What
Has Happened In America Since Prayer Was Taken Out Of Our Schools?
Behind the
Curtain…
The Facts: A Study of Destruction
and of Hope
Compiled and written
by Murray Hornsby
American Heritage Alliance Inc.
Chapter
9
In Conclusion: What Must We Do Now?
Jesus said, "To him whom much is given, much is expected."
It is time that we Christians get off our pews and stand up for
the values on which this country was founded and has been blessed
beyond all nations in the history of the world by Almighty God.
There are signs for any to see that this country and its children
and their children may be headed in a direction that will be devastating
to them and to this country's future. As a nation founded on the
belief and devotion to God and Jesus Christ, we as a nation, have
turned away from our responsibility of holding the culture and
politicians accountable with our vote- with the ballot and our
dollars.
We've
allowed the secular humanists, the atheists and agnostics to:
virtually expunge our children's textbooks of any sign of our
Christian history or any reference to God; take prayer and the
Bible out of our schools; and to allow our children to be shamed
by the secular world in even speaking about Jesus Christ in public.
Our entertainment media, the television programs and the movies
virtually deny and relegate God, and the values He has commanded
us to keep, to a non-relevant matter. "A great deal is being
said by saying nothing about God and religion. The basic message
that comes across is that God is either nonexistent or irrelevant,
and that religion was not very important in American history and
American life. This needs to be corrected." From "Christianity
and The Constitution" by John Eidsmoe
There
is a famous quote that says, "All it takes for evil to triumph
is for good men (and women) to do nothing." The children
of this and future generations will look at the Christian community
and the world situation and ask "Didn't they even care enough
to make a committed stand for their values?" And as the generations
move further and further away from commitment to the values and
commandments God gave us in the Bible, eventually the world could
be completely dominated by secular humanism and a huge price will
be paid for it! Because of our lack of commitment to posterity,
we are in fact, mortgaging their spiritual future! They will not
ask "Where is the Christian?" They will ask "What
is a Christian?"
Some do believe that God is showing us some signs that He is ready
for us to step forward with Him in the direction of some of our
new Christian leaders and their commitment to the Lord and our
country's welfare and future. Isn't it time that the Christian
church make a commitment to bring this country back to the values
on which God has blessed us so abundantly? We owe it to our children
and their children- and most importantly in our faithfulness to
our Lord who has made this Christian nation the most blessed peoples
the world has ever known. It is time we Christians quit apologizing
to the world for our values in the form of inaction and realize
that this country is the greatest and most blessed nation in the
world and recognize, once again, how we received this blessing.
"Christians
have a vital contribution to make to the health and well being
of America. They are needed to articulate biblical principles
of government in every courtroom, legislative hall, precinct meeting
and school board meeting in the nation. They must also articulate
these principles with human reason consistent with God's revealed
Word. God has revealed His truth not only by special revelation
(the Bible) but also by general revelation (nature, reason, and
conscience: Rom. 2:14-15), sometimes called natural grace, or
common grace. Christians must appeal to general revelation when
dealing with people who do not accept special revelation.
Christians are needed to reestablish the moral tone to society.
The Founding Fathers recognized that freedom cannot exist in an
immoral society- the nation will crumble from within or be conquered
from without. Christians must supply the moral fiber that comes
from obedience to God and His natural and revealed laws if America
is to survive and flourish as a free society. Christians must
be salt of the earth and light of the world. "Righteousness
exalteth a nation; but sin is a reproach to any people."
(Prov. 14:34). "Christianity and The Constitution" p.410,
by John Eidsmoe
"There
is a view among some historians that a democracy is an intrinsically
unstable form of government:
The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been
200 years... And the cycle is surprisingly predictable: ...from
bondage to spiritual faith; from spiritual faith to great courage;
from courage to liberty; from liberty to abundance; from abundance
to complacency; from complacency to apathy; from apathy to dependency;
from dependency back again into bondage. -Alexander Tyler, 1750
Studies of the predictable decay of empires and cultures generally
discern three primary aspects of their decline: Social Decay,
Cultural Decay, and Moral Decay…One of the most stirring
quotes always comes to my mind: "If you love wealth more
than liberty, and if you prefer the tranquility of servitude rather
than the animated contest of freedom, then go home in peace. We
seek neither your counsel nor your arms. But bend down and lick
the hands that feed you; and may your chains rest lightly upon
you. And may posterity forget that you were our countryman. "-
Samuel Adams.
We need to take our heritage seriously. We need to recognize the
adversary that is intrepidly eroding our freedoms - especially
our freedom to worship. We need to exercise diligence and initiative
in protecting our Republic, our rights, and our freedoms - especially
for our children and grandchildren! " from "Twilight's
Last Gleaming?" by Chuck Missler
How
are we going to do it? We're not. God will do it…If we are
willing to step forward! If we do the possible, God will do the
impossible! That is the lesson God gave us in the Bible over and
over again.
French writer de Tocqueville, after visiting America said, "I
sought the greatness of the United States in her commodious harbors,
her ample rivers, her fertile fields, and boundless forests- and
it was not there. I sought for it in her rich mines, her vast
world commerce, her public school system, and in her institutions
of higher learning- and it was not there. I looked for it in her
democratic Congress and her matchless Constitution- and it was
not there. Not until I went into the churches of America and heard
her pulpits aflame with righteousness did I understand the secret
of her genius and power. America is great because America is good,
and if America ever ceases to be good, America will cease to be
great!"
Abraham
Lincoln said "It is the duty of nations, as well as of men,
to owe their dependence upon the overruling power of God, to confess
their sins and transgressions in humble sorrow, yet with assured
hope that genuine repentance will lead to mercy and pardon; and
to recognize the sublime truth, announced in Holy Scripture and
proven by all history, that those nations only are blessed whose
God is The Lord."
You
and I, as Christians, have a responsibility to respond. Dear Christian
brothers and sisters, "If not us, who? If not now, when?"
Do not be deceived that we cannot turn back the clock. It is not
about that. It is, rather, about faith in and obedience to Almighty
God. What is He expecting of us, and what is He capable of doing
with His Power and Omnipotence? Stay focused at that point, and
as Winston Churchill exhorted to the British people during World
War II when they were under great peril and attack… "Persevere."
No less is now at stake in America.
"If We Do The Possible, God Will Do The Impossible!"
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