BY ADA BROWNELL
About
the middle of the 20th Century, some in leadership began a crusade for taking
the Bible out of our educational system, taking prayer out of schools -- even
though most of our original schools were founded by churches.
These people
fight anything that might cause America’s children to serve Almighty God.
Substituted for the Ten Commandments are situational ethics (a belief that
whether action or inaction is right or wrong depends on the situation).
Instead of
man created in God’s image, they began teachings that we got here by accident,
and became the way we are by ourselves—and youth are taught they’re no
different from animals...
The early laws of this nation can be traced to The
Ten Commandments and scripture, and they still are the foundation for the
thousands of laws we have today.
The first Massachusetts settlers who came from
England on the Mayflower signed a compact on Nov. 11, 1620, and it remained
Plymouth Colony’s basic governmental chapter for 70 years. The charter begins
with: “In the name of God Amen!” It includes words about the “grace of God”, defender
of the faith, the glory of God, the presence of God, and advancement of the
Christian faith. This in a document that was less than 200 words.
Our patriotic songs include “God Bless America”, “My
Country ‘T'is of Thee”, “America!
America! God shed His grace on thee” and “Battle Hymn of the Republic. And they mention God.”
Look at a penny and read the words around the edge of
Abraham Lincoln’s head. It says, “In God
we trust.”
In our pledge of allegiance we say, One nation, Under God.”
A visit to Washington, D.C., is probably more enlightening
than the history books.God is mentioned everywhere, and our forefathers
believed in God and prayed to him often.
From the beginning U.S. Presidents liberally quoted
from the Bible and called for prayer when there was a national disaster or an emergency.
The Scripture “I am the Resurrection and the Life,” is
written above George Washington’s grave. Bible verses also are the wall
surrounding John F. Kennedy’s tomb.
Lincoln often spoke of his having to give an account
to God for his deeds. Lincoln quoted Jesus in his second inaugural address and
those words are written on the Lincoln Memorial: “The Almighty has His own
purposes. `Woe unto the world because of
offenses! for it must needs be that offenses come; but woe to that man by whom
the offense cometh’ (Matthew 18:7).”
Lincoln was concerned with righteousness, although
historians tell us he wasn’t a member of any church. Yet, Lincoln lifted up
scripture as the highest authority man can follow.
The reason many of the early settlers came to America
because they sought freedom -- particularly religious freedom. Some of those
who came from England didn’t want to attend the Church of England, as demanded
by the king. If they not, they were in danger of being arrested for treason. Their ruler, King
James 1, was head of the church and the nation.
For years,
those in other countries were not allowed to worship God the way they believed
they should. Thousands of people immigrated and some died for their faith.
During World War II, six million Jews were murdered
in Europe by Hitler because of who they were and the God they served. Many non-Jews
also were killed.
Killing people
for believing in God still happens every day. There were more martyrs in the
20th Century than in all the rest of history combined, and the 21st Century
already has many martyrs..
Even mass
murderers pick out Christians and kill them first. At least one girl who was killed at Columbine High School in 1999 died
because she admitted she believed in God. She was among thousands who die for
the faith every year around the world.
The Bible has been taken away from the people in many
nations -- and burned. World leaders have attempted many times to destroy it.
The atheist Voltaire boasted that Christianity and the Bible would be extinct
in 100 years. Fifty years after his
death, the Geneva Bible Society used Voltaire’s press to print Bibles and they
stored them in his house!
Yet the Bible remains the best seller of all time and
is translated into more languages than any other book.
People who believe in God will continue to carry the
gospel until Jesus comes, no matter how much wicked people try to stop it.
Bibles aren’t allowed in Muslim nations. Atheistic
nations have taken away their people’s Bibles and turned churches into museums
or social centers. In Russia before the fall of the Iron Curtain, the police
sometimes came to a home or a building where people were secretly worshiping
and turn a fire hose on them to get them out.
Then they’d throw the leaders into prison and prevent the people from
meeting again.
Everyone in the world needs the privilege to worship
God or not worship God, as he chooses. Those dedicated to Secularism, the new
religion of the United States of America, would like to replace all religions,
especially Christianity, although false religions stand at the door. Secularists zapped The Ten Commandments out
of many government building in America.
They’re going
after “In God We Trust” on our coins, “Under God” in our Pledge of Allegiance,
tax exemption for churches, and soon they’ll probably want to scrape the
scriptures off the Liberty Bell and the Lincoln Memorial.
It will be tragic to erase the mention of God in our
history, but we need to be more concerned about the future. America needs God.
Yet, the Word of God is planted in hearts throughout
the earth where it can never be erased.
© Ada Brownell
Ada Brownell bio
ADA BROWNELL
is a free lance writer who has sold articles to 45 Christian publications. She
is retired journalist who spent most of her career at The Pueblo Chieftain in Colorado.
Her books:
Imagine the Future You https://www.amazon.com/author/adabrownell
Joe the Dreamer: The Castle and the
Catapult http://buff.ly/XeqTvH
Swallowed by LIFE: Mysteries of Death,
Resurrection and the Eternal: http://amzn.to/Jnc1rW
Facts, Faith and Propaganda https://www.amazon.com/author/adabrownell
Confessions of a Pentecostal: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0088OP460
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