“Our duty as citizens is not a solitary one. It is connected with all the duties that belong to us as men. The civil, the social, the Christian virtues are requisite to render us worthy the continuation of that government which is the freest on earth… Amidst these profuse blessings of nature and of Providence, BEWARE! Standing is this place, sacred to truth, I dare not undertake to assure you that your liberties and your happiness may not be lost. Men are subject to men’s misfortunes. If an angel should be winged from Heaven, on an errand of mercy to our country, the first accents that would glow on his lips would be, Beware! be cautious! you have everything to lose; you have nothing to gain. We live under the only government that ever existed which was framed by the unrestrained and deliberate consultations of the people. Miracles do not cluster. That which has happened but once in six thousand years cannot be expected to happen often. Such a government, once gone, might leave a void, to be filled, for ages, with revolution and tumult, riot and despotism. The history of the world is before us.”
Attacking America’s Founding = Attacking the Church
Ryan Cox • June 10, 2021
Daniel Webster, Fryeburg Academy address: July 4, 1802 [1]
Repeatedly, the founding fathers made it clear that America’s foundation was a Bible-based foundation, and it will fall if that foundation is removed or destroyed. For example, President John Adams wrote to the Massachusetts Militia, “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious People. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other”. [2]
The Biblical foundation was so solid because it encompassed the entirety of the Bible: the Law, the Gospel, and even a literal understanding of its history, including Genesis. Notice how Daniel Webster stated there has only been roughly 6,000 years of history. That conclusion can only be reached through a literal understanding of Genesis and Biblical history.
Indeed, the erosion of American morality and liberty has directly coincided with the erosion of Biblical adherence and acceptance of evolutionary dogma (i.e. Social Darwinism). The history and state of the Union can be summarized as such:
1. Divine, Miraculous Founding of America
a. BIBLICAL FOUNDATION
b. BLESSED & PROSPEROUS NATION
2. Acceptance of Alternative Origins
a. EVOLUTION
3. Acceptance of Alternative Morals
a. SOCIAL DARWINISM
4. Attacks on American’s Founding
a. BIBLICAL FOUNDATION ATTACKED
5. Discrediting and Marginalizing the Church
a. BIBLICAL INFLUENCE REMOVED
b. DESCENT INTO IMMORALITY, CORRUPTION, CRIME, CHAOS, TOTALITARIAN CONTROL
Because America and the Church have the same foundation (God’s Word, Eph. 2:20), an attack on America’s founding = an attack on the Church’s founding. Hence, the Gospel of Jesus Christ is rendered meaningless and even vile to those indoctrinated with revisionist history. Those in the Church of Jesus Christ need to realize what is happening and understand that, though they are vitally important, elections will never save America. Revival through the power of the Gospel is the only means to salvation for the individual and the United States.
Thus it falls, once again, upon the pulpits of America to inform the parents in the pews of the Biblical truths of salvation, liberty, and Bible-based government. The parents then pass this on to the next generation who will continue to stand up for these principles. This, in fact, is how the United States was birthed – by the preaching of Biblical principles upon which the founding fathers acted (study the Black Robe Regiment). [3]
“We hold these truths to be self-evident,” the founders unanimously declared, “that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
It all begins with acknowledgement of the Creator, to whom we are all accountable. As John Jay (first Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court) said in his May 13, 1824 address to the American Bible Society, “We know that a great proportion of mankind are ignorant of the revealed will of God… To the most sagacious among the heathen it must appear wonderful and inexplicable that such a vicious, suffering being as man should have proceeded… from the hands of his Creator… By conveying the Bible to people thus circumstanced we certainly do them a most interesting act of kindness. We thereby enable them to learn, that man was originally created and placed in a state of happiness, but, becoming disobedient, was subjected to the degradation and evils which he and his posterity have since experienced. The Bible will also inform them, that our gracious Creator had provided for us a Redeemer, in whom all the nations of the earth should be blessed – that this Redeemer has made atonement ‘for the sins of the whole world,’ and thereby reconciling the Divine justice with the Divine mercy, has opened a way for our redemption and salvation; and that these inestimable benefits are of the free gift and grace of God… They, therefore, who enlist in His service, have the highest encouragement to fulfil the duties assigned to their respective stations; for most certain it is, that those of His followers who steadfastly and vigorously contribute to the furtherance and completion of His conquests, will also participate in the transcendent glories and blessings of HIS TRIUMPH.” [4]
1.
The Illustrated Fryeburg Webster Memorial, A.F. & C.W. Lewis:
Fryeburg, ME, 1882, pp. 13-14.
2. From John Adams to Massachusetts Militia, 11 October 1798”, Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/99-02-02-3102.
