October 2
The fall from faith is gradual. The lack of the power associated with faith in Jesus Christ is not even noted by the individual or the nation that has once been blessed to possess it but has gradually slipped away from its benefits.
Our nation, the United States of America, has been on a ‘fast track’ to financial success and military prowess virtually from the founding of our country. Those who are believers in Christ attribute the vast achievements that have been made for mankind during the centuries since its existence to the fact that this vast land was laid at the feet of our Heavenly Father at its inception.
Contrary to the erroneous teaching in our textbooks and the flagrant distortion of truth that is put forth in the media, most of the founding fathers of this country were practicing Christians. Even those most distant in the implementation of their faith were supporters of the religion of Jesus. The references made to ‘freedom of religion’ were with the understanding that all religions practiced here were Christian.
Our undoing has come because, “Lies and not faithfulness prevail in the land, for they proceed from one evil to another and they do not take Me into account” (Jeremiah 9:3). That speaks to where we are today! We have factored the Lord out of the equation of our national life and reduced ourselves to debtors who are no longer the head but the tail. Our rejection of the Christian faith has precipitated our fall from grace—and, alas, many haven’t noticed our plummet!
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