"Do not move an ancient boundary stone set up by your ancestors" Proverbs 22:28
Let me remind you of several landmarks of
liberty that should NEVER be moved and traditions that MUST be preserved
whatever it cost. They were given to us by our Founders and purchased and
preserved by the blood of thousands of Patriots over the 237 years of American
History.
THESE BOUNDARY STONES SHOULD NOT BE MOVED:
In the Declaration of Independence read by
our teens, our Founding Fathers affirmed their firm conviction that we have
been given by our God, the right to LIFE, LIBERTY and the PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.
So, we will focus on those three boundary stones.
BOUNDARY STONE #1 –
CULTURE – (“LIFE”)
It really is undebateable among reasonable
people that we are a Christian culture. Our Founders believe our rights were
given by our Creator so let’s look at the culture He created in Eden:
1) Freedom – God gave Adam and Eve free wills so they could choose to live in love and freedom.
2) Fear of God
3) Fellowship with God –
faith/Christianity
4) Family – marriage between
man/woman – children
5) Function – meaningful work to do –
purpose
Peter
Marshall, the greatest Chaplain of the U.S. Senate in a prayer before the U.S.
Senate said it ever so well many years ago. "Lord Jesus, thou who art
the way, the truth, and the life; hear us as we pray for the truth that shall
make all free. Teach us that liberty is not only to be loved but also to be
lived. Liberty is too precious a thing to be buried in books. It costs too much
to be hoarded. Help us see that our liberty is not the right to do as we
please, but the opportunity to please to do what is right."
ONE OF
THE BOUNDARY STONES/TRADITIONS THAT MUST NOT BE MOVED IN THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA IS OUR CHRISTIAN CULTURE!
BOUNDARY
STONE #2 – CONSTITUTION – (“LIBERTY”)
As God gave His new nation a code of absolute
boundaries at their founding, so our Founders laid down the boundaries that
would define and defend our liberties!
1) Laws
“We are
a nation of laws and not of men” – John Adams
The only way justice is possible is when there are clear, well-defined, well-defended and equitably enforced laws to govern men and order their culture.
2) Limited Government
“A
government of the people, by the people and for the people”
The Constitution stipulates the rights of the
citizens and government is designed to guarantee and protect those rights.
Our Founders understood the temptations for those in power to abuse power and corrupt power-brokers. So, they saw the wisdom of crafting a document to limit the power of the Government over its people.
A
SECOND BOUNDARY STONE/TRADITION THAT MUST NOT BE MOVED IS OUR FOUNDATIONAL
DOCUMENT – THE CONSTITUTION!
BOUNDARY STONE #3 –
CAPITALISM – (“PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS”)
There is no perfect economic system given among imperfect men. But doesn't it make sense that the one that allows the most freedom would be best?
Someone has expressed it like this:
Communism: You have two cows. The government takes
both, milks them, keeps the milk, and gives you a pint.
Socialism: The government takes one of your cows and gives it to
a neighbor.
Fascism: The government takes both your cows and shoots one of
them.
Nazism:
The
government takes both cows and shoots you.
Capitalism:
You
milk booth cows, sell one of the cows, and buy a bull.
Bureaucracy:
The
government takes both cows, milks them, and pours the milk down the drain.
I like the freedom of earning as much as I want, however I wish and keeping as much of it as I can!
I WILL STAND
FOR CAPITALISM AS FLAWED AS IT MAY BE BECAUSE IT ALLOWS MEN FREEDOM TO PURSUE
DREAMS!
Great nations and great people arise from great traditions because great traditions are based on timeless truths.
I will stand for these three traditions that have made America great!