America – God DOES Punish Nations For Their Sins.
AMERICA, GOD DOES PUNISH NATIONS FOR THEIR SINS
The following is an article from NewsOk.com, my comments below.
BY CARLA HINTON | NewsOK.com – How can a loving, powerful God allow disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis to wreak havoc and destroy lives? It’s a question that has “kept seminarians up at night,” said Robert P. Jones, Ph.D., chief executive officer of the Public Religion Research Institute. His comments come as the institute releases findings from a survey conducted one week after a March 11 earthquake triggered a catastrophic tsunami and nuclear crisis in Japan.
The survey, conducted by the Washington-based institute in partnership with Religion News Service, found that a majority of Americans, 56 percent, say God is in control of everything that happens in the world. However, less than four in 10 (38 percent) believe earthquakes, floods and other natural disasters are a sign from God, and fewer (29 percent) believe God sometimes punishes nations for the sins of their citizens.
“Generally speaking, what we see in this poll is that Americans basically have a more natural than supernatural view of disasters,” Jones said. He said one exception proved to be white evangelical Protestants. The survey found that among evangelicals, about six out of 10 (59 percent) believe natural disasters are a sign from God, and a smaller majority (53 percent) believe God judges nations for the sins of some citizens.
Jones said white evangelical Protestants tend to be more likely to approach the Bible literally, “and of course in the Bible, we have plenty of examples of floods, earthquakes, fires — all kinds of things that are attributed in Scripture to signs from God or God’s judgment.” Read more
Folks, f you believe God doesn’t punish nations for disobedience and sinfulness, then you haven’t read the Bible. God’s words verbatim – “spare the rod, spoil the child” (Proverbs 13:24). If God thinks this is good instruction for our children, then we can only expect He applies it to His children, right? After all, sinners or saints, we are all God’s children.
Does this sound familiar? :
Hosea 9 1-3 : Punishment for Israel 1 Do not rejoice, Israel; do not be jubilant like the other nations.
For you have been unfaithful to your God; you love the wages of a prostitute at every threshing floor. 2 Threshing floors and winepresses will not feed the people; the new wine will fail them. 3 They will not remain in the LORD’s land;
Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria.
Also, just because you believe in something, doesn’t make it Truth. I could believe in my heart that the sky is green, but until someone diagnoses me as being colorblind, I will never know that the truth is the sky is blue. Just keep that in mind.
The Bible is God’s definitive word. Why do I believe it? Years of study, years of running from God, years of running TO God. It is only through personal experience is our faith built. Catch is you must have faith to obtain that experience.
God is real, believe it or not, and there is a defined time-line in the grand scheme of things. However, do not be so arrogant as to think that God will not discipline those who have fallen to the traps of sin, and that includes their nation.




May 1, 2011
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Posted by Aaron Nelson
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