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\"Church\"To Lighthouse Trails:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Many nations are going to face and experience the judgment of God in the final years of this present age. America will not escape this judgment!<\/p>\n

America is guilty of the large scale practice and continuation of many sins. However, there is one great sin that America is guilty of in which no other nation in the world even comes close to matching the scope and magnitude of.<\/p>\n

America has been known and is known for being a Christian nation. And yet, it is this very nation that has allowed every foul spirit in the form of false teachers and false prophets to infiltrate and take over our Christian airways. This has been made possible by the fact that multitudes of Christians in America do not know the written Word, which has resulted in their lack of spiritual discernment, and the fact that many Christians in America are guilty of running after teachers who tell them what they want to hear. This has resulted in their financial support of these ministries, which has allowed the continuation of this great abomination on our Christian airways in America.<\/p>\n

A nation that has been looked upon as a Christian nation has allowed God\u2019s written Word to be made a mockery of by the wide-scale practice of the Scriptures being deliberately manipulated on our Christian airways.<\/p>\n

American Christians have not taken heed to the warning in God\u2019s Word, which clearly tells us that we are to separate ourselves from those who handle the Word of God deceitfully. Therefore, America will not escape the judgment which is coming in the final years of this present age.<\/p>\n

The church in America keeps pointing to the deteriorating condition of our government and our society, rather than having the understanding that we need to open our eyes to the escalating deteriorating condition of the church. The condition of the church is certainly of the greatest concern to the Lord.<\/p>\n

We are told in the 4th<\/sup> chapter of 1st<\/sup> Peter that judgment must begin at the house of God! America will taste, experience, and see the fulfillment of those words.<\/p>\n

In Christ,<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alan F.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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