2. Seven parts of the Declaration
1. Reason
2. Self evident truths
3. Purpose of
government
4. Reasons to
abolish
governments

3. Seven parts of the Declaration
5. Declaration
statement…
6. Rights of the 13
Sovereign states
7. Pledges

4. Biblical Principles found in the
Declaration of Independence
• God has established
universal and
unchanging truth
• God created man
in his image
• God gives man
dignity and
freedom

5. Biblical Principles found in the
Declaration of Independence
• God gives man
rights, not
government
• God values human
life
• God values liberty

6. Biblical Principles found in the
Declaration of Independence
• God made men to
enjoy life.
• God is the
ultimate
authority in the
world
• Governments will
be judged for their
actions

7. Biblical Principles found in the
Declaration of Independence
• God is
trustworthy
• God is active in
world events
• People can live
for something
greater than
themselves

8. Reflection: George Washington
… “Never was a people
who had more
reason to
acknowledge divine
interposition in their
affairs than those of
the United States.

9. Reflection: George Washington
I should be pained to
believe that they have
forgotten that Agency
which was so often
manifested during our
revolution or that they
failed to consider the
omnipotence of that
God who alone is able
to protect them.

10. DEVOTION TO GOD – John Adams
…Itought to be
commemorated
by solemn acts
of devotion to
almighty God.