A Nation that has Forgotten

¹⁰ When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy God for the good land which he hath given thee. ¹¹ Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day: ¹² Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein; ¹³ And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied; ¹⁴ Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. Deut. 8:10-14

In a speech made in 1863, Abraham Lincoln made the following remarks: "We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of heaven; we have been preserved these many years in peace and prosperity; we have grown in numbers, wealth, and power as no other nation has ever grown. But we have forgotten God. We have forgotten the gracious hand which preserved us in peace and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us, and we have vainly imagined, in the deceitfulness of our hearts, that all these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own. Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self-sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace, too proud to pray to the God that made us."

                       Wow, wonder what Mr. Abe would think about us as a nation today?

What is the greatest threat to American security today?

-Is it Al-Qaida?
-Is it Isis?
-Is it Iran, North Korea, or the ever-encroaching threat of a greater, more advanced China?

What about Covid or monkey pox? Lockdowns and power-hungry politicians advancing a more socialistic society

Forgetting Our Creator

I don’t believe the greatest threat to our nation’s security is from any foreign or outside force. Neither covid nor any other plague created in China's labs. I believe that the greatest threat that we face as a nation today is our forgetfulness of God!

The evidence of a nation that has forgotten God is widespread and everywhere:

-the removal of the Ten Commandments, and all other references from governmental buildings, court rulings, and the mass media.

-the thousands of internet child abductions for sexual gratification by scores of men in this nation.

-the end of saying "One Nation Under God" in the pledge of allegiance, and the removal of prayer from most of our school and social functions.

-the decisions of the Supreme Court against the protection of the rights of the unborn, and even

euthanasia and assisted suicide are becoming common place.

-the removal and outright disregard of the religious lives of our ancestors, and the founders of

this country who established this nation as a Christian nation.

-the support of gay rights, and other activist groups, who are in direct opposition to God and all

that is holy.

-the rise in immorality, including living together outside of marriage, as now being socially acceptable, along with the promotion of sexual immorality in all forms of media and entertainment, with the mockery of Christian values and standards.

So, it is clear. Many in America have forgotten and forsaken all the godly principles this nation was founded upon! We have become just as Israel of old before God’s judgment fell.

Isaiah 1:3-4 (KJV)
³ The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider. ⁴ Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.

Let us remember the reason of our greatness and return to the God of our forefathers before America will only be a memory!