Whether we deny it or affirm it, America is under God’s jurisdiction. We are his property, so to speak. This argument can be strongly supported by three indisputable facts.
The Legal Authority
King James I commissioned the Virginia Charter in 1607. It stated that the second purpose of the Virginia Colonies (all property in the New World England was laying claim to) was to bring the message of Christ to the natives of the land. (www.lonang.com/exlibris/organic/1606-fcv.htm). This document and mission constituted the legal claim that America was established as a nation under God’s authority.
The Civil Authority
The second reason America is subject to God is because of the actions of the colonists who drew up the Mayflower Compact, which is unquestionably accepted by historians as this nation’s first governmental document. The Mayflower Compact basically says that the colonizing of the Virginia colony (America) was to give fame to God and advance Christianity, and that the new government was created to serve those purposes as well as to insure a civil society. The people, acting in concert with solemn purpose, had the civil authority to establish a contract with God for the new nation, and that is precisely what they did.
The Spiritual Authority
The third reason America belongs to God is because of what transpired on the coast of Virginia on April 29, 1607. Robert Hunt, chaplain of the Jamestown settlers, planted a cross in the sand at Cape Henry beach. In so doing, he signaled that the church was using her spiritual authority to dedicate the new land to God. (Guide to Military Institutions. Craig, Dan. Mechanicsburg, PA Stackpole Books, p.248, 1977) http://www.nps.gov/jame/historyculture/the-reverent-robert-hunt-the-first-chaplain-at-jamestown.htm). The colonists essentially gave God the spiritual authority to do as he pleased with the new nation.
In conclusion, God has a legal, civil, and spiritual claim to America. He did not take that authority by power alone, or by innate right. It was given to him deliberately, definitively, and irrevocably by the people.
There is a spiritual principle at work here. Anything that is dedicated to God must be given completely for God’s purposes. The reason this message is so urgent to us now is because of the unattractive alternative: if something is dedicated and misused, then it must be destroyed.
This, my friend, is why God has blessed America for over four centuries. Dare we fail him now?
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interesting observations….I was talking to an international friend recently and she told me how shocked she was when she first found out that America was founded by Christians…she said it was hard to believe by just looking at the culture of America…I think you are right in saying that we ought not to take lightly the roots by which America became America and furthermore the spiritual impact that we are potentially tampering with…I wonder though, since the Christian faith is based on a free-will confession/profession, what is the best approach for promoting Christianity (in the government especially) and its values–leading people to the truth, yet allowing them to choose it based on their own conviction of truth? I find it hard to know how to answer this myself….open to suggestions….
Thanks for your response Mary. As for the government, private speech must always be allowed even though government endorsement is a sticky issue. Sometimes leaders cannot distinguish the two. The US Supreme court has ruled (I think twice) that the US is a Christian nation, and laws ultimately go back to the Ten Commandments, along with other accepted similar statutes. Government doesn’t have to endorse Christianity in my opinion (Constantinople did that and it simply took the power out of Christianity, like the church of England or Lutheran State church of Iceland – none of them develop or promote vibrant Christianity, rather historic Christianity, like we saw in Poland. My issue is that the government refrain from taking positions or making laws which restrict the proclamation of the gospel – that’s what we have to fear. Hate-crime laws, disorderly conduct, inciting people to violence, things like that is what they use to restrict public displays of Christianity. One reason I want to get out there and proclaim Christ in the public square is not primarily to win souls, nor is it to be obnoxious, or prove that I can preach, etc. My primary goal is to insure that the venue is left open. It is about FREEDOM. If nobody does it for a long time, then it will appear to be an anomaly, out of order, even against the law – to the uninformed. or to those who make public safety their main goal.
Anyway, that’s my shpill:) Lamar