My brothers and sisters, I have just spent the last four weeks obsessively following the 2012 presidential election. I spent hours listening to left and right wing pundits build cases for their prospective candidates, all the while knowing and understanding that God is ultimately in complete control of the outcome of every leader placed in their position.
I was cautiously optimistic that Governor Romney would be able to pull an upset to win his bid for the presidency. If we are even slightly attentive, we can easily see the consistent trending of our society’s departure from godly principles in at least the last century. None of us have been left unscathed from the assault by the enemy of our souls in his effort to disgrace the God of the universe and His Kingdom.
Many may say, “What does a presidential election have to do with satanic assaults?” As I just mentioned, his impact on our nation is very easily seen through the path that we have freely chosen to walk down as a society. None of us are innocent from the reckless abandonment of God’s principals and the disgrace that we have sown against ourselves and our God.
Towards the end of this campaign, I began to becoming increasingly desperate for our county to be a macrocosm of hope for our earth. That we would somehow return to biblical principles, if not a similitude of morality and traditional values. I, like many of you, am thirsty for leadership that shepherds me to Christ. I, like you, desire to live in a community of love and compassion and regard for the type of legacy that we leave behind.
Instead, I was crudely reminded of the path we alone have chosen for ourselves as a nation. We have turned to short-sighted solutions for deep-rooted and long-term problems. I was further discouraged to hear post-election discussions from “conservatives” stating that “as a party we are going to have to slug this out because we are no longer relevant, and if we are no longer relevant we will not win an election.
If we are to interpret this philosophy clearly we can see that post-modernism, liberalism and socialism have taken root in the hearts of those we have elected to represent our worldview to our nation. Very soon we are going to see an even more rapid moral decline in our society as a whole. Not because President Obama has be re-elected for a second term, but because our country has decided what path they want our country to take as a whole, regardless of party affiliation. In other words, our elected officials have now read the mandate from the American people. And that mandate calls for a new definition of morality, a new definition of family, a new definition of family responsibility, a new definition of stewardship; ultimately a new definition of society. This mandate is for an expulsion of biblical godliness and a whole-hearted acceptance of the re-writing of the moral fabric of our nation.
We will soon see both political parties begin to blur the stark God-ordained differences between men and women. We will see a nationwide evaporation of traditional American family replaced by households made up of unwed couples (homosexual and heterosexual) raising illegitimate children from multiple fathers. Increases in teen pregnancy, medicinal and recreational drug use, life threatening diseases, mental and psychological diagnoses and conditions, abortions, low-paying jobs, and personal and national debt will become the status-quo regardless of who we choose to be our elected officials. In addition, we will see marked decreases in church membership in bible-based protestant churches, evangelistic outreaches, parochial school membership and faith-based initiatives. Please remember, this is not a problem of a specific political party, candidate or philosophy. This is a problem deep in the hearts of the citizens of the United States of America. We are the problem. We are the blinded, we are the deceived. We are the confused. We are the lost. We are the problem. We have chosen this path. A path that political parties are now forced to conform to in order to become viable candidates for service to this nation.
To state is clearly, we have collectively expelled God from our nation and His principals for our lives. It is clearer to me now more than ever that we are completely alone, and we are without hope as a society. We have officially become a godless people and we must brace for the consequences. These consequences will not be ushered in because of a Democrat or Republican president, but instead through a hard-hearted people that have chosen to elect representatives to lead them as far away from Christ as possible. Because God’s leadership was no longer convenient or expedient in our estimation we have chosen for ourselves leadership who could better serve our own passions and desires, and who could tickle our ears instead of holding us to the Truth that our country was founded on. The American people have spoken by the millions and all major political parties are going to respond post-haste. Their reaction to this clarion call will not only be swift but also radical. And the outcome will be a nation that is a far cry from its foundation. In fact, there is going to be a complete rejection of our foundation by all political parties to satisfy the cries of the American people. As a country, as a society we have reached the point of no return. Our children will be indoctrinated with a new vision for our country under the guise of love, compassion and unity. The United States of America is no longer the country of our forefathers. It is a new America, a new culture; with a new worldview and a new religion whose god is the flesh.
Harks for the traditional ways and tried and worn paths will fall on deaf ears and will instead serve as reminders of a less cultured age, a pre-cosmopolitan era. Instead we are, as the definition states,”world citizens, who eschew traditional geopolitical divisions, which are derived from national citizenship,” an era that restricted women, minorities and progress and confined logical thought, creativity and expression.
The bible shows throughout history that many times God gives His people over to their own devices; i.e. the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, The Tower of Babel, the wicked society during great flood, the Worship of the Golden Calf, the wandering in the desert, the Babylonian captivity, and ultimately the rejection of Christ by the whole of Israel, those He came to save.
It is my hope that we will turn to prayer as God’s people and begin to repent as individuals, families, churches and communities for the stubbornness that has come to afflict our diseased hearts, if not for our own sakes, then for the sakes of our progeny. May God be merciful to our households for the lust in our eyes, the lust in our flesh and the pride of our selfish lives. Through the times which lay before us, God has constructed an ever narrowing path for the citizens of the United States of America, a path that leads to a single doorway, the doorway of Christ. This may have been His design all along. That we would see the err of our ways, and turn from our faith in mankind and its institutions and governments and systems and instead turn to Christ for our hope for peace, security and life everlasting. May God forgive us for our turning away and may the grace that is only found by faith in Jesus Christ be our one and only hope.
