But sometimes, sowing and reaping is demonstrated in nations and lands, in that the community as a whole has committed so many acts of wickedness and sin, that over time, the land as a whole will reap also.

But I say this to say: we cannot ignore certain aspects of God's character just because it doesn't fit the package of who God is in our minds and in our presentation of Him to the culture around us. Leave God as He is and do not package Him in whatever way works best for bringing in the crowds.

Preach The Truth. The way many Christian ministers speak and preach when you give them a microphone and the books they write, you'd figure He has an image problem and needs a public relations manager like these experts to help Him with His public image!

God is not politically correct, despite some seeker-sensitive Christians' desire to present Him as a nice Tooth-fairy Santa Claus that is sad nobody listens to Him and just wants to love people, and condemns nobody. Sometimes the threat of judgment in Scripture lured a whole nation to repentance and lives were spared (Nineveh in the book of Jonah comes to mind). Other times, judgment was threatened out of God's desire to lure his Bride Israel back to Himself from whoring after other lovers. If God were a TRUE and righteous God, He HAS to make good on His promises, including the curses, not just the blessings. In fact, many times in Scripture like Deuteronomy 28, more detail is given to describing curses that would come for disobedience than is spent giving time to describing blessings that come from obedience. God does not just promise "your best life now" like some mega-church pastors preach and write, and then go on national talk shows and can't answer a simple straightforward question like "is Jesus Christ really the only way to heaven". We're too afraid of implying or saying anyone is on their way to hell, but that is precisely the reason we must proclaim the truth of Jesus Christ and the coming day of judgment.

I've heard it said desire for change alone is not enough to motivate many people to change. But desire to change and unbearable pain combined usually does the trick". Let's face it: many people learn lessons in life the hard way!

I was describing one time to a group of Dutch Christian college students how desperate of a situation the nation of the Netherlands is in (and Europe in general), and WHY a national day of prayer and fasting is of utmost importance and necessary, and that God is birthing this in the hearts of many church leaders across the nation. They know, that this nation has fulfilled more than it's share of the wrath cup, and given that we are below sea level, a Katrina-like disaster is not far-fetched, but they all got offended at me and my judgment-happy version of God.

"if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land." (2 Chronicles 7:14)

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