God and America

If our society lacks unity, it is only because we lack unity in ourselves. If our moral and spiritual life is weak, then our society will be weak because society is made up of individuals. The multiplicity of affections, goals, and desires offers competing masters for our souls. In Luke’s Gospel, Jesus teaches, “No servant can serve two masters; he will hate the one and serve the others (Lk 16:13), or “Every Kingdom divided against itself is laid waste and house falls upon house” (Lk 11: 17). Jesus warns us about how our affections control us and can move us far away from God and into slavery, hatred, and collapse. Our forefathers of this country knew that. They founded this new country on principles that sought to bring unity to these States of America, while curbing our fallen passions through Godly rule. They affirmed in the Declaration of Independence and in the Preamble of the Constitution principles based on God’s sovereignty and His design of all persons to establish a government that ruled according to freedom, dignity, and our divine destiny. They knew that for this new government to work, its citizens needed to obey God and live according to His truths. John Adams, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence and Second President of the United States, said, “Without religion, this world would be something not fit to be mentioned in polite company: I mean hell” (The Works of John Adams, ed. Charles Francis Adams, Vol. X, p 254). There is only one way out of our current predicament: we need God! We need to repent, and we need to live according to God’s moral truths.