Hosanna In The Highest Ministries
THE SINS OF THE CHURCH
THE SINS OF AMERICA
YOU SAY; “We have not sinned”, GOD SAYS; “You have”!
Against You, You only, have I sinned, and done this evil in your sight; that You may
Be found just when you speak, and blameless when You judge (Ps 51:4).
“The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.” Joel 1:12
Search me o God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, lead me in the way everlasting.
Ps 139: 23,24 “….thou has left thy first love. Revelation 2:4-5 REPENT!
STATE & NATIONAL SINS
Citizens -
Abandonment of God and His Word
as the foundation for civil order
Apathy & neglect - failure to vote, serve,
& support God-fearing men & women in
Government
Passive & active support for evil leaders
Neglect of stewardship of liberty & Godly
heritage
Willful ignorance & neglect of
community, state & national affairs
Silent indifference to the imposition of
evil laws & public policy
Greedily seek entitlements & largess of big
government despite cost to children ,
Failing to read & study our Constitution, Bill of Rights, Declaration of Independence and enforce it upon our elected officials
CATALOGUE OF SINS
Against You, You only, have I sinned, And done this evil in Your sight; That You maybe found just when You speak, And blameless when You judge (Ps 51:4).
Leaders -
Judicial, legislative & executive actions
affirming, fostering, promoting &
Exporting: abortion, infanticide,
Homosexuality& atheistic education
Trying to take away our unalienable rights that are granted by God , by making the state our new satanic humanist god
Treasonous barter of American liberty to
International interests
Deceitfully leading America into the New
World Order
Promoting the Luciferan doctrine and satan worship in all aspects of our lives under the guise of progressivism
Using international influence to promote
Immorality& abortion
Deliberate destruction of America’s
Military defense
Interference and usurpation of parental rights
& responsibilities
Violation of the Church & religious civilliberties
Usurpation of parents’ authority by
indoctrinating children into sexual
promiscuity, pantheism (worship of the
environment), polytheism
(multiculturalism), atheistic humanism,
liberal politics, socialism &statism under
the guise of public “education” while
failing to teach fundamental academics or
simple truths of right & wrong
Thievery via confiscation of private property
under veil of “environmental protection”
Thievery of family wealth via confiscatory
estate and inheritance taxes
Thievery via the confiscatory unconstitutional incometax & use of tax dollars for evil
Thievery from future generations through
wicked borrowing, deficit spending &
amassing unconscionable public debt
Thievery from all Americans via inflation
Oppression via suffocating overregulation
Violation of the national covenant with the
people: the Declaration and Constitution
Tyranny via unjustified surveillance, search &
seizure
Persecution of Christians (restraining, abusing
& firing ChristianSchool teachers,
government workers, etc., who are true to
their faith), passage of lawsdiscriminating against vocal pro-lifeChristians, imposing outrageous fines andpunishments which do not fit the “crimes”
(e.g., abortion clinic bubble laws, hatecrimes laws, etc.)
Imposition of Statism and Socialism in every
arena of American life (schools,medicine, business, charity, etc.)
Exaltation of theState as God, nullifying His laws
& demanding control over all areas of life(including the Church & Family), that
rightly belong to God
INDIVIDUAL SINS
Against God -
Lack of love, devotion & service to God
Idolatry (honor, priority, worship & devotion
to other gods: things, jobs, people, etc.)
Disdain for God’s law & word
Fear of man
Little or no fear of God
Prayerlessness
Stubbornness, rebellion & disobedience
Unfaithfulness & spiritual adultery
Against God & man -
Covetousness, selfishness, greed &materialism
False witnessing
Fear which leads to disobedience
Gluttony
Lust, fornication, adultery, homosexuality
Pornography & other sexual perversions
Arrogance, pride
Covenant-breaking, disloyalty
Shedding innocent blood
Deceit & Lying
Drug abuse & drunkenness
Slander & malicious gossip
Murder, suicide, anger, hatred, bitterness &forgiveness
Stubbornness & rebellion
Witchcraft, new age & the occult
Neglect of the poor & widows
Racism & ethnic hatred & discrimination
FAMILY SINS
Parents -
Abortion
Divorce
Adultery
Spousal neglect, abuse & abandonment
Child neglect, abuse & abandonment
Failure of fathers to love wives
Failure of wives to submit to husbands
Failure of fathers to raise children in the
nurture& admonition of the Lord
Submitting children to Godless education
Failure to provide children a righteous
spiritual or material inheritance
Children -
Rebellion & disobedience to parents
Neglect of elderly parents
Drugs, sex, wicked music & every evil
Practice
Fornication, vandalism, Violence,
CHURCH SINS
Pastors -
Failure to distinguish between the holy &
unholy, clean & unclean
Looking away from (ignoring) the shedding of
innocent blood & other abominations
Looking away as America’s spiritual &
religious history were rewritten & the
Church marginalized
Hypocrisy & neglect of private devotion to
God, prayer & true holiness
Fear of man
Failure to be examples to the flock
Failure to tend God’s flock
Neglect of Truth in preaching
False teaching, license, heresy
Failure to rebuke & correct disobedient
Failure to stand as God’s prophets in the community & nation to rebuke sin, immorality, injustice, etc.
Wicked passivity & failure to resist
Civil injustice, tyranny & oppression
Failure as watchmen to warn and protect
God’s flock from encroaching civil tyranny & persecution
The greed and sin of taking the government’s tax exempt status, for money, while not standing for virtuous statesman and speaking out and exposing the sins of men done in darkness
Allowing civil governors to dictate to,
usurp, tax, silence & control the Church
Seeking false prosperity, lusting after money, power & worship
Love of money
(And much more)
People -
Unfaithful church attendance, fellowship
& lack of wholehearted participation
Selfish failure to serve brethren
Selfish failure to tithe & give offerings
Disdain & disobedience to church leaders
Failure to be “light” in the community &
Nation (a holy, peculiar people)
Neglect of Great Commission, evangelism
& discipleship
Failure to be “salt” to the nation
(To prophetically declare God’s
Law & warn of His punishments)
Back biting, slander of other Christians, jealously, hatred, idolatry, strife, believing false doctrines, not reading the Word of God, rebellion on all levels,
There are many more we could list, have God search your heart & mind and bring to you what
you need to repent of to change your mind set.
OUR PLEA TO HEAVEN
Heavenly Father, You know the jeopardy that our nation is in the economic crisis, wars abroad, political and racial division at home, enemies working in our government and nation trying to destroy our way of life and our Christian foundations, natural and man-made calamities, political and bureaucratic mismanagement, and most of all families and our youth under assault and in crisis. Please God cause us your people to humble ourselves, confess our sins, to pray and to seek your face every day for the rest of our lives. God change men’s hearts to seek you and obey your word, to humble ourselves and serve you. Please intervene to save our nation to restore the old foundation of God, Country and Righteousness. Please come and heal our back sliding, our sin-broken church in America and heal our land. In Jesus Christ Name, Amen!
(Is 1-3 all; 59: all; Joel 1:14; 2:12-18; 2 Chr 7:14; Lk 16:15; 1 Cor 6:9-11; Gal 5:16-26; Eph 5:3-7; Col 3:3-10)
John 21:16,19 ...."feed my Sheep"; ...."follow Me"
