Proverbs 14:34Definition of a true patriotMan’s way of exalting a nationGod’s way of exalting a nationRighteousness lifts up a nationRighteousness - Titus 2:12Righteousness as concerns internal lifeNo nation is more or less righteous than the people who make it up. John 1:46Among the magistrates - it will cause them to so rule as to gain a good reputation and be respected.Among the subjectsIt causes them to be obedient to governmentBut sin is a reproach to any peopleReproach - Leviticus 20:17Sin as concerns internal life shames any people.The Cretans - Titus 1:10-13Among the magistrates - Nixon and Watergate; Clinton’ Charles and DianaDavid and Bathsheba - II Samuel 12:14Among the subjects (Romans 1:26-32 - Consider what sin produces in them. Such is a reproach to any people.What is God’s role relative to the righteousness or sin of a nation?What role did He have in the Old Testament?Isaiah 10:5-7- Assyria used to punish IsraelJeremiah 25:12- Babylon punished at the hand of GodDaniel 2:20-21- God has power to remove and establish kings. God controlled and used the nations.What about in the New Testament?There is still no power but of God. Romans 13:1-6I Timothy 2:1-4 in the affairs of earthly kingdoms, then why this admonition to pray? What good would it do?ConclusionGod’s Son still controls (by natural means) the earth and all therein - Colossians 1:16-17Let us be a true patriot and put our faith in God. Consider Psalm 33.Are you a true patriot? (Acts 10:34-35
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