Church, wake up! With the Republican win of the last election, the conservative news media and some self-appointed leaders for the "moral majority" have been congratulating themselves for their great victory at the polls—BUT THEY HAVE WON NO VICTORY! Church, we have simply been given a reprieve!

Think about it! In the 50’s, men did not curse in public for to do so labeled them as a "low-life." Today, our movies and our society is not only filled with curse words but with vulgarity that can only be described as "a shame" to any nation. In the 50’s, parents felt duty bound to protect their children from violence. Today, violence is big business in Hollywood; and the grossest movies seems to gross the most money from the box offices. Unfortunately, it is seemingly impossible to keep ones children from this blight! In 1950, the thought of sodomy was repulsive and any who had sunk that low were so filled with remorse and shame that they hid their practice "in the closet."  Today, as we’ve just seen in the recent election, almost 50% of Americans either practice sodomy or approve of those who practice the shameful act. It is general accepted that when a minority grows to 15% of our population, they gain political clout; so, how can the last election be seen as a victory for the proponents of "right?" IN TRUTH, we’ve won nothing; for if we have four more years like the last 50, our nation will truly be like Sodom and Gomorrah.

In addition, like poor Lot, the Church will find itself totally without a testimony and their "righteous souls" (i.e., those that have been washed in the blood of Jesus) will be vexed daily as they look on the evil around them. And even more grievous, like Lot, the Church will watch as its families are overcome by the corruption around them. The Church is supposed to be God's voice on earth and it has to deal with the following Scriptures. Make no mistake about it.  Christians everywhere will be held accountable for the way they perceive/present these directives from the Word of God for they are not a directive from man.

Leviticus 18:
4 Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the LORD your God.
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22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

Nor can man ignore the account of Sodom and Gomorrah as though it never happened, for God saw fit to have it recorded in His Word!

Genesis 18:20
Then the LORD said, "The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous
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Gen 19:28
And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace

And for those who think that Sodom and Gomorrah is just an Old Testament tale that the New Testament Church can ignore, consider these words from the New Testament.

Luke 17:29
But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.

Romans 1:
20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world 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 that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;

Let’s consider how we got to where we are. Since the ‘50’s, our families, our news media, our entertainment media, our educational system, our government leaders and agencies, and our way of life in general has been under attack by the powers of darkness. The only defense/protection available to them has been the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ. It alone is called of God to be the floodgate that is supposed to hold back the sin that continually tries to come in like a flood. But in the 60’s and 70’s, instead of being the floodgate it was called to be, the Church had become so worldly that it was hard to distinguish between it and the world. Because God cannot look upon sin, during this time, the Church, for the most part, became a powerless entity. It was during this time that deluded/ unscrupulous persons began filling the pulpit and proclaiming their "every wind of doctrine" —preaching what the people wanted to hear and "tickling their ears" in the doing. Serving Jesus became a matter of attending church services and giving of tithes so that these preachers could continue living in the manner to which they had grown accustom.

Church, it is time to wake up! As James put it:

Perhaps these words from one the songs that the Lord has given my family says best what I’m trying to say.

When we see sin become another standard
And the church is just another way.
When we see great evil surround us
Saint and sinner it is time to pray.

It's time to lift up feeble hands to the work;
And strengthen what remains in the way.
Put your hand to the plow,
Your feet on the path,
Fix your eyes triumphant to the sky;
And lift your head, your redemption is nigh!

Church, it is time to reconsider what it means to serve the Lord. God calls few to preach/teach, but He calls all to "Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven." Let’s be truthful. How may times in recent years have those in the world had reason to glorify God because of what the Church has been doing? This being the case, isn’t it time for a change? Serving God is so simple that even a child can do it. Going to a good church is good. Having a giving heart and being benevolent is good. But it is even more simple than that. It is time to go to our pray closets, to ask God to convict us of our sin so we can confess and forsake them, and then ask God to use us daily to help meet the needs of those around us. REMEMBER, God’s harvest is people and if we cannot love and serve the people around us that we can see, then how can we say that we love God Whom we cannot see. In a sense, serving God is an attitude similar to "praying without ceasing." If we keep our minds stayed on God, He will send us someone to love. This is how we serve God. This is how we build a dam against sin. This is how others see Jesus.

Church, let’s not be deceived into thinking that we have won a great victory by this last election—but let’s do take back America for Jesus. And let’s do it with the weapons that God has given us. Let’s do it with prayer, faith, and love—the fruit of those who have read the Word of God and truly heard what it had to say!

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