Dear Freedom House Friends,

John Adams, “The general principles on which the Fathers achieved independence were the general principles of Christianity.”

Woodrow Wilson, “A nation which does not remember what it was yesterday, does not know what it is today, or what it is trying to do.”

George Washington, “While we are zealously performing the duties of good citizens and soldiers, we certainly ought not to be inattentive to the higher duties of religion.  To the distinguished character of Patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished character of Christian.”

Thomas Jefferson, “God who gave us life gave us liberty.  And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the Gift of God?  That they are not to be violated but with His wrath?  Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that His justice cannot sleep forever.”

John Hancock, “Resistance to tyranny becomes the Christian and social duty of each individual…Continue steadfast and, with a proper sense your dependence on God, nobly defend those rights which heaven gave, and no man ought to take from us.”

James Madison, “A watchful eye must be kept on ourselves lest while we are building ideal monuments of Renown and Bliss here, we neglect to have our names enrolled in the Annals of Heaven.”

Benjamin Franklin, “The gospel of Jesus Christ prescribes the wisest rules for conduct in every situation of life.  Happy they who are enabled to obey them in all situations.”

Patrick Henry, “The Bible . . . is a book worth more than all the other books that were ever printed.”

It’s evident with these few quotes, from some of the Founding Fathers and early statesmen of the USA, that they were patriots with deep convictions based on the Bible and faith in Jesus Christ.  My challenge to each of you reading this is to see how American liberty depends upon our understanding and grasping these foundational principles on which our nation was built.

We need to go back to the beginning to appreciate the truths upon which our constitution is built. Therefore, our rights as “We the People” are to move in a place of duty as citizens, first of the Kingdom of Heaven and then citizens of our nation to speak out about the issues of the day.

Historically, our nation’s role back in the day was to speak out about faith and politics and how our faith had shaped our politics. Additionally, the church’s historical role has always played a critical role in speaking out about faith and politics and how faith shaped our politics.  Where is our allegiance to our God and His truth and where is our allegiance to our nation under one God?

Did you know that our first three Universities established here in the US being Harvard, Yale, and Princeton were church colleges with the purpose of equipping and training for the ministry?  Did you know that nearly half of the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence held seminary or Bible school degrees?

Also, a decade ago a political professor at the University of Houston did a research study of our Founding Fathers and who they quoted the most by examining 3,154 documents in the early part of our country.  That was the Bible—the solid rock on which they stood!

Yet, we hear so very often that phrase, “Separation of Church and State” which has actually been thrown around in a very wrong way, especially that it is NOT in the Declaration of Independence, NOT in the Bill of Rights, Nor is it in the Constitution.  So, have you ever wondered what that really means and how that came into being?  I’m sure you have.

Well, let’s set the record straight regarding “Separation of Church and State” so that YOU know truth and where we stand in speaking up and speaking out once and for all!!  In essence, what they really are saying unbashfully, “I don’t want to hear your faith, principles, and truth because churches and Christians have no say where government and politics are concerned.”  So, in other words, don’t mix religion and politics. Yet, it’s only another way to silence our voice, our opinions, and our right to express our views and values as sons and daughters of the King.

However, God commands us to have courage, to be bold in our faith, and to be a pillar of light, allowing the truth of the Bible to guide us in our daily lives in ALL areas including in the political arena and especially when it’s time to vote.

What this “Separation of Church and State” is really is saying is that the “wall of separation” is to keep government from influencing our religious practice, NOT to keep personal religious values separate from who we vote for and what issues we stand for and against.

Excerpts taken from a sermon by Ken Kersten Separation of Church and State

“It all started back in the day of 1801 with a rumor (things usually do get misconstrued with rumors).  A rumor was that the Congregationalist denomination was to become the official denomination of the United States. They were alarmed and sent a letter to Thomas Jefferson.  He responded with a letter back letting them know they did not have to worry about one denomination within Christianity taking over the government because, “the First Amendment has erected a wall of separation between church and state.”  (that is the origin of that phrase)

So, it’s very clear here that it has nothing to do with a separation of state and Christianity, but state and one official denomination within Christianity.  Jefferson went on in his letter to explain they need not fear the establishment of an official denomination, and while the wall of separation protected the church from government control, there would always be freedom of worship of all orthodox religious practices. Why? Because true religious practice would never threaten the purpose of the government.

