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主題:爲美國動盪不安禱告!(pdf) 
日期:2020年8月14日 
作者:Mike & Cindy Jacobs

我的民因無知識而滅亡。你棄掉知識,我也必棄掉你,使你不再給我作祭司。你既忘了你 神的律法,我也必忘記你的兒女。」(何西阿書4:6)

美國破碎了。不僅在媒體上到處以許多明顯的方式展現,並且在美國的三個基本架構中更是如此:家庭,政府和教會(注1)。

【家庭】

在這個時代,依據聖經的家庭結構已經有了新的解讀。 根據神的聖言,「兩個人總比一個人好」,「得著賢妻的,是得著好處」,「那人獨居不好」。 然而,關於婚姻的合乎聖經的定義現在已經惡化,在7百50萬對住在一起的人們當中,40%的未婚家庭育有孩子。 同性婚姻已由我國的最高法院合法化。 跨性別主義,甚至在兒童中,也正在正常化。 最近,麻薩諸塞州的一個城市通過了一項新的家庭夥伴法令,該法令決定承認多婚關係。 美國家庭的道德和價值觀顯然不再墊基於上帝的聖言。

【政府】

副總統邁克·彭斯(Mike Pence)最近發表談話,被譽為是他有史以來最好的一次談話。 「你知道,美國變得更加保守或者更爲自由,更偏共和黨或民主黨,更轉紅色還是藍色,這些並不重要。美國是否仍然是美國才是重點」(注 2)。「分裂來對抗自己的每個王國都會淪為荒涼,每個家庭亦然。有哪個家庭能如此強大,哪個社區能如此牢固,以至於不被仇恨和紛爭所顛覆?分裂通常以荒涼爲終結;如果我們發生衝突,我們破裂;如果我們彼此分開,我們就容易成為共同敵人的獵物;如果我們互相撕咬和吞噬,那麼下場更糟」。

【教會】

在啟示錄中,主提到七個教會。 老底嘉教會既不熱(為上帝火熱)也不冷(不認識上帝)。 他們是不冷不熱的教會。 今日的教會成爲不冷不熱了嗎? 我們是否對上帝的事情失去火熱和激情? 我們在稱義之後仍然飢渴嗎? 還是,我們在奔走天路的途中舒適度日,一腳在世界另一腳在天國? 「你們要撕裂心腸,不撕裂衣服。歸向耶和華─你們的 神;因為祂有恩典,有憐憫,不輕易發怒,有豐盛的慈愛,並且後悔不降所說的災」(參約珥書2:13)。

真正的戰鬥是:為我們國家的靈魂而戰。 上帝不會根據一個人的性格來審判一個國家; 祂是根據人民的屬靈健康而對其做出審判。(注3)

【宣令】

請與我們一同宣令:

律法本是外添的,叫過犯顯多;只是罪在哪裡顯多,恩典就更顯多了。」(羅馬書5:20)

因為 神差他的兒子降世,不是要定世人的罪,乃是要叫世人因祂得救。」(約翰福音3:17)

從前你們是暗昧的,但如今在主裡面是光明的,行事為人就當像光明的子女。」(以弗所書5:8)

爲天國的未來,

Mike & Cindy

注1: Breakdown in America ,
https://ifapray.org/blog/breakdown-in-america/?utm_source=Generals+International+List&utm_campaign=83be36e75b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_05_02_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_2d1ead41b8-83be36e75b-233298829&mc_cid=83be36e75b&mc_eid=4c188247ef 

注2: Freedom and Opportunity vs. Socialism and Decline, https://onevoiceprayermovement.com/freedom-and-opportunity-vs-socialism-and-decline/?utm_source=Generals+International+List&utm_campaign=83be36e75b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_05_02_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_2d1ead41b8-83be36e75b-233298829&mc_cid=83be36e75b&mc_eid=4c188247ef 

注3: The Destabilization of America,
https://mychristiandaily.com/we-are-seeing-the-destabilization-of-america/?utm_source=Generals+International+List&utm_campaign=83be36e75b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_05_02_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_2d1ead41b8-83be36e75b-233298829&mc_cid=83be36e75b&mc_eid=4c188247ef 

 

America Destabilized!

"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children."
(Hosea 4:6; KJV)

America is broken. Not just in the many obvious ways that are all over the media, but specifically in the three foundational institutions of America: family, government, and the Church.1

Family:

The biblical structure of family has taken on new meaning in this day and age. According to the Word of God, "two are better than one", "he who finds a wife finds a good thing", and "it's not good for the man to be alone". But the biblical definition of marriage has now deteriorated to 7.5 million couples living together, with 40% of those unmarried households having children. Same-sex marriage has been legalized by the highest court in our land. Transgenderism, even among children, is now being normalized. Recently, a new domestic partnership ordinance was adopted in a Massachusetts city which decided to recognize polyamorous relationships. The ethical and moral values of families in America are clearly no longer founded on the Word of God.

Government:

Vice President Mike Pence recently delivered a speech that was hailed as his best speech ever. "You know, it's not so much whether America will be more conservative or more liberal, more Republican or Democrat, more red or blue. It's whether America remains America." 2 "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every family too. For what family is so strong, what community so firm, as not to be overturned by enmity and dissension? Divisions commonly end in desolation; if we clash, we break; if we divide one from another, we become an easy prey to a common enemy; much more if we bite and devour one another."

Church:

In the book of Revelation, the Lord talks about the seven churches. The church of Laodicea was neither hot (on fire for God) nor cold (did not know God). They were lukewarm. Has the church today become lukewarm? Have we lost our zeal and passion for the things of God? Do we still hunger and thirst after righteousness? Or, have we become comfortable being in the middle of the road with one foot in the world and one foot in the kingdom? "Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and he relents from sending calamity."

The real battle is: A battle for the soul of our nation. God doesn't judge a nation based on the character of one man; He judges it based on the spiritual health of its people.3

Decree with us:

"The Law came, so that the full power of sin could be seen. Yet where sin was powerful, God's gift of undeserved grace was even more powerful."
(Romans 5:20; CEV)

"For God did not send his son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him."
(John 3:17; NIV)

You yourselves used to be in the darkness, but since you have become the Lord's people, you are in the light. So you must live like people who belong to the light,
(Ephesians 5:8; GNT)

For the Future of the Kingdom,

Mike and Cindy Jacobs