Moral sin leads to national disaster

SUMMARY: The current economic and social crisis in the United States and other nations is due to the violation of spiritual principles that should base the lives of the people. The greed of large corporations and their executives, the use of lies and trickery to take advantage of consumer ignorance, and the rulers' collusion with the industrial sector to violate financial laws are some of the persistent sins that have devastated the world economy. The violation of these spiritual principles had brought the most powerful nation in the world to its knees through one of the greatest and most shameful disasters in all of its history. To ensure true prosperity and security, nations must settle accounts with the King of all the earth and heed the wise counsel of the psalmist.

Unfortunately, nations and secular institutions refuse to recognize how important it is to base material efforts on sound spiritual principles. Only this ensures the long-term prosperity and progress of a society or an institution. The source of the demonic contamination that oppresses a nation must be removed before any reform effort can take permanent effect. If the spiritual foundations of a society are tainted, no matter how well-intentioned actions are taken, the long-term result will always be failure. Psalm 127 states it like this in memorable words:

1 Unless the LORD builds the house, Those who build it labor in vain; If the Lord does not guard the city, the guard is watching in vain.