The document discusses the importance of Christianity and religious principles in the founding and government of the United States, as evidenced by numerous quotes from historical figures. It encourages Christians to get more involved in the political process by registering to vote and turning out to vote in elections to have a positive influence and help restore America's Christian heritage.
2. “ It is the duty of nations , as well as of men , to own their dependence upon the overruling power of God… Abraham Lincoln 1809-1865
3. ...and to recognize the sublime truth announced in the Holy Scriptures and proven by all history, that those nations only are blessed whose God is the Lord.” Abraham Lincoln 1809-1865
4. “ A nation which does not remember what it was yesterday does not know what it is today, nor what it is trying to do.” Woodrow Wilson 28th President of the United States
5. “ We are trying to do a futile thing if we do not know where we came from or what we have been about.” Woodrow Wilson 28th President of the United States
7. “ Whereas we all came to these parts of America with the same end and aim, namely, to advance the Kingdome of our Lord Jesus Christ , and to injoy the liberties of the Gospell thereof with purities and peace, and for preserving and propagating the truth and liberties of the gospell.” Constitution of the New England Confederation - 1643
8. “ The judicial laws of God, as they were delivered by Moses…are to be a rule to all the courts in this jurisdiction…” New Haven Colony Charter 1644
9. “ We have staked the future of all of our political institutions upon the capacity of mankind for self-government... James Madison Fourth President of the United States
10. … the capacity of each and all of us, to govern ourselves , to control ourselves … according to the Ten Commandments…” James Madison Fourth President of the United States
11. “ Whereas the glory of Almighty God and the good of mankind is the reason and the end of government, and therefore, government itself is a venerable ordinance of God …” Great Law of Pennsylvania April 25, 1682 .
12. “… there shall be established laws as shall best preserve true Christian and civil authority, in opposition to all unchristian, licentious and unjust practices.” Great Law of Pennsylvania April 25, 1682
13. “ The origination and descent of all human power is from God… first, to terrify evil doers; secondly, to cherish those who do well; … Government seems to me to be a part of religion itself -- a thing sacred in its institutions and ends…” William Penn in Frame of Government 1682
14. “… every person shall have and enjoy the free possession of his or her faith and exercise of worship toward God… so long as every such person useth not this Christian liberty to licentiousness…he or she shall be protected in the enjoyment of the aforesaid Christian liberty by the civil magistrate.” Fundamental Constitutions of Pennsylvania - 1682
15. John Adams 2nd President of the United States “ We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion.”
16. “ Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” John Adams Signer of The Declaration of Independence
17. “ Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports.” George Washington Farewell Address, 1796
20. “ The propitious smiles of heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right which heaven itself has ordained.” George Washington Inaugural Address April 30, 1789
21. “ God Who gave us Life, gave us Liberty. Can the Liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these Liberties are the Gift of God?” Engraved in stone on The Jefferson Memorial
22. The purpose of civil government is not to pursue a secular and ungodly course, but to bring order on the earth, to further God’s purposes, not fallen man’s
23. Our destruction, if it come at all, will be from…the inattention of the people to the concerns of their government, from their carelessness and negligence . Daniel Webster Secretary of State for three Presidents
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31. Voting…Is Our Minimal Citizenship Responsibility A “Stewardship” and a “Duty” as “Salt” and “Light” Christians
32. “ Providence has given our people the choice of their rulers, and it is the duty , as well as privilege and interest of a Christian nation to select and prefer Christians for their rulers.” John Jay First Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1745-1829
33. “ Let each citizen remember at the moment he is offering his vote...that he is executing one of the most solemn trusts in human society for which he is accountable to God and his country.” Samuel Adams Father of the American Revolution
34. History of the United States Noah Webster 1832 “ When you become entitled to exercise the right of voting…let it be impressed on your mind that God commands you to choose for rulers just men who will rule in the fear of God. The preservation of a republican government depends on the faithful discharge of this duty.”
