The Faith of our Fathers

1. The Faith of our Fathers Then: A free CD of this message will be available following the service This message will also be available for podcast later in the week at calvaryokc.com Now: In a faithless age Calvary Chapel OKC

2. The Faith of our Fathers Then: Due to recent budget cuts, and the rising cost of electricity, gas, and oil … The light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off Now: In a faithless age Calvary Chapel OKC

3. The Faith of our Fathers Then: "It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians, not on religions, but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ! For this very reason peoples of other faiths have been afforded asylum, prosperity, and freedom of worship here." Patrick Henry Now: In a faithless age Calvary Chapel OKC

4. The Faith of our Fathers Then: "We have this day restored the Sovereign to whom all men ought to be obedient. He reigns in heaven and from the rising to the setting of the sun, let His kingdom come." Samuel Adams Now: In a faithless age Calvary Chapel OKC

5. The Faith of our Fathers Then: "It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible." George Washington Now: In a faithless age Calvary Chapel OKC

6. The Faith of our Fathers Then: "The reason that Christianity is the best friend of govern-ment is because Christianity is the only religion that changes the heart." Thomas Jefferson Now: In a faithless age Calvary Chapel OKC

7. The Faith of our Fathers Then: "In the beginning of the contest with Britain, when we were sensible of danger, we had daily prayers in this room for Divine protection. Our prayers, Sir, were heard, and they were graciously answered… do we imagine we no longer need His assistance?" Benjamin Franklin Now: In a faithless age Calvary Chapel OKC

8. The Faith of our Fathers Then: Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, The people He has chosen as His own inheritance. Nation ~ goyim – Gentiles Psalm 33:12 Now: In a faithless age Calvary Chapel OKC

9. The Faith of our Fathers Then: Alexander Thomas Hamilton Jefferson Now: In a faithless age Calvary Chapel OKC

10. The Faith of our Fathers Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances Then: Exclusionary Clause Now: In a faithless age Calvary Chapel OKC

11. The Faith of our Fathers Then: "Our sentiments are uniformly on the side of religious liberty: that religion is at all times and places a matter between God and individuals, that no man ought to suffer in name, person, or effects on account of his religious opinions, [and] that the legitimate power of civil government extends no further than to punish the man who works ill to his neighbor. But sir, our constitution of government is not specific. . . . [T]herefore what religious privileges we enjoy (as a minor part of the State) we enjoy as favors granted, and not as inalienable rights." Danbury Baptist Association October 7, 1807 Now: In a faithless age Calvary Chapel OKC

12. The Faith of our Fathers Then: the free exercise thereof,' thus building a wall of separation between Church and State. adhering to this expression of the supreme will of the nation in behalf of the rights of conscience, I shall see with sincere satisfaction the progress of those sentiments which tend to restore to man all his natural rights, convinced he has no natural right in opposition to his social duties. I reciprocate your kind prayers for the protection and blessing of the common Father and Creator of man, and tender you for yourselves and your religious association assurances of my high respect and esteem." "The affectionate sentiments of esteem and approbation which you are so good as to express towards me on behalf of the Danbury Baptist Association give me the highest satisfaction … Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God; that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship; that the legislative powers of government reach actions only and not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should 'make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting Thomas Jefferson January 1, 1802 Now: In a faithless age Calvary Chapel OKC

13. The Faith of our Fathers Then: "On every question of construction (of the Constitution) let us carry ourselves back to the time when the Constitution was adopted, recollect the spirit manifested in the debates, and instead of trying what meaning may be squeezed out of the text, or invented against it, conform to the probable one in which it was passed." Thomas Jefferson June 12, 1823 Now: In a faithless age Calvary Chapel OKC

14. The Faith of our Fathers Then: 24 So God abandoned them to do Whatever shameful things their hearts desired. As a result, they did vile and degrading things with each other’s bodies.25 They traded the truth about God for a lie. So they worshiped and served the things God created instead of the Creator himself, who is worthy of eternal praise! Amen.26 That is why God abandoned them to their shameful desires. Even the women turned against the natural way to have sex and instead indulged in sex with each other. 27 And the men, instead of having normal sexual relations with women, burned with lust for each other. Men did shameful things with other men, and as a result of this sin, they suffered within themselves the penalty they deserved. Romans 1:24-27 (NLT) Now: In a faithless age Calvary Chapel OKC

15. The Faith of our Fathers Then: E N D A mployment on- iscrimination ct H. B. 3685 Rep. Barney Frank Now: In a faithless age Calvary Chapel OKC

16. The Faith of our Fathers Then: "I was born a sinner – yes, from the moment my mother conceived me." Psalm 51:5 (NLT) Now: In a faithless age Calvary Chapel OKC

17. The Faith of our Fathers Then: Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; Before you were born I sanctified you… Jeremiah 1:2 Now: In a faithless age Calvary Chapel OKC

18. The Faith of our Fathers Then: Deliver those who are drawn toward death, And hold back those stumbling to the slaughter. Proverbs 24:11 Now: In a faithless age Calvary Chapel OKC

19. The Faith of our Fathers Then: F O C A reedom f hoice ct S.B. 1173 Sen. Barbara Boxer Now: In a faithless age Calvary Chapel OKC

20. The Faith of our Fathers Then: I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the Earth shall be blessed. Genesis 12:3 Now: In a faithless age Calvary Chapel OKC

21. The Faith of our Fathers Then: 14And the Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him: “Lift your eyes now and look from the place where you are— northward, southward, eastward, and westward;15for all the land which you see I give to you and your descendants forever.” Genesis 13:14-15 Now: In a faithless age Calvary Chapel OKC

22. The Faith of our Fathers Then: For thus says the Lord of hosts: "He sent Me after glory, to the nations which plunder you; for he who touches you touches the apple of His eye." Zechariah 2:8 Now: In a faithless age Calvary Chapel OKC