America today is suffering from a non-active church. We have bought into the deception that
everything is okay. We have become lazy,
and we are a sin sick nation, and a sin sick church. As a people of God we have allowed the
culture to influence us. One such
influence is that we have bought the lie: separation of church and state. Yes the constitution does not allow the state
the establish a state religion, but we are not kept from being religious! If you have ever read the constitution than
you know you will never read the words: separation of church and state! That is the interpretation of a man in a
letter to others and we have held that opinion higher than the constitution
itself! We were not set free from
religion but rather we were set free from the control of the state in our
religion.
D. James Kennedy was Pastor from Coral Ridge Presbyterian
church in Florida and was once debating with Sam Donaldson, a liberal
reporter. They were debating the
independence of our nation and the foundation of our great nation. Mr. Donaldson was trying to make the case that
that America has always been a secular nation.
Mr. Donaldson violently defended that there were few Christians in the
days of 1776. Well Kennedy found some
rather interesting facts. Kennedy
decided to do some research, and what he found was this, as late as 1776:
98% of the people professed Protestant belief in Faith in Jesus Christ
1.8 % said they were Roman
Catholic
.2 % were Jewish
If there was ever a day when the church needed to get into
the public arena it is today!
Kennedy concluded when you looked at the culture you found
that 99.8 % of that young nation called the United States was of Christian
decent. Can you imagine that? In the state of Delaware in 1770’s anyone
who wanted to hold a public office you must sign this statement:
“I do profess faith
in God the father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
His only son and in the Holy Ghost.
I do acknowledge the Holy Scriptures of the old and new testaments to be
given by divine inspiration.”
I think that would be a great statement for all the senators
to sign right now! But I promise you: If you even so much as suggest it, you would
be tarred and feathered before you could even get off the floor.
I wonder what those stats would be today and how our founding fathers would feel about how we as a nation have gone astray from what they founded this country on?
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