The Nation-Building Power of Righteousness
Main Passage: Proverbs 14:34
I. Introduction
- When our nation was founded, it was seen as a Christian nation based on the truth of God’s word, the Bible.
- We have ____________________ far away from where we were as a ____________________.
- Our land has become bound.
- What is needed is an intervention of God—we call it an ____________________.
- Our nation has experienced this phenomena numerous times.
- Our ____________________ defines our actions.
II. A Look at our Text.
- What does righteousness mean?
- There is a difference between the Hebrew and Greek words.
- It is the opposite of ____________________.
- It is ______________ who says what is right and wrong, not ______________.
- Righteousness is obedience to God’s commands.
- What is the result of righteousness?
- The nation is ____________________.
- The nation is ____________________.
- The nation is ____________________.
III. How do we allow righteousness to prevail in our nation?
- It starts in the ____________________.
- If my people will ____________________ and ____________________.
- If my people will ____________________.
- If my people will ____________________ and ____________________.
- We must form laws shaped by God’s word.
1. The 10 Commandments.
- You shall have no other ____________________ before me.
- You shall not make for yourself an ____________________.
- You shall not misuse the ____________________ of the Lord your God.
- Remember the Sabbath day by ____________________ it holy.
- ____________________ your father and your mother.
- You shall not ____________________.
- You shall not commit ____________________.
- You shall not ____________________.
- You shall not give _________________ testimony against your neighbor.
- You shall not ____________________.
2. We must look to ____________________, His words and deeds.
C. We must all rise to the challenge to ____________________ righteously.
- Grow in your relationship with God through His word.
- Commit to being discipled, to prayer, and to church.
- Get in the political process—vote, support, take action.
IV. Conclusion