LOST NATION

By Rick Mathes

Romans 1:25 (NASB) ²⁵  For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen,

There is no hiding the truth. America is badly tarnished and has lost its former glory. My father was killed in WWII protecting our essential values and today all I have left is a purple heart and the flag that draped his casket. God has all but left America but I believe He’ll be back!

To throw a match and walk away is destructive criticism. To throw a match and stay to put out the fire is constructive criticism. So in order to remain positive and know God has a purpose for us I propose these steps to a solution that will lead this beautiful country back to the throne of grace so that we may declare God bless America once again and really mean it.

Allow me to offer that our big God can and will restore our nation with your prayers, volunteer time and financial support.

Regeneration

I went to my last Southern Baptist Conference over 30 years ago and have not been to another ever since. Why? I’ll explain. I was the featured speaker so I milled among the pastors to pick up some current information that I could use in my speech. To a man all they discussed was how to get a bigger church with more salary and a better pension plan! No one said one word about baptisms.

Reformation

Accurate doctrine is critical. Calvinism is not an optional theology, it is the gospel of Jesus Christ, pure and simple.

Revival

You can yell and shout and preach, praise and condemn a dead body and nothing will come to life without the regeneration of the Holy Spirit.

Revolution

We must take our Sword (the Word of God) to the authorities and soundly remind them of the Judeo-Christian values our country was founded on. If that doesn’t work, resort to stronger means of turning our nation back to Go so that we can once again sincerely sing “God Bless America.”

Don’t get me wrong. I would give my life for all religions to have the right to worship freely. They have an inherent right to be wrong. We have the imperative from Jesus Himself to be free. Jesus is the only Way!