35. “ If a republican government fails to secure public prosperity and happiness, it must be because the citizens neglect the divine commands, and elect bad men to make and administer the laws.” Noah Webster History of the United States, 1832
44. “ The people who say they have not time to attend to politics are simply saying they are unfit to live in a free community” Teddy Roosevelt 1858 - 1919 26th President of the United States
45. "As nightfall does not come at once, neither does oppression. In both instances, there is a twilight when everything remains seemingly unchanged. And it is in such twilight that we all must be most aware of change in the air – however slight – lest we become unwitting victims of the darkness." William O. Douglas Associate Supreme Court Justice 1939 – 1975
46. “ Freedom from fear and injustice and oppression will be ours only in the measure that men who value such freedom are ready to sustain its possession--to defend it against every thrust from within and without” Dwight D. Eisenhower Commander of Allied Forces Europe in World War II
47. "Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressman and government officials, but the VOTERS of this country." Franklin D. Roosevelt 32 nd President of the United States .
50. “ The people who say they have not time to attend to politics are simply saying they are unfit to live in a free community” Teddy Roosevelt 1858 - 1919 Twenty Sixth President of the United States
51. “ The people alone have an incontestable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to institute government and to reform, alter, or totally change the same when their protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness require it.” Samuel Adams – Signer of the Declaration January 19, 1796
52. Unless the LORD builds the house, they labor in vain who build it. Psalm 127:1
53. History of the United States Noah Webster 1832 “ When you become entitled to exercise the right of voting…let it be impressed on your mind that God commands you to choose for rulers just men who will rule in the fear of God. The preservation of a republican government depends on the faithful discharge of this duty.”
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55. It is we Christians who hold America’s future in our hands and it is our vision or lack thereof that will determine the nation’s course.
56. Controlling Our Destiny As A Nation “ If the next centennial does not find us a great nation…it will be because those who represent the enterprise, the culture, and the morality of the nation do not aid in controlling the political forces.” President James Garfield - 1881
57. Let not your children have reason to curse you for giving up those rights and prostrating those institutions which your fathers delivered to you. Rev. Matthias Burnet 1749 - 1806
58. If we and our posterity reject religious instruction and authority, violate the rules of eternal justice, trifle with the injunctions of morality, and recklessly destroy the political constitution which holds us together...
59. ...no man can tell how sudden a catastrophe may overwhelm us that shall bury all our glory in profound obscurity. Daniel Webster 1782 - 1852
60. “ The time has come to turn back to God and reassert our trust in Him for the healing of America” Ronald Reagan
61. “ All of us who acknowledge a belief in our Judeo-Christian heritage must reaffirm that belief and join forces to reclaim those great principles.” Ronald Reagan
80. "As nightfall does not come at once, neither does oppression. In both instances, there is a twilight when everything remains seemingly unchanged. And it is in such twilight that we all must be most aware of change in the air – however slight – lest we become unwitting victims of the darkness." William O. Douglas Associate Supreme Court Justice 1939 – 1975
81. But the people who know their God shall stand firm and take action. Daniel 11:32
83. For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. II Timothy 1:7
84. “… that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom--and that government of the people, by the people and for the people shall not perish from the earth.” Abraham Lincoln Gettysburg Address 1863
89. “ All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.” Sir Edmund Burke 1792-1875
90. Restore America is a nonprofit Christian ministry that depends on tax deductible contributions from churches and concerned citizens who wish to preserve the Godly Heritage passed on to us by our Founders and all who have given their lives to protect it. P.O. Box 147 Grimsley, TN 38565 (931) 863-5885 [email_address] www.restoreamerica.net
91. Restore America is a nonprofit 501 c3 Christian ministry that depends on tax deductible gifts from concerned citizens who wish to preserve the Godly Heritage passed on to us by our Founders and all who have given their lives to protect it. P.O. Box 147 Grimsley, Tennessee 38565 (931) 863-5885 www.restoreamerica.net
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OUR FOUNDING FATHERS RECOGNIZED IT! ABRAHAM LINCOLN RECOGNIZED IT…. WILL WE RECOGNIZE IT? CONSIDER THE “DEVOUT MEN” OF ACTS 2:5,36-38 WHEN PRESENTED WITH THE FACTS OF WHAT THEY DID: “ WHAT SHALL WE DO?” PETER’S ANSWER WAS: “ REPENT!”
OUR FOUNDING FATHERS RECOGNIZED IT! ABRAHAM LINCOLN RECOGNIZED IT…. WILL WE RECOGNIZE IT? CONSIDER THE “DEVOUT MEN” OF ACTS 2:5,36-38 WHEN PRESENTED WITH THE FACTS OF WHAT THEY DID: “ WHAT SHALL WE DO?” PETER’S ANSWER WAS: “ REPENT!”
