America The Beautiful?
Categories: Church of Christ Bulletin ArticlesRecently, I received an email from one of my Christian brothers consisting of a writing penned by Judge Roy Moore, the former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, in which he wrote:
America the beautiful,
or so you used to be.
Land of the Pilgrims’ pride;
I’m glad they’ll never see.Babies piled in dumpsters,
Abortion on demand,
Oh, sweet land of liberty;
your house is on the sand.Our children wander aimlessly
poisoned by cocaine
choosing to indulge their lusts,
when God has said abstainFrom sea to shining sea,
our Nation turns away
From the teaching of God’s love
and a need to always pray.We’ve kept God in our temples,
how callous we have grown.
When earth is but His footstool,
and Heaven is His throne.We’ve voted in a government
that’s rotting at the core,
Appointing Godless Judges;
who throw reason out the door,Too soft to place a killer
in a well deserved tomb,
But brave enough to kill a baby
before he leaves the womb.You think that God’s not angry,
that our land’s a moral slum?
How much longer will He wait
before His judgment comes?How are we to face our God,
from Whom we cannot hide?
What then is left for us to do,
but stem this evil tide?If we who are His children,
will humbly turn and pray;
Seek His holy face
and mend our evil way:Then God will hear from Heaven;
and forgive us of our sins,
He’ll heal our sickly land
and those who live within.But, America the Beautiful,
If you don’t – then you will see,
A sad but Holy God
withdraw His hand from Thee.
Brethren and friends, Judge Moore’s words ring true because the moral precepts that he writes about can be found in the truth of the inspired Scriptures (John 17:17; cf. Psalm 119:142; Psalm 119:151). If we are to endure as a nation (Proverbs 14:34), we must turn the present tide of moral corruption found in our society by pointing folks in the direction of the inspired Word of God (Acts 17:10-12; 2 Timothy 2:15; 2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:20-21).
It’s past time for us to spiritually wake up and boldly stand up for God’s truth! (Romans 13:11-12; 2 Timothy 1:13; Titus 1:9; cf. Acts 20:17-27; Ephesians 6:18-19; Philippians 1:15-20).
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