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AMERICA THE AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL?BEAUTIFUL?
YES!
NO!
WHY NOT?WHY NOT?BECAUSE OF…..BECAUSE OF…..
•Humanism•Secularism•Naturalism•Rationalism•Deconstructionism
ROMANS 1:28ROMANS 1:28
“And even as they did not like to retain God in their
knowledge, God gave them over to a DEBASED mind,
to do those things which are not fitting…”
““DEBASED” MindDEBASED” Mind
GREEK ADJECTIVE “adokimos”
“unapproved; rejected; worthless; reprobate”
THUS, SINFUL HUMANITY’SMIND IS NOT FIT AND THEYDO THINGS NOT FITTING…
THINGS NOT FITTING…THINGS NOT FITTING…Rom.1:29-31Rom.1:29-31
*Unrighteous *Immoral
*Wicked *Greedy
*Mean *Envious
*Murderous *Arguing
*Cheating *Evil-Minded
THINGS NOT FITTING…THINGS NOT FITTING…Rom.1:29-31Rom.1:29-31
*Gossiping *Cruel*Hateful to God *Violent*Proud *Boastful *Inventors of Evil *Stupid*Disrespectful *Unreliable
*No Love *No Pity *No Mercy
HUMANISMHUMANISMDefinedDefined
HUMANISM…is the belief thathuman beings are the ultimatestandard by which to judge allthings and man is the master of his own destiny!
SCRIPTURESCRIPTUREDeclaredDeclared
“Ephraim is oppressed… because he willingly walked by HUMAN precept…I will return again to My place till
they acknowledge their offense.”
-Hosea 5:11,15
CONCLUSIONCONCLUSIONDrawnDrawn
America should see God as the Judge of all things and as the
Master of the nation’s destiny!
Christian Americans should share this message in
word and deed!
SECULARISMSECULARISMDefinedDefined
SECULARISM is the ideology of gratification in the present with no view of any future accountability; for example, eat, drink, and be merry, and don’t worry about tomorrow!
SCRIPTURESCRIPTUREDeclaredDeclared
“…I will say to my soul…eat,drink, and be merry…but
God said…Fool! This night your soul will
be REQUIRED of you.”
-Luke 12:19-20
CONCLUSIONCONCLUSIONDrawnDrawn
America should measure her present pursuits against future
accountability to God!
Christian Americans should share this message in
word and deed!
NATURALISMNATURALISMDefinedDefined
NATURALISM is the reverence of creation over the Creator and attempts to explain away creation science, replacing it with evolutionary theory!
SCRIPTURESCRIPTUREDeclaredDeclared
“God CREATED the heavens and earth…God FORMED man…(but)
they willfully forget that by the word of God the heavens were of
old, and the earth standing out of the water…”
-Gen.1:1; 2:6; 2 Pet.3:5
CONCLUSIONCONCLUSIONDrawnDrawn
America should promote the God of the Bible as Creator
and the created environment as secondary to Him!
Christian Americans should share this message in
word and deed!
QUESTIONQUESTION
ARE WE EXPERIENCING COSMETIC CONSECRATION CAUSED BY A CRISES…OR…
REAL REVIVAL RIPE WITH REPENTANCE?
Only God Knows & Time Will Tell!
IN SUMMARYIN SUMMARY“A Prayer”“A Prayer”
“O, Lord, we thank You that America is beautiful in so many ways…but, pleasehelp us to be beautiful in
your sight…a nationof spiritual integrity!”
AMERICA THE AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL?BEAUTIFUL?
YES!
NO!
WHY NOT?WHY NOT?BECAUSE OF…..BECAUSE OF…..
•Humanism•Secularism•Naturalism•Rationalism•Deconstructionism
ROMANS 1:28ROMANS 1:28
“And even as they did not like to retain God in their
knowledge, God gave them over to a DEBASED mind,
to do those things which are not fitting…”
““DEBASED” MindDEBASED” Mind
GREEK ADJECTIVE “adokimos”
“unapproved; rejected; worthless; reprobate”
THUS, SINFUL HUMANITY’SMIND IS NOT FIT AND THEYDO THINGS NOT FITTING…
THINGS NOT FITTING…THINGS NOT FITTING…Rom.1:29-31Rom.1:29-31
*Unrighteous *Immoral
*Wicked *Greedy
*Mean *Envious
*Murderous *Arguing
*Cheating *Evil-Minded
THINGS NOT FITTING…THINGS NOT FITTING…Rom.1:29-31Rom.1:29-31
*Gossiping *Cruel*Hateful to God *Violent*Proud *Boastful *Inventors of Evil *Stupid*Disrespectful *Unreliable
*No Love *No Pity *No Mercy
RATIONALISMRATIONALISMDefinedDefined
RATIONALISM is avoidingthe commands of God and conscience by reasoning in favor of self, thus blaming someone or something else!
SCRIPTURESCRIPTUREDeclaredDeclared
“…their conscience bearing witness…their thoughts accusing or else excusing them…in the day
when God will JUDGE the secrets of men by Jesus Christ
-Rom.2:15-16
CONCLUSIONCONCLUSIONDrawnDrawn
America should take responsibility for her spiritual
policies and practices!
Christian Americans should share this message in
word and deed!
DECONSTRUCTIONISMDECONSTRUCTIONISMDefinedDefined
DECONSTRUCTIONISM is thethe subtle process of revising history to fit one’s personal opinion or philosophy; this is relativism applied to history!
SCRIPTURESCRIPTUREDeclaredDeclared
“Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people
He has chosen as His own inheritance.”
-Psalm 33:12
CONCLUSIONCONCLUSIONDrawnDrawn
America should not ignore her founding fathers, nor try to erase her Christian history!
Christian Americans should share this message in
word and deed!
QUESTIONQUESTION
ARE WE EXPERIENCING COSMETIC CONSECRATION CAUSED BY A CRISES…OR…
REAL REVIVAL RIPE WITH REPENTANCE?
Only God Knows & Time Will Tell!
IN SUMMARYIN SUMMARY“A Prayer”“A Prayer”
“O, Lord, we thank You that America is beautiful in so many ways…but, pleasehelp us to be beautiful in
your sight…a nationof spiritual integrity!”
