Founding Fathers Faith

The Fourth of July was celebrated as a religious holiday for decades after the Declaration of Independence was signed. And why wouldn’t it be? Listen to this part of the Declaration. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. This form of government was started by men of faith in the God of the Bible. John Adams’ son, President John Quincy Adams, Sixth President Stated, : "The Declaration Of Independence first organized the social compact on the foundation of the Redeemer's mission upon earth and laid the cornerstone of human government upon the precepts of Christianity. Noah Webster, Founding Father, scholar, author of the first American Dictionary: stated "The religion which has introduced civil liberty, is the religion of Christ and His apostles. Benjamin Franklin in a letter to the President of the first Constitutional Congress, 1789: " I have lived a long time, Sir, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth- that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid? George Washington: "Let me live according to those holy rules which Thou hast this day prescribed in Thy Holy Word…direct me to the true object, Jesus Christ, the way, the truth, and the life. Bless, O Lord, all the people of this land." James Madison,” We have staked the future of all our political institutions upon the capacity of mankind to self-government, upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves… according to the Ten Commandments of God.", Why do we take time to remember these leaders? Woodrow Wilson, historian and 28th President, "A nation which does not remember what it was yesterday, doesn't know what it is today or what it is trying to do… we're trying to do a futile thing if we don't know where we've come from or what we're about." As a nation, we remember each July 4th the people who through belief in someone one more powerful than them selves created this Federal Government. Did you know that Federal is Latin for Covenant? Each Sunday, we take time to remember another covenant started by our Lord Jesus Christ so we, too, do not forget what we are about. This covenant is the Lord’s Supper representing the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross and the promise of eternal life with him if we believe in and put our faith and trust in Him, Jesus Christ, our Savior. If you are a believer, you have the freedom to join us in this covenant of communion.