In my last sermon, I mentioned at the very outset that the godlessness of our country is not only growing in breadth, but also growing in its aggressiveness. This has proven true, right in the congregation in which I am serving.
Judge James Deweese, one of the elders at Providence Church, has been fighting to keep the 10 Commandments posted in his courtroom for the last few years. The fight ended this week as the US Supreme Court decided not to take his appeal and let the lower courts ruling against the commandments stand.
What's significant is in this case is what will take the place of the 10 commandments: Nothing. It is symbolic that the rule of God will be replaced with nothing. No longer is the Law of the King of Kings to be the law of the land. Instead, there will be no law to guide the moral judgments of men and all will be left to "do what is right in their own eyes."
Thankfully, Judge Deweese is a man of honor and will continue to uphold righteousness by means of his court decisions. While they may force him to take the commandments off his wall, they cannot take them out of his heart--until the apostasy of land seeks to eradicate that too.
6 comments:
"No longer is the Law of the King of Kings to be the law of the land."
Whaa??? The Ten Commandments are not the "Law of the Land" and never have been.
Try Federal and state constitutions revised codes and ordinances etc.....
Deweese to some extent is VIOLATING the "Law of the Land".
But continuing...I find this a bit interesting...
..are you suggesting that this judge might be some sort of militant orthodoxer or Dominionist??
In this case he would likely have SIGNIFICANT DISAGREEMENT with some of the foundational principles of this country??? such as
* Universal birthright citizenship?
* Women’s Suffrage?
* Separation of powers (e.g. lack of a Singular Absolute Dictatorial power)?
* Lack of a Dictatorial Absolute Religious Body (i.e Church/state separation)?
* Individual reproductive choice?
* The U.S Constitution’s complete lack of Biblical citations, footnotes or religious proclamations??
* Lack of laws to “LEGALLY ENFORCE” Christianity??
I mean, seriously, do you also think he’s not aware that Judges-placing-Ten Commandments-placards-in –their-courtrooms has become a commonly used publicity ploy just to garner media and popular attention??
Not everyone is fooled by this for one minute…
The previous commentor seems to be one of the many NEA educated persons unfamiliar with true American history, having been spoon-fed false generalizations rather than having read the writings of the Founders for himself. For example:
John Q. Adams said, Why is it that, next to the birthday of the Savior of the world, your most joyous and most venerated festival returns on this day [the Fourth of July]?" “Is it not that, in the chain of human events, the birthday of the nation is indissolubly linked with the birthday of the Savior? That it forms a leading event in the progress of the Gospel dispensation? Is it not that the Declaration of Independence first organized the social compact on the foundation of the Redeemer's mission upon earth? That it laid the cornerstone of human government upon the first precepts of Christianity"?
--1837, at the age of 69, when he delivered a Fourth of July speech at Newburyport, Massachusetts.
“The Law given from Sinai [The Ten Commandments] was a civil and municipal as well as a moral and religious code.”
John Quincy Adams. Letters to his son. p. 61
Charles Carroll said, " Without morals a republic cannot subsist any length of time; they therefore who are decrying the Christian religion, whose morality is so sublime and pure...are undermining the solid foundation of morals, the best security for the duration of free governments."
Alexander Hamilton:
• Hamilton began work with the Rev. James Bayard to form the Christian Constitutional Society to help spread over the world the two things which Hamilton said made America great:
(1) Christianity
(2) a Constitution formed under Christianity.
“The Christian Constitutional Society, its object is first: The support of the Christian religion. Second: The support of the United States.”
“It is apprehended that Jews, Mahometans (Muslims), pagans, etc., may be elected to high offices under the government of the United States. Those who are Mahometans, or any others who are not professors of the Christian religion, can never be elected to the office of President or other high office, [unless] first the people of America lay aside the Christian religion altogether, it may happen. Should this unfortunately take place, the people will choose such men as think as they do themselves.
