"And do not forget the things I have done throughout history. For I am God -- I alone! I am God, and there is no one else like me."
I am one who believes history repeats itself and that if man does not study and learn from it he will repeat the same mistakes over and over. In the New Testament we are told that everything Israel went through was for us to learn and benefit from. Throughout the Old Testament we are shown how Israel was continuously turning away from God, going through judgment, then repenting and turning to Him for deliverance.
God has told us over and over to teach our children the things He has done for Israel so that they will have faith in Him to meet their every need. It was not just so they would go to Him for their needs but that they would desire to know Him as their Father not just their provider. The scripture says that Moses knew His ways but the people only knew his works. The people knew He would deliver them and provide for them but they did not know why He did. Moses knew not only what He would and could do but why He did because he had a relationship with Him.
I believe the Church has a responsibility to teach not only our young people but everyone the necessity of knowing history so that we do not repeat it. If we encourage the study of history and God's role in it we will be able to avoid much suffering. I believe that if our children and their parents are taught the history of America and the role God played in establishing her as a light to the world there would be a revival of patriotism and of gratefulness to Him for His blessings on us.
Very few Churches teach about the faith of our founders and how their trust in Him and His provision for them as they fought for liberty was, to them, evident in many miraculous interventions against a seemingly insurmountable adversary. We have left the education of our children to politicians who have and are rewriting history to eliminate any possibility of a god playing a role in Americas founding. We have left the truth that Paul, Peter and Jesus all taught history as well as the gospel, in fact they very often taught history as a lead in to the gospel message. (Romans 15:4)
The gospel of Jesus Christ is the power of God for salvation without question but part of that message is history, and part of the history that must be taught includes America and God's role in establishing her. That message must be taught in our Sunday Schools and from the pulpit. The goal is not to exalt America but to show how God intervened on her behalf. It is a Biblical principle and indeed a command of God to teach history to our children. He requires that we teach history not just so we would know about Him but that we would "Know" Him personally.
Each trial a nation goes through is a test for them. In Israel's case they failed the test many times and because of those failures they wondered in the desert for 40 years. The lesson learned is that God will not allow failure from those He has chosen and established, both as nations and individuals, He just keeps giving the tests over until success is achieved. If we continue to ignore the responsibility to educate our people we are likely to condemn our nation to undue suffering.....
I am one who believes history repeats itself and that if man does not study and learn from it he will repeat the same mistakes over and over. In the New Testament we are told that everything Israel went through was for us to learn and benefit from. Throughout the Old Testament we are shown how Israel was continuously turning away from God, going through judgment, then repenting and turning to Him for deliverance.
God has told us over and over to teach our children the things He has done for Israel so that they will have faith in Him to meet their every need. It was not just so they would go to Him for their needs but that they would desire to know Him as their Father not just their provider. The scripture says that Moses knew His ways but the people only knew his works. The people knew He would deliver them and provide for them but they did not know why He did. Moses knew not only what He would and could do but why He did because he had a relationship with Him.
I believe the Church has a responsibility to teach not only our young people but everyone the necessity of knowing history so that we do not repeat it. If we encourage the study of history and God's role in it we will be able to avoid much suffering. I believe that if our children and their parents are taught the history of America and the role God played in establishing her as a light to the world there would be a revival of patriotism and of gratefulness to Him for His blessings on us.
Very few Churches teach about the faith of our founders and how their trust in Him and His provision for them as they fought for liberty was, to them, evident in many miraculous interventions against a seemingly insurmountable adversary. We have left the education of our children to politicians who have and are rewriting history to eliminate any possibility of a god playing a role in Americas founding. We have left the truth that Paul, Peter and Jesus all taught history as well as the gospel, in fact they very often taught history as a lead in to the gospel message. (Romans 15:4)
The gospel of Jesus Christ is the power of God for salvation without question but part of that message is history, and part of the history that must be taught includes America and God's role in establishing her. That message must be taught in our Sunday Schools and from the pulpit. The goal is not to exalt America but to show how God intervened on her behalf. It is a Biblical principle and indeed a command of God to teach history to our children. He requires that we teach history not just so we would know about Him but that we would "Know" Him personally.
Each trial a nation goes through is a test for them. In Israel's case they failed the test many times and because of those failures they wondered in the desert for 40 years. The lesson learned is that God will not allow failure from those He has chosen and established, both as nations and individuals, He just keeps giving the tests over until success is achieved. If we continue to ignore the responsibility to educate our people we are likely to condemn our nation to undue suffering.....
Dr. D. James Kennedy, God rest his soul, taught American history and patriotism from the pulpit.
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