One Nation Under God by Bob Yandian

Author:Bob Yandian
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Homosexuality, Homosexual, Lesbian, Gay
Published: 2012-01-21T11:55:27+00:00

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Praying to Defend the Nation

Consult God—

Before a nation goes to war, its leaders should pray to consult God. "Every purpose is established by counsel:" (God's counsel, not man's) "and with good advice make war" (Prov. 20:18). Man is imperfect. Rather than depending on man's opinions, a nation's leaders should call in the prophets of the land to ask for God's wisdom and guidance.

"A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength. For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety" (Prov. 24:5,6). The multitude of counsellors is composed of godly people who know the principles of God's Word. It is important to a nation's success in war that it understands the principles of God's Word and looks to the leadership and guidance of the ministries that God has placed within the land.

We see in the Bible that ministries were placed in Israel to instruct and guide kings. We have seen that the Church today is to subdue the land, to rise up and take dominion and authority. One way to accomplish this is to instruct the leadership of the land, to tell them what God has to say about war.

Proverbs 24:3,4 states: "Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established: And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches."

Our house, our nation, was built on the wisdom of God; it is still in existence because it was founded on the principles of

God's Word. When our lives are established upon the Rock of the Lord Jesus Christ, the storms can come, the winds can come, but our house will not be touched.

Matthew 7:26 states:

"And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it."

There are people who study destruction, who study how to destroy other people. Proverbs 24:1 says: "Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them. For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief."

Some nations delight in war, continually using their imaginations for war. Psalm 140:1,2 states: "Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man; Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war."

David is referring to people who have no consideration for human life or for the freedom of others, but who choose to enslave and entrap people and steal from them. In David's day it was the Philistines, Assyrians, and Amalekites who were warlike; in World War II it was Hitler's Third Reich.

Today we must not be fooled by nations who say they want peace, but actually want war. We must be careful about entering into a covenant with them, because they may break it. Warlike nations

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