"One Nation Under God"

I want to start by wishing everyone a Happy Independence Day. Two hundred and thirty five years ago a new nation was blessed by God. A great experiment in the form of a democratic republic was born. A nation based on the reality that all men were created equal and endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights; life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The guarantees of these rights are in forced by our constitution which is based on the rule of law and the rule of law was based in part by God’s law (the Ten Commandments). The founders of our country knew that religion and morality were necessary cornerstones in the success of a democracy.

"Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest prop of the duties of men and citizens. The mere politician, equally with the pious man, ought to respect and to cherish them. A volume could not trace all their connections with private and public felicity. Let it simply be asked: Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice? And let us with caution indulge in the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle... Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all. Religion and morality enjoin this conduct; and can it be that good policy does not equally enjoin it?” George Washington’s Farewell Address, Sept 17, 1796

Our nation has truly been blessed. For all these years this nation has been a beacon of religious freedom throughout the world. The land which came to be known as the United States was established by people fleeing religious persecution. The Puritans believed Church of England doctrine needed to be purged of all non-biblical practices. This premise was severely rejected by Charles I, who ruled England, believing in “Devine Right.” He severely punished dissenters for speaking out against the established high church party. Religious freedom is what brought the Puritans and then the Quakers from England. This opened the door for many other groups from other countries seeking freedom to worship like Anglicans, Calvinists, Catholics, Huguenots, Lutherans, Mennonites, Amish, and Jews. Churches, communities and governments were established by these emigrants from Europe. These are the people that persevered and then prospered and formed this country with belief in God’s Law, self government, equality and basic human freedom that lead to the Declaration of Independence, The American Revolution and then the Constitution of the United States of America. People who followed Jesus laid the foundation of this nation.

Now here we are in 2011 and in this era of political correctness God is slowly being purged from this nation based on the premise of separation of Church and State. This was a phrase taken out of context from letter written by Thomas Jefferson. This idea was not in the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution or any other founding document. It was an idea not that religion shouldn’t influence government but that government should not influence religion.

 “I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should ‘make no law respecting an establishment of religion, prohibiting the free exercise thereof,’thus building a wall of separation between church and state.” Thomas Jefferson 1802 in a letter to the Danbury Baptist Association.

As a result any reference to the Ten Commandments has been removed from court houses; prayer has been removed from public schools and openings to public meetings. At one time school and church were held in the same building. Now in New York State Schools can no longer rent space on the weekends to church groups even though they can freely rent to any other group. God and morality are under assault by law makers, liberal biased judges and by special interest groups through lobbying and law suits.

Proposition 8 was passed in California by a majority of voters. This was to insure marriage was to remain exclusively a union between one man and one woman. This was just as God had designed marriage. A law suit was filed the day proposition eight passed and it was repealed by a liberal activist judge who was engaging in a homosexual relationship. This decision was appealed and held up in appeals. On June 24, 2011 New York State joined five other states in passing same sex civil union laws. Homosexual marriage is a reality in the United States. There will be law suits but I believe the tide has turned. June 30, 2011 Kansas an injunction was filed to halt a new Kansas law to end abortion. Things are just so slanted. Even when law makers are on the side of morality the activist judges intervene and moral laws are declared unconstitutional or endangering. Where in the constitution were judges given the right to make laws? Everything seems to be turning upside down. God created marriage and man has changed the definition. Where does it end? Now it’s one man one woman, a man and a man or a woman and a woman. What’s next multiple men and/or woman? Then what is after that? I don’t want to think about it. God created life and man has decided that life does not begin when God says it does and millions of innocent lives were legally murdered. Now with government funding and new health care laws we the people are paying for these murders. The blood is on our hands like it or not.

Make prayer part of celebrating Independence Day. How long will God bless this country? Pray that our leaders, judges and our nation as a whole repent. Pray for this just as if it was your own sin Just as Daniel prayed for Israel as if it was his sin.

So I gave my attention to the LordGod to seek Him by prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth and ashes.I prayed to the Lord my God and confessed and said, Alas, O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant and lovingkindness for those who love Him and keep His commandments, we have sinned, committed iniquity, acted wickedly and rebelled, even turning aside from Your commandments and ordinances.Moreover, we have not listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, our princes, our fathers and all the people of the land. Righteousness belongs to You, O Lord, but to us open shame, as it is this day—to the men of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, those who are nearby and those who are far away in all the countries to which You have driven them, because of their unfaithful deedswhich they have committed against You. Open shame belongs to us, O Lord, to our kings, our princes and our fathers, because we have sinned against You. To the Lord our God belong compassion and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against Him; nor have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in His teachings which He set before us through His servants the prophets.Indeed all Israel has transgressed Your law and turned aside, not obeying Your voice; so the curse has been poured out on us, along with the oath which is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, for we have sinned against Him (Daniel 9:3-11).

Pray for this and fight for this country but remember Ephesians 6:12: "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places". 

God Bless You and God Bless America