Celebrate America
Sunday, July 4, 2021
Scott Howard
Why I celebrate America today…
1. God has consistently blessed America— Psalms 33:12… “Blessed is the nation whose
God is the Lord; and the people whom He hath chosen for His own inheritance.”
God has blessed our nation, over, and over, and over, and we are asking Him to bless us once
again. Not because we deserve it, but because He is a God of mercy, and grace, and
kindness, and He delights in showing mercy…
*Review modern human history, you will see that… The freedoms, abundance, and liberties
we have enjoyed cannot be understood in any way other than having come from the hand
of God.
*We are a people with a country! We are a people with a mighty God! We are a people
with a future, filled with possibility, if we will once again turn in humility and honor
Almighty God and continue to recognize Him as our source.
*My prayer…Thank you Lord for our country…and…God bless America, again!
2. Our nation is unique…
It was founded upon biblical principles by people with a desire to find an
opportunity to worship the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, without interference
from a king or a state church.
They weren’t perfect…but they wanted a country based on a Judeo-Christian
worldview, derived from the Bible. We cannot afford to forget our past— good and
bad…
Christians have led the fight for the poor, for children, for women, and for the
abolition of slavery.
52 of the 55 signers of the Declaration of Independence were orthodox, deeply
committed Christians… And…The other three all believed in the Bible as divine
truth, and in the God of Scripture and in His personal intervention in history.
It’s the same Congress that formed the American Bible Society. Immediately after
creating the Declaration of Independence, the Continental Congress voted to
purchase and import 20,000 copies of Scripture for the people of this nation.
*We have a culture that runs deep with Christian values. Freedom, honesty, hard
work, sacrifice, integrity, and generosity are not encouraged, or even applauded, in
every culture.
God loves people from every nation, race, language, and tribe. But…I believe… The
United States is a unique representation of the grace and mercy of God. We are
unique among the nations of the world— both in our history and our founding
documents— and in the mission of faith from which our nation was birthed. It doesn’t
mean that we are perfect or that our history is perfect. But…In our complaints and
bitterness about our own nation… we can overlook what the rest of the world is like…
The nations of the world do not enjoy the liberties and the freedoms, the abundance,
and the opportunities that we take for granted. If it were universal in scope, there
wouldn’t be millions of people making terrific sacrifices to come to this nation.
I have freedom—to vote, to speak, to travel, to live.
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