'I am the Lord your God...You shall have no other gods before me.' Exodus 20:2-3
I dare to say the god of America isn't the God of the Bible but the Roman goddess Liberty. American Christianity and to an extent the concept of America being a Christian nation preaches a gospel where Liberty reigns supreme and her reign must be protected above all else. From what I have seen and read most of the actions that led to the American Revolution were done in her name not Christ's or even God's, theologians actually disagree on whether the American Revolution was truly an act of Biblical/Christian Civil Disobedience, and the references to God in the founding documents tend to be vague enough that they could apply to just about any religious belief system not just the Judeo-Christian God. The goddess Liberty has played a prominent role on our money more so than God has; in fact, you still see her name alongside the phrase "In God We Trust" on our coinage to which it leads you to ask which are we trusting, Liberty or the Lord? She is also one of the more prominent symbols of our nation, how many people think of the statue of Liberty as one of the first things when they think about America, they more than likely associate Lady Liberty to America than they do the God of the Bible. Finally, every election year I see many "Christians" become apologists for Liberty defending her as if she deserves the glory, expecting God and Christ to be her servants and that the Bible is to make her supreme over even the Lord Himself, remember the First and Second Commandments, "I am the Lord your God" and "You shall have no other gods before Me."
Remember God alone is sovereign and supreme. If it is in His Will that we have our freedoms, we will have them; but if He sees fit to take them away and prove He is greater than the goddess Liberty, the gospel of "American Christianity" won't protect them.
If your church preaches a gospel where their version of Christ and God are to serve and glorify America and Liberty, you are more likely not going to a Christian church. Christianity is soli Deo gloria not soli Libertas gloria.
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