Australia's Shame

I speak of the Shame of a Nation. Proverbs 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.

We are a nation that should be ashamed. A godless land. Sin is a reproach. Sin perverts and pollutes a people.

The book of Proverbs contrasts righteousness and sin. It talks a lot about wisdom and foolishness. There’s two paths we can take. The wise way and the foolish way. Proverbs 13:20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. We can choose wisdom, or we can choose folly.

Australia is rotten. A cesspool of sin. We are a nation of fools. At the heart of our folly is unbelief. This is our nation’s shame. Psalm 53:1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.
Here is the fool, defined. He does not seek God. He denies God.

It seems most people care little for what is moral and right. Right is wrong and wrong is right. Children are being routinely killed in their mothers’ wombs. People see this somehow as a good thing. A sign of progress.

Minds are filled up with brain-scrambling music, full of obscenities and cursing. Shame, Australia, shame. There’s a deliberate decay, a breakdown of the home and of decency. A fouling up of what is pure and wholesome.

All the while the evidence is staring them in their face and they deny Him. …they are without excuse…

We’re being dumbed down, and desensitised. Debased. And of course there’s confusion everywhere. Masculine women. Effeminate men. The average Aussie cares little for truth.

Surely, it seems, God's hand is writing on the wall. Is there any hope? Yes, thankfully. There is.
The Bible shows us that real wisdom comes from God. For those who will seek it.

Proverbs 1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. God is the starting point in the search for true wisdom. Wisdom starts with God.

We have an urgent need of reprogramming. We need a mindshift to right thinking. It’s going to take applied truth. Proverbs 23:12 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.

Wisdom comes from God. And He wants us to have it. Proverbs 2:6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. Wisdom STARTS WITH knowing God.

A companion of fools shall be destroyed. Are you bound for the Celestial City or the City of Destruction? If you’re headed for destruction I would urge you: "Get off the Bus." Proverbs 4:14. Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.

The majority take the crowded road that leads to destruction. We have to take the road less travelled. Exodus 23:2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil…

True wisdom starts by listening to God. Proverbs 1:5 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: The wise will listen. They are willing to learn.

The fear of God is a fountain of life. Proverbs 14:27 The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

The wise can know true joy. God gives it.
The wise will control their tongue; their temper.
The wise will be diligent in their work.
The wise will look after their health.
The wise will be honest.
The wise will heed God’s counsels.

Proverbs 4:5-9 Get wisdom, get understanding… Wisdom is something we can actually have. We can ASK God for wisdom… James 1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

Wisdom brings discernment… so we can know the true from the false. True wisdom is to know God, by faith.

The backslider is filled with folly. Proverbs 14:14 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways… O the folly of those who neglect their soul!

The fool neglects their spiritual life. They do not care about the fear of God. We must realise our need of spiritual life.

The awful truth is that most will come to the end of their earthly journey and have to say: “I am not saved.” Jeremiah 8:20 - “The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and WE ARE NOT SAVED.”

The greatest folly of all is to not be saved. The folly of unbelief. The folly of backsliding.

Realise the folly, the shame, of a God rejecting life.

The heart reason a man is a fool is because he has rejected God. It is pride. Unbelief has a foolishness to it. It is destruction. Damnation.

John 3:36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

The key message of Proverbs is “Get wisdom or act and look like a fool!”