[Elliot’s Debates, Vol. IV, pp 198-199, Governor Samuel Johnston, July 30, 1788 at the North Carolina Ratifying Convention]
James Madison said, “We have staked the whole future of American civilization, not upon the power of government, far from it. We’ve staked the future of all our political institutions upon our capacity…to sustain ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God.” [1778 to the General Assembly of the State of Virginia]
At the Constitutional Convention of 1787, James Madison proposed the plan to divide the central government into three branches. He discovered this model of government from the Perfect Governor, as he read Isaiah 33:22;
“For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver,
the LORD is our king;
He will save us.”
Jedidiah Morse said, "To the kindly influence of Christianity we owe that degree of civil freedom, and political and social happiness which mankind now enjoys. . . . Whenever the pillars of Christianity shall be overthrown, our present republican forms of government, and all blessings which flow from them, must fall with them."
James Wilson:
Signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution
Supreme Court Justice appointed by George Washington
Spoke 168 times during the Constitutional Convention
"Christianity is part of the common law"
Oops - talk about being spoon-fed false generalizations!!!
It's the usual quote-mining tactic that cannot be backed up by any functional content from ANY actual founding (constitutional) documents....
And the usual, suspicious anecdotal content -
"At the Constitutional Convention of 1787, James Madison proposed the plan to divide the central government into three branches. He discovered this model of government from the Perfect Governor, as he read Isaiah 33:22;
“For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver,
the LORD is our king;
He will save us.”
Amazing, considering that no notes or commentary whatsoever(!) were kept during the Constitutional Convention, and how in the world(?) does this passage from Isaiah imply 3-way separation of powers??? It does'nt.
I suppose one could refer to this respondent's approach as the "David Barton Storytelling Time" technique. :<)
The following quote has never been verified ANYWHERE in the writings of James Madison or by any reliable historic source.
"James Madison said, “We have staked the whole future of American civilization, not upon the power of government, far from it. We’ve staked the future of all our political institutions upon our capacity…to sustain ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God.” [1778 to the General Assembly of the State of Virginia]
and then...
(quote) "The previous commenter...rather than having read the writings of the Founders for himself."
I must suggest this is quite dishonest since most ALL of this material is regurgitated propaganda of religious historic revisionist sources like David Barton et al, and IS NOT SOURCED FROM ANY HISTORIC WRITINGS,but is creative confabulation!
Wow--Have you never read the Debates of the Federal Convention? They are the records of the debates at the Constitutional Convention, recorded by James Madison. Those making speeches gave copies of their speeches to Madison, who recorded them word for word. Did the NEA really teach you that no notes were taken at the Constitutional Convention? No wonder you do not know much about our Founding Fathers! I suppose you simply have repeated what someone told you, if you have never read Madison's own records of the Constitutional Convention--which you say do not exist! I have a copy. They are easy to get. Have you never read the writings of Benjamin Rush, John, Jay, Fisher Ames, John Witherspoon, George Washington, etc.? Why do you keep referring to this David Barton? Read the Fonders' own writings, and you will learn much that you were never taught in liberal land--such as a late 1800's Supreme COurt ruling that traced our history and declared that we were emphatically founded upon the principles of Christianity. I do not expect you to do so, though, as it is easier just to believe lies rather than seek and learn truth.
Sure James Madison was the ONLY known recorder of the proceedings- by slow, arduous hand written notes – NOT AT ALL an accurate or comprehensive real-time word-for word recording method! Incidentally they were’nt even made public until 1840.
**“Those making speeches gave copies of their speeches to Madison, who recorded them word for word.”**
No, he only included them in his notes, he did’nt re-copy them.
This discussion is digressing.
Where, for example, is real evidence Madison made his “Ten Commandments” proclamation??
WHY(??) Were'nt grand religious proclamations included in the text of the Constitution??
You might also want to include the names Locke, Rousseau, and Montesqieu on your reading list as well… ;<)
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