ArtsAutosBooksBusinessEducationEntertainmentFamilyFashionFoodGamesGenderHealthHolidaysHomeHubPagesPersonal FinancePetsPoliticsReligionSportsTechnologyTravel

Shining city on a hill

Updated on May 13, 2015

Fruit of the Spirit

I think we sometimes forget (conveniently), that we are ALL sinners, always have been, and always will be.

It is a fact, that man is indeed sinful and has committed atrocities since the beginning of time. And YES, many of which was done, “in the name of God”, who has declared themselves as Christians. But, I say that these atrocities were not perpetrated by God, but by evil human beings. Jesus himself said that "many" people who think they are His followers will be rejected by Him when they attempt to claim that they are His disciples. Not all who claim the name of Jesus are actually His disciples.

I also firmly believe that it was Christians,(followers of Christ) and Godly men and women, that built this Country into a Great Nation formed over 230 years ago. They were the ones who practiced the fruit of the Spirits; that being love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control, knowing that against such things there is no law. I would even argue that it has been the atheists that have committed far more atrocities than all Christian groups combined.

Stalin
Stalin

Atrocities

Joseph Stalin lead over 60 million people to their deaths. Karl Marx, Benito Mussolini, Mao Tse-Tung, all, right up there with him.....all were atheist. Even though some people say that Hitler was a Christian, I'm am quite certain, he was not practicing the “fruits of the spirit” when he murdered hundreds of thousand people.

It really seems to me, that many in this country have forgotten all the great things this nation has done, with “God” as our foundation. Starting with the hundreds of thousands of men and women, who died during WWI & WWII, to assure our freedoms and to stop such dictators who had a much different approach to “nation building”. Not to mention all of the benevolent giving to the “least of these” by those who did so in the “name of God”, not just for the people in this country but all people over the world.

James Madison
James Madison

Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD

The Bible tells us, “Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, The people He has chosen as His own inheritance.” Psalm 33:12 and those words were taken to heart by many of our forefathers.

When James Madison said, "We have staked the whole future of American civilization, not upon the power of government, far from it. We have staked the future of all of our political institutions upon the capacity of mankind of self-government; upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to control ourselves, to sustain ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God." And when he went on to say…. "The future and success of America is not in this Constitution, but in the laws of God upon which this Constitution is founded.”

Daniel Webster also once stated that: "If we and our posterity...live always in the fear of God and shall respect His Commandments...we may have the highest hopes of the future fortunes of our country.... But if we...neglect religious instruction and authority; violate the rules of eternal justice, trifle with the injunctions of morality, and recklessly destroy the constitution which holds us together, no man can tell how sudden a catastrophe may overwhelm us and bury all our glory in profound obscurity."

President Eisenhower
President Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Albert Einstien
Albert Einstien

Without God, there could be no American form of Government

On February 20, 1955, Eisenhower stated: "Without God, there could be no American form of Government, nor an American way of life. Recognition of the Supreme Being is the first - the most basic - expression of Americanism."

Even JFK believed our greatness was “in the name of God”. On his inaugural speech he said the following: "The rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God. The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it—and the glow from that fire can truly light the world. And so, my fellow Americans—ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country...Let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth God's work must truly be our own”

Even Albert Einstein, said that, "Being a lover of freedom, when the (Nazi) revolution came, I looked to the universities to defend it, knowing that they had always boasted of their devotion to the cause of truth; but no, the universities were immediately silenced. Then I looked to the great editors of the newspapers, whose flaming editorials in days gone by had proclaimed their love of freedom; but they, like the universities, were silenced in a few short weeks...Only the Church stood squarely across the path of Hitler's campaign for suppressing truth. I never had any special interest in the Church before, but now I feel a great affection and admiration for it because the Church alone has had the courage and persistence to stand for intellectual and moral freedom. I am forced to confess that what I once despised I now praise unreservedly.”

Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan
"If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a Nation gone under."
"If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a Nation gone under."

Sermon on the mount

What I would like to stress is, just how important it is, that the true Christians of this country, does not buckle during these trying times. That now! is the time for all of us, to put God first and foremost in everything we do. Ronald Reagan often reminded us of his vision of America as a "shining city upon a hill." He knew exactly that this referred to Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, where he tells us "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven" (Matthew 5:14).