From the very first document outlining how they would live and work together, it is clear … THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST WAS OF PRIMARY IMPORTANCE to those who came to settle the new world . In the FIRST CHARTER OF MASSACHUSETTS in 1629, we can see they believed there was one true God and they were seeking to be obedient to Him. NEXT SLIDE
They wanted to PRESERVE and PROPAGATE the truth of scripture and the liberties it provided. You will notice “ LIBERTIES OF THE GOSPEL ” is mentioned twice. It is not the ‘liberty’ of licentiousness of today’s secular liberal elites..but instead, the liberty found in the Scripture. <Their desire for a Christian Civil Society extended to the Judicial as well.> The New Haven Colony Charter of 1644 , adopted the rules for governing the courts of the New Haven Colony, stating… NEXT SLIDE
Inscribed on the Provincial Seal of New Jersey was Proverbs 14:34… “ Rightousness exalteth a nation.” William Penn , the founder of Pennsylvania, declared in 1681 of the land granted to him by the King of England, that he would… NEXT SLIDE
It was Penn’s belief the law and civil magistrates should protect and preserve this Christian Liberty…not licentiousness, immorality and injustice. <In 1682, in the FUNDAMENTAL CONSTITUTION OF PENNSYLVANIA , he wrote that... > NEXT SLIDE
It was Penn’s belief the law and civil magistrates should protect and preserve this Christian Liberty…not licentiousness, immorality and injustice. <In 1682, in the FUNDAMENTAL CONSTITUTION OF PENNSYLVANIA , he wrote that... > NEXT SLIDE
In that document, Penn went on to say… “ Government, like clocks, go from the motion men give them; and as governments are made and moved by men, so by them they are ruined too . Wherefore governments rather depend upon men, than men upon governments. Let men be good, and the government cannot be bad…”
On April 25th, 1682, Penn wrote a document titled FRAME OF GOVERNMENT that greatly influenced other colonies. <In it, Penn said…>
In 1823, Webster wrote… It is alleged by men of loose principles, or defective views of the subject, that religion and morality are not necessary or important qualifications for political stations. But the Scriptures teach a different doctrine. They direct that rulers should be men who rule in the fear of God, able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness . …it is to the neglect of this rule…which tarnish the character of our country; which disgrace a republican government;
In that document, Penn went on to say… “ Government, like clocks, go from the motion men give them; and as governments are made and moved by men, so by them they are ruined too . Wherefore governments rather depend upon men, than men upon governments. Let men be good, and the government cannot be bad…”
“ ALL THAT IS NECESSARY FOR EVIL TO PREVAIL IS FOR GOOD MEN TO DO NOTHING”
“ Father of the American Revolution” Signer of the Declaration of Independence Instigated the “ Boston Tea Party ” Called for the First Continental Congress and served there until 1781. Governor of Massachusetts. Formed the Committees of Correspondence . Said, at the conclusion of the signing of the Dec. of Indep., “We have this day restored the Sovereign to Whom all men ought to be obedient. He reigns in heaven and from the rising to the setting of the sun, let His kingdom come.”
While we may understand this spiritually, we must act upon it in reality! THE CHURCH IN AMERICA MUST STOP BEING A RAPTURE AWAITING LUKE WARM CHURCH !!! Hosea 4:6 says, “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge…” WE MUST KNOW WHAT WE CAN AND SHOULD DO AND THEN... DO IT ! CONSIDER THE MEN OF ISSACHAR...
For those interested in the details, a total of 92,493,972 votes were cast for 17 different Presidential candidates. Of those, the top two, Clinton and Dole, received 45,628,667 and 37,869,435 votes respectively; all others received 8,995,761. Some 29 percent of the 1996 voters (26,823,251) was identified as born-again Christians who frequently attend church ; and of that group, 38 percent voted for Clinton. This means that of Clinton's vote total, 10,192,836 votes were received from born-again Christians, with 35,435,831 votes coming from other groups. Understanding that a win required Clinton or Dole to garner just over 50 percent of the 83,498,102 votes cast between their supporters (assuming an equal effect on the electoral college), then the &quot;magic number&quot; for each candidate was 41,749,051. By counting all of Clinton's non-Christian votes, he needed an additional 6,313,220 votes from the Christians - or 23.5 percent of the votes cast by identified Christians - in order to secure a win. In other words, if just 23.4 percent of born-again Christians had voted for Clinton, he would not have won. While they were an unlikely ally, it was the 38 percent of self-identified born-again Christians who gave Clinton the victory .
