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The ideas presented below, I believe, are not just “American” ideas, but are ideas which we should all embrace. The foundation on which the United States was built upon has created a system in which we can freely worship God, or freely ignore him. This is the only kind of system which can be possible; otherwise it is fake and artificial. Take the time to read through these excerpts of the “Charters of Freedom”

IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776.
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America,
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security… We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States… [The Declaration of Independence]

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. [The opening of the U.S. Constitution]

Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. [The infamous freedom of speech and “separation of church and state” amendment]

Selected text from George Bush SR’s State of the Union Address Jan 31, 1990 (To be read with emphasis, hyphens – create dramatic pause, bold words emphasized, /// longer pauses for effect)

AND ONE YEAR AGO, ERICH HONECKER OF EAST GERMANY CLAIMED HISTORY AS HIS GUIDE. HE PREDICTED THE BERLIN WALL WOULD LAST ANOTHER HUNDRED YEARS. TODAY – -- LESS THAN ONE YEAR LATER - - IT’S THE WALL THAT’S HISTORY.
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REMARKABLE EVENTS - - EVENTS THAT FUFILL THE LONG-HELD HOPES OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE… EVENTS THAT VALIDATE THE LONG-STANDING GOALS OF AMERICAN POLICY - - A POLICY BASED ON A SINGLE, SHINING PRINCIPLE: THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM

AMERICA - - NOT JUST THE NATION - - BUT AN IDEA. // ALIVE IN THE MINDS OF PEOPLE EVERYWHERE. AS THIS NEW WORLD TAKES SHAPE, AMERICA STANDS AT THE CENTER OF A WIDENING CIRCLE OF FREEDOM - - TODAY, TOMORROW AND INTO THE NEXT CENTURY. //

OUR NATION IS THE ENDURING DREAM OF EVERY IMMIGRANT WHO EVER SET FOOT ON THESE SHORES - - AND THE MILLIONS STILL STRUGGLING TO BE FREE. THIS NATION – - THIS IDEA CALLED AMERCIA - - WAS AND ALWAYS WILL BE - - A NEW WORLD. OUR NEW WORLD. ///

AT A WORKERS’ RALLY - - IN A PLACE CALLED BRANIK (BRAH-NEEK) ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF PRAUGUE - - THE IDEA CALLED AMERICA IS ALIVE. A WORKER, DRESSED IN GRIMY OVERALLS, RISES TO SPEAK AT THE FACTORY GATES. HE BEGINS HIS SPEECH TO HIS FELLOW CITIZENS WITH THESE WORDS - - WORDS OF A DISTANT REVOLUTION:

“WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT. THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL, THAT THEY ARE ENDOWED BY THEIR CREATOR WITH CERTAIN UNALIENABLE RIGHTS, [AND] THAT AMONG THESE ARE LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.” ///

It seems we “Americans” have left our original text somewhere behind, just as some of us “Christians” have left our original text. We must know the culture in which the text was written, and understand what it meant to them, and that those ideas still apply to us today.

The Government is meant to serve the people, not for the people to serve the Government. Our Lord, Jesus, came to serve us and set us free; so we can live in even deeper security and greater freedom with God.