U.S. Secret Service scandal.

Just prior to President Obama’s arrival in Colombia for a conference with Latin American leaders, U.S. Secret Service and military personnel apparently held a party in a “secure hotel” with about 20 invited prostitutes.  As the news broke, the primary concern was that critical security details may have been leaked (Associated Press, April 17, 2012).  Sadly, the issue of immorality on the part of U.S. personnel took a “back seat” to concerns about security.

The Bible clearly states that immoral actions will bring serious consequences.  Long ago, God warned the sinful nation of Israel, “Let her put away her harlotries from her sight, and her adulteries…. There is no truth or mercy or knowledge of God in the land… My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.… The more they increased, the more they sinned against Me” (Hosea 2:2; 4:1, 6-7). 

It is sobering to watch the moral decay of the world’s leading nation and the lack of concern about sinful human actions.