For those interested in the details, a total of 92,493,972 votes were cast for 17 different Presidential candidates. Of those, the top two, Clinton and Dole, received 45,628,667 and 37,869,435 votes respectively; all others received 8,995,761. Some 29 percent of the 1996 voters (26,823,251) was identified as born-again Christians who frequently attend church ; and of that group, 38 percent voted for Clinton. This means that of Clinton's vote total, 10,192,836 votes were received from born-again Christians, with 35,435,831 votes coming from other groups. Understanding that a win required Clinton or Dole to garner just over 50 percent of the 83,498,102 votes cast between their supporters (assuming an equal effect on the electoral college), then the &quot;magic number&quot; for each candidate was 41,749,051. By counting all of Clinton's non-Christian votes, he needed an additional 6,313,220 votes from the Christians - or 23.5 percent of the votes cast by identified Christians - in order to secure a win. In other words, if just 23.4 percent of born-again Christians had voted for Clinton, he would not have won. While they were an unlikely ally, it was the 38 percent of self-identified born-again Christians who gave Clinton the victory .
For those interested in the details, a total of 92,493,972 votes were cast for 17 different Presidential candidates. Of those, the top two, Clinton and Dole, received 45,628,667 and 37,869,435 votes respectively; all others received 8,995,761. Some 29 percent of the 1996 voters (26,823,251) was identified as born-again Christians who frequently attend church ; and of that group, 38 percent voted for Clinton. This means that of Clinton's vote total, 10,192,836 votes were received from born-again Christians, with 35,435,831 votes coming from other groups. Understanding that a win required Clinton or Dole to garner just over 50 percent of the 83,498,102 votes cast between their supporters (assuming an equal effect on the electoral college), then the &quot;magic number&quot; for each candidate was 41,749,051. By counting all of Clinton's non-Christian votes, he needed an additional 6,313,220 votes from the Christians - or 23.5 percent of the votes cast by identified Christians - in order to secure a win. In other words, if just 23.4 percent of born-again Christians had voted for Clinton, he would not have won. While they were an unlikely ally, it was the 38 percent of self-identified born-again Christians who gave Clinton the victory .
THEY WERE MEN WHO KNEW THAT SAUL HAD DEFECTED FROM THE FAITH AND THAT DAVID SHOULD BE KING. THEY WERE CALLED, “MIGHTY MEN OF VALOUR ” IN THE SAME CHAPTER (12:21) verse 23 says they were “ ARMED TO THE WAR … TO TURN THE KINGDOM OF (UNRIGHTOUS) SAUL TO (RIGHTOUS) DAVID, ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF THE LORD.” 12:23 THEY WERE MEN WHO UNDERSTOOD WHAT WAS HAPPENING AROUND THEM. THEY KNEW WHAT THEY HAD TO DO AND WERE UNDER AUTHORITY. WHAT IS IT WE MUST KNOW …AND DO ?
King James says, “BE STRONG” NASV says, “WILL DISPLAY STRENGTH” King James says, “DO EXPLOITS” instead of “TAKE ACTION” The noun, “EXPLOIT” means, “A STRIKING OR NOTABLE DEED,” a “SPIRITED OR HEROIC ACT.” WE WHO KNOW OUR GOD ARE TO “BE STRONG ” and “DISPLAY STRENGTH!” We are called to “ STAND FIRM ,” to “ ACT HEROICALLY !” JUST AS OUR FOUNDING FATHERS DID! Samuel Adams, our second president said… “ IF EVER TIME SHOULD COME, WHEN VAIN AND ASPIRING MEN SHALL POSSESS THE HIGHEST SEATS IN GOVERNMENT, OUR COUNTRY WILL STAND IN NEED OF ITS EXPERIENCED PATRIOTS TO PREVENT ITS RUIN.”
WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE WAY AND THE MEANS TO RESTORE THE FOUNDATIONS OF GOOD GOVERNMENT ! OUR GOD GIVEN RIGHT TO CHOOSE WHO WE WOULD SERVE HAS BEEN SECURED BY THE WISDOM OF OUR FOUNDING FATHERS, THROUGH THE RIGHT TO VOTE . IT IS AS JEFFERSON SAID …”ACTION BY WE , THE CITIZEN’S OF THIS REPUBLIC... WHO HOLD THE FATE OF OUR COUNTRY IN OUR HANDS! IT IS…”ONE MAN, ONE VOTE We Must All Sacrifice to take America Back!
WE NEEDN’T BE TIMID IN THE PURSUIT OF RESTORING GODLINESS TO GOVERNMENT. WE NEED TO CALL UPON AND RELY UPON GOD’S POWER TO GO FORWARD WITH THE VISION OF GODLY GOVERNMENT AND WATCH GOD HONOR HIS WORD! HE HAS GIVEN US REVELATION AND INTELLIGENCE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. WE NEED TO BELIEVE GOD , REPENT OF OUR UNBELIEF AND ACT ! <So what should we do?>
OUR RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES DO NOT COME FROM GOVERNMENT! THEY COME FROM GOD ! HE IS OUR KING ! HE DWELLS WITHIN US TO RULE AND REIGN, TO REACH OUT AND SAVE! IT IS “ WE THE PEOPLE ” WHO MUST GOVERN FROM THE BOTTOM UP… BEGINNING WITH OURSELVES…THROUGH THE WORD AND THE SPIRIT OF GOD !!! IT IS “ WE ,” GOD’S PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE WITH GODLY VISION, WHO MUST RESTORE AMERICA !
WHEN WE TAKE BACK MULTNOMAH COUNTY, LANE COUNTY, WASHINGTON COUNTY AND CLACKAMAS COUNTY, WE WILL CHANGE THIS STATE …FOR GOOD! I NEED $2500,000 OVER THE NEXT 9 MONTHS TO... DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN A WEBSITE PUT TOGETHER A VIDEO TO INTRODUCE RA MAILING AND POSTAGE COVER TRAVEL EXPENSES SET UP AN OFFICE HIRE A STAFF AND COVER OFFICE EXPENSES GET THE VISION INTO EVERY COUNTY IN OREGON PROMOTE THE VISION NATIONALLY
RONALD REAGAN SAID, “ NO WEAPON IN THE ARSENALS OF THE WORLD IS AS FORMIDABLE AS THE WILL AND MORAL COURAGE OF FREE MEN AND WOMEN.” SAMUEL ADAMS SAID, “ IF EVER TIME SHOULD COME, WHEN VAIN AND ASPIRING MEN SHALL POSSESS THE HIGHEST SEATS IN GOVERNMENT, OUR COUNTRY WILL STAND IN NEED OF ITS EXPERIENCED PATRIOTS TO PREVENT ITS RUIN.”
WHEN WE TAKE BACK MULTNOMAH COUNTY, LANE COUNTY, WASHINGTON COUNTY AND CLACKAMAS COUNTY, WE WILL CHANGE THIS STATE …FOR GOOD! I NEED $2500,000 OVER THE NEXT 9 MONTHS TO... DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN A WEBSITE PUT TOGETHER A VIDEO TO INTRODUCE RA MAILING AND POSTAGE COVER TRAVEL EXPENSES SET UP AN OFFICE HIRE A STAFF AND COVER OFFICE EXPENSES GET THE VISION INTO EVERY COUNTY IN OREGON PROMOTE THE VISION NATIONALLY
IT IS THE “ REMNANT ”, GOD’S PEOPLE, GOD’S FEW…WITH A VISION! MARRIAGE - - GARY SMALLEY , MARRIAGE SEMINARS THE FAMILY - FOCUS ON THE FAMILY/ JAMES DOBSON THE CHURCH - PROMISE KEEPERS/ BILL MCCARTNEY EDUCATION - HOME SCHOOL AND REFORM MOVEMENT GOVERNMENT - THE “CULTURE WAR” EXTENDS INTO AND IS BEING PLAYED OUT IN THE REALM OF POLITICS AS WELL. EDUCATION AND GOVERNMENT IS WHERE THE SECULAR ELITISTS WHO HAVE A DIFFERENT VISION FOR AMERICA HAVE SOUGHT TO WIN THE WAR FOR THE HEART SOUL AND DIRECTION OF AMERICA. WE MUST NOT LET THAT HAPPEN!!