Graham explained, “Two hundred fifty years ago, the Bible was taught in schools. For many, it was their sole textbook.” He said, “That doesn’t mean everybody had faith, but they had a basic understanding and respect and knowledge of God’s Word.”
“Today, the Bible has been removed from our schools and for the most part, the public square,” Graham noted. “But there is a downward moral decline spiraling ever deeper into the mire—things that never would have been talked about publicly just 30 years ago, sinful behavior that should make us blush, is now celebrated and flaunted on Main Street America.”
Graham argued that America’s cultural shifts have left the country sick.
“America has become morally rotten, completely sick with sin. Transgenderism, same-sex marriage, opening women’s locker rooms to men are just the tip of the iceberg,” he said.
“Why do we need to rededicate ourselves?” Graham asked. “When God sent the flood and destroyed the earth, it was because man’s heart had become so evil and violent. In the news, we see unimaginable violence, rapes, murders, mass shootings.” He continued, “On YouTube, there is so much violence, movies, video games are full of violence—we have an insatiable appetite for violence.”
Such violence “grieves the heart of God,” Graham said, “and will bring his judgment if we don’t repent as a nation.”
Graham shared his desire to witness revival in America, but said “there can be no revival without prayer and repentance.”
“I pray that we as individuals and as a nation will humble ourselves before God, confess our sins to him, and turn back to the God of our fathers in repentance,” Graham said. “The Bible says, ‘Today is the day of salvation.’ Not tomorrow, not someday.”
“Today, as we prepare to observe this important milestone in our nation’s history, there is no better moment than right now for each of us to look deep into our own hearts and quietly repent of our sins and call upon the name of Almighty God,” said Graham.
“There’s only one who can save America,” Graham said. “There’s only one who can save you, and that is the Lord Jesus Christ.”
