Yes, America is a great and wonderful country with a benevolent people, but the question is this: May God use a very wicked country to judge us? The answer is yes. After all, we are among the leaders of the world in the production of pornography, abortion, and the acceptance of same-sex marriages. We have been proud of our wealth and power and have acted as if we have ourselves to thank for our many blessings. Our congress now enacts legislation that isolates God from people’s daily lives. The judicial system, especially the Supreme Court, renders judgments that, in effect, banish God everywhere from the public school to the public marketplace. Local school boards have insisted that atheistic evolution be taught rather that affirming belief in God the Creator. If Jesus is still spoke of with respect, it is only because He has been redefined to fit the pluralistic spirit of the times.
The sins of the world are found in our churches along with the sin of racism and the benign neglect of the poor. As God’s people, we Christians have been preoccupied with our own peace and affluence and cared little about whether our neighbor knows the warmth of our heavenly Father’s heart. We have turned our back on full-orbed biblical teaching in favor of positive suggestions on how our life can be better if we just included God. In many matters of life we have substituted the wisdom of man for the wisdom of God.
God may indeed judge us using another nation with different and oppressive policies.
In Lutzer’s book he gives us seven principles about God as seen in Scripture and the above citation is part of the explanation for the third principle:
1) God can both bless and curse a nation.
2) God judges nations based on the amount of light and opportunity they are given.
3) God sometimes uses exceedingly evil nations to judge those that are less evil.
4) When God judges a nation, the righteous suffer with the wicked.
5) God’s judgment takes various forms.
6) In judgement, God’s target is often His people, not just the pagans among them.
7) God sometimes reverses intended judgements.
It's a thought-provoking book!
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