How to Save a Nation!

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Do you rulers in Jerusalem
and in the city of Samaria
feel safe and at ease?
Everyone bows down to you,
and you think you are better
than any other nation.
But you are in for trouble!

Look what happened
to the cities of Calneh,
powerful Hamath,
and Gath in Philistia.
Are you greater than any
of those kingdoms?

You are cruel, and you forget
the coming day of judgment.

You rich people lounge around
on beds with ivory posts,
while dining on the meat
of your lambs and calves.

You sing foolish songs
to the music of harps,
and you make up new tunes,
just as David used to do.

You drink all the wine you want
and wear expensive perfume,
but you don't care about
the ruin of your nation.

Amos 6:1-6

Do you care about the ruin of your nation? Some think that good laws will bring a nation back from the brink of destruction, but they will not. Remember, laws are simply a reflection of the hearts of the people. Laws are an attempt to prohibit people from doing things that would be bad for the country and its other citizens. If the hearts of the men and women in the country were right before God there would be no need for those laws. No one would do those bad things.

How do you bring a nation back from it's certain demise? The answer is to change the hearts of the people instead of the laws. Until that happens all you have is a contest of voting blocks. One wants the laws to force everyone to live as if they were followers of Jesus Christ. The other wants no laws relating to personal actions at all. But without a sweeping revival across your nation, neither voting block will get what they want. What they will get is a totalitarian government that will control actions not by law, but by force. Self government without self control always ends badly.

Do you want to save your nation? If you do then tell everyone you know about the love of Jesus and what He has done for you and will do for your life if you give yourself to Him! Jesus is the answer to every question and His love burning brightly in the hearts of men will save any nation.