Missional Mondays

There is an ever growing concern amongst American citizens with the state of our economy.  I know nothing about the Stock Market or Wall Street, but I do know of the corruption that has taken place.  I went off about it before.  But what can we really do about it?  Our society, being the 'service' society that it is, functions on people buying and selling at a certain rate in order to keep up with jobs and profit gain.  It's really sad that all of this money is going to go to feed this demand.  I understand completely the reason why the Government is doing this (they pretty much have to at this point) but I wonder if God doesn't think of America the same way he thought of Israel.  Israel had walked away from the covenant (Hosea 2:13).  They had forgotten about God and the grandeur of the Exile.  As a nation they strayed away from what God was trying to do for them.  Is America going in the same direction?  Most assuredly, American history is scarred with things like Slavery , Oppression of Women, etc., but what is happening with issues like Abortion , Gay Marriage and the like?  Are these not moral issues too?

I'm aware that I would be a terrible theologian if I didn't clarify the fact that God had a specific covenantal relationship with Israel (not the USA) that served its purpose until the coming of our Lord Jesus.  But I think that some of the principles still apply.  Nevertheless, I preached yesterday from Hosea 1-3 and pulled out some of these ideas.  Below is the sermon.

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