The various steps taken by the new government in Washington to appoint
more conservative persons to cabinet and judicial and other positions and the
presidential edicts and potentially significant law changes in taxes and health
care and such all signal a turning around of the big government train that has
been rolling in Washington for the past several decades.
If the current administration holds on to the mantle of government in
the White House and both houses of Congress for the full four years and perhaps
even for eight years, they have a real chance to put a dent in and begin a
turnaround from the move toward the one-world big government that knows best
and is involved in every aspect of people’s lives.
But…and this is a really a big but…none of this turns around the real
disaster of America these last several decades.
What is that? The dramatic fall
in morality, in the strong stand for good as opposed to evil, the understanding
that there really is truth and that that truth comes from God and the Bible.
Regardless of what the left and the extremist demonstrators want you to
hear and believe, the United States really was founded as a Christian
nation. The only reasons that was not
expressly declared in the Constitution are these:
· the
founders did not want the government to have a specific state church singled
out from other possible denominations
· they
wanted to protect freedom of religion from actions of the government
· they
apparently – or at least most of them – never ever conceived of the threat to
the homeland of such alien and false religions as islam.
And most assuredly they never ever conceived of millions of Americans
who do not understand the basis of the United States of America, have blindly
missed the fundamentals of the nation, fail to comprehend the essentials of
this great democratic approach to government, and so clearly operate outside
the key beliefs that have made the country great.
You perhaps have heard this but it does not hurt to hear it again. Consider just three examples.
The first permanent colony in the United
States from England was settled at Jamestown in Virginia. When Parson Hunt and others went ashore in
Virginia on April 29, 1607, they erected a seven foot tall oak cross they had
brought from England. And Hunt consecrated the continent to the glory of God.
Much later, a hundred and sixty-nine to a
hundred and eighty years later, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles
of Confederation, and the Constitution were written and signed. A huge number of those signing and
participating as delegates were clergy, whether they were practicing preachers
or not. Many of the colleges they had
attended were in fact seminaries.
And make no mistake about it, the American Revolution itself was
miraculous, this victory of a colonial army over the greatest military power on
earth. George Washington obviously was
God’s appointed man to lead that conflict and soon the new nation. There are so many stories of his being out
there leading and not ever being shot. Consider – he was six feet two and rode
a white horse. Think that stood out in
battle or wherever he went? I’ll say.
So what has to happen now?
Much.
· A
return of the people to God
· A
fundamental change in the character and belief systems of those operating as
professors and administrators in the nation’s universities and colleges.
· A
fundamental change in the character and belief systems of those operating as
teachers and administrators in the school systems.
· A
waking-up of the pastors and other Christian leaders of the nation to the truth
that they are not teaching the full gospel, are not serving as proper shepherds
for the flock, are not preparing the people for the Lord, have largely been
leading social institutions bent on building memberships or sadly just
maintaining deadly dull and cold buildings where attendees come out of
tradition and endure boring and trite ceremonies and messages.
The Bible so clearly warns us of the very dangerous group of people
that has been and is wreaking havoc on this nation. The great scripture from 2 Corinthians 4:4
makes the point that the god of this world (the devil) has blinded the minds of
unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel. They can’t.
And their actions demonstrate that fact.
Our founders and most believers in America never thought we would
suddenly face such a huge group of virulent unbelievers. But we do.
All of us must pray for God’s guidance.
All of us. It is a time of
getting down on our knees and sincerely praying. It is a time of seeking to hear God. None of those perfunctory prayers, the formal
cold ceremonial words. No. We need heart-felt prayers. We need prayer in the spirit, as Paul so
advises. And we need to spend real time
praying, and waiting, and listening to God.
And time in reading and studying the scriptures of the greatest book,
the Bible.
And we need true, Godly leaders in this society. We need those types of people in all areas of
society.
May God have mercy on this nation and its people. We don’t deserve that mercy to be sure. But God’s grace has given us Jesus and the
gift of salvation. Surely his grace can
cover this current situation.
Regardless of how long we have until the Lord’s return, we must move in
this direction.
Keep Your Eyes on Jesus!
(JULY 2017)
Copyright © 2017 by John
Newlin
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