“Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil, that put darkness for light and light for darkness, that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight! Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink, which justify the guilty for reward and take away the righteousness of the right from him!” (Isaiah 5:20-23, KJV).

“Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people” (Proverbs 14:34, KJV).

This is a sermon I presented around five years ago and recently reviewed for any rewrites, revisions, or updates. Considering all the chaos, anger, and the all too obvious growing moral rot we are experiencing in this country, I saw no need to really change what the LORD had impressed upon me at that time because, even today, it still calls out to all who have ears to hear. What I have discovered through study and research was that there had been essentially two categories of philosophical thought upon which America had been founded, but now have waged war upon one another. They are Judeo-Christian theology and humanist philosophy.

Citizens and statesmen have declared in days gone by that our nation had been founded on the Word of God and Christian principles, originating with the Mayflower Compact of 1629 that was written by the first settlers who arrived on these shores. They declared that their new country was to be founded on the Gospel of Jesus Christ and laws based on the Bible for the governance of future generations. The nation was to be led by Judeo-Christian theology, the study and application of the attributes of God.

The second school of thought is that of humanism, which is the study of logic and ethical behavior founded on the declaration that humanity is the sum and measure of all things. Our nation has abandoned the theological foundation and has now replaced it with the absurd thought that we can use pure logic and self-conceived ethical standards made in our own image and worldview. As a result, this nation, looked upon by the rest of the world as the leader and symbol of freedom and individuality, is now guilty of immoral and unethical conduct before the majesty and purity of the Sovereign Lord God Almighty, whom we have essentially told to leave us alone.

The abandonment of godly standards and the adoption of a foundation of sand has created a new American philosophy that now redefines law and order that protects no one and is made the villain in society. The American philosophy has told us to embrace self and abandon Christ and redefine truth as whatever seems right to the individual. It has redefined the value of life as the “right” to kill the child in the womb and the elderly in isolation. It has replaced education with indoctrination, molding young minds to hate and demean anything or anyone who would dare to disagree with them, be they peer or parent.

The American philosophy has redefined the meaning of “love” and “family” with the goal of ridding the nation of the traditional structure of the union of man and woman in marriage and redefine love to the point where we are accepting the wretchedness of pedophilia. None of this is good because it has thrown God out of the national fabric, leaving many to wonder why we have reaped a harvest of dung and mud.

Look for yourselves at the result of this godless philosophy our nation has adopted and championed. Our lack of prayer and intercession should have been in place over the years. We have replaced civility and common sense with chaos and anarchy. The riots and unrest often fueled by incompetent local and state support and spun in the media as “peaceful protests” are the results of the implementation of Saul Alinsky’s evil manifesto entitled Rules for Radicals. What are they?

It starts with questioning authority and slandering the objections of opponents and then plants false idealistic thoughts into the minds of the young and gullible, with promises of rewards such as “free college,” “universal income,” “wealth redistribution,” “social justice” and “equality.” Promote the rejection and disrespect for religious convictions and beliefs. Tear down houses of worship and limit all religious activities. Protest the established government with the goal of overthrowing it and the existing society, and form a state where the government has full and complete authority and control over goods and services. This is the definition of socialism and Marxist dogma, and it is in motion today.

American liberalism and humanist ideology have made the message of redemption and salvation through the Lord Jesus Christ an object of slander, blasphemy, ridicule, and hatred. The irony is that Jesus told His disciples that this increase of wickedness and unbelief would be rampant in the last days (Luke 21:12-19), and Paul reaffirmed this in his final letter to Timothy (2 Timothy 3:4-5). Atheists and skeptics openly mock Jesus, denying His existence and Scripture, saying it is nothing more than collections of myths and fables. If this is so, then why are they spending any time even discussing or debating it? Romans 3:10-18 describes these reprobates perfectly.

