1 Cor 1:20 For it is written: “I will destroy the
wisdom of the wise, And bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.”
NKJV
In the early history of the English colonies
two particular groups of people emerged. One brought with them the positional
Anglican Church of England in Jamestown and later Catholicism in Maryland. The
other, Plymouth’s Pilgrims, practiced the Protestant Reformation’s relationship
with God. Two cultures clashed within the United States of America. One
worldview indicated that position is how things worked best. Cavaliers used
aristocratic power, demanded everyone worked for their benefit, and a priest
held the same reins in church. Both the Catholic and Anglican Churches used
inquisitions to maintain their position. The other worldview came from a people
who wanted most of all to please God. They all agreed everyone worked together,
prayed together, and worshiped God together. Within a few decades the New
England countryside flourished. Not because man knew all things, but because he
worked hard and humbled himself before God.
The later part of 1 Corinthians describes the process by which man
can best understand God’s character. Our forefathers knew this scripture. They
understood man held foolish thoughts; hence, they put faith in God above every
other method for ruling mankind. They were humble men who understood that no
matter how many laws they promulgated, nothing would control man other than
morality based upon scripture. The religion they knew to be Reformation
Protestantism. They wrote in plain words so all men could understand the
context of the new government. The First Amendment recognized the importance of
a dependency upon God, where the Pilgrim experience laid at the heart of the
matter. They followed the first of the Ten Commandments.
The constitution recognized mankind’s wisdom never reached nor
understood the wisdom of God. Quite the contrary, the document expected man
conform to dependency upon God in His wisdom, teaching, mercy, and blessing for
the good of the citizens living under its rule. Our failure to retain
Protestant Reformation Christianity removed God’s wisdom from our nation. The
arrogance of worldly knowledge in universities and schools displaced humble
recognition of God’s love. We abandoned our founding principles.
For longer than one hundred years, the mix of worldviews grown on
U.S. soil complicated this awareness and blinded our people. Evangelicals
dropped the ball. Voters stayed home. Be not confused. The enemy bred this
disease. The cure hung on the cross that we might be saved.
Take a stand and bring America back to God’s blessing.
