Friday, July 31, 2015
"Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the
Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your
own? For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your
body" (I Cor. 5:19-20)
Hey Gang: William Koenig began his weekly commentary,
a few weeks ago, on the rapid progression of the United States toward the
precipice with these words: "End-Time Clock Moves Another
Tick". His statement brought back memories of the cold-war
days when a group of people, who were up to speed on world affairs, set, what
was termed, the "Dooms Day Clock". I recall at one time
it was within five seconds of no longer sounding the alarm but declared the
reality that you best have your house in order for the Day of Salvation is coming
to a close.
Koenig began his epistle with a plea to respond to Anne
Graham Lotz's Prayer initiative, Mayday, Mayday, to pray
fervently for our nation. He wrote, "In these days of desperation
and confusion, hopelessness, when mountains are collapsing, nations are
warring, people are rioting, the earth is quaking, and the enemy is
threatening, it's time to cry out to the Lord...NOW!” The prayer
initiative has since passed by us, but it is never too late to cry out to God
for forgiveness and mercy for the tragic direction our nations has taken.
Her challenge, to all those who love the LORD and
this nation was to pray for nine days between Ascension of Jesus and the Day of
Pentecost; these have been biblically and traditionally days of prayer and
fasting for an outpouring of God's Spirit. The time has passed and
perhaps you did not know or give that one hour a day to seeking God's mercy and
forgiveness for the gross sins of our nation. But how fantastic our God
is! He does not place time limits on our prayer life.
It has been said that our President is very concerned about
his legacy and has placed all of his eggs in the Iran Nuclear Agreement to
repair a very damaged foreign policy. But I would suggest this
morning that he has a far greater problem than what the world thinks of him as
the leader of the most powerful nation in the world. He, like every one
of us, will stand before the judgment seat of God and answer the question,
"What did you do with My Son Jesus? And there will be no teleprompters around.
How very sad that our President became recognized as the
gay and lesbian rights champion when he endorsed same-sex marriage.
In a recent Newsweek magazine article, he was nicknamed "The first pro-gay
president. He is the first president to use the term "transgender"
in a speech, to name transgender political appointees and to prohibit job bias
against transgender government workers.
Also included in this week's Koenig report that should not
get your feet to dancing, "Girl Scouts of America Allows Boys Who Identify
as Girls to Join Troops; Opponent Says Policy is "Slap in the Face to
Christian Parents.
If that does not get your attention perhaps this one will,
"Our President has called for an end to psychiatric therapies for those who
seek to change the sexual orientation of gay, lesbian and transgender youth.
And, last but not least, "Robert Gates, president of
the Boy Scouts of America, urged members to lift the decade-old ban on openly
gay adult troop leaders sooner than later" during a speech at the
organization's national meeting in Atlanta.
Now can you understand why Bill Koenig's title to this
week’s report was " End-Time Clock Moves Another Tick".
It is a little late to respond to Anne Graham Lotz's
challenge to pray one hour on nine consecutive days for our Nation., BUT
it is never too late to pray for our nation with this in mind: "If My
people who are called My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and
turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their
sin and will heal their land" (2 Chronicles 7:14).
Gramps
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