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Living In A Sinful Nation

The document discusses whether passages about God's dealings with ancient Israel apply to modern nations. It notes God previously focused on national repentance but now focuses on individual repentance. The key points are: 1) It's difficult to know if God is blessing or cursing a modern nation for its actions. 2) God now adds people to the church rather than dealing directly with nations. 3) Christians should focus on their own and neighbors' salvation and shining God's light, not broader judgments of nations.

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C LIVING IN A SINFUL NATION Anxieties and Goals
Do all passages about O.T. Israel apply to our nation? •2 Chron. 7:14 - 14 if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land. •Jeremiah 29:10 - For thus says the LORD: After seventy years are completed at Babylon, I will visit you and perform My good word toward you, and cause you to return to this place. •Jeremiah 29:11 - For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.
Do all passages about O.T. Israel apply to our nation? •Deuteronomy 28 – Blessings for obedience/curses for disobedience •Jeremiah 9:11 “I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins, a den of jackals. I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.” •In the New Testament age, it is very difficult to tell if God is purposely blessing or cursing a nation because of their actions
The Dispensations •Patriarchal law •Abraham was the leader and spiritual leader of his people (Gen. 17:26-27) •Law of Moses •Moses brought down a law specifically for the nation of Israel •Law of Christ •Given to the apostles by the Holy Spirit
Before Jesus, God had a focus on the repentance of individual nations • God set up a time table to allow longsuffering for the Amorites (Gen. 15:16) • God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah because of their wickedness (Gen. 19) • God wanted the nation of Israel to repent (2 Chron. 7:14) • God sent Jonah to get Nineveh to repent (Jonah 3:1-10) • God put the nation of Israel in captivity (2 Kings 17) • God destroyed Nineveh because of their wickedness (Nahum) • God put the nation of Judah in captivity (Jeremiah) • God takes Babylon away from King Belshazzar (Daniel 5:22-24)
Now, God has a focus on the repentance of individual people or churches • Jesus is sent to seek and save the lost (Luke 19:10) • Jesus does not care what nation the lost belong to (Acts 10:34-36) • God adds His people to His Church (Acts 2:47) • God gives only one city a warning of destruction in the New Testament (Luke 21:20-24) • God deals with every local church in the New Testament. He encourages them to press on, or rebukes them to repentance (Rev. 3:1-6)
What should my focus be on? •I should be concerned about my soul. • Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; (Phil. 2:12) •I should be concerned about my neighbor’s soul. •Sin does harm a community •Prov. 14:34 - Righteousness exalts a nation, But sin is a reproach to any people. •I should be concerned about shining the light of Christ.
Matthew 5:14-16 14 “You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. 16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.