This Month in Faith Is Action

one nation under god
“Blessed is the nation who God is the lord, and the people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance” (Psalm 33:12”.

 

Notice lord is in small caps, because the writer substituted adonai (lord) for God’s holy name, yahweh, or jehovah in English. The Jewish people did not want in any way to do harm to the name of God by using it commonly, so they chose not to say it or write it. Even today Orthodox Jews write God as G-d. It’s not a typo, but again, the purpose is to avoid actually saying or writing the name of God, so as to keep it holy and not common. When speaking, they say, “ha shem,” which means the Name, referring to the Name of God. The point is: Blessed is the nation whose God is the God of the Bible—jehovah.

 

The alternative is: “The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God” (Psalm 9:17)..

 

In verse 5, the Greek word is PHORTION and refers to New Testament obligations which Jesus put on His followers, which were in contrast to the heavy precepts and observances that the Pharisees demanded.

 

In order to forget someone, you have to have known them and been acquainted with them. You had to have had some kind of relationship with them that you abandoned. You don’t actually forget they exist but, you have broken off your relationship, and that’s what it means here. God said that they forgot Him, and every nation; there are no exceptions, who forgets Him, shall be turned into Hell.   Continue to read this month's message in it's entirety.

Sharon's Blog

Don’t Remove Ancient Landmarks

 

“If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?” (Psalm 11:3). I have used this text as the launching point for several sermons. It goes right to the heart of what American Christians face in the present godless, anti-religious, especially anti-Christian, climate. It has motivated me to preach boldly the unimpeachable principles of the Bible that I was raised on; that have been the foundation of our nation, the most blessed and prosperous in history. But they are now being removed with increasing rapidity—What will I do? What will you do? What will we do?

 

Recent experiences have further compelled me to stand for the truth: A few years ago, Benny and I had just returned from a trip to West Virginia to visit my son and his wife. I was busy that night putting things away, tired, and ready to go to bed. Around One AM, I suddenly awoke when I felt someone grab my arm. I opened my eyes and saw a dark figure standing by my bedside wearing a dark cloak with a hood. I could not see the face. I thought it was a burglar, so I pretended to be asleep, thinking he would just rob us and leave me alone. I lay very still, until I begin to feel sharp pain enter my body where he was sticking his finger into my side. I knew then it was satanic, and I began boldly and firmly rebuking it in Jesus’ name. After a time of praying and quoting Scripture, I felt it leave. I went back to sleep, and I was fine the rest of the night.

 

However, whenever these strong attacks occurred, afterwards I was often attacked with these thoughts:

 

You should stop preaching so hard about the sins of America and false teaching in the church! You need to stay away from controversial issues like abortion, homosexuality, same-sex marriage, transgenderism—hot button topics! You need to pull back on political issues like religious freedom, Supreme Court and federal judgeships, exposing the evils of Islam, and supporting Israel—You may risk offending not only sinners and unbelievers, but Saints who don’t care about these issues and only want to hear sermonettes that make them happy and edified—Then the devil would not come against you so strongly, and you wouldn’t have to deal with these attacks!

 

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