God Word is The Foundation of America
God´s Word provided the basis for what are termed inalienable rights (rights bestowed by God on every individual, regardless of race, gender, or social situation). Among man´s inalienable rights were those of life, liberty, property, religious freedom, self protection, due process, sanctity of home, as well as others listed throughout the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights.
Our founding documents directly acknowledge:
- that God gave these rights to men (“all men…. are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights”)
- that is the purpose of government to protect these rights (“ to secure these rights governments are instituted among men”)
Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure if we have removed their only firm basis - a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are a gift of God, that they are not to be violated but with His wrath? Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just -that his justice cannot sleep forever.
-Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia (Philadelphia: Matthew Carey, 1794), Query XVIII, p.237
Our founding documents directly acknowledge:
- that God gave these rights to men (“all men…. are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights”)
- that is the purpose of government to protect these rights (“ to secure these rights governments are instituted among men”)
Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure if we have removed their only firm basis - a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are a gift of God, that they are not to be violated but with His wrath? Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just -that his justice cannot sleep forever.
-Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia (Philadelphia: Matthew Carey, 1794), Query XVIII, p.237
Posted by George Maitland at 1/26/2010 11:19 AM 
Categories: Truth and Righteousness
Tags: Logos due process rights His Image Ministry liberties God The Word
Categories: Truth and Righteousness
Tags: Logos due process rights His Image Ministry liberties God The Word
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