Why do you believe that man can rule himself? The last time I posted that was the question I left you with… So did you come up with an answer? Would it surprise you that the question has already been answered? That all we have to do is look to our history, and the explanation is there?
First one other citation from 1 Samuel… “Grant the people’s every request. It is not you they reject, they are rejecting me as their king. As they have treated me constantly from the day I brought them out of Egypt to this day, deserting me and worshiping strange gods.” (1 Samuel 8: 7-8) So says the Lord. Looks like the Israelites forgot they already had a king, the King of kings.
Man cannot rule himself.
In the beginning, in a garden, man was able to rule himself, but the father of lies used an apple to show us evil, to lead us to darkness. Our parents used their free will to choose to listen to the father of lies to ignore Gods law. We were fallen; we lost our ability to rule ourselves.
We were fallen, but not forgotten. The Word become flesh became the new Adam, to re-open the Kingdom, to reconcile us with the King of kings. So you ask what does this have to do with the divide in our country. What does this have to do with the question can man rule himself?
Man alone cannot rule himself. We are fallen, but thru Jesus the door of the Kingdom is opened, “He who obeys the commandments he has from me is the man who loves me; and he who loves me will be loved by the father.” (John 14: 21) Without God and obeying his law, the law of nature for He created nature and its laws, man cannot rule himself! Don’t believe me; well would you prefer to hear it from our founders?
"We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion . . . Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." John Adams
“[T]he only foundation for a useful education in a republic is to be aid in religion. Without this there can be no virtue, and without virtue there can be no liberty, and liberty is the object and life of all republican governments.” Benjamin Rush
"[F]or avoiding the extremes of despotism or anarchy . . . the only ground of hope must be on the morals of the people. I believe that religion is the only solid base of morals and those morals are the only possible support of free governments.” Governor Morris
"The Bible is the best of all books, for it is the word of God and teaches us the way to be happy in this world and in the next. Continue therefore to read it and to regulate your life by its precepts." John Jay
"Human law must rest its authority ultimately upon the authority of that law which is divine. . . . Far from being rivals or enemies, religion and law are twin sisters, friends, and mutual assistants. Indeed, these two sciences run into each other." James Wilson
"All the miseries and evils which men suffer from vice, crime, ambition, injustice, oppression, slavery, and war, proceed from their despising or neglecting the precepts contained in the Bible." Noah Webster
"Men, in a word, must necessarily be controlled either by a power within them or by a power without them; either by the Word of God or by the strong arm of man; either by the Bible or by the bayonet." Robert Winthrop
[O]nly a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." Ben Franklin
"Religion and morality are the essential pillars of civil society." George Washington
"Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim tribute to patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness -- these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens. . . . reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principles." George Washington
I could go on and lay down more quotes, but I think you get the point.
So what am I saying that we need to become a theocracy? That we need to institute religious rules and laws to replace the constitution? Well again history holds the answer…
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