Those words hold true to this day. But it is up to each Christian to stay true to the teachings laid out to us by God himself. We have a responsibility as American citizens to strive do good works, while glorifying our heavenly Father. To not buckle under being politically correct or being tolerant of what we know is evil. Not to be complacent or lethargic with our daily walk, but be as our forefathers were, and merely do what we know is right.

This may seem corny, but it is indeed how I feel. I am the eternal optimist and fully believe that we can still be a blessed nation.

working

This website uses cookies

As a user in the EEA, your approval is needed on a few things. To provide a better website experience, hubpages.com uses cookies (and other similar technologies) and may collect, process, and share personal data. Please choose which areas of our service you consent to our doing so.

For more information on managing or withdrawing consents and how we handle data, visit our Privacy Policy at: https://corp.maven.io/privacy-policy

Show Details
Necessary
HubPages Device IDThis is used to identify particular browsers or devices when the access the service, and is used for security reasons.
LoginThis is necessary to sign in to the HubPages Service.
Google RecaptchaThis is used to prevent bots and spam. (Privacy Policy)
AkismetThis is used to detect comment spam. (Privacy Policy)
HubPages Google AnalyticsThis is used to provide data on traffic to our website, all personally identifyable data is anonymized. (Privacy Policy)
HubPages Traffic PixelThis is used to collect data on traffic to articles and other pages on our site. Unless you are signed in to a HubPages account, all personally identifiable information is anonymized.
Amazon Web ServicesThis is a cloud services platform that we used to host our service. (Privacy Policy)
CloudflareThis is a cloud CDN service that we use to efficiently deliver files required for our service to operate such as javascript, cascading style sheets, images, and videos. (Privacy Policy)
Google Hosted LibrariesJavascript software libraries such as jQuery are loaded at endpoints on the googleapis.com or gstatic.com domains, for performance and efficiency reasons. (Privacy Policy)
Features
Google Custom SearchThis is feature allows you to search the site. (Privacy Policy)
Google MapsSome articles have Google Maps embedded in them. (Privacy Policy)
Google ChartsThis is used to display charts and graphs on articles and the author center. (Privacy Policy)
Google AdSense Host APIThis service allows you to sign up for or associate a Google AdSense account with HubPages, so that you can earn money from ads on your articles. No data is shared unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy)
Google YouTubeSome articles have YouTube videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy)
VimeoSome articles have Vimeo videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy)
PaypalThis is used for a registered author who enrolls in the HubPages Earnings program and requests to be paid via PayPal. No data is shared with Paypal unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy)
Facebook LoginYou can use this to streamline signing up for, or signing in to your Hubpages account. No data is shared with Facebook unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy)
MavenThis supports the Maven widget and search functionality. (Privacy Policy)
Marketing
Google AdSenseThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Google DoubleClickGoogle provides ad serving technology and runs an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Index ExchangeThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
SovrnThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Facebook AdsThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Amazon Unified Ad MarketplaceThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
AppNexusThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
OpenxThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Rubicon ProjectThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
TripleLiftThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Say MediaWe partner with Say Media to deliver ad campaigns on our sites. (Privacy Policy)
Remarketing PixelsWe may use remarketing pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to advertise the HubPages Service to people that have visited our sites.
Conversion Tracking PixelsWe may use conversion tracking pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to identify when an advertisement has successfully resulted in the desired action, such as signing up for the HubPages Service or publishing an article on the HubPages Service.
Statistics
Author Google AnalyticsThis is used to provide traffic data and reports to the authors of articles on the HubPages Service. (Privacy Policy)
ComscoreComScore is a media measurement and analytics company providing marketing data and analytics to enterprises, media and advertising agencies, and publishers. Non-consent will result in ComScore only processing obfuscated personal data. (Privacy Policy)
Amazon Tracking PixelSome articles display amazon products as part of the Amazon Affiliate program, this pixel provides traffic statistics for those products (Privacy Policy)
ClickscoThis is a data management platform studying reader behavior (Privacy Policy)