The Good Citizen Podcast #334 A Call to Repentance
Jun 18, 2024
42:04
We don’t use the word “repent” very often these days, but personal and national repentance is a Biblical imperative and an American tradition. Given recent headlines about church leaders such as Dr. Tony Evans, the general moral state of the country, and the looming 2024 presidential election, I believe it is time to call for and participate in a time of personal and national repentance. Here’s the Biblical and historical case:
Repentance is:
- A Biblical Imperative
- An American Tradition
- A Pressing Priority
Key Takeaways:
- Excerpt from Washington’s 1789 Thanksgiving Address: “…[A]nd also that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech him to pardon our national and other transgressions– to enable us all, whether in public or private stations, to perform our several and relative duties properly and punctually–to render our national government a blessing to all the people, by constantly being a Government of wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed–to protect and guide all Sovereigns and Nations (especially such as have shewn kindness unto us) and to bless them with good government, peace, and concord–To promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue, and the encrease of science among them and us–and generally to grant unto all Mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as he alone knows to be best.”
- Excerpt from Lincoln’s 1864 Thanksgiving Address: And I do further recommend to my fellow-citizens aforesaid that on that occasion they do reverently humble themselves in the dust and from thence offer up penitent and fervent prayers and supplications to the Great Disposer of Events for a return of the inestimable blessings of peace, union, and harmony throughout the land which it has pleased Him to assign as a dwelling place for ourselves and for our posterity throughout all generations.
- Biblical principles about personal and national repentance from Amos, Jeremiah, Daniel, and Acts.
- Why we should read Daniel 9 as a potential model prayer for repentance.