Freedom or Death

"If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth and the truth will set you free."--John 8:31-32

It's quite evident that a growing number of people in America these days abhor Christianity and everything associated with it.

And many of these people possess great influence and authority. They inhabit government, education, the media and the entertainment industry. They have the power to impose their secular worldview upon the gullible masses. And they are doing just that.

Why do these people hate Christianity? Because they believe that Christianity is responsible for a host of evils that plague the world today from imperialism to capitalism to poverty, war and racism. And why do they believe that? Because they've been taught that since childhood. They grew up in a godless environment where Marxism was glorified and promoted as the panacea for peace on earth while Christianity was demonized.

They believe that Christianity must be eliminated in order for peace to be achieved in America and across the world. They truly believe that the Christian worldview, that teaches that all evil emanates in the sinful human heart before it manifests in the world, is wrong and dangerous to the psyche and self esteem of human beings.

Rather, they believe--contrary to what the Bible teaches--that all human beings are basically good. Instead, they believe that human beings commit evil acts because they become corrupted by their surrounding environment. And they're convinced that the Christian worldview promotes that corruption by teaching that all human beings are sinners who are eternally damned without the Savior Jesus Christ. They believe that biblical Christianity ruins self esteem which in turn encourages people to hate themselves and commit evil.

Certainly, the humanistic worldview has always failed wherever it's been implemented. Men are not born with a righteous nature. Some of the worst mass murderers throughout history such as Adolf Hitler, Josef Stalin, Mao Zedong and Pol Pot were atheists. Their lives are a testimony to the Bible's declaration that all human beings are predisposed to sin from the time they are born. (Jeremiah 17:9, Romans 3:23)

America's founding fathers understood that all human beings are born with a fallen, sinful nature. While they weren't all Christians, the founding fathers embraced a Judeo-Christian worldview. That's why they created a form of government that held our leaders accountable for their actions and limited their power.

How important was the Judeo-Christian worldview to our founding fathers? Here are some of their quotes. John Hancock, the first signer of the Declaration of Independence: "Resistance to tyranny becomes the Christian and social duty of each individual. ... Continue steadfast and, with a proper sense of your dependence on God, nobly defend those rights which heaven gave, and no man ought to take from us."

Benjamin Franklin, signer of the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution: "Here is my Creed. I believe in one God, the Creator of the Universe. That He governs it by His Providence. That He ought to be worshiped. That the most acceptable service we render to him is in doing good to his other children. That the soul of man is immortal, and will be treated with justice in another life respecting its conduct in this. These I take to be the fundamental points in all sound religion, and I regard them as you do in whatever sect I meet with them. As to Jesus of Nazareth, my opinion of whom you particularly desire, I think the system of morals and his religion, as he left them to us, is the best the world ever saw, or is likely to see." 

And John Adams, the Second President of the United States and a signer of the Declaration of Independence: "The general principles, on which the Fathers achieved independence, were the only Principles in which that beautiful Assembly of young Gentlemen could Unite, and these Principles only could be intended by them in their address, or by me in my answer. And what were these general Principles? I answer, the general Principles of Christianity, in which all these Sects were United: And the general Principles of English and American Liberty, in which all those young Men United, and which had United all Parties in America, in Majorities sufficient to assert and maintain her Independence."

And finally, George Washington, the First President of the United States: "While we are zealously performing the duties of good citizens and soldiers, we certainly ought not to be inattentive to the higher duties of religion. To the distinguished character of Patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished character of Christian."
http://christianity.about.com/od/independenceday/a/foundingfathers.htm

The founding fathers created a government that offered the type of freedom that no human designed government had ever offered before in history. That's because their government recognized that there could be no freedom without the recognition, honor and worship of a Holy God who sent His One and only Son Jesus Christ into the world to die for all sinners who put their faith and trust in Him. (John 3:16, Romans 10:9-11) The founding fathers also recognized that all human beings are created equal and in the image of a Holy God.

Our form of government is simply the best form of government on earth. And it's built on a Judeo-Christian foundation.

Unfortunately, there are those today who want to destroy our government and replace it with the type of massive, centralized government that persecuted multitudes in the 20th century and littered the eastern world with millions of corpses. That's what governments invariably do when they deny the existence of God.

And if we don't wake up, that can happen here as well. In fact, that's already beginning to happen here.

Please don't let that happen. Don't take your freedom for granted. Happy Birthday America.