God's wrath, not for his children.

I was listening to a video by Pastor John MacArthur last year titled "Abandoned by God" and in this video he talks about how God gives a nation over to it's sin. He clearly says in this video that God has abandoned America. How sad it is when we as a country refuse to accept the things of the God of the Bible, and can I say that we serve a God of great patience and long suffering, so why would a loving God give a country up to it's own sin? I think I know the answer to that question and it lies in the human heart. The heart is deceitful and desperately wicked, and does the collective sin of a country give God the right to abandon that nation, and what does it take for human beings to do that God says enough.

Surely salvation is an individual experience, and we would like to believe that even though we have no desire for God he still loves us and would never leave us permanently. I liken it if I can to a grown up child, who refuses to be a part of his blood family by disowning him or herself from his mother, father and everything that unites him to his blood identity. In a situation like this there is not much the parents can do but to give their child what they want. Separation. But does God abandon people who belong to him?

If you believe in the doctrine of eternal security and Salvation through grace and faith alone, the question of whether or not God abandons one of his own children is quite clear in scripture. Jesus came to bring us salvation and promised in Romans 10, that whosoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. If you believe in the bible, you would have to conclude that God never abandons His people. We live in a dirty world, but the believer need not fear ever coming under the wrath of God. There are times in our lives where God is disciplining us. And it leads to further sanctification. Jesus said that we must lay down our lives for the gospel, and in laying ourselves down, he changes us.

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