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| National Repentance |
Are national days filled with self-worship and self-congratulation but not repentance? Is there ever a precedent for God’s rejection of a people who will not repent? In
Matthew 11:16-30 Jesus addressed three cities that were involved in a national religion but had rejected him and refused to repent. On our national days, modern countries sing God save the king, or songs about how beautiful the land is, but don’t sing of Jesus or national repentance. We idolize those who hoard billions and not Jesus who gave it all away for us. We worship this world’s royalty but don’t ask them to repent and return what their ancestors stole from the poor. We worship nationhood but not the King of Kings nor do we call for national repentance. National repentance needs to be on the agenda as we celebrate nationhood.
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