England America's Race to Hell
E.A. Johnston warns that England and America are rapidly descending into moral and spiritual ruin, urging a holy ghost revival as the only hope for national salvation.
In this prophetic sermon, E.A. Johnston confronts the alarming moral and spiritual decline in England and America, drawing parallels to the pre-revival days of Wesley and Whitefield. He challenges the church's failure to lead and calls for a powerful holy ghost revival as the only hope to turn the tide. Johnston warns that without revival, these nations face a grim future of chaos and destruction.
Full Transcript
In Psalm 917 we read, The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God. America legislated God out of the land by kicking him out of our educational system and banning him from our judicial system. We as a nation have rejected the God of the Bible, and we have enacted laws to replace his laws by legalizing sin and promoting evil.
Our young people today have no moral compass, and premarital sex to them is as common as shaking hands. There is no shame in society today because there is no fear of God in the land. This generation is a pagan, religious generation that has some form of religion, but no reality of God.
I don't blame the White House for the moral condition of our country. I don't blame the schoolhouse, and I don't blame the courthouse for the mess we're in, but I do blame the church house because that's where the blame belongs. We live in a day of deep apostasy in our denominations, and we have very few pastors who are truly born again and who preach the full counsel of God under the power of the Spirit of God.
We do have a lot of professionals in our pulpits who may know their Bible, but they don't know the God of the Bible. We have a large unconverted ministry in the church today. Our times are very similar to the days of Wesleyan Whitefield.
England at that time was full of vice and alcoholism. Every fifth house in London was a gin shop, and public drunkenness was so prevalent that even members of Parliament showed up for work dead drunk. The Church of England in that day was run predominantly by unconverted ministers who were complete strangers to a work of grace upon their heart.
The nation sunk lower into moral depravity until Wesleyan Whitefield appeared on the scene like lightning bolts from heaven. Their ministries were like white diamonds set against black velvet. Revival after revival followed them everywhere.
But if you think America is in bad shape today, friends, England is in worse shape. Pastors there are lucky to have 10 people in on Sunday, and most of them are elderly Christians. There is no moral code in England because there is no fear of God in England.
It's predominantly a godless land. England and America in the past were the king and queen of foreign missions and the spread of the gospel. Now England and America race each other to hell.
What will turn the tide? Will it be government legislation? Will it be new political leadership? Will it be better economic environments? No, friends, none of these will make any difference at all. It all matters little who's in charge of a country if the ones in charge are the devil's own children. The only thing that can save England and America is a holy ghost revival.
If we don't have revival, we won't have nations worth living in. We'll turn into Venezuela. Here is a recent travel advisory for Venezuela published by the government as of October 30, 2020.
Do not travel to Venezuela due to crime, civil unrest, poor health infrastructure, kidnapping, arbitrary arrest, and detention of U.S. citizens and COVID-19. Violent crime such as homicide, armed robbery, kidnapping, and court jacking is common. Like I said, friends, England and America race each other to hell.
Who will get there first?
Sermon Outline
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- The moral decay in America and England
- Legislation removing God from public life
- Consequences of rejecting biblical laws
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- The failure of the church and unconverted ministry
- Comparison to the days before Wesley and Whitefield
- Current spiritual apathy and apostasy
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III
- Historical revival in England through Wesley and Whitefield
- Present-day spiritual desolation in England
- England and America racing to hell
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IV
- False hopes in political or economic solutions
- The necessity of a holy ghost revival
- Warning of national collapse without revival
Key Quotes
“The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.” — E.A. Johnston
“We live in a day of deep apostasy in our denominations, and we have very few pastors who are truly born again.” — E.A. Johnston
“England and America race each other to hell.” — E.A. Johnston
Application Points
- Seek personal revival through prayer and repentance to impact the nation.
- Encourage churches to preach the full counsel of God and pursue genuine conversion.
- Reject reliance on political or economic solutions and trust in God's power to restore.