Going Back To The Covenants Of God

Going back to the covenants of God

Psalms 33:12

Today on the 4th of July we are celebrating our nation's 245th birthday. 245 years ago the United States was born. A nation based on liberty, responsibility, the Covenants of God and the freedom to become what God intended us to become. The celebration of our nation's birthday is really a celebration of freedom. We have this freedom because others were willing to give there all. You see, we must remember that freedom isn't free. Freedom is very expensive. It has cost some people everything, including their lives. Freedom isn't free, but it is something worth fighting for.

What are we really celebrating today?

The truth of the matter is we were founded on Judeo-Christian ethic found throughout the Bible. We are a God based nation from our very roots. It is safe to say that the Christian faith was involved in just about every aspect of our nation's beginnings.

Christopher Columbus in 1504 wrote his reason for setting forth to discover a new land to be:

"I was led of the Holy Spirit to carry the message of the Gospel to undiscovered lands." Did you know the Pilgrims who came there to Plymouth Rock on the Mayflower. Just as they landed, they formed what is called the Mayflower Compact in 1620. These are the words of the Mayflower Compact: "In the name of God, amen. Having undertaken for the glory of God and for the advancement of the Christian faith, do solemnly and mutually in the presence of God, covenant and combine ourselves together."

23 years later, as more and more people came to the shores and up in New England, the Puritans formed a confederation called The New England Confederation; this was the first written constitution, by people who where meeting together in 1643. The New England Confederation Constitution began: "Whereas we all came into these parts with one and the same end and aim, namely to advance the kingdom of our lord Jesus Christ, and to enjoy the liberties of the gospel in purity and peace." America was founded by men and women who acknowledged God's supreme rule over our lives. The Puritans, realizing that they could not worship God the way they wanted to in England ,decided to come to America for the purpose of showing how a nation could prosper it living under the laws of God. As our nation began to take shape the oaths that founders, is clearly seen in the documents that were drafted as each state organized itself.

The Delaware Charter defines the purpose of their Colony, "To further spread the Holy Gospel." The Virginia Charter assured the right of each people to live in "Christian peace" and instructed them to: " spread Christian religion to such people who yet live in ignorance of the true knowledge and worship of God." The Rhode Island Compact: "We submit our persons, lives, and estates unto our Lord Jesus Christ, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords." Listen to the voice of our founding fathers and here the spiritual commitment in what they say:

George Washington's Personal Prayer Book: Consider these words from his personal prayer book: "Oh, eternal and everlasting God, direct my thoughts, words and work. Wash away my sins in the immaculate blood of the lamb and purge my heart by the Holy Spirit. Daily, frame me more and more in the likeness of thy son, Jesus Christ, that living in thy fear, and dying in thy favor, I may in thy appointed time obtain the resurrection of the justified unto eternal life. Bless, O Lord, the whole race of mankind and let the world be filled with the knowledge of thy son, Jesus Christ."

John Quincy Adams who would become the 6th President said later in 1821 about the Declaration of Independence. He said: "From the time of the Declaration of Independence, the American people were bound by the laws of God and the laws of the gospel of Jesus Christ, which they all acknowledge as the root of their conduct. We all came together to obey the word of God." - he was also the chairman of the American Bible Society.

Patrick Henry: "It cannot be emphasized too strongly or to often that this great nation was founded not but religionists but by Christians, not on religion but on the gospel of Jesus Christ."

Even President Thomas Jefferson in an address to Danbury Baptist: "The 1st amendment has created a wall of separation between church and state, but that wall is a one directional wall, it keeps the government from running the church, but it makes sure that Christian principles will always stay in government.", Jefferson wrote on the front of his Bible these words: "I am a Christian, that is to say a disciple of the doctrines of Jesus. I have little doubt that our whole country will soon be rallied to the unity of our Creator and, I hope, to the pure doctrine of Jesus also.