3. https://nationalblackroberegiment.com/history-of-the-black-robe-regiment/#
4. The Correspondence and Public Papers of John Jay, Vol. IV.
Henry P. Johnston, ed., G.P. Putnam’s Sons, NY, 1890, pp. 493-498.
The Flood during Noah’s day was a devastating judgement against the sin and wickedness of the time. Most people focus on what the Lord did as He saved the eight people and animals on the Ark. Yet while they were being saved, the Flood destroyed the earth and left behind some remarkable things. Geology around the globe shows water burial of plants and animals. Many of the animal remains show signs of drowning and then burial. One particular reptile that shows this is the Ichthyosaurus. From what we can understand, water was her home for everything in life, even giving birth to live young. This well designed creature may even help us trust the Word of God when it comes to the history of the Flood. In our Mobile Museum of Earth History we exhibit a research replica of an ichthyosaur called Stenopterygius quadriscissus . She is from Holzmaden, Germany and is one example of hundreds that have been found in the area. The reason we can so confidently state this fossil is a “her,” when we rarely know for sure about fossil animals, is because she is pregnant. She has three babies present with her remains: one under her tail, one in or near the birth canal, and one still inside. Our fossil is in situ, which means the fossil remains in the rock matrix it was buried in. So, the presence of momma and babies are how they were buried and not articulated in some manner after excavation. This is important to show the rapid, watery burial that must have taken place to lock this scene in the fossil record. The Flood trapped organisms all over the world in different life positions. Sometimes the fossils left behind have shown eating, hunting, sleeping, swimming, nesting, or drowning. When it comes to ichthyosaurs around the planet, there is a significant number of females that seem to be pregnant. They have been found in the fossil record on at least four continents. A fair assumption would be that Ichthyosaurs had a certain time of year they mated and gave birth to young, much like sea turtles today that nest from late spring to late fall depending on the region around the world. So it should come as no surprise that we find pregnant ichthyosaurs all around the world as the Flood lasted an entire year. It would have buried the females that were pregnant near their location of habitat. Evolutionists maintain that ichthyosaurs lived tens to hundreds of million years ago and each of the mothers found in the fossil record just died while giving birth. This is difficult to support in a millions magnitude time scale. That would mean every time a disaster happened, millions of years apart, the right conditions existed to quickly bury ichthyosaurs that just so happened to be pregnant. It just might take some “faith” to trust that “miracle” would happen over and over again through eons of time. Or you can have faith that the Word of God’s history is correct with a judgement of man’s sin bringing global devastation through the Flood during Noah’s 600th year of life. The Word of God is trustworthy, with even the fossil record showing us glimpses of historical evidence in support of our faith. I’m so thankful we don’t need blind faith to trust our salvation! Blessings.
14 Nebuchadnezzar spoke, saying to them, “Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, that you do not serve my gods or worship the gold image which I have set up? 15 …if you do not worship, you shall be cast immediately into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. And who is the god who will deliver you from my hands?” 16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego answered and said to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. 17 If that is the case, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king. 18 But if He does not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the gold image which you have set up.” Daniel 3:14-18 In the 6th century BC, three young men stood up for their faith in the one true God, for which someone attempted to kill them. Today, in the 21st century AD, one young man was gunned down for his faith in the one true God. And sadly, Charlie Kirk is not the only one. According to The Esther Project, martyrdom for the cause of Christ is commonplace around the world ( theestherproject.com/statistics ). On average: 322 Christians are killed monthly. 214 churches or Christian properties are destroyed monthly. 772 forms of violence (beatings, kidnappings, etc.) against Christians are committed monthly. 100,000 to 160,000 Christians are killed annually in the 21st century. 1.093 million Christians were martyred between 2000 and 2010. And more than 70 million Christians are believed to have been martyred since the 1st century, with more than half killed in the 20th century alone under communist and fascist governments. And how should Christians respond? Peter wrote, “ if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but glorify God in this name ” (I Peter 4:16). Jesus took this a step further; He told us, “ …love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you ” (Matthew 5:44). Now, as Shawn Grant, minister at Kissimmee Christian Church, FL, preached on the Sunday following the assassination, th at may not be what you want to hear right now, but that is what Jesus has told us we must do. Why? So the world will see the difference Jesus makes! The night of and the days after the assassination, businesses did not have to board up their stores. Police and soldiers did not have to be deployed. There were no riots, no property damages, no police spat upon – only tears, prayers, and a witness to the world that Jesus is the answer. So noticeable is this to the world, there were more international press requests for the Charlie Kirk memorial service than are requested for Super Bowls. Within seven days of his death, Kirk’s ministry Turning Point USA had received over 54,000 campus chapter requests. And most importantly, scores of videos of young people considering or even deciding to give their lives to Jesus have been posted to social media platforms.