The New American Revolution Part II

We hold these truths to be self-evident, 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.

To understand this revolution we must recall our first revolution. The first had to do with the understanding that individual rights and freedoms were God-given and should not be taken away. No other nation, before or since, has been based on this premise. Liberty is what the American Revolution was about. It was what our founding fathers risked:

And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.

What should not be missed here is that liberty is God-inspired and God-ordained. This was not just an assumption. Liberty is a truth. It is absolute. It cannot be ignored or relegated as unimportant.

One of the greatest enemies of liberty is falsehood. Our founding fathers believed that we would have to be ever vigilant in protecting this liberty. If not careful, wrong thinking could undermine the concept of liberty. Liberty might be sacrificed for something else that, in the moment, might seem more important. The framers of the Declaration believed that nothing could be more important. They were risking everything for liberty.

The New American Revolution has to do with reclaiming both freedom and truth. We must reclaim what God says is important, not what the state or educational institutions, or the media tells us is important. Fortunately, God is facilitating this reclamation. What has been hidden is now being revealed. Falsehoods in both our political leaders and religious leaders are being exposed. Orwellian double-speak suddenly is not seeming to make as much sense, not that it ever did.

As intercessors, we must pray for the exposure of falsehood. This means that we must submit ourselves to God for instruction, correction, and training in righteousness. We must pray for those in authority that they resist temptation and adhere to the truth. If we do we will discover that we are in agreement with God and we will be releasing Him to establish freedom and truth in the land once more, as He did in the beginning. This time, that freedom will be extended to all people, regardless of color, culture, or creed.

Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. (John 8:31-32)

The New American Revolution Part I

There is a stirring in the hearts of many Americans today. The stirring may have political implications, but this stirring has to do more with the spiritual.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

Individual freedom of worship and the expression of one’s ideas have been guaranteed by the Constitution. These freedoms are now at risk. The Government that was formed to protect them may now be the instrument that curtails them. Citizens are beginning to understand this danger.

Ultimately, it is God who protects our liberty and assures our safety and security. In our pledge of allegiance we say: “one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” “In God we trust” is inscribed on our coins. But we have strayed from God. In fact, Government is now replacing God as our protector in minds of some. Our founding fathers never envisioned such a thing. They fled to this country to escape tyranny.

One of the reason we need a great revival across the land is that we need a restoration of order based upon our founding principles. It may be true that  America is not a Christian nation now. Nonetheless, America was founded upon Christian ideals by strong Christian believers. The Bible was the basic reader in our public schools. Most of our great colleges and universities were first seminaries. Prayer under-girded our decisions to fight for our independence and the establishment of our form of government.

Are we now ready to deny all of this and give up our precious heritage for the sake of a righteousness apart from God?

The Price of Freedom

“They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house? Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot? Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. The millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. …”

“It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace– but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!”

Patrick Henry, March 23, 1775