Constitutional Wisdom

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.