Commitment To Our Country Series

Let’s look at Acts 17:11. It says, “Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily, to see whether these things were so.” The Christians at Berea weren’t taking Paul’s word as Bible. They were actually going to the Scripture to read for themselves to make sure Paul was right. Too many Christians are just buying into whatever is fed them today. I bet a lot of us here believe that there is supposed to be a “separation of church and state.” So this is my challenge to you; take an example from the Bereans and do some reading. Get online and look up the Constitution and read it word for word. It won’t take you that long. Then specifically read the 1st Amendment where this supposed clause is located. Don’t take my word for it, go and read it for yourselves. Look and see that what some people tell us is there, isn’t actually even there.

We are told Bibles and prayer can’t be in school because of this phrase. Well we already looked at the fact that the writer of the 1st Amendment didn’t have any problem with the Bible in school. In fact he said that it was the main book to be used in the classroom. Christians, we need to get involved in our country and open our eyes to what is really going on sometimes.

Proverbs 29:2 has something to say as well. It reads, “When the godly are in authority, the people rejoice. But when the wicked are in power, they groan.” May I ask you a question? In our system of government, how do the “godly” people that are talked about here get into a position of authority? It’s called voting. When voting began way back in the late 1700’s, 100% of Christians voted because they believed it to be their God ordained responsibility. Somewhere along the way, that thought process has been broken. Now that we need Christians to vote more than ever, we can’t find them. I would encourage you brothers and sisters in Christ, when the time comes to vote, you vote. You look at that ballot and you vote for the person you think is most likely to bring a godly presence to that position of authority. It doesn’t matter if the vote is for county coroner or the President of the United States. We can’t sit in our little prayer groups and gripe about the state of the nation if we aren’t involved and helping in some way. It’s time for Christians once again to view voting as their God ordained responsibility and begin to vote into place godly men and women.

I want to close today with some quotes directly from the prayer journal of the first President of the United States of America.

"Direct my thoughts, words and work. Wash away my sins in the immaculate blood of the lamb, and purge my heart by thy Holy Spirit, from the dross of my natural corruption, that I may with more freedom of mind and liberty of will serve thee, the ever lasting God, in righteousness and holiness this day, and all the days of my life. Increase my faith in the sweet promises of the Gospel. Give me repentance from dead works. Pardon my wanderings, & direct my thoughts unto thyself, the God of my salvation. Teach me how to live in thy fear, labor in thy service, and ever to run in the ways of thy commandments. Make me always watchful over my heart, that neither the terrors of conscience, the loathing of holy duties, the love of sin, nor an unwillingness to depart this life, may cast me into a spiritual slumber. But daily frame me more and more into the likeness of thy son Jesus Christ, that living in thy fear, and dying in thy favor, I may in thy appointed time attain the resurrection of the just unto eternal life. Bless my family, friends & kindred unite us all in praising & glorifying thee in all our works begun, continued, and ended, when we shall come to make our last account before thee blessed Saviour, who hath taught us thus to pray, our Father."