Two-hundred thirty two years ago a group of men, dedicated to freeing themselves and their fellow citizens from dictatorial rule, began a fierce war with England. The result was a new nation known as the United States. It is a group of political divisions that have the common goal of freedom from a centralized government and the liberty to conduct affairs as the residents of each respective state see fit, governed through a representative government known as a republic, controlled by a Constitution that sets the limits on the federal government. When Benjamin Franklin was asked about what kind of a government had been given, he answered, “A republic if you can keep it.” Dear readers, we aren’t keeping it.

The Pledge of Allegiance has the line, one nation under God with liberty and justice for all. Defining the word nation as a reference to the people, it is a group of citizens who recognize the sovereignty of God, the one who has given us rules for morals, ethics and individual behavior. The founders bequeathed to all of us the inheritance stated in the Declaration of Independence, which is the blessings of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness, all of which come from God. The Pursuit of Happiness is  a blessing when one lives according to the principles of our creator. Freedom, liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness aren't possible when the government enters our lives except as allowed by the Constitution.

The new nation has had its period of turmoil. Another war with England when the Crown tried to conquer the people to reclaim what the king thought was his. There was a civil war that left carnage across the land, and in some ways, that carnage continues in the minds of some people to this day. There was a depression, and then a war in which we fought two nations at once. Other conflicts and a few recessions have tried the patience of the citizens. But the most unique quality throughout all the turmoil was a resolve that with unity of purpose we would prevail. And we did prevail, but that was then and now the scene has changed.

Morality based on God is the foundation of any nation, but the foundation is eroding. Jesus said, Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: 25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. 26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: 27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it. (Matthew 7:24-27) Our nation was built on the principles of God, the rock for our moral unity, but now disparate forces are clamoring for individual treatment. Homosexuals want rights that are an antithesis to God’s moral laws. They assault our ears and eyes daily with their immoral demands and behavior. Weak willed politicians looking for votes pander to their illicit demands. Illegal aliens demand the same rights that legitimate citizens enjoy, and again weak willed politicians eager to please, and thus who will receive their votes, sell us out, forcing us to pay for all kinds of benefits for the illegal residents. Other groups from environmentalists to the global warming wackos demand that we acquiesce to them and their demands for special treatment, all at our expense and the increasing loss of liberty.

Many of our leaders have chosen to take the side of those who are against us, we who want to return to the limited government that our founders gave to us. Instead of the politicians being our employees and answerable to us, we are now the slaves answerable to the political masters which is similar to England’s treatment of the colonies. We who desire to have limited constitutional government are branded as dangerous right-wing nuts, out of touch Bible bangers and fools, to name a few of the words used against us.  But take heart, the founders were thought of by the Crown to be the same type people.

When at one time we were a nation of people united with a common belief for the common cause of liberty, God has been shoved aside, the Constitution ignored, and individual responsibility has become an antiquated idea of the past. The noble experiment of self government using God as the foundation for national and individual righteous behavior in our republic is disappearing rapidly.

July 4^th, 2008, is the day that everyone who loves this country must unite and demand that our leaders begin the work to return to the republic bequeathed to us. If we don’t, we will continue on the road of division whose end is ruin. Jesus said, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand: (Matthew 12:25) In Sorting It Out, we are very close to not standing due to being a nation divided.

© 07-02-2008 DEC