What Is This World Coming To?

All of us at one point and time have asked this same question, "What is this world coming to?" What IS this world coming to? What is REALLY going on out there today? Every day, we hear about unspeakable violence happening in our schools, our shopping malls, department stores and even cultural venues like concerts. What is this world REALLY coming to? Many people ask the question, "If God is such a loving God, why does He allow all this evil and all of this violence to happen in this world today?" Who said He did?

The simple truth of the matter is, God has not allowed ANYTHING evil nor violent that takes place in this world. So, who's to blame for all the chaos happening today? We all love to blame the government, the police department, the President, Senators, Congress men and women. But if you truly want to know who the guilty party REALLY is, all you have to do is look in your own mirror at your own reflection. "What do you mean by that?" I mean that it is you and I who are truly responsible for what is happening in America and all over the world. "How are WE responsible for any of this?"

Simple really. When we keep silent when the enemies of God and the church take prayer, the Bible and the Ten Commandments out of our schools and government buildings. We allow this evil to run rampid in the world by not going out to vote in our elections. We allow it when we do vote and we are more concerned and more swayed in our decision on who to voter for with promises of reduction in taxes and better health care. Not that any of that is a bad thing, however, when we let issues like that blind us to the fact that a candidate is endorsed by or supports groups like the LGBTQ and Planned Parent Hood, we are not voting according to the Will of God. When we fail to rally the saints of God to protest the removal of the Holy Bible from our schools and do nothing when our governments let abominations like same sex marriage and abortion happen, we open the door for evil to run roughshod over our city, our state and our country! Let me show you, read Psalms 9:17-20.

"The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God. For the needy shall not always be forgotten. The expectation of the poor shall not perish forever. Arise, O Lord, do not let man prevail. let the nations be judged in Your sight. Put them in fear, O Lord, that the nations may know themselves to be but men."

Heavenly Father, God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. We gather here today to pay homage to You, O Lord and exalt Your Name by hearing Your Word in this place. Let Your voice and Your grace fill our hearts today and open our eyes to Your Shekinah Glory. In Jesus Holy Name, we pray and ask it in faith believing and expecting it to be so. Amen and amen.

"The wicked shall be turned into hell!" Say that again, "The wicked SHALL be turned into hell!" That includes all the enemies of Israel, the Jewish people, the Church, and God Almighty Himself! But they will not be the only ones according to David here in Psalms 9. "And ALL the nations that FORGET GOD!" Think about that for a moment. Anyone and everyone who forsakes, forgets and rejects the Lord Jesus Christ, the Bible says will be TURNED INTO HELL!

You can see that is happening now in America and all over the world. THIS is why all the evil and chaos is happening today. We have forgotten the Lord our God! We have banned His Holy Bible from our classrooms. We have thrown His Ten Commandments out of our government buildings. We have allowed foolish atheists to have their way and get God's Word, His Commandments, and Himself kicked out of the places it's needed the most! And now, it's seeping into the pulpits of churches all over the world.

"How is THAT happening?", you say? Easy. Revelation 2:4-5 says, "Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love. Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works, or else I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place—unless you repent."

What is the first love John the Revelator is talking about here? The Gospel itself and the preaching thereof. Remember how I said in past sermons that Jesus IS the Gospel and the Gospel must be preached? I'm here to tell you that most churches in America itself have forsaken the preaching of the Gospel. Remember also that I told you that when you forsake the Gospel, you forsake Jesus Himself because He and the Gospel are one and the same? That stands true to this day and it will stand true for all time! Jesus IS the Gospel. And without the preaching and teachings of Christ our Lord in the pulpits of churches all over the world, the Bible says we shall be turned into hell because we have forgotten God! You forget God, you will be a living hell to everyone who crosses your path!