Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of
you as evil heart of unbelief, in departing
from the living God. But exhort one another daily,
while it is called Today; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. For we are made
partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence, stedfast unto the end; while it is said,
Today is ye will hear His voice, harden not your hearts,
as in the provocation. For some, when they
had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all
that came out of Egypt by Moses. But with
whom was he grieved forty years? was it not
with them that had sinned, whose carcasses
fell in the wilderness? And to whom sware
He that they should not enter into His rest,
but to them that believed not? So we see that
they could not enter in because of unbelief.
Hebrews 3:12-19
I hope that your Fourth of July was a good day in and day that you could remember and recall the reason for the United States and all that it has given to its citizens and even for those who are legal aliens. We must remember that this nation was founded upon men and women who had left your under horrible political and religious conditions and chose to separate themselves from a nation who swung from one sort of religious political belief to other religious and political beliefs and harming people. In 1215 the Magna Carta a great charter of English liberty that was granted by King John was a forerunner of our Constitution, one of others, it stated: 1. first of all have granted to God, and, for us and for our heirs of a forever, have confirmed, by this are present charter, that the English Church shall be free and shall have its rights in tax and its liberties unfringed upon. And thus we will let it be observed. As is apparent from the fact that we, spontaneously and of our own free will, before discord broke out between ourselves and our bearings, did Grant by our charter confirmed -- and did cause the award Pope Innocent III, to confirm -- freedom of elections, which is considered most important and most necessary to the Church of England. Which charter both we ourselves shall observe, and we will may be observed with good faith by our heirs forever. We have also granted to all free men of our realm, on the part of ourselves and our heirs for ever, all the subjoined liberties, to have and to hold, to be men to their heirs, Hamas and from our heirs. Then in 1620 The Mayflower Compact and important forerunner to our Constitution where men who undertook for the glory of God and the advancement of Christianity to one another to present solemnly and mutually in the presence of God covenants and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, poor are better ordering and preservation in furtherance of the in sports that; and by virtue here a two in act, constitute and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, Acts Constitutions and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meat and convenient for the general good of the colony, under which we promised all due submission and obedience.in 1765 the declarations of rights was penned in Congress at New York and agreed to the declaration of rights and grievances of the colonists of America. This was 15 years before the revolution, and gave rights to the people that they do not have under English rule. In 1774 in Congress at Philadelphia also wrote a declaration of rights and one such thing as they wrote was that: they are entitled to life, liberty, and property, and that they have never ceded to any sovereign power what ever, a right to dispose of either without their consent. In 1766 adopted by Congress was the declaration of independence, a declaration to separate themselves from England. This new nation was to be formed under the laws of equality that God entitles her man and to have decent respect to the opinions of mankind that requires them that they should declare the causes which impelled them to the separation. Among many things they began by saying that the truth is self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unavailable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. In 1778 was the articles of Confederation with a stated that this new Confederacy shall be "The United States of America." in 1787 the Constitution of the United States was formed and that preamble states: "We put people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and to our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
May I suggest that you take this serious and take time to read those documents that were the forerunners to our Constitution a document that was and is the best Constitution ever formed by a man for any nation throughout all history. You may wonder why I started this blog with this recall of what it was to form this nation. I am afraid, as I have talked to many people, especially young people, they do not see this nation as it was once formed to be and this is not only in the secular world but it also has played out and is playing out in the current state of Christianity. I do not understand how Jehovah's Witnesses who claimed to be citizens of the United States and who say they are followers of God will not do what the Bible says and that is to be in subjection to the higher authorities and, about ecclesiastical authorities thinking about our secular government that has ruled over the people.the culture of this nation has changed and it is true in some ways culture does change but that which was stated in our Constitution is not a living document that changes from time to time it is a document set in stone. Yes from time to time we needed to add amendments but those amendments are in line with our Constitution just clarifying and adjusting laws so that people are able to live here free.
I've been speaking about authentic Christianity versus cultural Christianity and important subject, but just as important as that is we must understand the current state of Christianity how we got here, the political importance of this condition, ideas about these facts. You and your posterity will have to deal with the circumstances due to their choices and if those choices are not made on scriptural grounds that they will be made on secular, Atheistic grounds. so high and going to talk about the general state of Christianity in the United States. Throughout history as was noted by the documents that I quoted from poor design and existed to promote the well-being of religious and political systems and communities. There are many that do not claim and believe what Christianity claims, but a person would be hard-pressed not to realize that it is a religious system that has produced the untold benefits to the societies from which it has held the influence. Because of the change in the culture and ideas of people who are causing changes within the church and in Christianity we must come to determine the importance of this change in know whether or not it is destroying the spiritual underpinnings of the United States. I think it's pretty clear, that if one takes just even a simple and cursory examination of the United States as virtual underpinnings are in a state of decline. We must come to understand that there is anything that we as Christians can do to prevent a further slide.
I am unabashedly a confirmed Constitutionalist! I am unabashedly a confirmed Christian! As all authentic Christians hold, two citizenships: one in heaven, in one of the nation in which you live. You have responsibilities for both citizenships and you will gain benefit by properly managing your responsibilities or you will have to suffer the circumstances, not only you, but your posterity. if our observation about the current state of Christianity in our country are correct, they should bring upon you such apprehensive thoughts due to the impact that these things not only have on our political system but have upon those who are wanting and seeking the truth. A great apprehension is that Authentic Christian Faith has been on the decline for quite some time now and it continues to slide downward in this present moment.
God is not going to do it for you! God will use you as the means to accomplish His purpose. You will later be used by God or be used by Satan and all of his influences. Your choice! Remember this the love of God will give you all the aid you need as you strike out to overcome the evil that is attempting to destroy this nation and to destroy authentic Christianity. This is great joy and blessing to know that God is with you every step of the way all He asks of you is to take the step. so we are going to look at things, data, and to see how we can be used to stop this affront to destroy Christianity.
Why do the heathen rage, and the people
imagine a vain thing? Like kings of the earth
set themselves, and their rulers take counsel together,
against the LORD, and against His anointed,
saying, let us to break their bands asunder, and
cast away their cords from us. He that sitteth
in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have them
in duration. Then shall He speak unto them
in His wrath, and vex them in His sore displeasure.
Psalms 2:1-5
There is a battle and you can't sit on the sidelines
Richard L. Crumb
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