Preface – 1 It’s a great victory of Satan to convince the
elect that the invincible
weapons of God are foolish and weak.
- 2 Remember ours is faithfulness
and the victory is the Lords.
The cultural adherence to the
basic tenants of God effect how God deals with that nation i.e. a faithful
nation will see blessings and an apostate nation will see the just hand of God.
Why should we care? While God makes provision for a remnant
in cultural judgment; all of society will suffer harm. Believers and unbelievers
died in Katrina (Hurricane) and Japan (Tsunami).
When a nation is
placed under the yoke of tyranny it suffers as a whole. What’s that have to do with
us? Teaching self-control is a primary concept and it is far reaching. We are
being taught to train our children in self-control, wisdom and responsibility
as practical steps to maturity. I believe we need to connect that to deeper
truths. We believe presuppositionaly that our sin is our own but our life’s works leave an inheritance to future
generations. Acts of immorality are in reality a generational betrayal.
In the
land of Lady Liberty, In God We trust and the home of the brave. The only thing
we are missing is a basis for understanding the most elemental principals of
the “Laws of nature and of nature’s God” We must never forget that liberty is purchased with the
blood of men and the deep sorrow of women. Whoever approaches the beautiful flower
of liberty with a self-gratifying heart shall never grasp it. Try as you may it shall repel you. A culture staggering
in a drunken narcissistic stupor dreams of liberty while demanding the chains
of tyranny and slavery. Our families have fragmented us, while our education has made us proud and our religion
has made us self-righteous not realizing that all these things have torn the
treasure of liberty from our land.
Have
you ever heard?
“Man will ultimately be governed by God or by tyrants” Ben
Franklin
“Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by
tyrants” William Penn
"If you will not be governed by God, by God, you'll be
governed" Ben Franklin
Proverbs 28:2 When a land transgresses, it has many rulers;
But with a man of understanding and knowledge its stability will long continue.
Psalm 28:5 Because they do not regard the works of the Lord
or the works of His hands, He will tear them down and build them up no more.
““This government is for a moral and religious people, and
is wholly inadequate to the governance of any other” John Adams
Liberty
is the freedom to control yourself, a people without self-control will be
enslaved.
It would seem that family discipleship is the hinge of civil
Liberty.
