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Liberty Is a Four-Letter Word…

Liberty Is a Four-Letter Word…. Mark Matta PreserveLiberty.com. PreserveLiberty.com and Public Awareness Ministries. MISSION: To equip people of faith to remember and fulfill the Biblical mandate to: SELECT God-fearing leaders & PRAY for those in authority….

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Liberty Is a Four-Letter Word…

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  1. Liberty Is a Four-Letter Word… Mark Matta PreserveLiberty.com PreserveLiberty.com

  2. PreserveLiberty.com and Public Awareness Ministries MISSION: To equip people of faith to remember and fulfill the Biblical mandate to: • SELECT God-fearing leaders & • PRAY for those in authority… PreserveLiberty.com

  3. America’s Second Civic War… We are at war and everything we hold dear is under attack: • God and His principles • Innocent life • Marriage and family • Morality How is it that the Judeo-Christian majority loses so many battles…? PreserveLiberty.com

  4. Christian Inaction (Forgetting Our Biblical Duty) Is the Major Problem… • Wallbuilders.com reported that only about 1 out of 4 evangelical Christians voted in the 2000 election… • The Judeo-Christian community has the resources to win, but do we have the resolve? PreserveLiberty.com

  5. Consider the Following:(Key Idea #1) • America was founded on Christian principles from which has flowed the greatest liberty for the individual ever known in history! PreserveLiberty.com

  6. Snapshots of America’s Christian Heritage … 80-to-85% of all missionaries that have gone out to the world in the Name of Christ over the past 200 years have come from America (as well as the majority of humanitarian aid). --Mayflower Institute PreserveLiberty.com

  7. Snapshots of America’s Christian Heritage … • 52 of the 55 Founding Fathers who worked on the Constitution were members of orthodox Christian churches and many were evangelical Christians. PreserveLiberty.com

  8. Snapshots of America’s Christian Heritage … • A study conducted at the University of Houston involving a huge sample of over 15,000 writings revealed that 94% of the Founders’ quotes were directly or indirectly based on the Bible. PreserveLiberty.com

  9. Snapshots of America’s Christian Heritage … • Key components of our governmental structure are derived from Scripture: • Rationale for the Separation of Powerscomes from Jeremiah 17:9 • Structure for the Three-Branch System of Government comes from Isaiah 33:22 and • Tax Exemptions for Churchescomes from Ezra 7:24. PreserveLiberty.com

  10. Snapshots of America’s Christian Heritage … • Our Founders instituted prayer at the beginning of every session of Congress and a Chaplain system in Congress and the military. • Every session of the US Supreme Court opens with “God save this honorable court.” PreserveLiberty.com

  11. Snapshots of America’s Christian Heritage … • The Motto of the American Revolution was “No King but King Jesus!” • The Bible was called “America’s Political Textbook.” PreserveLiberty.com

  12. Snapshots of America’s Christian Heritage … • Noah Webstersaid: “The religion that has introduced civil liberty is the religion of Christ and His apostles… No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights… of a free people.” PreserveLiberty.com

  13. Snapshots of America’s Christian Heritage … • John Quincy Adams said:“Is it not that, in the chain of human events, the birthday of the nation is indissolubly linked with the birthday of the Savior? Is it not that the Declaration of Independence… laid the cornerstone of human government upon the first precepts of Christianity?” PreserveLiberty.com

  14. Snapshots of America’s Christian Heritage … • The Mayflower Compact, (Nov. 20, 1620) is the American Covenant, that is, the document which organized (for the first time in history) a civil government with linkage to the Great Commission and based on the principle of Christian self-government! PreserveLiberty.com

  15. Snapshots of America’s Christian Heritage … • Our Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776, makes four direct references to God and our need for His help! • Our USConstitution was ratified on September 17 “in the Year of our Lord” 1787 (Article VII, attestation)! • Our National Motto is “In God We Trust” PreserveLiberty.com

  16. Christian principles of Gov’t. Foundational to America • 1. God-granted unalienable rights to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness (private property). PreserveLiberty.com

  17. Christian principles of Gov’t. Foundational to America • 2.A Government model based on the idea that man is fallen and capable of wickedness, hence the need to separate powers. • 3.God’s Principle of Individuality (Unique value and purpose of individuals and individual nations). PreserveLiberty.com

  18. Christian principles of Gov’t. Foundational to America • 4. The Christian Principle of Self-Government. (Christian self-government is the SEED of ALL liberty). • 5.America’s Heritage of ChristianCharacter. (Liberty moral leaders accountability to God) PreserveLiberty.com

  19. Christian principles of Gov’t. Foundational to America • 6.Principle of Private Property with Conscience being the Most Sacred of All Property. • 7.Christian Form of Our Government: a Constitutional Republic based on the principles listed above. PreserveLiberty.com

  20. Christian principles of Gov’t. Foundational to America • 8.Importance of the home in maintaining religious, economic, and civil liberty by instructing the next generation about these principles. • 9.The Christian Principle of American Political Union (e.g. our voluntarily working together). PreserveLiberty.com

  21. A Word of Warning… • Without these Christian principles, there can be no liberty in America. WE must understand these principles, teach them to our children, and work to advance them at home, in church, and in civil government, otherwise they and the liberty they beget will be lost. PreserveLiberty.com

  22. A Word of Warning… • If America’s liberty is lost, it will not be because some foreign or domestic enemy has overpowered us. It will be because we failed to obey the Biblical mandate to advance Christian principles in public policy through proactive prayer and voting to select God-fearing leaders. PreserveLiberty.com

  23. Consider the Following:(Key Idea #2) 2. IF we are to preserve America’s Christian foundation (the source of her liberty), people of faith must remember and fulfill the Biblical mandate to: SELECT God-fearing leaders and PRAY for those in authority. PreserveLiberty.com

