A Sinful Nation 

   “They have acted shamefully; they have done abominable things, yet they are not at all ashamed, they do not know how to blush.  Hence they shall be among those who fall; in the time of punishment they shall stumble, says the Lord.  (Jeremiah 8: 12) 

   God will allow a people to go their own way should they so choose, but there is a price to pay.  “So the Lord said: ‘The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grave, that I must go down to see whether their actions are as bad as the outcry against them that comes to me.  I mean to find out.’” (Gen 18: 20 – 21).

   At Abraham’s urging God agreed that if He could find only ten just people in Sodom and Gomorrah, He would spare the cities.  There were not ten righteous people to be found, only Lot and his family; Sodom and Gomorrah was destroyed.

   I look around at this nation today I see much of what was prevalent in Sodom and Gomorrah thousands of years ago.  We have become shameful in our practices and forgetful of all the blessings God has bestowed on this country.

   The United States is the wealthiest, healthiest, most prosperous nation in the world. Yet, we have turned away from the God who has blessed us so greatly.  I fear that God will look to us and hear the outcry against the sinfulness of this once great nation.  That we, like Sodom and Gomorrah, will have to pay for our wickedness.

   However, there is hope.  When Jonah warned Nineveh of the destruction to come because of their sinful ways the people listened.  They repented of their evil ways and were spared the punishment that was to come (Jonah, chapter 3).  Our God is a merciful and loving God, He seeks repentance, not vengeance.

   Who will be the prophet for this nation?  When will they come?  Will we, like Nineveh, repent and be saved or will we ignore the warnings and suffer like Sodom and Gomorrah?