“The American Dream; The American Nightmare”
A.. The American Dream.
1. The key word in the American Dream was freedom:
a. Freedom from political oppression
b. Freedom from religious oppression
The Mayflower Compact
The Declaration of Independence
The Constitution
The Bill of Rights
B. The American Nightmare.
1. Liberty has been turned into license.
C. The example of Israel.
Exodus12:40; 13:3 “Remember this day in which you went out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage....for the Lord brought you out of this place”.
Jeremiah 8:4-12 “Why has this people slidden back”.
“Every one turned to his own course (8:6)”
“They have rejected the word of the Lord (8:9)”.
“Everyone is given to covetousness (8:10)”.
“Saying, ‘Peace, peace’ when there is no peace (8:11)”
“They were not at all ashamed, nor did they know how to blush (8:12)”.
“Therefore they shall fall (8:12)”.
“The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God
(Psalm 9:17".