"The highest glory of the American Revolution was this, it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity'
John Quincy Adams" (qtd. in Berman)

Hear This! It's not that the Christian religion was entombed in politics and government or that politics and government were entombed in Christian religion, but that a civic government was framed on the principles of Christianity (of, by, and for Christian people) that makes self-government for ALL people possible! If you truly reflect on this and wrestle with it, and reason it through, you will see the miraculous and transcendent accomplishment that is found in the Declaration of Independence and Constitution of the United States of America.

"We have staked the whole future of American civilization not upon the power of government, far from it. We have staked the whole future of all our political institutions on the capacity of man for self government, on the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to sustain our selves, according to the ten commandments of God' James Madison" (qtd. in Berman)

True freedom is internal and can only come when we submit to God's will for our own and seek our eternal destiny no matter what external circumstances we find ourselves in. It is the outward manifestation of this discipline for God's will in our individual lives that makes a free and self-governing nation possible.

"God's will is His choice, the expression of His perfect freedom. Insofar as they make God's will their own, therefore, Christ's disciples act in perfect freedom, even as God acts. Their discipline (discipleship in action) is thus the basis of their freedom." (Personal sovereignty by Alan Keyes)

We have lost this aspect of our heritage and therefore, "the American people are so close to losing their capacity for self-government and their constitutional position of sovereignty over their government at all levels. We are being thrust aside by forces that take advantage of our moral vulnerability to turn us from free people into masses dominated and virtually enslaved by the manipulation of our selfish passions." (Keyes)

Here we are, on the edge. A push to one side means continued liberty for ALL people in America, and a push to the other leads back to a dark age where certain death was the end to those willing to preach God's Word outside of the politically correct and authorized version and where the population was kept ignorant

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