“Of all the dispositions and habits that lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports.”
George Washington’s Farewell Address to the nation in 1796
For decades, Christians have believed that the phrase “separation of church and state” is Biblical or at least it is engraved in the U.S. Constitution. It is not.
What Jefferson called a “wall of separation” in referring to religion and government, Madison called a “line,” describing the separate institutions of government and religion. The fact is that government is the flow of power and force. To the Founders, ‘religion’ represented the Biblical principles that direct the flow. They knew that the power must flow in the channel of truth. Secularists declare a separation between church and state to prevent principles they do not agree with to bear on public policy, preferring man’s finite wisdom to God’s infinite truth.
Teach the Children:
1. The Creator of the laws that govern the universe established moral absolutes that allow men to be free, productive, and righteous in their conduct.
2. Those laws are enumerated in the Bible for our use in governing ourselves both individually and corporately.
3. A nation to be free is governed by the absolutes of natural and moral law as given by God.
Thomas Jefferson [1743-1826] wrote: “When once a republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”
Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who practices sin is a slave to sin. The slave does not remain in the house forever; the son remains forever. So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.” John 8:34-35