  24. Consider the Following:(Key Idea #3) 3. To assure consistent prayer and action toward selecting God-fearing leaders, it is vital to establish ongoing local Public Awareness Ministry groups in each city… PreserveLiberty.com

  25. What is Public Awareness Ministries…? • The preservation of America’s Christian foundation blesses people of ALL faiths with liberty and security. • 1.PUBLIC – our focus is the public policy/civil government sphere • 2.AWARENESS of moral and public policy issues begets prayer and action • 3.MINISTRY is an ongoing effort at least once a month (not a “project” or “event”). PreserveLiberty.com

  26. Public Awareness Ministries’ Scriptural Public Policy Goals: • Select God-fearing leaders • Protect innocent life • Protect marriage and family • Oppose immorality These are Scriptural, not partisan, objectives. PreserveLiberty.com

  27. Public Awareness Ministries Prayer, Equipping, Working… • Born of PRAYER, inviting God’s presence and help • EQUIPPING with Biblical principles of government and civic duty • WORKING to select God-fearing leaders (via non-partisan voter education, registration, and local voter guides) PreserveLiberty.com

  28. Free Resources Available atPreserveLiberty.com PreserveLiberty.com

  29. Free Resources Available atPreserveLiberty.com • The Public Awareness Ministries Handbook (15 pages) provides Biblical reasoning and a plan for establishing ongoing local Public Awareness Ministry groups including information about: ·America’s Christian history and foundation ·The Biblical blueprint for liberty ·Our Biblically-defined civic duties • A government prayer guide and more! PreserveLiberty.com

  30. Free Resources Available atPreserveLiberty.com • Brad Dacus’ (PJI) letter to pastors outlining what churches and pastors CAN DO to advance Christian principles and leaders in government • Party Platforms Summary (one page) to learn about the two major parties • Voter Guides (Eagle Forum, TVC, CC)! Let’s create local voter guides! PreserveLiberty.com

  31. There is a 3-Ingredient Biblical “Recipe” for Advancing Liberty… PreserveLiberty.com

  32. What Must I Do Today to Advance Christian Liberty? • Evangelism • Education / Discipleship (including government & civic duty) • Public Policy Participation: • Select God-fearing leaders • Pray for those in authority PreserveLiberty.com

  33. Biblical “If-Then” Statements: If We Select God-Fearing Leaders Then Our Nation Will Be Blessed and Free! • “Of the increase of His government and peace, there will be no end…” [Is. 9:7a] • “Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD…"[Psalm 33:12] • “Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people. [Proverbs 14:34] • “When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; but when a wicked man rules, the people groan.” [Proverbs 29:2] PreserveLiberty.com

  34. Linkage Between Individual Action and National Liberty • “God grants liberty ONLY to those who love it and are always ready to guard and defend it.” [Daniel Webster] • “It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds…” [Samuel Adams] PreserveLiberty.com

  35. To Make Lasting Change, We Must Select God-Fearing Leaders… • Russian Proverb: You cannot drive straight on a crooked road… • William Penn: You can’t get good law from bad men. [paraphrase] We must WAKE UP to understand: • WE have a Biblical mandate to pray for and select God-fearing leaders and • Lobbying bad leaders is fruitless – we must REPLACE them with God-fearing leaders! PreserveLiberty.com

  36. Liberty is a Four-Letter Word (Part 1): P-R-A-Y Invite His presence and help.Pray for those in authority. Ask that He raise up God-fearing leaders. Ask that He shake people of faith awake to fulfill their civic duty! PreserveLiberty.com

  37. Liberty is a Four-Letter Word (Part 2): W-O-R-K • Select God-fearing leaders • Equip people of faith with Biblical principles of government and civic duty… PreserveLiberty.com

  38. L-O-V-E Extend Christian love to enemies and recalcitrant people of faith. Speak the truth IN LOVE with conviction… Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you. --Luke 6:27b Liberty is a Four-Letter Word (Part 3): PreserveLiberty.com

  39. This is our house!”The fundamental principle of our Constitution enjoins that the will of the majority shall prevail.” [George Washington] PreserveLiberty.com

  40. (A) Foreign Enemies would destroy America and her liberty from without… (B) Domestic Enemies would separate God and His principles from America… Domestic enemies pose the greater threat… PreserveLiberty.com

  41. Share the vision with me… • In 2004, 28 members of the California legislature “term out” • In 2006, 40 members of the California legislature “term out” • SHARE THE VISION of a California legislature and two US Senators that are God-fearing, pro-life, pro-family, and pro-morality! PreserveLiberty.com

  42. Start a Local Public Awareness Ministry Group… Establish a local “base of operations:” • Borne of PRAYER, • Founded on GOD’S WORD, • WORKING to select God-fearing leaders. (Visit PreserveLiberty.com for “how-to” resources.) PreserveLiberty.com

  43. Preserving Liberty and the open door for the Gospel requires us to select God-fearing leaders… PreserveLiberty.com

  44. Come see me at the PreserveLiberty.com table… Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen. [Ephesians 3:20:21] Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of hosts. [Zechariah 4:6b] PreserveLiberty.com

  45. Scriptural Support for Selecting God-Fearing Leaders… • “He who rules over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God…” [II Samuel 23:3] • “Moreover you shall select from all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.” [Exodus 18:21] • See also Deuteronomy 16:18 PreserveLiberty.com

  46. Scriptural Support for Prayer and Depending Upon Him… • “The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much”. [James 5:16b] • “Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence.” [I Timothy 2:1-2] • “Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of hosts.” [Zechariah 4:6b] PreserveLiberty.com

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