Woe To You America, Pt 2

[Sue J Love]

“At that time Jesus said, ‘I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to infants. Yes, Father, for this way was well-pleasing in Your sight.’” (Matthew 11:25-26 NASB1995)

What are “these things” being referred to here? Jesus was speaking of a generation which did not respect and honor the Lord and his messengers, but who found fault with them because they did not do things the way that they wanted them to be done. For they did not follow the ways of the world and of the society and culture around them, but they followed the ways of the Lord, instead. And so they were odd balls who ended up being mocked and criticized rather than honored for being true servants of our God.

And then Jesus began to denounce the cities in which most of his miracles were done, because they did not repent. They did not turn from their sinful ways, and they did not honor and obey God. And so he warned them that on the day of judgment that their punishment would be greater than that of Sodom and Tyre and Sidon, because they were given so much more and yet they did not turn from their sins to follow Jesus in walks of obedience to his commands in holy living, as they ought to have done, since given so much!

And I believe that today the Lord is giving the same message to the nation of the United States of America. We, as a nation, have been given so much in the way of material possessions and opportunities and freedoms that so many other nations and peoples do not have. We have Bibles all over America, and we have Christian radio and television and internet sites where we can read or hear the Scriptures and be taught by people who know Christ and who are teaching the true gospel, but who are in the minority.

Now we do have a lot of people teaching the Scriptures here in America, but the majority of them appear to be those who are diluting and altering the gospel message in order to make it less offensive and more attractive to the ungodly of this sinful world. It seems that the majority are like the people that Jesus faced who accused him falsely of what he did not do just because he didn’t join in with them in doing things their way according to their culture and what appeases human flesh. So he was an oddball to them.

And if we follow the ways of Jesus that he taught and exemplified, and so we live to obey God and to do his will, and we reject sinful patterns of behavior, and so we live and teach the gospel that he taught, and not the “gospel” that appeases human flesh, then we will most likely be treated as oddballs, too. And we may be called teachers of “works salvation” or “legalists” lacking in genuine love and compassion. And some of the institutional “churches” may invite us to leave because they were warned about people like us with “strong convictions.” For we do not blend in with the world and its culture.

So, we are the “infants,” so to speak, because we are those who believe God and the teachings of the Scriptures and who follow him in his ways and who do not compromise with the world and with our culture in order to “fit in.” This does not make us perfect people, but we are those who believe the Scriptures, taught in the correct biblical context, and whose goal it is to obey God rather than to do what pleases human flesh. But we are also the discarded and the “throw aways” because we don’t live like the world does.

But because of our trust in the Lord and in his word, and because we don’t compromise with the world to be accepted, but we believe God, the Lord then reveals his Word and his will to us, for our hearts and our minds are receptive to his truths. But for those who live to please the flesh and the world and not God, their hearts and minds are not receptive to the truth of the Scriptures but they prefer the lies, instead. And this seems to be the majority which are living worldly lives while the minority follow our Lord.

So, this is also a warning to the USA of the judgments of God on our nation, for our nation, as a nation, proclaims to be one nation under the one true God, and for whom Christianity is the predominant faith of choice. Yet so many profess Jesus with their lips, but their hearts are far from God, for they live like the world for worldly pleasures rather than to please God with their lives. And so many of our leaders are proclaiming faith in Jesus while they live in hypocrisy doing all sorts of evil to the people of the world.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; 2 Corinthians 5:10,15,21; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

Wake Up!

Based off Ephesians 5:1-21; Revelation 3:1-6
An Original Work / November 25, 2011
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Wake up, sleeper, rise from the dead.
Your God awaits you to do what
He says to you.
Be not conformed to your selfish will.
Trust in the Lord. Do what He says.
He will give you victory.
Do not walk in darkness;
Come into the light of love.

Listen to your Savior calling
You to obey all His teachings.
Repent of your sin, and
Christ will shine His love on you.
He waits patiently for you to
Heed His whispers to your heart.
Will you hasten to obey Him;
Not from Him depart?

Live your life from this day forward,
Walking in His love and mercy.
Let Him cleanse you of all your sins.
Dwell with Him today.
Do not insult God’s grace to you.
Do not make light of your sin.
Let the light of His truth come
And free you from within.

Woe To You America, Pt 2
An Original Work / April 30, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love