This sermon emphasizes the importance of heeding warnings about the consequences of forgetting God, both on a national and personal level. It warns about the dangers of complacency, sin, and the reality of hell, while also highlighting the message of grace and mercy available to those who turn to God. The urgency to pray for the nation's salvation and the need for personal repentance and surrender are central themes.

That I was so mealy-mouthed and so quiet that I didn't want to speak up. But believe me, came better from an American and a great preacher. And so he did speak up and suddenly I could see eyes opening. And I got a letter from another very eminent preacher in America, who's now with the Lord, one of the greatest men of God in fundamentalism. And he thanked me. He said, I noted you and I prayed for you from that day, because I realized that it was a valuable intervention. Men and women, let's understand this. The nations that forget God cannot long survive. Ah, worse than that, God will turn them into hell. These voices from hell would add a cautionary word, that no nation can by its power or possessions ward off the judgment of God. You see, there is a, I think there is a feeling abroad today, that the American bubble can never burst. You've solved the problem of inflation. You've solved largely the problem of unemployment. You've solved every monetary crisis. And I have to say, yes, thus far you have. I don't say those things facetiously. I say them truthfully. There was a time when Asher thought the same. Her armies couldn't really be conquered. The only one who could defeat Asher was Asher herself. It's the way it is with America, is it not? Let me tell you, my friend, when God put His finger in Asher, the bubble burst. I'm not even going to turn to it tonight, because I get off on another sermon. But I do have a sermon title. And the prophet speaks of that time when the music stops. That day is coming. The voices from hell will warn this nation, all your money, all your business, all your military might, all your bombs, and all the ability to defend yourselves. It's of no consequence. Once God moves, what I'm saying they witness to is of the danger of going down to hell. They warn of the endless finality of hell. You see, the warning to Pharaoh was that he was facing not annihilation, but retribution. He was told about nations that had been in hell for some time and would stay there, because hell is forever. Hell is real. Hell is a danger you now must face, not only for the nation, but for the individual. And hell is final. And yet, you know, the picture isn't all bleak. All's bleak for Asher, etc., those in hell. But there's mercy promised for those who are still in the land of the living. The Lord, you know, promised Egypt that after 40 years, He would give a new generation the privilege of benefiting from the folly of their fathers. He would restore them. He did the same to Judah after 70 years, and He revealed His mercy even more clearly. The point is this, my friend. Hell is final. Hell is terrible. But while you're in the land of the living, God has a message, not just a warning, but a message of grace. In raising up prophets to give His warning, the Lord gave a promise. If you just turn over the page in Ezekiel to 33 verse 5, you'll have this statement, "'He that taketh warning shall deliver his soul.'" "'He that taketh warning shall deliver his soul.'" There's a warning for America. I trust that God will move you to pray for this nation. I trust that God will let you see the crossroads at which it stands. I trust that God will let you see the forces that are at work for its destruction. And I trust that God will burden you by word of witness, by labor of righteousness, and by urgent, fervent prayer to give yourself for the salvation and the deliverance of this nation. If it is not too late, let us pray that God will turn the nation back to Him. But all this, of course, comes down to a personal level. A nation is just a conglomeration of persons. It's made up of so many individuals. And when you talk about a nation perishing, yes, you're talking about a nation as a national entity with its culture and its economy and its military and all that. But you are also talking about so many individuals. We talk about the destruction of Assyria. But think of the hundreds of thousands of individual Assyrians who died in that fall. We hear voices from hell. Voices belong to people. Men and women tonight understand the warnings are personal. Let me bring it right down to you. Hell is real. Hell, where is it? I like the answer that an old preacher gave a long time ago. Hell is right at the end of a Christ-rejected life. I'm not interested in the geography. I'm interested in the reality. And I would trust tonight that you will hear the warning. I've talked about shame, the shame of sin. Sin that is unconfessed. Sin that has never been brought to the blood of Christ. Sin that is indulged. Sin that is cosseted. Sin that is embraced. I've talked about the shameful lusts that despoil America. But let me bring it down to you. The heart is deceitful above all things, desperately wicked. I can't pretend to look beyond the outward appearance. But am I talking to people tonight who behind the facade of a religious exterior are hiding a heart of vile and wicked shame? Perversion, pornography, immorality, lying, or a thousand other expressions of self and self-love and self-indulgence. Careless to the things of God. No interest in the covenant of mercy or covenant of grace. No interest in the call of the gospel. You have heard from your youth up how that God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son. You have heard from your youth up that Christ died for the ungodly. You have heard from your youth up the invitation of the Savior, come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden. I will give you rest. You've heard the command, repent and be converted that your sins may be blotted out. You've often learned you must be born again. You must be saved. And yet here you are tonight and thus far you've never taken warning.