The Founding Fathers of this nation understood twelve simple words from the beginning. What were those words? Circulated in 1772 "The Rights of the Colonists" written by Samuel Adams stated:
The right to freedom being the gift of the Almighty...
The rights of the colonists as Christians. . . may be best understood by reading and carefully studying the institution of The Great Law Giver and Head of the Christian Church, which are to be found clearly written and promulgated in the New Testament.
Those words were the words of Christ: "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."
Later Samuel Adams made this commentary in lieu of independence:
Neither the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt.
Several times I have heard a popular radio host say something to the effect that "America is great because of freedom." That's not altogether true. Remember Jesus said, "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." Freedom, whether it is freedom of speech or freedom of press - freedom requires responsibility and responsibility demands restraint, but there can be no restraint without right living; But how can there be right living without the Righteous One, Jesus Christ? Again, Samuel Adams stated:
A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy. While the people are virtuous, they cannot be subdued; but when they lose their virtue, they will be ready to surrender their liberties to the first external or internal invader....If virtue and knowledge are diffused among the people, they will never be enslaved. This will be their great security.
Knowing and doing the Truth will secure freedom. This protesting parade of perverted people demonstrating against everything patriotic and pure is diametrically opposed to all that spells TRUTH and FREEDOM.
As I stood at the Liberty Bell Pavilion, the inscription, "Proclaim Liberty throughout All the land unto All the Inhabitants Thereof," moved me. The crack in the Liberty Bell reminded me how fragile liberty is. Then I was reminded of Isaiah 61:1 & 2 "To proclaim liberty to the captives..." and "proclaim liberty throughout the land..." Leviticus 25:10. Jesus is "...the way, the truth, and the life:..." There is no freedom apart from Jesus.
Do protestors check the truth? The alphabet soup of media and commentating protestors do not check the facts, seek truth or care for either. In 2002, Oprah Winfrey, named by Time in 2022 as one of its 100 Most Influential People, says of "Bowling for Columbine" produced by Michael Moore in 2002, "I'm encouraging everybody to go and see it because it will really get you thinking about where we are as a nation," never bothering to check whether many of the "facts" in the so-called "documentary" were even true. Moore's seething pile of lies, half-truths and gross misrepresentations, was anything but what a normal person would even consider to be a "documentary." Along with that Hollywood crowd and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the film's other biggest fans are the French - the French know good anti-Americanism when they see it.
In America, they can protest, however where were these "anti-war protestors over the years when Saddam Hussein slaughtered hundreds of thousands of his own people—not only with artillery but with poison gas? Did American "anti-war" protestors hold huge demonstrations against him? Where were they when Saddam sent his army into neighboring Kuwait to murder, steal, and destroy? Did American "anti-war" protestors demonstrate against Iraq then? No, but Soros funded protestors flood American colleges in 2024 with Anti-Israel propaganda after the worst attack since the Holocaust and permeate the halls of Congress with pro-Hamas rhetoric.
The wicked are at war! Lost people and perhaps some Christians do not understand that the wicked are at war. There is no peace in the heart of the wicked. That is what we are seeing on college campuses and across this nation. They are at war in their own hearts. They have no peace in their lives, and there is a constant struggle to find peace, satisfaction, and security in life. The rock and rollers have marched on this for decades painting the peace sign everywhere. You cannot be vile, immoral, and wicked in this world and have any peace in your heart. There will be no peace for these Palestinians, agitators, rebels, or invaders that have come into our country to destroy this “in God we Trust” land. They hate the Bible and truth. There is a war in hearts and in this flesh. We know there is disease and infliction that come upon this dying body. That is why we must preach! We will face God one day and must stand and give account, not to the government, but to Almighty God. Wicked men do not want to accept the fact that they must give account to God. There is even a constant struggle within our own selves to seek peace from this world, whether from money or things. There is no peace from this world, and you cannot make a deal with the devil. Scripture makes this clear. There is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked. Isa. 48:22
Samuel Davies preached what was needed for peace during the troubling American Civil War period:
"Ye that love ease and shrink from the dangers of war; yet that wish to see peace restored once more; ye that would be happy beyond the grave and live forever - attend to my proposal. It is this: A THOROUGH NATIONAL REFORMATION. This will do what millions of money and thousands of men, with guns and swords and all the dreadful artillery of death, cannot do - it will procure us peace again, a lasting, well-established peace."
All fifty state constitutions speak of the Almighty God of the universe, who gave America Freedom and liberty.
George Washington said, "No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the invisible hand which conducts the affairs of men more than the people of the United States." Our National Anthem proclaims: Praise the power that hath made and preserved us a nation!. . . And this be our motto: "In God is our Trust." Yes, the Ten Commandments hang on the wall of the Supreme Court. On our Capitol Building, monuments, and coins are the message of our Christian Heritage.
Harvard's official motto was "For Christ and the Church." Yale's purpose was "To plant, and under ye Divine blessing to propagate in this wilderness, the blessed Reformed, Protestant religion." Princeton was founded with the motto "Under God's Power she flourishes."
The Pony Express traveled through some very hostile territory. To avoid added weight, the riders did not carry rifles. Small saddles were used, yet each Pony Express rider was expected to carry the Bible, Old Testament and New Testament, on every trip.
Our history, our songs, yes, our heritage have been rooted in the principles of Christianity. The founders understood that to be the only way the New Republic would work. They understood that freedom depended on TRUTH - THE TRUTH!
Ronald Reagan said, "America was founded by people who believe that God was their rock of safety. I recognize we must be cautious in claiming that God is on our side, but I think it is alright to keep asking if we're on His side." I believe it was also Mr. Reagan who said, "If you don't see the light, you will feel the heat." The stakes are high my dear Americans. If we stand it will be upon THE TRUTH!
The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are, worth defending at all hazards; and it is our duty to defend them against all attacks.
Samuel Adams
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