Our godless American philosophy has redefined truth into whatever one wishes it to be to satisfy their own ego or outlook on life. This type of ridiculous thinking has crept into the church. Most individuals who refer to themselves as “evangelical Christians” do not believe in the inerrancy of the Scriptures; they believe that Jesus may have sinned, or that He is just one of many ways to heaven. There are too many “pastors” behind the pulpits of churches who deny the essential doctrines of Christianity. There are some who do not even believe in God but display a pretense of devotion and piety. If there is no truth, then anything goes (Judges 21:25), and morality has no foundation.

This nation has rendered the unborn, the children, the infirm, and the elderly to be insignificant, unnecessary burdens on society, unworthy of attention with no value or merit. An estimated 60,000,000 known abortions have taken place in America since Roe v. Wade in 1973 allowed the slaughter and dismemberment of unborn babies in the womb up to nine months. State legislatures and wicked governors have signed bills allowing babies to be killed outside the womb and their body parts sold to the highest bidder. The altars of human sacrifice to the demon god Molech, better known as Planned Parenthood, fight tooth and nail against any legislation that would threaten their operations.

There is also the trafficking of minors, child slavery, Satanic rituals that shed their blood, and the rise of abuse, neglect, and molestation from all walks of life.

Senior citizens are disrespected, abandoned, and isolated in nursing homes that are nothing more than holding pens where families have dumped them and walked away. They are left to bear loneliness, grief, and loss of everything they held precious. I have personally witnessed this in my time working with a local nursing home as a chaplain, and I have seen the loss of any will to live in those who never get so much as a few minutes of company from anyone who may care.

The current American philosophy has destroyed almost any love for our country, patriotism, individualism, defense of basic rights and liberties, and the history of our nation and the world in the minds and hearts of the present generation. Too many teachers and administrators in the cesspool known as public education are telling our children to think of themselves as “global citizens” and reject parental authority or guidance, the idea and existence of God and biblical standards, to adopt the belief of “self-worth” and the belief that they are the center of all thought and being.

Christian teachers in public schools are becoming a rarity. The Bible is discouraged, but now schools are welcoming Satanic clubs and practices, gender confusion, transgenderism, sexual orientation workshops, and the embrace of perversions that are best not mentioned.

We have bred in our nation the activism of groups and organizations who want to rid it of the traditional family structure. Motherhood is discouraged, mocked, and criticized while traditional marriage suffers under constant attack. There are calls for eliminating it and for couples to live together without commitment or long-term relationships. Recent laws have redefined marriage as uniting with whoever or whatever one desires. This has opened the door for cases of bigamy, the legalization of child brides, bestiality, and a growing call to legalize pedophilia and define it as an act of “love.” I am being serious.

The multi-billion-dollar pornography industry in America has taken the meaning of “love” and made it into nothing more than a selfish desire of physical gratification with no thought, concern, or responsibility for the victims and participants. Pornography has gone from the “dirty” movie houses of seedy neighborhoods and newsstands to the internet, where it has been a cause of ruined marriages, ministries, and lives lost to sexually transmitted diseases.

By ignoring, mocking, ridiculing, and turning our backs on God, we have reaped an infested crop of addicts, abuse victims, HIV, plagues, hate, government totalitarianism, apathy and a lack of concern for other people, no value for life, ignorance, atheism, disrespect, rage, violence, deceit, fraud, murder, robbery, rape and molestation, and a lack of meaning and purpose. Well, America, I hope that your choice to abandon God was worth it. Even the Prodigal Son would not venture into the pigsty we have allowed this nation to become, content to wallow in its mud and stench.

Is there any place or role in Bible prophecy for our nation like some proponents tend to believe and teach? I have to say, “No.” I do not see it. Why should God favor us to have any part in His plan to redeem His people Israel and renew the world for His glory? Look at what we threw away. We were blessed as a nation with great leaders, abundant resources, the funds to spread the Word of God around the world and send missionaries to preach the good news of Jesus Christ.

We once had churches where the truths of Scripture were preached and affirmed by men who would not bow to the world, called sin for what it was, preached the glory of heaven and the reality of hell, and called all to repent and be saved by Jesus Christ. Our education system was the envy of the world, and the Bible was welcome as both a textbook and source of morality and character development.

