"Deterrent"

"The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God." (Psalms 9:17) As soon as man thinks that he is running things, everything goes to hell! Here are a few famous quotes from some rich slave owners; or so they are shown to be in our current school system. "You do well to wish to learn our arts and ways of life, and above all, the religion of Jesus Christ. These will make you a greater and happier people than you are." (George Washington) "I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth - That God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid? We have been assured, Sir, in the sacred writings, that "except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it". I firmly believe this." (Benjamin Franklin) "Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have renowned their only firm basis, a conviction in the hearts of the people that these liberties are the gift of God?" (Thomas Jefferson) Forgetfulness of God is the cause of all wickedness, in individuals, as well as with nations; for when we forget that He is watching over us, we tend to do our own thing; no longer regarding the Keeper of our soul, we walk outside of the boundaries that He has established. As we look at what it means to be "turned into hell", it is a road that leads to hell that David is talking about; one that once your on it, requires a serious Deterrent to get off of it! The word "wicked" is understandably the unrighteous; however, it is also the guilty, which means those that are guilty of sin! In other words, we have all, at one time or another been going down that road to hell, because there is none righteous, and we were all born in sin. And there is only one Detour that has been established so that we might be free from sin, and that is Jesus Christ!!! Jesus, speaking to Nicodemus in John 3:17 & 18 said, "For God sent not His Son onto the world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be saved. He that believeth on Him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God." This is the religion of Jesus Christ that George Washington was speaking about, and how it is that we will be better off than we currently are by knowing Him; because without Jesus, we are currently on the road to hell! It is a very wide road, for if you can imagine, it has whole nations traveling down it; millions and billions of people, all traveling in the same direction; and yet, every so often, a soul or two are taking the Deterrent off of that road, and onto the road that leads to eternal life...