Christian nation? What!!!! When we could not force the people to comply with prohibition we legalized alcohol so that people could no longer be criminals while they were partaking.
When we, as a nation, could no longer control the slave trade, because of the rebellion of our people, we legalized the buying and selling of slaves, so the criminals would partake without being illegal.
When we could no longer control the illegal gambling because the hearts of the people were rebellious, we legalized gambling so the criminals would be able to partake openly.
When we could no longer control "back alley" abortions, the killing of innocent babies, we legalized abortion so that the criminal doctors and the rebellious women could keep doing their evil legally.
When we could no longer control Marijuana in our country, we legalized it so the criminals could do it in the open without stigma attached to it.
When we could no longer control prostitution in our communities we ignored it and even legalized it in designated places.
When we could no longer control Muslims from taking over we allowed their Sharia law.
When we could no longer control the behavior of immoral people we turned our heads when couples lived together in sin without marriage and are even in the process of legalizing homosexual marriage to accommodate the wicked.
What has happened in all this legalization of sin? Whenever a sin was legalized, the practice of it exploded exponentially. How could these sins increase to such a degree if most people in the nation were believers....it couldn't.
We have been pretending to be a "Christian" nation for 250 years. Pretending...the actual practice of obedience to our Lord has not been there. If we were a Christian nation, none of these evils would have taken root in the beginning, they would have been quenched before they had a chance to make a foot hold.
We have made the mistake in believing that we are Christians by virtue of our words alone. Lifestyle didn't matter much as long as we said we were Christians. My contention is that our nation has been full of those carrying the title of "Christian" who were never born again and never loved Christ. The true believers have always been a small remnant as in the entire world.
We put on a good show of "Christianity" at our ball games by the opening prayer, while winning was everything to us.
We put on a good show of "Christianity" at the mention of God once during our "beauty pageants” while parading shapely women in bathing suits based on their talents and their seductive charm.
We put on a good show of Christianity at the school Christmas plays with the manger scenes, after which Santa came out and gave out candy to the audience.
We put on a good show of Christianity with a cross on stage at our churches, after which we had an "Easter" egg hunt on the church grounds.
We put on a good show of Christianity claiming to hate Halloween, while dressing our children up in "fun" costumes rather than evil ones as they went door to door to beg candy on this pagan holiday. Then of course that show at church that hold "harvest parties" to make us feel like we are ignoring the holiday without really doing so.
Christian Nation......I don't think so! We just think we were or are what we want to believe to make ourselves feel better about doing all the things that dishonor God.
Perhaps we should spend less time defending our selves as a "Christian" nation and spend more time on our knees praying for repentance for our families, friends and neighbors.
If Satan can keep us prideful and in a state of defensiveness, we will never repent in sack cloth and ashes, we will just keep defending ourselves and ignoring sin as we have always done.
