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Solomon penned God’s wisdom and warning as follows: “Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.” (Prov. 14:34). The word “reproach” means “shame, disgrace.” When sinfulness and wickedness primarily identify the culture of a nation, that nation stands in shame and disgrace before God. The character of our culture has become increasingly characterized by all manner of ungodly wickedness. Our culture has been turned upside down! Our nation stands in shame and disgrace as a result.
This series of articles will examine, from a scriptural perspective, a number of issues that are contributing to the steady degrading of our nation’s culture. The culture of a nation has to do with the predominant beliefs, values, practices, attitudes, social behavior and morals of its people. A nation’s character is identified by its culture. Solomon penned God’s wisdom and warning: “Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.” (Prov. 14:34). The word “reproach” means “shame, disgrace.” When sinfulness and wickedness predominantly identify the culture of a nation, that nation stands in shame and disgrace before God. Our culture is imploding, and as a result our nation is self-destructing. Our culture has been turned upside down!
The culture of a nation has to do with the predominant beliefs, values, practices, attitudes, social behavior and morals of its people. A nation’s culture identifies its character. As goes its culture, so goes a nation. As its culture collapses, its strength naturally degrades. Our culture is imploding, collapsing inwardly upon itself. Our values, standards, ideals and morals have been turned upside down! We are self-destructing as a nation.
James tells us, “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights,” (Jas. 1:17). We’re told further, “A man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from Heaven” (Jn. 3:27). The apostle Paul asked the rhetorical question, “…what do you have that you did not receive? Now if you did indeed receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?” (1 Cor. 4:7). All blessings come from God.
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