"....That Your way may be known on earth, Your salvation among all nations." (Psalm 67:2)
So much for the misinterpreted and oft quoted separation of church and state. Notice: "on earth," and, "all nations."
Our text is a foreshadow of Jesus Christ telling us in His Words just before His ascension, "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations...." Evangelicalism has placed so much emphasis on individual disciple-making that they have failed to see that there is also a process of discipling the nations, viz., world cultures. Of course it begins with individuals and the Church, but if discipleship does not change a culture, it is incomplete discipleship.
Events of the last few days in the United States of America just remind me that America has not been discipled into Jesus Christ and His Words. The reprobates have for generations told us to stay out of politics, stay out of industry, education, in short, the whole of American Culture. Our schools, indeed, the whole of American Culture reveal just how effective the humanists have been, and how ineffective the Church has been.
What now? Thus saith the Lord, "Stop quoting 2 Chronicles 7:14, and do it."
Father, in Jesus' Name, I pray that You show me how I can participate more in, "make disciples of all the nations." Amen.
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CROW MISSION: JULY 30-AUGUST 12
When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"
Hebrews 12:2
