Resistance to tyranny becomes the Christian and social duty of each individual. … Continue steadfast and, with a proper sense of your dependence on God, nobly defend those rights which heaven gave, and no man ought to take from us.
John Hancock
How many Americans on July 4th realize that their rights and in fact their very existence come from the Lord Jesus Christ? How many Americans today worship the state as if the government is the grantor of our rights? How many Americans are willing to sell their birthright for a mess of convenient pottage?
The worship and adoration of the recent passing of West Virginia Senator Robert Byrd demonstrates this pervasive and dangerous attitude in our culture. A woman in Charleston was heard saying “what will our state do without him?” Maybe a more appropriate question would be what would the state, or for that matter the nation, do without God’s blessings? Our welfare should never depend upon the good graces of our elected servants.
Upon George Washington’s inauguration, he had his Bible open to Deuteronomy chapter 28, which is God’s promises of blessings and cursings to the nation of Israel. (The cursings for disobedience far outnumber the blessings for obedience). He certainly wasn’t looking for national salvation to emanate from its elected leaders or science or popular culture.
John Adams, in a letter to his wife Abigail, said the following about celebrating the nation’s independence:
The [second] day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary Festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the Day of Deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever.
This Independence Day falls on a Sunday, yet how many pastors will preach these truths from their pulpits? How many pastors will preach (or do they even know) that the Lord Jesus Christ is our creator, our grantor of rights, our king, our redeemer, and our judge? Even John F. Kennedy knew enough to say in his inaugural address that our rights come from God, and not the generosity of the state.
National revival and reformation is needed for this nation to have any hope of survival – just as the Great Awakening was needed to give American courage to fight the War for Independence. Let it start in America’s pulpits, not in political movements or people worship.
The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
Psalm 9:17
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