Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin does the opposite!

“Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin condemns any people.” (Prov. 14:34 NIV) 

As I write this, our Country is going through some very turbulent times. The political and moral climate in America is in turmoil. Our Christian way of life is under attack and it’s hard to not be a little anxious about the condition of our nation. 

We shouldn’t be surprised!

This isn’t new! Jesus said, “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.” (Matt. 7:13 NIV).

In 1947, Carle Zimmerman, a distinguished Harvard sociologist, warned us in his book, Family and Civilization, which is his study of the rise and fall of civilizations, proved exactly what Proverbs14:34 says: that moral degradation in society has been a largely ignored major factor in the fall of past civilizations.

“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” John Adams

The future is bright!

As a Christian, you have dual citizenship! Not only do you live in this world, you are a citizen of the Kingdom of God!

“…  giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son,” (Col. 1:12-13 ESV)

“Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe,” (Hebrews 12:28 ESV)