Our troubles began when we allowed political leaders, judges, activists, and liberal educators to take these treasures, along with the foundation of Scripture and indirectly permitted them to pull down their leftist pants and relieve themselves on what was once held sacred and priceless. We raised some concern but little else. We threw away our heritage along with the blessings of God and any purpose He may have for us in prophecy, if any part did exist. Humanist philosophies replaced Judeo-Christian standards with a “whatever seems good to you” mindset.

Our once great country had potential, purpose, meaning, vision, and godly direction. Now we have nothing but a reason for the Lord God to pour out His wrath and judgment on us (Romans 1:26-32). Our history is to end on the ash heap of other nations that are now reduced to ruins and artifacts for curious archaeologists. There is no reason to live by what this ever-growing wicked nation, the corrupt world system, or godless people want to throw at you. You do not have to live your life convinced that you are heading for nothing but a grave and a source of flower fertilizer.

Real wisdom is found only in the person and majesty of the Lord Jesus Christ, who, as God incarnate, came to this wicked world to redeem us by offering Himself as the perfect, sinless sacrifice, paying the price for our sins that we could in no way do for ourselves (John 14:6; Acts 4:12; Romans 5:6-11; Ephesians 2:8-9). I ask you to repent of your sins, surrender your life to Jesus Christ, and follow Him. He offers true freedom, true peace, total forgiveness, meaning, the assurance of eternal life, freedom from sin, and to rule and reign with Him in the new heaven and the new earth.

I would love nothing more than to rid ourselves of the philosophies and thinking of wicked and twisted individuals that dragged us into this quagmire. We can be assured that God will save His people, and that the Lord Jesus will soon arrive to take His people out of this world (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18) and bring about the judgments that will end the evils, perversions, and schemes of the devil and his followers once and for all (Revelation 20:11-15). I have had enough of the American philosophy as it stands now and am looking for the “Blessed Hope” of Christ’s return.

Our redemption is drawing near, brethren. Be ready.

donaldwhitchard@gmail.com

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I may be on my ‘lonesome’ (except for truly born-again believers); however, my personal impression, based in my belief as to the validity of Scripture, is that the WHOLE world is being led by its nose to the slaughter. And we must not overlook the ‘directorship’ of Satan in this bacchanalia of death.

Therefore, what I am about to write immediately places me within the realms of mirthful fantasy by much of the world at large.

I clearly understand this as I accept the commission given all believers in the Atoning Grace of Jesus, ‘that we teach Christ crucified, the perfect paschal lamb of sacrifice, the son of God, given by Himself of Himself, to a Godless world as one sacrificial act of perpetual redemption.’ In giving Him the victory, it requires that each day, we must walk the lonely, narrow road carrying our own personal Cross.

As believers in the teachings of Jesus and the Word of God in general, we hold the view (through faith in the authenticity of the Word) that this world is (prophetically speaking) on ‘borrowed time.’

Mankind, in all his many hues and belief systems, increasingly denies the existence of God, let alone a ‘supreme being and creator.’ Further, the world of man increasingly subscribes to the view that there is no such thing as sin.

So far has this premise recently been accepted in the Western world, that ‘policing’ has become emasculated and toothless. The result is that there is no longer enforcement of many laws that previously were seen to play a significant part in the regulation and the good governance of society. A measure seen to help develop and enhance a sense of neighborliness in community.

Increasingly, many such laws are, in fact, disappearing from the Statute books at both State and Federal level. Offenses that were classified in the serious category of ‘felony’ have either been ‘watered down’ or else swept away completely.

Social reforms, commencing at infancy, have seen parents lose the parental right of discipline of the unruly behavior of their own children. Conversely, they have seen these same rights given to teachers and assorted bureaucracies. Many of the latter wave the banner of Godless Marxist Socialism and are directly focused upon the destruction of the family unit. Particularly those in which Christian values are taught.

What has been the result?

Immediate conflict within the home.

Loss of parental control over the family environment.

Concepts introduced to the home that are not simply alien to the parents (particularly Christian parents) but are anathema. This has led to a viable increase in homeschooling and certainly a move away from the infrastructure of the public school system.

