God Bless America? NOT!

I will never again use the phrase "God bless America."

To ask for blessing when we, as a nation have rejected most if not all of God's principles, pretending to love Christ while ignoring Him except when we think we need Him, we insult Him by treating Him like a genie in a bottle to do our personal bidding, when we have no other interest in Him otherwise.

Those who do not engage in particular popular sins, act as though they approve of them by their silence, for no other reason than to be accepted by wicked men.

Proverbs 22:24 "Do not associate with a man given to anger; Or go with a hot-tempered man,"
1 Corinthians 15:33 "Do not be deceived: "Bad company corrupts good morals."

2 John 1:10-11 "10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house, and do not give him a greeting; 11 for the one who gives him a greeting participates in his evil deeds."

2 Corinthians 6:14-16 "14 Do not be [a]bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness? 15 Or what harmony has Christ with [b]Belial, or [c]what has a believer in common with an unbeliever? 16 Or what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; just as God said, “I will dwell in them and walk among them; And I will be their God, and they shall be My people."

Proverbs 13:20-21 "Spend time with the wise and you will become wise, but the friends of fools will suffer."

Proverbs 24:1-2 "Do not envy the wicked, do not desire their company; for their hearts plot violence, and their lips talk about making trouble."

Proverbs 14:6-7 "The mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning. Stay away from a fool, for you will not find knowledge on their lips."

Psalm 26:4-5 "I do not spend time with liars, nor do I make friends with those who hide their sin. I hate the company of evil people, and I won’t sit with the wicked."

1 Corinthians 5:11 "I am writing to tell you that you must not associate with those who call themselves believers in Christ but who sin sexually, or are greedy, or worship idols, or abuse others with words, or get drunk, or cheat people. Do not even eat with people like that."

Proverbs 1:11-16 "They will say, “Come with us. Let’s ambush and kill someone; let’s attack some innocent people just for fun. Let’s swallow them alive, as death does; let’s swallow them whole, as the grave does. We will take all kinds of valuable things and fill our houses with stolen goods. Come join us, and we will share with you stolen goods.” My child, do not go along with them; do not do what they do. They are eager to do evil and are quick to kill."

Pretenders will go along with whatever is popular and accepted by our culture, without any conscience about it, but worse than that, they will pressure believers to go along with them too. They will covertly malign and bludgeon those who stand against sin while embracing and rewarding the evil man who accepts and indulges the sins of the pretender.

Never forget that this is the plight of the believer, if you find yourself being accepted and rewarded by evil men, you are probably compromising your Christian principles. When we stand strong, the world hates us, even the world that has entered the church will make us a target for rejection.
Remember too, that we can count it all joy that we are being rejected by Christ, It means that we are walking closely with Christ.

James 1:2 "Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials,"

Matthew 10:22 ""You will be hated by all because of My name, but it is the one who has endured to the end who will be saved."

John 15:18 ""If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you."
Mark 13:13 ""You will be hated by all because of My name, but the one who endures to the end, he will be saved."