Rah Rah I Used To Say!

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I used to get all "rah rah" over these sort of songs years ago, until I became born again and began growing in the Lord, then they became disgusting to me. The closer I became to Christ Who lives in me the less I could celebrate what these songs stood for. Here is what I heard the song saying:"I thank my lucky stars", (not God, but his lucky stars, divination)

Deuteronomy 4:19 ""And beware not to lift up your eyes to heaven and see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the host of heaven, and be drawn away and worship them and serve them, those which the LORD your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole heaven."

Jeremiah 10:2 "Thus says the LORD, "Do not learn the way of the nations, And do not be terrified by the signs of the heavens Although the nations are terrified by them;"

"The flag stands for freedom", (not devotion to Christ) Freedom has become our god, in this country, that freedom has led to narcissism at it's worst. The teaching of self esteem has destroyed an entire generation of people, causing them to think they deserve freedom when they disserve God's judgement.

Exodus 20:3 ""You shall have no other gods before Me."

"I love this land, God bless the USA", is about loving this land and our freedom not anything about God except to hallar for His blessing when we deserve destruction.

Jeremiah 11:14 ""Therefore do not pray for this people, nor lift up a cry or prayer for them; for I will not listen when they call to Me because of their disaster."

"Pride in every American heart....proud to be an American", is a phrase that is elevated by many as a good thing, it is the pride in the American heart that has ruined our culture. God does not elevate pride on any level in His Word.

Proverbs 11:2 "When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with the humble is wisdom."

Proverbs 16:5 "Everyone who is arrogant in heart is an abomination to the Lord; be assured, he will not go unpunished."

Proverbs 29:23 "One's pride will bring him low, but he who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor."

Galatians 6:3 "For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself."

James 4:6 "But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

We have taught self esteem, a patently unbiblical concept for the last 40 years in the schools. Our culture has become more wicked and self absorbed than any time in it's history. Divorce and remarriage has been elevated to a right, every church gathering has these people in them. This is a sin that is completely accepted in the American form of Christianity. Even those who don't do it, accept it as a valid marriage and completely ignore the Bible on this matter.

Luke 16:18 ""Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery." And, there are no exceptions as many think, they have twisted the Word to say what they want it to say, without study to determine God's will.

The blood of 60 million babies is on the land as a testimony against us. Every man woman and child seeks to elevate themselves above everyone else, making outer appearances more important than holiness....and that is the Christian. Non-believers and Christians do not look very much different from one another these days. The reason for this is that most who are in the church have never been born again, they merely have mouthed words and attempted to make their own righteousness in their own way. They have bought into a worldly form of Christianity that is not at all Biblical.

Genesis 9:6 ""Whoever sheds man's blood, By man his blood shall be shed, For in the image of God He made man."

Homosexuality is being elevated to a "rights" status while many churches are saying foolish things like "just love them."

The term "love" has been completely misunderstood and deliberately I believe, to allow those who are doing the loving, to remain friends with the world, without conflict and rejection. They love their fun and accolades from others more than they love God. But the "love" we see in churches today is not love at all.

Young people are not bothering to get married and the dresses the women wear when they do marry are immoral. There is no modesty in them, God is a very small part of the ceremony while levity happens throughout the whole service. Marriage is not taken seriously on any level. Sadly, no one is repentant or ashamed.

Jeremiah 6:15 ""Were they ashamed because of the abomination they have done? They were not even ashamed at all; They did not even know how to blush. Therefore they shall fall among those who fall; At the time that I punish them, They shall be cast down," says the LORD."

Our country is so far gone in terms of immorality and loss of integrity, that most people think the little things don't matter very much because they are not doing the big stuff, but their little things are huge, they show a lack of inclination toward God and an arrogant self righteousness.

God must judge this nation, even if we were to repent, which we will not, He must avenge the blood of the babies. We have taken the final step in debauchery by the endorsement of homosexuality at the highest levels of our land and in nearly every state. God is not going to ignore all this sin, even those who are not doing "the big stuff", walking in arrogance, selfishness and self indulgence. They are proud of how good they think they are, looking down their noses at others who have repented, while cozying up to those who have not. They love to feel superior to others, so they must negate the cleansing of the righteous while stroking the wicked one who will not repent.

I have no pride in this wicked nation, nor is this my home. I desire to be a good citizen to honor God, but this nation has managed to forget Who made us powerful, because of that, we are in the punishment stage of our downfall. It is God we should be elevating, not our freedom, our nation, our power or anything else but Him. The song does not reflect anything close to the true Christianity. God only gives the leaders to a nation, that they deserve.

Isaiah 60:12 "For the nation and kingdom that will not serve you shall perish; those nations shall be utterly laid waste."

Proverbs 14:34 "Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people."

Romans 13:1 "Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God."

So much of what "so called Christians" are doing and elevating are actually working against God, leaving a false view of God in the eyes of non-believers. I know more believers who don't know their Bibles and who have lack discernment than I do those who intimately know God and therefore have discernment quickly about nearly every matter, however, sadly, those who have discernment are spurned by those who lack it, the pretender will not listen. Not only will they not listen but they will not answer, they refuse to admit when they are wrong, they are not repentant and they demean those who tell the truth.

Jeremiah 7:27 "Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer thee."

2 Timothy 3:1-5 "3 But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: 2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, 4 traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 HAVING A FORM OF GODLINESS but denying its power. And from such people turn away."

Our nation is not a godly nation, it is a wicked one, on its way out permanently. We will not recover from all this mess, it is going to get worse.