Why is the USA falling apart?

Once you read these verses below it is simple to see why the USA is falling to pieces:



Romans 1:18-32



God's Wrath on Unrighteousness



18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. 19 For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. 20 For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. 21 For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools, 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.

24 Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, 25 because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.

26 For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; 27 and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.

28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done. 29 They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, 30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, 31 foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless. 32 Though they know God's righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.



All that is this nation right now! I want to point out a few things in the above passage:



1. v.19 tells us God has shown us what He desires from us. He has given us His Word to show us sin and how to become right with Him through Jesus.



2. v.20 points out the fact that if you question if God is real just look at creation. We have no excuse to question if God is real.



3. v.22-23 tells us how foolish we are...we worship idols instead of a God who created us. Now we worship t.v. stars, cell phones, music, sports and a host of others things!



4. v.24-28 shows us how sexually immoral we are. Homosexuality, porn, adultery, molestation, rape and the list goes on. God allows us to do these things because we have pushed him out. Just like Sodom and Gomorrah it will cost us in the end.



5. v.29-31 describes the USA today. Sadly many of these things are both inside and outside the church. Most people can not see a difference between a follower of Jesus and one who is not. Brothers and sisters this should not be so! We are to be set apart from the world.



6. v.32 tells us not only do we know what God desires, we deserve to die because we do what God doesn't want us to do and encourage others to join us and approve of their sin! Wow.



So how can it change? One person at a time starting with me and you. Make sure our own life is right with God and then lovingly help others come to Jesus and live for Jesus. Remember you alone will answer to God!



Tom