When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for a people to dissolve the political bands that have connected it with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the position separate and equal to that of the laws of nature and of nature. God grant them the right, a decent respect for the opinions of humanity requires that they declare the causes that drive them to separation.
We hold that these truths are self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights, that among them are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
… We, therefore, the Representatives of the United States of America, in the General Congress, Gathered, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name and by the Authority of the Good People. of these Colonies, publish and solemnly declare, That these United Colonies are, and by Right they should be Free and Independent States; …
And to support the Declaration, firmly trusting in the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.
The Declaration of Independence, in Congress, July 4, 1776
A Christian nation is not a Christian nation in its slogans, but in its chosen ethical system. The duty of the civil or government magistrate is to approve the good and punish the evil. Therefore, that civil authority must know the bases to determine what is good and what is bad. Unless the people decide by vote or by decree, a nation that will endure must have a foundation built on something deeper than the law and, in fact, deeper than a Constitution.
The law of nature, or natural law, is what God has placed in the heart of man for the express purpose of providing the preservation and direction of man. William Blackstone in his Commentaries on the Law stated, “This Law of Nature … dictated by God Himself, is of course superior in obligation to any other. It is binding throughout the world, in all countries and at all times; no human law is valid if it is contrary to this “; This law of nature becomes an absolute that cannot be repealed by the vote of the people.
The question is: is it too late to save America from the relativism that now permeates legal thinking and motivates activist judges?
Whether you want to call America a Christian nation or not, whether you want to abrogate the inheritance of the founding fathers or not, whether you want to discard a Constitution and a republic that has outlived any other form of government or not, you need to consider and ask yourself. what has made America different, enduring, and “great.” At the same time, you need to consider what can stop America from being “great.”
Alexander Solzhenitsyn has the answer. As a child he listened to several old men explain the disasters that had befallen Russia: “Men have forgotten God; that is why all this has happened.” Solzhenitsyn spent fifty years studying the history of the Russian Revolution. Now, to quote from his 1983 Templeton speech: “But if I were asked to formulate as concisely as possible the main cause of the ruinous Revolution that engulfed some sixty million of our peoples, I could not put it more precisely than to repeat : “Men have forgotten God; that’s why all this has happened. “
This brings us to a moment to vote. The great missionary to China, Hudson Taylor, noted: “If the enemy can destroy the Christian’s passion for America, then he has won the main battle for the soul of the nation.”
If darkness is spreading across America, it is because someone is hiding the light. That “someone” is the Body of Christ, Christians throughout the United States. Darkness does not conquer light unless the light is turned off by those who seek to turn it off or if those who carry the light deny their responsibility.
A Christian nation is not the “establishment” of a religion in America. It is the recognition of an absolute moral law “endowed by its Creator with certain inalienable Rights, which among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
The rights of man come from God, not from the state or the vote of the people. To submit the rights of a nation to the state or to the vote of the will of the people is to do so at the risk of the existence of a nation. We, America, have forgotten God. Have?