Obama, God’s Gift to America
Wayne D. Leeper
From its inception until 1960 no one questioned the fact the America was a Christian nation which enjoyed the protective hand of God. Our earliest founders professed their reverence to God in every imaginable way. At the same time there were warnings issued over the years meant to keep us, as a nation, loyal to our creator. In 1631 The Reverend John Winthrop warned,
“For we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us. So that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken…we shall be made a story and a by-word throughout the world. We shall open the mouths of enemies to speak evil of the ways of God…We shall shame the faces of many of God’s worthy servants, and cause their prayers to be turned into curses upon us til we be consumed out of the good land whether we are a-going.”
Patrick Henry declared,
“Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations;… March 23, 1775
At the Constitutional Convention in 1789, 81 year old Benjamin Franklin stated,
“To that kind providence we owe this happy opportunity of consulting in peace on the means of establishing our future national felicity. And have we now forgotten that powerful friend? Or do we imagine that we no longer need His assistance? I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth – that God Governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid? We have been assured, Sir, in the sacred writings, that “except the Lord build the House they labor in vain that build it.” I firmly believe this; and I also believe that without His concurring aid we shall succeed in this political building no better, than the Builders of Babel…”
In his farewell address to the nation, George Washington stated,
“Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these finest props of the duties of men and citizens. The mere politician, equally with the pious man, ought to respect and to cherish them. A volume could not trace all their connections with private and public felicity. Let it simply be asked: Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation deserts the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice? And let us with caution indulge in the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on the minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in the exclusion of religious principal.” September 17, 1796
The foundation upon which this great nation was built was a deep and abiding confidence in the God who has blessed us all these years. Yet, in spite of all this, in the 1960’s America began loosing the great moral compass which had been passed down from our Founding Fathers. We decided that America should not be a Christian nation, but a culture of diversity. In fact many demanded that it should become a godless society. Little by little the concepts which had made this nation great were cast aside. By either law of judicial decision our government has changed the values upon which America was built.
• They have denied God the recognition offered and beseeched by our founders as the means by which this nation might achieve greatness.
• They have reinterpreted our Constitution to conform to humanistic standards and declared therein a separation of church and state which our founders neither inserted nor ever intended.
• They have, in the name of freedom of expression, allowed the desecration of our flag and other national emblems.
• They have, in the name of equality, sanctioned homosexual activities and same sex marriage which God has declared to be an abomination.
• They have sought to remove parental consent in matters directly affecting the parent/child relationship.
• They have admittedly made being pro abortion a requirement for any person to be confirmed to a federal judicial position.
• They have, in the midst of elections changed the laws in such a manner as to accommodate their own purposes.
• They have denied right to life to over fifty million unborn babies by declaring that women have a constitutional right to slaughter their own unborn children.
• They have prevented schools from exercising the moral leadership that reinforces family values by declaring, in the name of separation of church and state, those enduring religious values and standards of conduct beneficial to a free and moral society must be removed from the classroom.
• They have prohibited prayer or any other recognition of a supreme being in the schools, and forbidden the use of any Christian oriented materials by the student, while allowing Islam, Buddhism and others.
• They have demanded that this nation no longer look to God for protection and direction, but, to the United Nations and become part of a new world order to which we must look for permission to defend ourselves as well as agreeing to accommodate their demands and numerous other
requirements, many of which would be harmful to our national welfare.
• They have, as powerful senators, conspired to prevent good and honest men and women from being appointed to the courts of our land unless they first agree to uphold the beliefs of those senators.
• They have, In the name of freedom of speech, authorized every form of pornography and vile and sordid images to be transmitted into our homes and into the public square with no regard for the children who may be affected or adults who may be offended by such material.
• They have, in the name of science, determined to destroy one human life in the misguided hope of improving another.
• They have, in the name of environmental protection, denied the use of our natural resources for the purpose God created them, instead demanding that, in order to receive our needed energy, we be at the mercy of foreign nations, many of which are dedicated to our destruction.
• They have, in the name of world unity, advocated that America and American citizens be subjected to the decisions of a World Court which would have no regard for our Constitution, our laws, our moral standards, or our God; thereby surrendering our national sovereignty.
• They have, in an effort to gain votes, sought to divide us, pitting one group against another; rich vs. poor, white vs. black, old vs. young.
• They have, in the name of artistic expression, condoned and financed the most degrading and obscene art ever conceived and forced it to be given a place in our public museums
During this entire time, the good men and women of America have remained silent while little by little our freedoms, our principles, and our values have been gradually eroded. These changes were not made without God noticing. We have told Him we don’t want Him in our schools, our government, or any other place other than in the churches.
God, knowing where this is leading, decided that America was badly in need of some tough love. Rather than allowing these changes to continue until the Torch of Freedom was extinguished and America was gradually turned into a socialist state He decided to show us exactly where we were headed.
He did so by placing in the White House, once the home of our greatest leaders, a man of Muslim descent, schooled in the philosophy of Karl Marx, and honed for twenty years by the radical ranting of a Black Liberation Theologian. God wanted us to see the face of socialism and the evil that accompanies it. We have now seen the face of evil and all that can be lost if the good men and women of America don’t wake up and take back the control of our nation. If our children and grandchildren are to know their heritage and the price that was paid for the freedom we enjoy, America is going to have to return to her founding principles. We the People are the only ones who can save America for future generations, and we must get out of our complacency and join our fellow patriots on the field of battle.
God has given America a wakeup call. We have only from now until November 2 to save our nation. But the ballot box alone will not restore the greatness of America. “We the People,” in addition to electing men and women who will “protect and preserve” our Constitution, must return our nation to its Christian roots. We must return to the reverence for the God of our Founding Fathers. Our land must be purged of the evil that has gradually profaned, diminished, and will ultimately destroy our society. If we do this, God has promised that,
“If my people who are called by My name will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sins and heal their land.” II Chronicles 7:14.
God will do His part; the question is, “will we do ours?”