America’s true history has been hidden from the majority of United States Citizens.

Why?

Because the United States of America was based on the Bible, Christian principles, and absolute standards of right and wrong. Our Country believed in liberty – Which means freedom to do not what we want but to do what we aught.

Now a days when people use the words liberty and freedom they are saying ” Everything goes!” “There is no right and wrong.” “You can’t tell me what to do!” This kind of mind set is ruining the lives of the individuals of America!

We must go back to our foundation. We must be re-encouraged to take God at His word and do what He says. 2Chronicles 7:14 says,  “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”

We as a country are in perilous times. Man is doing that which is right in his own eyes, mocking God, and choosing to do those things which are not natural.

May the state of our Country not discourage you but encourage you to make a difference. One way to do this is to learn your past. Learn where we as a country have come from and make steps in your own personal life to return to Christ and his ways. Lets make Christ the center of our hearts, homes and lives.

To encourage us in this way of thinking. Lets take a look at a great man of the past who has been forgot in the history books, and forgotten in our conversations. Yet he had the greatest — certainly not the sole, but the greatest contribution to the sources of American liberty, government, economics, education. Do you have any idea who this man is?

 

Here is the quiz:

                                  Who is this man?

  • He was a humble Reformer.
  • He was a great expositor of the Scriptures. He loved expounding on the teaching of Jesus Christ.
  • He was a man that took God at his word.
  • He was said to have played a pivotal role in the founding of America and in the birth of the republican form of government.
  • German historian von Ranke said: ” He was the virtual founder of America”
  • French historian Taine said: ” This man and his following are the true heroes of England…. they founded Scotland: they founded the United States”

Any ideas?…….

  • D’Augibne, another French scholar and historian, said, “He was the founder of the greatest of republics.”
  • One of America’s greatest historians ever, George Bancroft called this man “The father of America” He also said “He who will not honor the memory and respect the influence of this man knows but little of the origin of American liberty.”
  • Every republican government that exists in the world was produced by the influence of this man!

Who is this? Take a guess!!

Then check back later for the answer!

Sadly it was not till recently I came to truly understand the impact this man had on our country. What an incredible man of God. He truly is one to learn from, read about, and follow as he followed Christ.

 

I have been reading an incredible book call “What if Jesus had never been born” By D. James Kennedy.

It goes through and talks about the impact Christ had on the lives of people. It talked about the devastation people, cities, countries, nations went through and are going through because they did not let Christ be a reality in their lives.

This man in the above quiz let Christ become a reality in his life and because of that he left an impact not on just those in his generation but for generations and generations come!

God wants to use you and I to leave a multi-generational impact too. But we must be willing to stand for the truth, take God at his word, and live lives wholly committed to Jesus Christ.

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