From One Nation Under One God to One Nation Under Many Gods

I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me.~Isaiah 46:9


I was meditating on this scripture earlier, and later I was discussing it with a friend of mine. If you turn on the news any this week, you will hear a great deal about freedom of religion(s) in America, and the list of spiritual leaders to be on program for the Inauguration. For a very long time this has been a nation of One God, whose Son is Jesus Christ our Redeemer. It has only been in recent years that this nation, The United States of America has become a nation under many gods in the minds of some, including our POTUS. This is a new thing in America. For many years the tradition in our country was every Sunday, the media would show the President and his family entering a Church of their choosing for a Christian church service, where they received instruction from the Word of God, and their minds were renewed of God's promises. At the end of service they'd show the first family heading back to the White House to enjoy the rest of their Sunday, like most other Americans. But this is not so with this President. I will say, for I will be honest, I miss that. It speaks volumes. It speaks of who is really in charge in the heart and mind of a leader. 


Still focusing on Isaiah 46:9, there have been many prayers over the last four years in America. Within that period, we have gone from freely invoking the name of Jesus over our gatherings to being condemned for doing so, and the new move is to ban the name of Jesus, so as to not offend other gods worshipped by other religions. This so saddens me. What happened? God's Word has been quoted quite a bit recently in the past four years. Yet God's intent, and the circumstance in which they are spoken are totally different. For this, I am shocked, and dismayed. I read the same Word of God for myself as others do. Yet, how does this happen? The answer, in one instance the Holy Spirit watches over the Word of God, to bring redemption from sin, convicting the heart of mankind, and in the other instance, mankind disregards the Holy Spirit and attempts to mold the Word of God to approve man's sin. To me, this is dangerous territory to be treading for any man or woman, regardless of their stature.

The main thing that America loses when we forget we were created as one nation under one God is wisdom. Not just any wisdom, but Godly wisdom. Counterfeit gods have no wisdom. Only the Creator God of heaven and earth and all things has true wisdom. When we as acountry abandon this Creator, we settle for not second best, but nothingness. Man cannot solve his own problems. Neither can gods made of stone, or wood sitting on a shelf, crafted from the hands of man. For how can man who cannot solve his own problems, craft a god of wood or stone capable of solving that same man’s problems. Do they NOT know that Jesus Christ’s Father, our Creator; is the only god that is capable of creating something out of nothing? He is the only god that can raise the dead. Without God, no other god can be created! God says in His Word, “My name is the great I AM. God’s Word also says, He is a jealous God and will not share his glory with no other, except His Son, Yeshua-Jesus Christ.

I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me.~Isaiah 46:9

The last I will speak of, however there are many more losses that come from this new One Nation Under Many Gods, as opposed to One Nation Under One God is the loss of our blessings. God will not share His platform, planet earth, with any man made god, be it human or otherwise. Out of obedience to God’s spoken Words come blessings. Yes, God does extend His grace and mercy. But it is out obedience that comes abundant living. Right now, America is not experiencing abundant living. Granted there are many things contributing to this loss, however it is thru obedience, that we as a country will find our pathway to blessings, regardless of the challenges before us. 

"God blesses those who hunger and thirst for justice, for they will be satisfied. (Matthew 5:6 NLT)"  

I personally have vowed to be apart of that remnant that pledges it's allegience to God, God’s Word, and His principles. Together, we will be blessed, and be a blessing to others. A prayer without invoking the name of Jesus Christ is an empty, useless attempt at receiving anything from His Father-our Creator God.  This is Faith 101. Anyone who attempts to pray otherwise, simply does not know God, and has not read their bible; or they have chosen to DENY God.

"But now I find that I must write about ...urging you to defend the faith that God has entrusted...to his holy people. I say this because some ungodly people have wormed their way into your churches, saying that God’s marvelous grace allows us to live immoral lives. The condemnation of such people was recorded long ago, for they have denied our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ".http://bible.us/116/jud.1.3.nlt

Today, I have discerned two camps of the Redeemed by Christ. First, is the camp made up of those who try to follow Christ, but sometimes fail, but thru the conviction of the Holy Spirit repent, and carry on in their relationship with Christ Jesus. Second, is the camp of the Redeemed in Christ, who pick and choose, when and which written Words of God they will follow. Essentially, they have become their own god. They like to do things their way. They know what God’s Word says about moral, lifestyle issues, but they out of their own disobedience, choose a pathway opposite of God’s instructions. This is shocking to me. Where is the reverence to God?

What is my response to this new American way of One Nation Under Many Gods? God is Sovereign and on the thrown. America will find it’s way back to One Nation Under One God, one changed heart at a time. One by one, we as citizens will have to get sick enough of being our own little god, worshipping other gods, and of the abundant living that fails to come to pass. We will find our allegience to God, on bended knee in prayer, and thru repentance like the children of Israel on their way back from exile.

"Therefore, let us offer through Jesus a continual sacrifice of praise to God, proclaiming our allegiance to his name." Hebrews 13:14

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