For nearly one year the Senate and House Judiciary Committee reviewed and studied the petition to see if it would be possible to separate Christian principles from our civil government.  Both returned almost identical reports! This is from the House Judiciary Committee report on March 27, 1854: “Had the people, (the Founding Fathers), during the Revolution, had a suspicion of any attempt to war against Christianity, that Revolution would have been strangled in its cradle…  At the time of the adoption of the constitution and its amendments, the universal sentiment was that Christianity should be encouraged, but not any one sect (denomination).”

Additionally, it also said, “In this age, there is no substitute for Christianity… That was the religion of the Founders of the republic, and they expected it to remain the religion of their descendants.”

Two months later, the House Judiciary Committee added this declaration, “The great vital and conservative element in our system (the thing that holds our system together) is the belief of our people in pure doctrine and the divine truths of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.”

So, it’s very plain and clear that the committees explained that they could NOT separate these principles of Christianity from the government.  It was these precise principles that made our nation successful.  Our amendment emphasizes  “Congress shall make NO law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,” meaning NEVER to separate Christianity from government.

It’s amazing that nearly a century and a half later the clear understanding of the first amendment was the prohibited establishing of a single national denomination; it had nothing to do with a separation of Christianity from government.

Furthermore, there was a case in 1878 called Reynolds vs. United States where a group tried to take this statement by Jefferson to prove a separation of Christianity and government.  In its response, the court quoted a lengthy section of the Jefferson letter and used it as a basis to prove that it was permissible to retain Christian values, practices, and principles as official policies of the government. For the next 15 years, Jefferson’s letter was used to prove the inclusion of Christian practice and religion in government.  When these debates had been settled, the letter went basically unused for the next 75 years until 1947.

Finally, there was a case Everson vs. the Board of Education where the court, for the first time, did not sight Jefferson’s letter in its entirety but instead they selected eight words from the Jefferson letter: “a wall of separation between church and state.” And the rest is history as they say.

For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine.  Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. 2 Timothy 4:3 (NIV)

Fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock; and from among your own selves will arise men speaking twisted things, to draw away the disciples after them. Acts 20:29-31

So, where do we go from here?  My heart and message to each one of you, my dear friends, brothers and sisters in the Lord, vote according to your personal consciences and biblical values.  Look at the issues and polices at hand and look at them through the lens of the Bible so that YOU will be equipped and ready to vote accordingly with the candidate’s policies and not personalities.

So many leaders are warning that we are standing at a very crucial and vital junction in our nation both morally and culturally as several earthquakes have shaken our faith, and our ability and capability to be that one nation under God, to be that light set upon a hilltop and not to be hidden.  Jesus commands us to occupy until He returns.  How are we occupying this nation?  Is it through division and separation of God’s moral law and to be politically correct through critical race theory?

Friends, we have an audience of ONE that we are accountable to which is Jesus Christ. He is asking us to vote from a place in our hearts that align with His truths and His polices. I am now sounding the alarm, I am that watchman on the tower, and I am blowing that trumpet and telling each of you—heed the warnings, do your due diligence in finding out what are the crucial policies and don’t look at personalities. Look at what each candidate stands for.  Policies will last a lifetime, but personalities come and go like the wind.

Here is a fundamental question to answer: How can we advance the Kingdom of God in and by our voting? Don’t stand on the sidelines, or don’t say I can’t vote this time around. YOU must stand in the place of truth to who God is in this election.  As Christians we NEED to pray, to stand up for our biblical values, and to vote because it’s our Christian duty.  Dwight D. Eisenhower said it this way, “The future of this republic is in the hands of the American voter.”

