Restoration of The Nation - Lesson 1

 

 

1 Peter 5:10 In his kindness God called you to his eternal glory by means of Jesus Christ. After you have suffered a little while, he will restore, support, and strengthen you, and he will place you on a firm foundation.   (NLT)

 

Restoration should be the language of the Church of Jesus Christ.

 

As the Church of Jesus Christ, we have a responsibility to the Nation where God has placed us.

 

We are the light of this Nation.

 

GOVERNMENT  IS  GOD’S IDEA

 

1 Sam 3:19-22 As Samuel grew up, the LORD was with him, and everything Samuel said was wise and helpful.  All the people of Israel from one end of the land to the other knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the LORD.  The LORD continued to appear at Shiloh and gave messages to Samuel there at the Tabernacle.  And Samuel's words went out to all the people of Israel. (NLT)

 

1 Sam 8:1-5 As Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons to be judges over Israel.  Joel and Abijah, his oldest sons, held court in Beersheba.  But they were not like their father, for they were greedy for money. They accepted bribes and perverted justice.  Finally, the leaders of Israel met at Ramah to discuss the matter with Samuel.  "Look," they told him, "you are now old, and your sons are not like you. Give us a king like all the other nations have." (NLT)

 

1 Sam 8:6-9 Samuel was very upset with their request and went to the LORD for advice.  "Do as they say," the LORD replied, "for it is me they are rejecting, not you. They don't want me to be their king any longer.  Ever since I brought them from Egypt they have continually forsaken me and followed other gods. And now they are giving you the same treatment.  Do as they ask, but solemnly warn them about how a king will treat them." (NLT)

 

1 Sam 8:11-18 "This is how a king will treat you," Samuel said. "The king will draft your sons into his army and make them run before his chariots.  Some will be commanders of his troops, while others will be slave laborers. Some will be forced to plow in his fields and harvest his crops, while others will make his weapons and chariot equipment.

The king will take your daughters from you and force them to cook and bake and make perfumes for him.  He will take away the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his own servants.  He will take a tenth of your harvest and distribute it among his officers and attendants.  He will want your male and female slaves and demand the finest of your cattle and donkeys for his own use.  He will demand a tenth of your flocks, and you will be his slaves.  When that day comes, you will beg for relief from this king you are demanding, but the LORD will not help you."   (NLT)

 

Monarchy

 

A government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of a monarch who reigns over a state or territory, usually for life and by hereditary right; the monarch may be either a sole absolute ruler or a sovereign - such as a king, queen, or prince.

 

Oligarchy

 

A form of government in which power effectively rests with a small elite segment of society distinguished by royal, wealth, intellectual, family, military, or religious  influence. Such states are often controlled by politically powerful families whose children are heavily conditioned and mentored to be heirs of the power.

 

Democracy

 

A political system in which government is either carried out by the people governed, or the power to govern is granted by them to elected representatives. Without responsible government or constitutional protections of individual liberties from democratic power it is possible for dissenting individuals to be oppressed by the "tyranny of the majority".

 

Republic

 

A  form of government in which the head of state is not a monarch and the people  have an impact on its government.  In republics such as the US the executive is legitimated both by a constitution and by popular elections.

 

Anarchy

 

A political philosophy encompassing theories and attitudes which consider the state, as compulsory government, to be unnecessary, harmful, and/or undesirable, and favors the absence of the state.  It implies a nation “without rulers.”

 

Judges 21:25 In those days Israel had no king, so the people did whatever seemed right in their own eyes. (NLT)

 

Principles of Good Government

 

You cannot make a weak man strong by making a strong man weak.

 

"Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have ... The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases.“

 

 --Thomas Jefferson

 

"The foundation of our national policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principles of private morality; ...the propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right which Heaven itself has ordained..." 

 

George Washington, First Inaugural, April 30 1789

 

"Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."  

 

 --John Adams

 

The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government."

 

 --Patrick Henry

 

"Government is not reason; it is not eloquence. It is force. And force, like fire, is a dangerous servant and a fearful master."  

 

 --George Washington

 

 

Psalms 33:12-15 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, The people He has chosen as His own inheritance.  The LORD looks from heaven; He sees all the sons of men.  From the place of His dwelling He looks On all the inhabitants of the earth;  He fashions their hearts individually; He considers all their works.

 

The Lord God Almighty

 

I CAN’T - HE CAN - I’M GOING TO LET HIM

 

 Restoration of The Nation - Lesson 2

 

 

1 Peter 5:10 In his kindness God called you to his eternal glory by means of Jesus Christ. After you have suffered a little while, he will restore, support, and strengthen you, and he will place you on a firm foundation.   (NLT)

 

Restoration should be the language of the Church of Jesus Christ.

