America: Willingly Decayed To Its Own Death

 Exodus 21:22-23

If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.

And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,

One need go no further than Exodus 21:22-23 to understand how it is America not only lost its way - but is in fact now dead in the water - the last gasp for breath occurred in November 2012. America is dead – it is now nothing more than a dead country floating in a sea of unimaginable iniquity. Incredibly, this once great and godly country has willingly decayed to its own death. Sharks love decaying flesh, and the sharks are circling - the corpse is about to be devoured. That is the bad news. 

The good news is the church, on the other hand, (the Bride of Christ), will ultimately survive. We know from God’s Word Jesus will return for a Bride. The Bride will survive, not because it deserves to survive, - at least not in the eyes of man - but survives because God has already forgiven His chosen people (as difficult as that is to imagine). The forgiveness God makes available to the Church - as He does for the world at large - is available for the taking, but the taking requires a true repentance. A repentance of the heart; a repentance of deed. And therein lays the rub – with both the Church and the world.

My hope is for those of us who have a real desire to be included as a part of the Bride, will soon come to the realization of our need for repentance. In doing so, we sincerely repent of our apathy towards both the righteousness of our God, and also of the destructive unrighteousness allowed to overtime kill America – unrighteousness allowed to kill America while the Church watched. 

When we as individuals, and the Church as a whole, do repent of this terrible sin, it is my sincere belief, we the - the Bride of Christ, will be given a second chance to establish a new country; a country, once again, hungry to serve and trust the one true God. A country built on a solid Biblical foundation; a country free from tyranny. A country free to worship God or not, but yet a country unashamedly founded on the teachings of the God’s Holy Word. A new America.

I believe this new America, a new America blessed by God, is well within the grasp of the surviving Bride of Christ. Let those of us who love the LORD not miss such a great and wonderful opportunity - let us repent - let us experience what God can do.

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Katy Skillings Sings 'Heart Of Stone'

Singer/song writer, Katy Skillings, has released her first CD titled 'Heart Of Stone'. Katy has a unique sound that compliments and enhances the songs she writes and sings. It is my pleasure to share her music on A Reasoned Report. 

Katy's CD, Heart of Stone, can be purchased on line at Amazon.com, iTunes and other websites. I have embedded the CDs three songs taken from Spotify.

The Christmas Story

The Prophecy

The Virgin Mary

Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. And having come in, the angel said to her, “Rejoice, highly favored one, the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women!”

But when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and considered what manner of greeting this was. Then the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name JESUS. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David. And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end.” 

Then Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I do not know a man?”

And the angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God. Now indeed, Elizabeth your relative has also conceived a son in her old age; and this is now the sixth month for her who was called barren. For with God nothing will be impossible.” Then Mary said, “Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.    ^{Luke 1:26-38} 

Joseph of Nazareth

After Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit. Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not wanting to make her a public example, was minded to put her away secretly. But while he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name JESUS, for He will save His people from their sins.” 

So all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying: “Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which is translated, “God with us.”

Then Joseph, being aroused from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord commanded him and took to him his wife, and did not know her till she had brought forth her firstborn Son. And he called His name JESUS. ^{Matthew 1:18-25} 

The Baby Jesus

And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This census first took place while Quirinius was governing Syria. So all went to be registered everyone to his own city.

Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, to be registered with Mary, his betrothed wife, who was with child. So it was that while they were there, the days were completed for her to be delivered. And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling clothes, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. ^{Luke 2:1-7}

The Shepherds

Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid. Then the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be the sign to you: You will find a Babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.”

And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying: “Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!”
      

So it was, when the angels had gone away from them into heaven that the shepherds said to one another, “Let us now go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us.” And they came with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the Babe lying in a manger. Now when they had seen Him, they made widely known the saying which was told them concerning this Child. And all those who heard it marveled at those things which were told them by the shepherds. But Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart. Then the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told them. ^{Luke 2:8-20}

The Wise Men

Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East and have come to worship Him.”

When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born.

So they said to him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it is written by the prophet: ‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, 

Are not the least among the rulers of Judah;

For out of you shall come a Ruler 

Who will shepherd My people Israel.’”

Then Herod, when he had secretly called the wise men, determined from them what time the star appeared. And he sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the young Child, and when you have found Him, bring back word to me, that I may come and worship Him also.”

When they heard the king, they departed; and behold, the star which they had seen in the East went before them, till it came and stood over where the young Child was. When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy.

And when they had come into the house, they saw the young Child with Mary His mother, and fell down and worshiped Him. And when they had opened their treasures, they presented gifts to Him: gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Then, being divinely warned in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed for their own country another way. ^{Matthew 2:1-12}

The Reason

   Whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. ^{John 3:15-17}