GOD Judges & Restores Nations - Lessons from Scripture 1

In generations past, most people believed in the reality of individual, community and national accountability to GOD, and that He would bless them for walking in His paths of righteousness and justice, but correct and judge them for idolatry, immorality, wickedness and injustice.  They based their beliefs firmly upon GOD’s commands and promises, the history of people and nations recorded in the Bible, and their own study of history and lifetime experiences.  It appears to me that those beliefs are held only by a minority of Christians today, and that the way we view GOD is being dramatically reshaped by culture, media, movies, and fear, and not by GOD’s own revelation of Himself and the Truth in the Bible.  The fact that immorality, adultery, and abortion are widely accepted; that 70 percent of women who go to Planned Parenthood to get an abortion are church-affiliated (but many not afterwards); that one in four women (and men) in church are post-abortive; and that there are not solemn assemblies of repentance taking place all over our nation after Roe v. Wade was overruled, reveal that we really don’t fear GOD or believe He will hold us accountable.  Therefore, we need to recover an accurate understanding of who GOD is and how He relates to individuals and nations.