Moreover, we need to advance the Kingdom of God for the glory of God, and to see this nation turned back to the principles that motivated our Founding Fathers and early statemen. Your vote needs to be counted, your voice needs to be heard, and your discernment needs to be quickened in and by the Holy Spirit.  Deception is slippery so things get slipped by because it sounds good.

Proverbs 26:24-26 – “Enemies disguise themselves with their lips, but in their hearts they harbor deceit.”  Many Christinas are sleeping or are getting weary in all this division and descension.  See this as a battle for our nation, for our lives, our children and grandchildren’s lives. See it as good triumphs over evil and see it that we are not fighting against flesh and blood but, against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world (Ephesians 6:12).

Reminder:  God uses flawed, imperfect, and sinful people because we all fall short.  No one will be 100% perfect.  

Sorry to tell you this that Jesus is not on the ballot.

A few final thoughts for you to consider.  First, study about Israel and what the Bible talks about in the last days.  Who is for Israel?  Who signed the Abraham Peace Accords?  Genesis 12:3 – “God says clearly, I will bless those who bless Israel, and I will curse him who curses Israel.”  We need to be allies of Israel.

Secondly, ask yourself a few questions:  Who gave us three Supreme Court Justices to overturn Roe vs. Wade and bring it back to the states?  Who believes in killing babies in the ninth month?  Who believes in no borders but believes in invasion and lawlessness by illegal immigrants coming in?   Who believes in religious liberties and upholds the Constitution and does not try to change or pact the court with more Supreme Justices?

Thirdly, when thinking about the candidates ask yourself:  Who is transparent (sometimes too much) and tells you what he will do and what he thinks and then follows up with what was promised?  Who conceals, hides truth, (even hides in the oval office) and who hides from the news media, so they do not have to answer direct and hard questions?  Who hides reports, shuts down freedom of speech? Who hides behind Hollywood and the elites?  Who has lied for 3.5 years that Joe Biden was great, he was making all the decisions and that he was cognitively sound?  Who lies and tells us that men can be women and women can be men?

Lastly, think about the fact that 14 States currently have what are called “Trans-gender Health Care” shield laws.  Minnesota is now a trans Refuge State, meaning if a minor cannot obtain gender confirming care because one or both parents object, Minnesota law now allows courts to have quote “temporary” emergency jurisdiction over the child.  Who signed this into effect?  Answer: one of the persons who is running for VP.  Oh, how I can go on and on.  But you get my point.  Which is why we need Jesus to arise so our enemies can be scattered.  We need Jesus to turn this nation around, and Jesus needs YOU and me to do it.  Vote because it is not just a right but it’s our duty and it’s also our duty to uphold God’s truth, beliefs, and ways.

Proverbs 14:34

“Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin condemns any people.”

Proverbs 29:2

“When the righteous thrive, the people rejoice; when the wicked rule the people groan.” 

Pray with me.

Dear Father,

We need you desperately in this election. We need You to open heaven and release Your truth and take us back to our Founding Fathers’ faith, beliefs of the Holy Bible, and Your Holy Word that is everlasting to everlasting.  Lord, Your Word has not changed for it is the same yesterday, today and forever more.  Open the blind eyes to see what truth is according to Your statues and percepts.  Open our ears to have spiritual discernment to hear what is really being spoken so that we do not fall prey to sweet–talking words filled with empty promises.   Father, let there be honest voting taking place.  Keep the schemes of the enemy out so no cheating, no deception of a rigged system will take place.

Father, bring back our nation under YOU, the only true God and for Your truth to become valued and honored once again in America.  For Your Word promises the truth will set us free.

Father, I ask you to pour out Your Spirit of repentance on our nation so that we can see You and find You as our forefathers found you.  Lord, they were not perfect men by any means, but Lord, they sought You for wisdom, and for Your truth for they knew of Your ways through Your Word.  Jesus, save America, save this nation, and save our constitutional republic.

We pray in Your precious Name Jesus, Amen.

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