The End of America
E.A. Johnston warns that America faces divine judgment due to national rejection of God, urging repentance before severe consequences unfold.
In this prophetic sermon, E.A. Johnston addresses the looming threat of divine judgment on America due to widespread rejection of God. Using historical plagues as a backdrop, he highlights the urgency of heeding God's remedial judgments as described in Amos 4. Johnston calls the nation to repentance and warns of escalating consequences if the warnings continue to be ignored.
Full Transcript
This recent news item about the first U.S. Ebola case of a patient in Dallas, Texas should alarm every American. In 1878, yellow fever spread through Memphis, Tennessee, killing one-third of its population. In 1348, the Black Plague spread through Europe, killing 50% of its population.
It's been estimated that 25 million people died during that Black Plague. Now a fatal infectious disease has reached our shores, and it could soon spread across this land like wildfire. We as a nation have rejected the God of the Bible, and we refuse to return to him.
God in his mercy has sent us remedial judgments to turn our hearts back to him, but we have refused. When remedial judgments are ignored, then those judgments become the increased judgments of God, increased in their severity. Listen to this chilling passage from Amos chapter 4. I have smitten you with blasting and mildew.
When your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmer worm devoured them, yet have you not returned unto me, saith the Lord? I have sent among you the pestilence after the manor of Egypt. Your young men have I slain with the sword and have taken away your horses. I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils, yet have you not returned unto me, saith the Lord? I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning, yet have you not returned unto me, saith the Lord? Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel, and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God.
Sermon Outline
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- Historical examples of deadly plagues
- Current threat of infectious disease in America
- National rejection of God as root cause
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- God’s remedial judgments to call for repentance
- Examples of judgments from Amos 4
- Consequences of ignoring God’s warnings
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III
- Comparison to Sodom and Gomorrah’s destruction
- The inevitability of increased judgment
- Call to prepare to meet God
Key Quotes
“We as a nation have rejected the God of the Bible, and we refuse to return to him.” — E.A. Johnston
“God in his mercy has sent us remedial judgments to turn our hearts back to him, but we have refused.” — E.A. Johnston
“Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel, and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God.” — E.A. Johnston
Application Points
- Recognize the signs of God's judgment in current events and respond with repentance.
- Return to God sincerely to avoid the escalation of His corrective judgments.
- Prepare spiritually to meet God by living a life aligned with His will.