[Biblemat] A) GOD HAS SPOKEN

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Brethren and Friends, Jim Sasser here.  A very good Saturday
morning to each and everyone.  May God bless you and yours.
Here is an article from my files:

GOD HAS SPOKEN

     "Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to 
any people" (Prov. 14:34).  But what is righteousness?  All of
God's commandments are righteousness. (Psa. 119:172).  One who is a believer 
in God and who obeys God is account-
ed as righteous (Jas. 2:21-26).  Nations are made up of indivi-
duals.  What individuals do determines the course of a nation.
In more detail, righteousness is moral purity, honesty, holine-
ss, humility, and sanctification.  Moral purity is opposite to
illicit sexual conduct, lewdnes, lasciviousness, wantonness,
and such like.  A summary of right treatment of others is "You shall love 
your neighbor as yourself" (Lk. 22:37-40).  Such love must be defined and made 
definite by the particul-
ar teachings of the Scriptures.

     God, you see, is the center of this picture.  Wherever you
turn and whatever you do, the Will of God is there to guide
and direct.  There is no escape from this reality.  Therefore,
"The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that
forget God" (Psa. 9:17).  If one leaves God out of his life, and
if this is the course of a nation, then they are left without mar-
riage and laws governing it, antitheft laws, antimurder laws,
property laws, the dignity and worth of the individual, laws
against lying, ethics laws, laws establishing decency in public
behavior.  Such loss would be calamitous to a nation and indi-
viduals living therein.

     There is one more and very important truth about this mat-
ter -- a fact that restrains and motivates individuals and nations.  That 
reality is accountability to God.  God has prom-
ised blessing to those that obey Him, culminating in eternal
life.  He has also promised retribution to those who disobey
Him, culminating in eternal punishment (Rom. 2:2-11; 14:12).
"Blessed is that nation whose God is the Lord, and the peop-
le whom He has chosen as His own inheritance" (Psa. 33:12).
Jesus said, "Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me," with
the promise of rest for one's soul (Matt. 11:28-30).  Are you
willing to open God's Book and receive His Word?  Please
consider the consequence of your choice.  ----- Gilbert Alex-
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