Righteous Responsibility

Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.
Proverbs 14:34

Someone has said, “That all that is necessary for evil to triumph, is for the righteous to do nothing.” We have the ability and the responsibility to do what is right, to change the direction our state and nation is heading, but it seems like most people don’t have the will to do it."

Many Christian people want nothing to do with public life because it seems corrupt and dirty. Yet, is it possible that political life has degenerated because people with strong moral standards have shunned it?

The Bible has some surprising messages for us about our duty to our government--

Romans 13:1-7 God has established the civil authorities.

Thomas Jefferson “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 a gift of God? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that His justice cannot sleep forever."

Now think about what Jefferson said. This quote contradicts those historical revisionists who contend that Jefferson wanted a “wall of separation” to protect the government from people.

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.”

Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas “We are a religious people whose institutions presuppose a Supreme Being.”

Separation of church and state, was never intended to keep God out of our government, but to keep the government out of the church !