Godless education and the removal of God as the ultimate authority and literal head of our nation have led directly to the collapse of the ‘glue’ that, for some centuries, has successfully held our nations together. That glue was God and the Judeo-Christian ethic of worship/family and hard work.

Was it a perfect system?

No, it wasn’t.

It certainly has had its warts, and these, in turn, have led to conflict from time to time. Yet it was a system that, in the main, within the constraints of a social democratic framework (where family played a dominant role), not only worked but saw our nations prosper.

Historically, the Judeo-Christian ethic and the rule of law itself was based on the Ten Commandments that God gave Moses at Sinai.

At the same time, Godless Socialism has taken the helm of society. And in consequence and proportionately, family and community life has collapsed. This is because Socialism (in giving all power to the State and taking control of all assets) has not been able to replace God and the family with any model that remotely appears to work. Perhaps, because it is based on terror, induced fear and coercion at all levels.

Increasingly, it is forced to resort to State-induced punishments and coercive measures. These include (in China) the deprival of the right to seek work. Surely, this is the basic right of every individual.

China has taken this to a new level of evil.

In order to actually survive, the individual (seen only as a unit of production) must be electronically seen to comport to an ‘approved’ State criteria. In that environment, your life is governed by a point system. Fall below the permissible minimum, and you literally become persona non-gratia, a non-person whom the State no longer recognizes as a unit of value. Under this system, you have no intrinsic value because of your humanity. Your value to the State is bound to that which you are seen to both produce and the degree to which you obey the set norms of the State.

You have no right of existence other than that.

God is thus sublimated and replaced within the displayed edifice of the ‘State.’ And all power is vested in the hands of a ruling elite. None is permitted in the individual at large unless a Party functionary and a tightly ruled hierarchy see that each one of them is always under surveillance by both his immediate subordinate and superior.

THE PANDEMIC ACCORDING TO THE ‘STATE’

It has been manifestly obvious to many of us that there are not only grave doubts as to the origin of the COVID-19 virus but also as to whether it is a naturally occurring viral infection or the result of a ‘State’ having manipulated the genome itself.

A ‘genome’ is an organism’s complete set of genetic instructions. Each genome contains all of the information necessary to build that particular organism. An organism’s complete set of DNA is called its genome. Virtually every single cell in the body contains a complete copy of the approximately 3 billion DNA base pairs or letters that make up the human genome.

With its four-letter language, DNA contains the information needed to build the entire human body.

It is no secret (in fact, the proud boast) that medical science is doing all that is possible to understand the physiological building blocks of life. It is also no secret that this ‘understanding’ has led to a series of virtually uncontrolled experimentation in the study of viral infections. And in turn, some of that experimentation has focused on the concept of biological warfare.

In China, one such center was located in Wuhan, where it would appear that perhaps two types of experimentation were occurring and for two different, divergent purposes. One to validate existence. The other, aimed at its destruction.

Many western scientists have contributed to the ‘work’ going on at Wuhan, and the World Health Organization (W.H.O), led by a Marxist, may now be tainted and compromised.

Of course, China was not and is not the only State rapidly expanding research in this area. A number of countries are attempting to so alter the DNA of mankind as to recreate it in such a manner as to optimize the human capacities/capabilities of mankind to wage war – ergo, the creation of the ‘super soldier.’

Russia is heavily invested in this research, and so is America. Viral research is, from what I have read, an essential component of both diverse aims.

Somewhere, out of this dubious, Godless and doubtful morass of evil, a viral infection is now sweeping the world.

Is it naturally occurring?

Did it escape from a laboratory or some cross-over from a black bat or monkey?

Or is it indeed a man-manipulated genome deliberately released and whose ultimate aim is the destruction of mankind?

I cannot and make no attempt to answer these questions. I state them as a backdrop of factual information as Government (within our nation-States) increasingly appears to have lost control of the situation. However, alongside of this, I offer my view that it is extremely doubtful that they ever were in control of it. Few, if any, serving politicians would bring such expertise to the Cabinet Table.

