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Here is another if worthy of pondering: These passages are not a message to be
applied to the unregenerated, heathenistic, or
“ MY PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLED BY MY NAME atheistic Americans who inhabit this land. God
WILL HUMBLE THEMSELVES,
AND PRAY AND SEEK MY FACE, wrote these words to HIS people! The
AND TURN FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS, depraved condition for this country (or any
THEN I WILL HEAR FROM HEAVEN,
AND WILL FORGIVE THEIR SIN country) is to be laid at the feet of God’s
AND HEAL THEIR LAND.” 2 Chron. 7:14 people who abide in it!

If God’s blessing does not abide upon a land, this “if” tells us it is because of the sins of God’s people
who abide in it. God’s laws were not given to govern the lives of unbelievers, but rather to govern those
who are in covenant relationship with God. Clearly the Scriptures teach that the heathen have no such
relationship with God and therefore are outside the promises of the covenant (Eph. 2:12).

For instance, it isn’t divorce among the heathen that God singles out that He hates (Mal. 2:14-16). In
these verses from Malachi, God states that He is after godly offspring from the union of His people (Mal.
2:15). I believe God is quite angry at the divorce rate among Christians that has recently surpassed the
rate of the heathen. Perhaps this statistic is affected because so many heathen don’t even bother to
get married, but so does this worldly philosophy exist among God’s people. More and more
“Christians” are living together and are, in reality, committing fornication as a lifestyle, but believe it’s
quite OK because everybody does it. However, what everybody does as the norm in society is not the
measuring stick as to whether it is acceptable in God’s sight. Christians are not to be conformed to the
world (Rom. 12:2). God’s Word is specific as to why His people must be properly married:

“MARRIAGE IS HONORABLE AMONG ALL, AND THE BED UNDEFILED,
BUT FORNICATORS AND ADULTERERS GOD WILL JUDGE”
Heb. 13:4.

No doubt we live in a violent land permeated with murderers (The U.S. has the highest rate of
incarceration of any nation in the world). However, God calls His people murderers when they practice
hatred toward a brother or a sister (1 Jn. 3:15, Matt. 5:21-22, Jm. 4:4).

The point I want to make here is that Christianity is blaming the unregenerate for the condition of
America, however God places the blame upon His people as the above if clearly states.

Here are two more sober if’s that are worthy of careful scrutiny in the midst of the rage over popular
doctrines like “once saved, always saved”, or unconditional eternal security.”

“FOR I TESTIFY TO EVERYONE Here are two if’s capable of sinking that popular Titanic
WHO HEARS THE WORDS OF THE view of “once saved, always saved,” and “unconditional
PROPHECY OF THIS BOOK: eternal security.” Just take away from what is written in this
ANYONE ADDS TO THESE THINGS, prophetic book and God will take away that person’s name
GOD WILL ADD TO HIM THE from the Book of Life as well as his or her access into the
PLAGUES THAT ARE WRITTEN New Jerusalem in eternity (see the additional warning in
IN THIS BOOK; Rev. 21:24-27). Does God ever blot out names from the
Book of Life once they are written in through the new birth?
AND Read Jesus’ letter written to His church in Sardis (Rev. 3:1-6).
Even an unsaved English teacher could confirm that the
ANYONE TAKES AWAY FROM THE
WORDS OF THE BOOK OF THIS contents state clearly that God does not blot out the
PROPHECY, GOD SHALL TAKE AWAY names of those who have NOT defiled their garments, but
HIS PART FROM THE BOOK OF LIFE,
FROM THE HOLY CITY, AND FROM He does blot out those who do! “Take away” from these
THE THINGS WHICH ARE WRITTEN IN kinds of sober warnings with glib teachings such as “once
THIS BOOK.” saved, always saved” and “unconditional eternal security”,

Rev. 22:18-19 and such teachers may personally inherit the
consequences of these two sober if’s!