Where authority over faith truly rests
A tactic often used in America to separate God from the people and nation He created is the concept known as the “separation of church and state.” This idea is frequently used to justify removing God from public life, most notably from schools and public buildings, such as barring the Ten Commandments from government facilities, including courthouses. This is striking, given that these same courthouses require individuals to place their hands on the Bible when swearing to tell the truth.
Supporters of this argument often point to the U.S. Constitution and note that it does not explicitly mention God. They are correct, but for a specific and important reason. What is often overlooked is that the Declaration of Independence, which explicitly acknowledges God, is a covenant between God and the American people.
It is also crucial to understand that the federal government was created by the states, not the other way around. Each state already had its own constitution at the time, many of which explicitly referenced God. The U.S. Constitution was never intended to replace those state constitutions. Instead, it granted a limited and clearly defined set of powers to the federal government, while all remaining powers were reserved to the states.
These limited authorities are commonly referred to as the eighteen enumerated powers, and none of them pertain to religion or laws concerning our Creator. This principle was clearly articulated by James Madison in Federalist No. 45, where he wrote:
“The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite.”
The Founders believed that the states retained the right to govern themselves in all matters outside those few enumerated powers. This is precisely why God and religion are not explicitly mentioned in the U.S. Constitution, not because faith was excluded from public life, but because it was understood to fall under the authority of the states and the people, not the federal government.
However, some seek to transform “freedom of religion” into “freedom from religion,” an outcome that was never the intent of the Founders. When the U.S. Supreme Court addressed the concept of the “separation of church and state” in Everson vs. Board of Education (1947), describing it as a “wall of separation,” the Court reached that conclusion only by disregarding thousands of documents and writings from the Founding era. This included statements from the first Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, John Jay, who wrote:
“Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers, and it is the duty, as well as the privilege and interest, of our Christian nation to select and prefer Christians for their rulers.”
Our Founders, including Chief Justice John Jay, understood that America was a Christian nation at its founding. Even the phrase “church and state” reflects this reality. The concept is not “synagogue and state,” “temple and state,” or “mosque and state”; it is “church and state.”
This distinction exists for a specific historical reason. The concept arose to prevent one Christian denomination from controlling, restricting, or diminishing what other Christian denominations could believe or practice. It was never the intention of the Founders to reject America's Christian foundation or to remove Christianity from public life, but rather to preserve religious freedom among Christian believers.
The notion of the separation of church and state is deeply flawed, a point thoroughly examined by constitutional attorney John Whitehead in his book The Separation Illusion. I highly recommend that you read this book.
Ultimately, you have a choice: Will you believe God, or will you believe man?
Your answer will shape not only your future in this life, but also your eternal destiny in the life to come.
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The call to Restore America's Foundation has been ignored for more than one hundred years, which is far too long. We have allowed politicians, activists, and rogue courts to remove God from our schools, agencies, and the public square. Look at what is being taught in many schools today. It's unbelievable. We need to reverse all of this and the only way to accomplish that task is through prayer and education.
