Where has the Church (the body of Christ) been in America?
Webmaster's Note: While the following may be a very excellent example of the miasma existing in the North American continent... asking the obvious questions of "how could this have happened" - the questioners should only look to themselves for having departed from the heart and spirit of the true Church for the church of entertainment... of politics... of secularism idealistic attitudes where worship has become a lazy man's way to assuage himself and not God. True worship exists in the Orthodox Catholic Church, and always has existed and never will cease to exist where true faith of the people are the Church and not some bible thumping man who calls himself a "preacher" (although many expound good principles in part, but not in whole)... and are not truly ordained ministers of the Word of God as existed from the times of Jesus Christ to the Holy Apostles and since in a long line of succession where those who apprehend the spiritual import and impact, maintain their vows. The Church is not a place of business where accountant flow-chart mentalities always seek to keep the "coffers" full of gold and coin for self aggrandizement either. No, the answers to the questions posed by the following article can be laid at the door-step of the very questioning person whose faith is far removed from the faith once delivered by Jesus Christ, the Holy Apostles, Martyrs, Saints, Patristic Fathers and more..
America is going to "Hell in a hand-basket" people are fond of saying but
where has the Church been in America while this was going on? This didn't
happen overnight.
The Supreme Court ruled the 10 Commandments and Prayer in public schools was
unconstitutional. Where was the Church when these rulings came down? They
ruled that murdering our own offspring was a "constitutional right", where
was the Church in America? Where was the Righteous Indignation of this
Nation? Where were the people that were charged to be SALT & LIGHT to the
earth?
Our schools have become war zones not only physically but spiritually, where
is the Church?
Hollywood is filming some of the most vile filth and sending it to our local
theaters, where is the Church?
Our Nation's children can access porn from their computers at home via the
internet, where is the Church?
The "News" organizations ceased printing or broadcasting actual news and
started printing and broadcasting GOSSIP and passing it off as news, again
... where is the Church in America?
People are in debt up to their great great great grandchildren, again ...
where is the Church in America? Sadly many are in debt like that right along
with the rest of them.
Is America going to "Hell in a hand-basket" you betcha, and so is a lot of the
member's of the Church (body of Christ).
The Church retreats as Satan and his minions advance and slowly but surely
take this Nation in a direction this Nation's founders warned it would go if
the people of God did NOT stand up and be SALT & LIGHT to the earth.
We are the body of Christ, we NEED to start acting like it and standing up
for what is Holy and Righteous! We NEED to STOP RETREATING! America is at
stake and so are the very souls of our Nation and the World!
It's time to stop bickering over petty differences and stand united as ONE
under God, Indivisible on PRINCIPLE! Otherwise, America and world will indeed
go to "Hell in an hand-basket" and everyone of us that do NOT do our
Christian DUTY will have tied the bow around that basket!!!
~ Teri
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