The law of God has a personal purpose: to convict the sinner, and lead him or her to salvation. It has a sanctifying purpose as the regulation for the living of a sanctified life. But it also has a national purpose—to restrain sin.
There is no god except the God of the Bible. There is no true morality but the morality of the Bible. There’s no true worship but the worship of the true and living God, the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. There is no personal blessing apart from Him, there is no national blessing apart from honoring Him, and there is no way to Him except through Jesus Christ.
A society that turns from God will be open to all false religions, welcoming the doctrines of demons. A society that turns from God will be open to all moralities and all immoralities, all perverse freedoms, all sexual preferences, all ideas and opinions, all lies, all deception, all sins, all iniquities.
Removing the worship of the true God is a disaster to a nation. First Timothy 2:1 and 2, Paul said, “First of all, then, I urge that entreaties and prayers, petitions and thanksgivings, be made on behalf of all men, for kings” – rulers – “all who are in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity.” This is Paul saying, “God desires people to live a quiet and tranquil life.” That’s not salvation language, that is simply societal peace, well-being, the enjoyment of common grace. But for that to happen we have to pray for the leaders who are in authority, pray that they will submit to God: first, that they would be saved, they would submit to God. When God and Christ in Scripture are dishonored in a nation there will be violence, there will be noise, transgressions, and shame. There will not be a tranquil, peaceful life in all of godliness and dignity. Joshua 24:20, “If you forsake the Lord and serve foreign gods, then He will turn and do you harm and consume you after He has done good to you.” There’s no question that God has done good to this nation; but He will consume this nation if it remains on its current path.
