The Vanishing Of The American Conscience
We are witnessing the demise and disappearance of the
moral soul of our nation.
This election reveals the lack of character and
understanding of moral principles. We are eyewitnesses to the slow death of the
nation of moral values that our parents and our parents before them knew.
I never dreamed that in my life time I would live to
see that the moral values taught by the Judeo-Christian world-view would be
vanishing before our eyes. Here are the grim facts:
1. We have a nation embracing abortion on demand. (Call
it what you will, it is murder.)
2. We have a nation that is rejecting the biblical
teaching on marriage and is embracing sodomy. (A sitting president and his wife
have publicly voiced their approval of same sex marriage.)
3. We have a nation that is reckless in deficit spending
and making certain that our children and our children’s children will inherit a
massive debt that will certainly lead to the unraveling of our republic.
President Obama, when running for his first term for president called the idea
of deficit spending immoral. (What happened to that so-called conviction?)
4. We have a nation that is taxing its citizens in an
unjust and unbiblical fashion. The mantra that “Everyone should pay their fare
share and play by the same rules” is contradictory. Who determines what is the
fare share? Who is the man, the panel, and the group who makes such a decision?
On what authority do they say this? And once you determine to tax the upper
income earners at the expense of the middle class you are certainly not playing
by the same rules, and you are making sure that there will be internal division
in the country. Biblical principles teach us that taxes should be no higher
than 10%. In a just society every person would pay the same percentage and the upper
income earners would pay a greater volume. We are a nation that is taxing
its citizens at an ever alarming rate that will surely lead to our destruction.
5. Is the best way
to help our needy neighbors to create an entitlement society? Just study the
American Indians who have been the poster children for an entitlement group.
The nation is heading towards the precipice that nations like Greece and Spain
fell off. There is a better way to helping the needy than creating class
divisions by entitlements.
We may never be able to recover from the decisions
that are being made today by our voting and by our reckless government.
That so many people who profess to be Christians could
ignore the teachings of the Bible and support causes and policies that are
forbidden and condemned by the Word of God is beyond my belief. Do those who do
this think that they can escape the day of accountability before God? I have
been preaching the Word of God for 47 years. It is shocking and shameful to
think that those who should be loyal followers of the Son of God would make
their allegiance with those who call evil good and good evil.
To my Berean family, I cannot tell you how grieved I
am for our nation. And how deeply saddened I am that we are witnessing the
vanishing of the moral conscience of our country.
I will be speaking at our mid-week service tonight. I
will be pointing our people to Psalm 90. In spite of what we are seeing this
evening, let us remember that, “From
everlasting to everlasting You are God.” The Lord has been our dwelling
place and He alone is our comfort and hope.
This Sunday we will have Chuck Bentley with us from
Crown Financial Ministries. His message will be more relevant now than ever.
Please plan to attend and bring a guest.
Yours in Christ,
Pastor Dickie
