11 THE COUNSEL OF THE LORD STANDS FOREVER, THE PLANS OF HIS HEART TO ALL GENERATIONS. 12 BLESSED IS THE NATION WHOSE GOD IS THE LORD, THE PEOPLE HE HAS CHOSEN AS HIS OWN INHERITANCE.
13 THE LORD LOOKS FROM HEAVEN; HE SEES ALL THE SONS OF MEN. ~ Psalm 33:11-13 NKJV
“BLESSED IS THE NATION WHOSE GOD IS THE LORD!” ~ How do we know if a nation belongs to the LORD? What exactly does a “nation” look like whose “GOD IS THE LORD?” Does it only matter if the president claims to be a GOD -fearing CHRIST-follower? What about congress, the senate, supreme court judges, governors, and mayors? After all, our money still says, “In GOD we trust,” right? Maybe… it’s the journalists who report the news? Or, could it be the entertainment industry that sets our moral standard? I doubt it…
We might say, “It’s ‘the nation’ which is ‘the people.’” I agree, but how many people must believe in GOD and live for HIM? Is it a vote that needs 51% to win the election? Let’s consider the exclusive statements of our LORD JESUS CHRIST: HE said, “I am the only way…” (John 14:6a)
9 that if you confess with your mouth the LORD JESUS and believe in your heart that GOD has raised HIM from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. ~ Romans 10:9-10
I am confident that the GOD who wants “all to come to repentance…” (II Peter 3:9b) has a different standard. HE searches one heart at a time! That’s why each of us must choose to make OUR “HEARTS CHRIST’S HOME.” Thus, we begin the study today leading one heart at a time to surrender, confess, and follow JESUS by giving HIM every area of our lives: one room at a time. HE’S at the door… will you respond? 😊
Living in THE SHADOW of the CROSS
Blessings in CHRIST
Pastor Wes
I Peter 3:15
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