Revival in the Land

Without fear of contradiction I say that all of us agree that there needs to be a Revival in the Land. There is no doubt that this nation has enjoyed the favor of God for over 200 years; and there is also no doubt that we are exhibiting some of the same patterns Israel followed in their long relationship with Jehovah God. They reveled in His favor and then abandoned Him as their God, then returned to Him in repentance only to turn away again. However, at each turn and with each rejection God continued to hold out life and favor to His people.
I believe with all my heart that there is a way America can once again obtain God’s blessing. Friends, there is no doubt that all of us are grieved over the rancor of partisan politics, the self-indulgent materialism that surrounds us, the rampant indecency, vulgarity, flaunting of sinful behavior and simple lack of common courtesy and respect for one another. But all our efforts to support life, to bring about justice, to support those things that are good and to reject evil and corruption will avail us nothing unless we maintain our devotion to the truth of the Word.
Most of us know that this country started out long before 1776. There were colonies established nearly two centuries prior to the signing of the Declaration of Independence. You had Roanoke, the Lost Colony in North Carolina and you had two significant landings in Jamestown and at Plymouth Rock. But why did these people come here? We have always been told that America was founded because we wanted to be free to worship as we pleased. That was part of it. But historical records from the first settlers clearly reveal that the goal was evangelism. In earlier posts we have noted the First Charter of Virginia and the Mayflower Compact which clearly have evangelistic overtones.
Another element of our founding was the moral and theological beliefs of the Founding Fathers. The people who played a pivotal and vital role in the founding of America were beyond question Christians. Even a cursory reading of their last wills and testaments will tell you that for these men’s lives the model was Christ.
Samuel Adams wrote, “Principally and first of all, I recommend my soul to that Almighty Being who gave it and my body I commit to the dust, relying on the merits of Jesus Christ for a pardon of all my sins.”
Gabriel Duvall, a delegate to the Constitutional Convention and later U.S. Supreme Court Justice, wrote in his will, “I resign my soul into the hands of the Almighty who gave it in humble hopes of his mercy through our Savior Jesus Christ.”
Patrick Henry, “This is all the inheritance I can give to my dear family. The religion of Jesus Christ can give them one which will make them rich indeed.”
Friends, these are names with which we ought to be familiar and these testimonies ought to be embedded in our minds. They certainly aren’t the vague innocuous writings of men who had no faith. Did you know that 24 of the 55 Signers of the Declaration of Independence were ministers of the Gospel of Christ? Did you know that the first Speaker of the House of Representatives was a minister of the Gospel of Christ? Did you know that 95% of the 56 Signers were members of some mainline evangelical Church? These were men who knew Christ and preached Christ; men who wanted to see Christ exalted and His Gospel taught. Because only through the Gospel of Christ can future generations obtain
A STEADFAST HOPE!