THE LITANY OF ERROR:

• A race to develop a vaccine that would effectively prevent or destroy the virus by stopping it dead in its otherwise inexorable tracks.
• The business decision to ‘fast-track’ production. Was it tainted by perceived profit margins balanced against more altruistic motivations? Or by political leaders in panic mode?
• The release of ‘alleged’ vaccines without anywhere near the stringent testing normally done to safeguard the public at large.
• An emerging number of worrisome side effects, with some leading to death.
• The co-emergent phenomenon of vaccinated people now apparently going on to develop the virus, apparently unchallenged by the presumed efficacy of the ‘alleged’ vaccine.
• The attempts to silence the voices of a number of eminent virologists who have challenged both the science and rollout of the ‘alleged’ vaccines.
• Some of these long-respected and well-published experts have had their careers either threatened or ruined for ‘not toeing the Party Line’ orchestrated by their representative State. Fortuitously, this has failed to silence them, and their voices are now being heard as the alarm bells ring not only in medical circles but even amongst some of our peerless leadership.

AUSTRALIA:

It would appear also that the proverbial ‘penny’ is now commencing to drop at the level of the hitherto docile complacent (let’s all race and get the jab) public.

And though I reserve grave personal doubts about the efficacy of all three of the current vaccines, I do NOT and WOULD NOT decry the right of anyone who holds a different view to accept inoculation. At least certainly whilst we still have that choice of free will.

The rollout of the vaccines now appears to be coming to a grinding halt in Australia as doctor’s surgeries that were authorized to inoculate with the AstraZeneca jab are now EMPTY.

For instance, since the side effects from the AstraZeneca became known, there has been a major backlash, and people are no longer turning out to accept the jab. My heart, therefore, goes out to Health professionals whose livelihood is dependent upon them having attained the ‘passport’ to work that inoculation provides them.

What about the rest of us?

This is where it then begins to get ‘interesting.’ There are now millions of ‘doses’ of the ‘vaccines’ in storage. The State (at both State & Federal level) appears to be getting itself into a contradictory flap as to how they intend to handle this.

Already, some politicians are espousing a number of ‘unspecified’ draconian steps to make us accept it.

In my case, I will risk arrest in my personal resistance to this. And they will have to hold me down to administer it. In the meantime, I have begged both my extended family (some who have other health issues) and my contacts to avoid it like the plague until time and further testing dictate that appropriate safety standards have been reached. I do NOT accept that the general populace should be the unsuspecting guinea pigs in lieu of long-term clinical tests in a totally controlled environment.

And ‘No,’ I am not someone with a long opposition to vaccination in general. I have had various inoculations since I was a child and had my normal flu and pneumonia shots at the recommended periods. I had trust in them. I have none in these ‘vaccines.’

PROPHETIC VALIDATION:

Jesus warned us that in these times (the hour now being definitively apparent), such plagues would descend upon us.

On what do I base that assumption?

Certainly on the Word itself in which Jesus described the end of this time when specifically asked that question by His disciples.

The Signs of the Times and the End of the Age

(Matthew 24:3-8, New King James)

“Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, ‘Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?’

“And Jesus answered and said to them: ‘Take heed that no one deceives you. For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many. And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of sorrows.'”

The ‘sorrows’ befall us because, both metaphorically and literally, ‘we have been given enough rope and have hung ourselves.’ 

There are two cups that we are free to drink from.

1: The cup of depravity: NOW FULL TO OVERFLOWING, and mankind has clearly demonstrated his attempt to drain it to the last dregs left in the bottom of the cup.

2: The cup of saving grace: this cup is personified of those who, having received the Word (have then in brokenness), fallen in repentance at the foot of the Cross in the name of Jesus.

THE WORD IS NOW PREACHED IN ALL CORNERS OF THE EARTH. THAT CUP IS ALSO FILLED AND OVERFLOWS WITH THE SAVING GRACE OF CHRIST’S ATONEMENT.

Jesus bought that atonement (forgiveness) for us. He freely chose to become one perfect blood sacrifice for the sins of any human being who would believe in Him and so declare it publicly.

