A call to Christians on Patriot\u2019s Day!<\/p>\n
First, let\u2019s quickly tackle the concept that religion and government don\u2019t mix. Government in its most basic form is an agreement between neighbors on how to best get along.\u00a0 Agreements without morality are useless.\u00a0 They will not be kept, and they cannot be enforced.\u00a0\u00a0 Further, morality must be based on something higher than human conception or it will degenerate into whose ideal of morality is best.<\/p>\n
The Founders understood this when they framed this country.\u00a0 Four times God is mentioned in the Declaration of Independence.\u00a0 He is mentioned as Lawmaker, \u201claws of Nature and Nature\u2019s God\u201d; Creator, \u201cendowed by their Creator\u201d; Supreme Judge, \u201cappealing to the Supreme Judge of the world\u201d; and Protector, \u201creliance on the protection of Divine Providence\u201d.<\/p>\n
These are not cheap uses of religion to garner favor with the simple, but statements of fact based on the Judeo\/Christian faith the colonies and Great Britain both held.\u00a0 The Founders were saying we answer to God, your God, not a king.<\/p>\n
Unlike the Colonies, we have the opportunity to express ourselves with the ballot.\u00a0 It is our solemn duty, purchased with the blood of patriots, to use that ballot to protect our liberties and our faith.\u00a0 Remember, the Founders believed liberty was an endowment from God, not a privilege received from a king or government.\u00a0 If you believe that, then your duty before God is to protect the liberty of which you are a steward.<\/p>\n
The popular concept today is to depend upon government of one form or another rather than to depend upon God.\u00a0 Do not be deceived into thinking that an all-providing government can co-exist with the God of the Bible.\u00a0 Repeatedly throughout scripture, we are warned against placing our trust, our faith, or our hope on any person or thing.\u00a0 The Creator God is the only One worthy of our devotion.\u00a0 As believers we must not yield in this either by coercion or force.<\/p>\n
This great experiment of freedom and self-government rests in our hands. There is no time to be neutral; it is too late for that.\u00a0 We must regain the spirit of the Founders or lose our liberty.\u00a0 The momentum of big government must be stopped. \u00a0We must reject a gospel that focuses on our temporal needs and follow the Lord in selflessness and sacrifice.\u00a0 Our churches must raise the call for Godly, Christian citizens.\u00a0 Before God, I pray we will all pledge to pass to our children an America not bound with an intrusive and overburdening government, but an America with greater freedom than we received.\u00a0 \u00a0Be it so, Lord Jesus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A call to Christians on Patriot\u2019s Day! First, let\u2019s quickly tackle the concept that religion and government don\u2019t mix. Government in its most basic form is an agreement between neighbors on how to best get along.\u00a0 Agreements without morality are useless.\u00a0 They will not be kept, and they cannot be enforced.\u00a0\u00a0 Further, morality must be … Continue reading God alone shall have our trust!<\/span>