There Really Needed To Be A Revolution!
America was not born merely from political rebellion but from deeply held convictions about God, truth, liberty, and human dignity. The American Revolution succeeded because countless pastors, ordinary believers, courageous statesmen, and citizens believed that God alone is the ultimate King and that every person is accountable first to Him.
The Revolution rested on a simple but profound conviction:
Human rights are not granted by governments. They are gifts from the Creator. Because God gives them, no king, parliament, president, or court possesses the authority to take them away.
This conviction distinguished America from previous revolutions. Liberty was viewed not as permission to do whatever one pleased but as the God-given freedom to pursue righteousness, worship freely, govern oneself responsibly, and obey one's conscience under God.
The founders repeatedly acknowledged God's providence. George Washington often referred to "the Invisible Hand" or "Providence," recognizing that many events leading to American independence seemed beyond human explanation. Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, John Jay, and many others spoke openly of dependence upon God.
The pulpits of colonial America played an extraordinary role. Faithful ministers preached from Scripture that unjust rulers are accountable to God and that civil government exists to reward good and restrain evil (Romans 13; 1 Peter 2:13–17). They urged believers to seek liberty not for selfish independence but so they could faithfully serve God.
This American experiment depended upon something deeper than constitutions and elections. Freedom requires self-government, and self-government requires moral character. Laws alone cannot preserve liberty if virtue disappears.
America's greatness, therefore, does not ultimately rest upon military strength, wealth, technology, or political institutions. It rests upon a people who acknowledge God, cultivate virtue, defend truth, cherish religious liberty, and understand that freedom carries responsibility.
America has been given a remarkable stewardship: to shine as a "city set on a hill," demonstrating that a free people under God can flourish and bless the nations. That calling must be renewed by each generation. KnowGod.org
Real Christians Wanted To Live Free!
Eric Metaxas says...
"Freedom is never an end in itself. It exists so that people may freely choose what is good."
"Rights come from God, not government."
"Without virtue, liberty eventually destroys itself."
"The American story cannot be understood apart from the God who guided it."
"Providence is the missing chapter in much modern history."
Go USA, and KEEP Going Forward... not Backward.
George Washington
"It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible." (Been told, but help to verify it was from GW.)
"Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, Religion and morality are indispensable supports." — Farewell Address (1796)
John Adams
"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious People. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."
Samuel Adams
"The rights of the colonists as Christians... may be best understood by reading and carefully studying the institutions of the great Lawgiver and Head of the Christian Church."
Patrick Henry
“It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions, but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ. For this very reason, peoples of other faiths have been afforded asylum, prosperity, and freedom of worship here.” (Been told, but help to verify.)
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