Morality without God is immoral

     Many have heard the phrase, “separation between church and state” but many may not know that that phrase is found nowhere in our Constitution, or within any of our founding documents.  But yet, many, me included, have been taught that there is to be a clear line between the church and politics.  We have been told that those worlds are vastly different and are not to intertwine.  We see the results of this thinking in our schools (no public prayer, restricting the name of Jesus Christ from speeches and writings), in our workplace (threats of dismissal for posting Christian literature in your office) and in our government (removal of the 10 Commandments) Was this the intent of the Founders?  Would they agree with the stances we have taken, in our attempt to be a moral people by excluding God from many facets of life?  Today, I would like to give you a picture of how far we have fallen from where we began.

     “You shall swear by the great and dreadful Name of the High God, Maker and Governor of Heaven and earth and by the Lord Jesus Christ, the Prince of the Kings and rulers of the earth, that in his Name and fear you will rule and govern his people according to the righteous will of God, ministering justice and judgment on the workers of iniquity, and ministering due encouragement and countenance to well doers, protecting of the people so far as in you lieth, by the help of God from foreign annoyance and inward disturbance, that they may live a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. So God be helpful and gracious to you and yours in Christ Jesus.”

     The above text was taken from the Agreement of the Settlers at Exeter in New Hampshire July 5, 1639 under the heading, “The Elders or Rulers Oath.”  The whole document is an exceptional piece of work, in that it understands and acknowledges that our government is under the authority of the Supreme Governor and that the purpose of those within the government is to minister encouragement to those that do well and judgment upon those doing evil.  That sounds very familiar to what is said in I Peter 2:14.  It says, “or to governors, as to those who are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of those who do good.”  When deciding if some action is good or evil, can God and God’s Word be left out?  Are we, as humans, able to decipher those matters using our own intellect?  NO!!!  We are trying to, as a nation, but it is impossible.

     Today, we are seeing our President attempting to punish those doing good and praising those doing evil.  Just take a look at his recent speech to the Human Rights group October 1.  In it he praises the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community, while belittling those that understand those behaviors as deviant and wrong.  It is very clear that our President and many in government desire to impose their religious views upon others, apart from God.  And where have I been during this slide toward humanism?  On the sidelines watching from my church seat, minding my own business, as I was told to do; preaching from the Word and often ignoring the trends I was seeing, thinking that was not my role.  Well, I am beginning to see things a bit differently now.  I am understanding that it is my responsibility to speak up, my job to try to enlighten others on our founding, my duty to show others how far we have fallen and encourage us to rise back up to the standard we once held dear.

    Am I a democrat?  Am I a republican? NO, I am a Christian, my allegiance is to God, not to man.   May we all begin to understand the importance of seeing Christ as our moral compass and not our own intellect, because morality without God is simply immoral.