A Christian Nation

The Mayflower was quickly approaching land. Realizing that when they reached land they would need some agreement on social order, this group of a little more than 100 settlers penned the Mayflower Compact and signed it on November 11, 1620. This became the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. After a simple greeting the document states the explicit purpose of their voyage: “Having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith, and honor of our King and Country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia.”
By reading our historical records we quickly discover the truth that this nation was founded for the expressed purpose of spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ. These people were missionaries; they recognized that they were ambassadors of Christ who had been given a ministry of reconciliation.
This is exactly what Paul reminded us of in 2 Corinthians 5:18-20. After reminding us of the glorious salvation we have received in Christ, making us new creations by faith, he says, “All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.”
Friends, a part of the reason we have lost our way as a nation is because we, Christ’s own disciples, have forsaken our duty to preach the Gospel to people who need to hear it and be saved. Oh, how we need a revival of evangelism. Surely all of us know someone who needs to hear about Someone Who will save anyone!
If we hope to receive God’s favor upon our land we must come before Him with contrite hearts, seeking His face and His will. We need the humility expressed in Daniel’s prayer. You remember that Daniel was in exile with the people of Israel, and through his reading of Scripture he concluded that the time of exile was nearly over. So, he turned to God in prayer, with fasting, and prayed this prayer found in Daniel 9:4-8. I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed: “O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps his covenant of love with all who love him and obey his commands, we have sinned and done wrong. We have been wicked and have rebelled; we have turned away from your commands and laws. We have not listened to your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, our princes and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. Lord, you are righteous, but this day we are covered with shame —the men of Judah and people of Jerusalem and all Israel, both near and far, in all the countries where you have scattered us because of our unfaithfulness to you. O LORD, we and our kings, our princes and our fathers are covered with shame because we have sinned against you.”
The truth is that if we don’t evangelize and make disciples for the Lord Jesus Christ it won’t matter what kind of government they live under. Republicrat, Democublican, Independent or Tea Party won’t matter at all in eternity. Only in the Name of Christ Jesus can people find

A STEADFAST HOPE