rising up early and sending them, because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place. 16 But they mocked the messengers of God, despised His words, and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against His people, till there was no remedy.

WHEN THE ATTITUDE OF A NATION IS SCORNFUL TOWARD GOD’S PEOPLE

WHEN THE ATTITUDE OF A NATION IS SCORNFUL TOWARD GOD’S PEOPLE Jeremiah 38 6 So they took Jeremiah and cast him into the dungeon… and they let Jeremiah down with ropes. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire. So Jeremiah sank in the mire. 28 Now Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken. And he was there when Jerusalem was taken.

WHEN THE ATTITUDE OF A NATION IS SCORNFUL TOWARD GOD’S PEOPLE Tolerance (rather than truth) has become the greatest virtue of our day. Tolerance is a friendly and fair attitude toward differences and the people who hold them.

WHEN THE ATTITUDE OF A NATION IS SCORNFUL TOWARD GOD’S PEOPLE Tolerance without truth is the camouflage of deception.

WHEN THE ATTITUDE OF A NATION IS SCORNFUL TOWARD GOD’S PEOPLE Luk 6:22-23; Blessed are you when people hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man. 23 Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For that is how their ancestors treated the prophets. Luke 6:26; Woe to you when everyone speaks well of you, for that is how their ancestors treated the false prophets.