Faith of the Founders.

I recently was sent an e mail about the faith of our founding Fathers. I realized how little I really know about them and the great sacrifices of those who defied old King George to create a new nation.  They hammered out, and probably each other, a constitution which is as noble today as the era in which it was penned.  They formulated a doctrine of principles which were based on the same principles as those in the Bible.

The revisionists who are now rewriting our history often diminish the role of faith of the Founders, but when carefully reading the Constitution one can see the importance of a biblical faith imbedded in its writing.  Because of the present mindset concerning the separation of Church and State…….the State wins out, to the determent of the Church.  They say nothing that is Christian related should infringe upon this ideology.  Because of this secular and humanist thinking, the very Constitution itself is under attack.  The secularists decry the document as not being relevant to our society.   In other words……the Constitution has become an outdated document which gives too many freedoms to the individual rather than doing with is best for the State and the majority of its citizens.  This is merely Socialist dogma. Yet the principles defined in the Constitution support the rights of all its citizens.

I am including in this little writing some excerpts of speeches given by a few of our more famous Founders.

In 1776 Patrick Henry wrote this “It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religion, but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ. For that reason alone, people of other faiths have been afforded freedom”

George Washington…..
‘It is impossible to govern the world without God and the Bible. Of all the dispositions and habits that lead to political prosperity, our religion and morality are the indispensable supporters. Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that our national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.”

Consider these words by John Adams, our second president, who also served as chairman of the American Bible Society.  In an address to military leaders he said, “We have no government armed with the power capable of contending with human passions, unbridled by morality and true religion. Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people.”

In 1782, the United States Congress voted this resolution: “The congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools.”

In 1963, the Supreme Court ruled that Bible reading was outlawed as unconstitutional in the public school system. The court offered this justification: “If portions of the New Testament were read without explanation, they could and have been psychologically harmful to children.” How’s that???

Today we are asking God to bless America. But how can He bless a Nation that has departed so far from Him?

 2 Chronicles 7:14-15.”if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to their prayers.”