The Devotional – Idolatry is Foolish (Part 4)!

The Devotional – Idolatry is Foolish (Part 4)!

Comment: There are many obstacles in life, even the pursuit of liberty and happiness can be an obstacle if reached for from a wrong platform. Motives may be sincere, but if the foundation is faulty the pursuit will be short lived. In an area of Connecticut (and I am not sure of all of the details) many houses are built on faulty foundations. Very visible and alarming cracks in the foundations are causing many homeowners much sorrow; This is simply a vivid picture (not a critical eye on the problem). Another alarming crack in is in the foundation of this great nation; The United States of America. My heart aches as yours must too at what we observe happening within our national borders. Over the Memorial Day weekend our church had a conference as it does every Memorial Day. The conference speaker was very good, he said many things that I agree with. Yet there is ONE statement of his that I love. “THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA” Not many people today make this “PURPOSEFUL” distinction. We are not the Americas PERIOD.

Devotional: The “crack” in the foundation of The United States of America is singular, there is only one crack, it is the same crack that has destroyed all nations since the beginning of time. Even Israel in her finest hour was unable to mend the crack, yet Israel understood; above all others of how to mend their faulty foundation. And to the same extend so does the United States of America. RETURN TO GOD.

This is not a political rebuke on our governing entities, nor am I rebuking all of Christendom “YET!” all of Israel and Christendom is involved. God spoke to His nation Israel through appointed prophets. Now in our days (the last days) God has spoken to us through His Son; the LORD Jesus Christ, Hebrews 1:1-4. Israel along with its priests did not heed the warnings of God’s prophets, Christendom along with its pastors and teachers are failing to heed the warnings of the LORD Jesus Christ. 

In Israel’s day, some of the prophets failed as did many of the priests and kings. As a result, the nation’s foundation was reduced to a loaf of bread. It is by no stretch of the imagination that I use that phrase found in Proverbs 6:26. The Old Testament reveals that Israel did not follow God in Righteousness by Faithful obedience, instead they chose to follow the gods of the nations around them. They willfully believed the dangerous promises and indolent practices of idolatry and then the national direction turned to immorality. Proverbs 6 is a progression of failure, the failure of a son to listen to His Father. Israel is God’s Son.

The New Testament reveals that the church of Jesus Christ is God’s current foundation. It was prophesied by the prophets of the Old Testament (Isaiah 9:6; Malachi 4:1-6 and others). This foundation also is built and sustained by God, yet similar to the nation Israel this foundation has the same CRACK. There is willful disobedience in churches. Today, especially here in the United States of America we clearly see that God has been pushed out of His Church and men of “false religion” have corrupted the TRUTH. We have men and women making dangerous promises and incorporating practices of idolatry. Christendom today is steeped in idolatry and condoning immorality.

The churches of the United States of America need to turn back to the LORD, then and only then will the nation be healed of its present sinful existence.