 

As the Church of Jesus Christ, we have a responsibility to the Nation where God has placed us.

 

We are the light of this Nation.

 

GOVERNMENT  IS  GOD’S IDEA

 

1 Sam 3:19-22 As Samuel grew up, the LORD was with him, and everything Samuel said was wise and helpful.  All the people of Israel from one end of the land to the other knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the LORD.  The LORD continued to appear at Shiloh and gave messages to Samuel there at the Tabernacle.  And Samuel's words went out to all the people of Israel. (NLT)

 

1 Sam 8:11-18 "This is how a king will treat you," Samuel said. "The king will draft your sons into his army and make them run before his chariots.  Some will be commanders of his troops, while others will be slave laborers. Some will be forced to plow in his fields and harvest his crops, while others will make his weapons and chariot equipment.

The king will take your daughters from you and force them to cook and bake and make perfumes for him.  He will take away the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his own servants.  He will take a tenth of your harvest and distribute it among his officers and attendants.  He will want your male and female slaves and demand the finest of your cattle and donkeys for his own use.  He will demand a tenth of your flocks, and you will be his slaves.  When that day comes, you will beg for relief from this king you are demanding, but the LORD will not help you."   (NLT)

 

Principles of Good Government

You cannot make a weak man strong by making a strong man weak.  Abraham Lincoln

 

"Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have ... The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases.“

--Thomas Jefferson

 

"The foundation of our national policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principles of private morality; ...the propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right which Heaven itself has ordained..." 

   --George Washington, First Inaugural, April 30 1789

 

"Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."  

--John Adams

 

The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government."

--Patrick Henry

 

"Government is not reason; it is not eloquence. It is force. And force, like fire, is a dangerous servant and a fearful master."  

--George Washington

 

Psalms 33:12-15 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, The people He has chosen as His own inheritance.  The LORD looks from heaven; He sees all the sons of men.  From the place of His dwelling He looks On all the inhabitants of the earth;  He fashions their hearts individually; He considers all their works.

--The Lord God Almighty

 

Heritage

 

As our nation’s Founders designed their plan for a more perfect union, they understood that the success of a modern republic would require more than a political document like the Constitution.  From their study of history, the Founders had learned of the pitfalls of republics before this one.  They concluded that even the Constitution alone could not curb individual selfishness.  They believed that virtues were necessary for sustaining the American experiment.  Their fervent prayers were an integral part of the birth of our nation. 

 

As a testament to this, Samuel Adams declared on August 2, 1776 as other members of the Continental Congress were still signing the Declaration of Independence,

 

“We have this day restored the Sovereign to Whom all men ought to be obedient.  He reigns in heaven and from the rising to the setting of the sun, let His kingdom come.”

 

President John Quincy Adams

 

When he delivered a Fourth of July speech at Newburyport, Massachusetts in 1837:

“Why is it that, next to the birthday of the Savior of the world, your most joyous and most venerated festival returns on this day [the Fourth of July]?”  “Is it not that, in the chain of human events, the birthday of the nation is indissolubly linked with the birthday of the Savior? That it forms a leading event in the progress of the Gospel dispensation? Is it not that the Declaration of Independence first organized the social compact on the

foundation of the Redeemer’s mission upon earth? That it laid the cornerstone of human government upon the first precepts of Christianity”?

 

 

 

JAMES MADISON’S PROPOSAL TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION – 1787

 

At the Constitutional Convention of 1787, James Madison proposed the plan to divide the central government into three branches:

a) JUDICIAL,   b) LEGISLATIVE, and   c) EXECUTIVE.   

 

He discovered this model of government from the Perfect Governor, as he read          Isaiah 33:22;

 

“For the LORD is our judge,

the LORD is our lawgiver,

the LORD is our king;

 

GEORGE WASHINGTON’S THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION

 

The words of George Washington on October 3, 1789

 

“Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor — and whereas both Houses of Congress have by their joint Committee requested me “to recommend to the People of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness.”

 

Psalms 11:1-7 In the LORD I put my trust; How can you say to my soul, "Flee as a bird to your mountain"?  For look! The wicked bend their bow, They make ready their arrow on the string, That they may shoot secretly at the upright in heart.  If the foundations are destroyed, What can the righteous do?  The LORD is in His holy temple, The LORD’s throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, His eyelids test the sons of men.  The LORD tests the righteous, But the wicked and the one who loves violence His soul hates.  Upon the wicked He will rain coals; Fire and brimstone and a burning wind Shall be the portion of their cup.  For the LORD is righteous, He loves righteousness; His countenance beholds the upright.  (NKJV)

 

 

 

I CAN’T - HE CAN - I’M GOING TO LET HIM