He gave us revelation, we rejected it.

We rationalize it and call ourselves an elite, educated, advanced culture,

and we invent religion as if it's an indicator of how high we have ascended

when the fact of the matter is we're going down at

warp speed. We have abandoned God and God has returned to favor. The favor. Welcome to Grace to you with John MacArthur.

I'm your host Phil Johnson.

It was the evening of September 11th, 2001,

hours after the worst terrorist attack in US history. On the steps of the Capitol, congressional leaders broke into a spontaneous rendition of God Bless America.

And for years after, the song became a staple at sporting events and public gatherings across the country.

The song has a nice sentiment. Who wouldn't want God's blessing?

But the question is, how can our nation or how can any country secure divine blessing?

And at what point does God abandon a nation, leave it to its own destruction?

John MacArthur has answers today continuing his study called Foundations Volume 2 with one of the

most talked about messages from John's nearly 55 years of pulpit ministry, the title when God abandons a nation.

With a lesson now, here's John.

Romans chapter 1 beginning in verse 18 and running through the end of this chapter.

I'm going to read just the first verse to set the stage for the unfolding of this profound truth.

Romans 118, for the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth

in unrighteousness. This section is about the wrath of God. Now there are a number of

different aspects to the wrath of God, but the wrath that is presented in this passage is the wrath of abandonment.

It is that wrath exhibited by God when he turns his back on a society.

It's a frightening thing to think about that.

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