God long ago declared that life is in the blood. In the beginning, he gave us an example that one day it would only be a human sacrifice of a perfect human being without sin that would suffice.

He did this by commanding Abraham to slay Isaac and then sacrifice him as a burnt offering.

At the last moment (thus testing the faithful fidelity of his servant Abraham who was prepared to carry it out), God forbade that he do so and substituted a ram instead. However, we clearly see that mankind is given a vision of that which would come with Jesus.

From the Word itself, these two cups are the precursor to the close of the chapter of this present Age. However, many claiming to know and love Jesus have fallen asleep along with their churches. Nominally claiming to be Christians, it is not difficult to identify them:

• They are falsely pastored in ways clearly apparent to the congregation in general.
• They readily & knowingly accept, without censure, the impost of an unrepentant sinner to the pulpit, whether that be because of sexual sin or other sinful error.
• They do NOT study the Word other than when asked to open the Bible to follow the Service, and that…maybe, once a week.
• Prayer is confined to their congregational following of the Service doctrine in whatever denomination is espousing it. They rarely bother to pray on a daily basis or give thanks.
• They are not taught prophecy.
• And eschatology (the study of prophecy) is not part of the doctrine they are regularly taught.
• Alternatively, they are taught that all ancient prophecies were rendered with the birth, advent, ministry and execution of Jesus.
• Were prophecy taught (or so attempted in order to confront them), they would vote with their feet, and taking with them their tithe, abandon that church promptly.
• I suggest that their heresy is conceivably much worse than in someone who does not, in any way, call themselves ‘followers of Jesus, the Christ King.’
• For ‘knowing’ that they sin, they have determined NOT to change or repent from lifestyle choices. So I am speaking to ‘nominal’ believers who wantonly ignore the path Jesus implored us to follow.
• This allows them to accept, in good conscience, false teachings that appeal to their senses, and tickling the sense of their own omnipotence, to manipulate Scripture to ‘suit themselves.’
• Abortion thus is seen as conscionable (particularly with many false pastors now arguing in favor of these sacrifices to Moloch).
• They have made a pact to accept homosexuality/fornication in general, in all its embracing forms — same-sex unions/gender re-identification and all that Satan has conspired in his attempt to destroy the human race; his age-long plan.
• Church represents both their comfort zone and the setting of their place at the apex of community life virtue.
• Paragons of virtue in their own lunchtimes, church attendance is therefore seen as a reputation enhancer and/or a once-a-week period of ‘neighborly’ community and conviviality.

Some tie their ‘godliness’ to ‘good works. This is a dangerous spiritual road if such ‘works’ are transparently performed to enhance ‘self’ rather than performing an act of charitable humility in the furtherance of the injunction of Jesus to respect and nurture the poor and render aid to the sick.

I do not excuse my own shortcomings, for I have been so represented herein – God forgive me!

There are many, many ways in which to deny God and the deity of Jesus. I guess that old pre-Rock ‘n’ Roll ballad, “O Yes, I’m a Great Pretender,” that the ‘Platters’ released in 1955 says it all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCfxMHLsoBU

Oh oh, yes, I’m the great pretender
Pretending that I’m doing well
My need is such I pretend too much
I’m lonely but no one can tell

Oh oh, yes, I’m the great pretender
Adrift in a world of my own
I’ve played the game but to my real shame
You’ve left me to grieve all alone

Too real is this feeling of make-believe
Too real when I feel what my heart can’t conceal

Yes, I’m the great pretender
Just laughin’ and gay like a clown
I seem to be what I’m not, you see
I’m wearing my heart like a crown
Pretending that you’re still around

Too real is this feeling of make-believe
Too real when I feel what my heart can’t conceal

Yes, I’m the great pretender
Just laughin’ and gay like the clown
I seem to be what I’m not, you see
I’m wearing my heart like a crown
Pretending that you’re still around

God Speed and prayerfully,

Bon Voyage, my fellow travelers.

Denis Bowden

denisjbowden@gmail.com