Today
is Presidents Day – a day to honor and remember our former presidents. I’ve become increasingly disturbed at the lies
being promoted in the educational realm and media – saying that George
Washington was a deist … which means a person who believes in God only through
man’s natural reasoning and does not believe in Divine Revelation or the Divine
authority of the Bible. A deist believes
that God is not involved in the world today; He may have created it, but that
is it. There is no divine guidance or
involvement in our lives. He is a god
who is absent from this earth and unconcerned about the fate of humankind. Well, nothing could be further from the
truth. George Washington was a man of
God; he was a devoutly dedicated Christian – a disciple (follower) of Christ
Jesus.
George
Washington took the oath of office as our first president on April 30, 1789, on
the balcony of Federal Hall, in New York City; with his hand upon an open
Bible. In his inaugural address to the
Congress he said: “… it would be particularly improper to omit, in this first
official act, my fervent supplication to that Almighty Being who rules over the
universe, who presides in the councils of nations and whose providential aids
can supply every human defect, that His benediction may consecrate to the liberties
and happiness of the people of the United States a Government instituted by
themselves for these essential purposes; and may enable every instrument
employed in its administration to execute with success, the functions allotted
to his charge. In tendering this homage
to the Great Author of every public and private good, I assure myself that it
expresses your sentiments not less than my own; nor those of my fellow-citizens
at large, less than either. 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 …”
In
President Washington’s ‘Farewell Address’ … which is found in history text
books up until the late 30’s … we have what was considered the most significant
political speech ever delivered by an American President. In his speech he had twelve warnings to this
nation … of which 4 of them where religious. These 4 very religious warnings to this nation
promoted keys that would keep this nation strong. Do you know what they were? Here they are:
1. There are
only two foundations for political prosperity in America – religion and
morality. They are “the pillars to
societies survival” he later said in a letter to a Christian group.
2. He also warned that no man could be called an American Patriot who tried to separate religion and morality from politics. He said that Americans should continue to reject any tenet which asserted that one could be moral without religion. [This is what liberal education teaches and promotes when it pushes separation of church and state.]
3. Washington warned that if we lost our religious values we would not have value for others property, life or freedom.
4. Washington warned that if America lost its religious principles, then it would lose its sense of morality … and this would tear the nation down and lead to its collapse.
2. He also warned that no man could be called an American Patriot who tried to separate religion and morality from politics. He said that Americans should continue to reject any tenet which asserted that one could be moral without religion. [This is what liberal education teaches and promotes when it pushes separation of church and state.]
3. Washington warned that if we lost our religious values we would not have value for others property, life or freedom.
4. Washington warned that if America lost its religious principles, then it would lose its sense of morality … and this would tear the nation down and lead to its collapse.
I
don’t know about you, but I honestly believe that if this nation does not
reverse course it will collapse from within.
My
friends: Just as God honored and used Washington, He will do the same for us
today … if we imitate this type of faith. God has not changed His mind on what brings
blessings and what brings curses to a person’s life and a nation. Jesus laid out the way we are to live and act;
and it’s imperative that we adhere to His way.
Let
me ask you: Do you desire to bring this nation … (once again) under God? Are you willing (as it says in 2 Chronicle
7:14) – to humble yourself, and pray and seek God’s face, and turn from your
wicked ways? For only then, will God
forgive our sins and heal our land.
Rev.
Dr. Kenneth L. Beale, Jr.
Chaplain
(Colonel-Ret), U.S. Army
Pastor,
Ft. Snelling Memorial Chapel
P.S. – If you would
like to know more of George Washington’s Christian faith, view and listen to my
sermon of yesterday (16 Feb) at the Fort Snelling Memorial Chapel at this link
- https://new.livestream.com/accounts/3709164
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