NATIONAL HERITAGE BEING THREATENED
INTRODUCTION
National heritage being threatened is a reality through intentional erasure of the truth, systemic neglect, degradation, and weaken cultural identity; resulting in a profound sense of rootlessness or reduction in identity.
It was noted that If the citizens neglect their Duty and place unprincipled men in office, the government will soon be corrupted; laws will be made, not for the public good so much as for selfish purposes; corrupt or incompetent men will be appointed to execute the Laws; the public revenues will be squandered on unworthy men; and the rights of the citizen will be violated or disregarded (Noah Webster).
We have witnessed our national heritage being threatened through what has been voiced long ago; by not taking such to heart and no longer continuing its implementation and livability within the heart of a nation. Thank God for those who have not been deceived by the camouflaging of the truth and are attempting to set the record straight.
National Heritage Being Threatened
Undermining Christian Values
Antonio Gramsci, an Italian Marxist, stated: Any country grounded in Christian values cannot be overthrown until those roots are cut, to change culture, a long march through the institutions is necessary. Socialism is the religion that must overcome Christianity.
In the New Order, socialism will triumph by first capturing the culture via infiltration of schools, universities, churches and the media to transform the consciousness of society. What comes to pass is not because a few people want it to happen, but because the mass of citizens abdicate their response ability and let things be.
National Heritage being threatened becomes a reality when such institutions as Socialism and Marxism, cousins to Communism; Critical Race Theory (CRT), the Great Reset Plan instituted by the World Economic Forum; Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) become a driving force in the life of a nation rather than its heritage standing firm on godly values long ago established through adherence to the Word of God as a guiding influence.
Goals that Threaten
Our Heritage
National heritage is being threatened by goals of those who seek to change the Biblical values and influence of the past. It was noted that goals include: Discredit family as an institution; control of the schools to use as tools for promoting ungodly agenda; eliminate all laws governing obscenity by calling them violation of free speech and free press.
Break down cultural standards of morality by promoting pornography in books, magazines, motion pictures, and TV; promote homosexuality as normal, natural, healthy; infiltrate the press, gain control of key positions in government, radio, TV, and motion pictures; infiltrate the churches and replace revealed religion with social religion, and discredit the Bible.
Karl Marx, Father of Communism, wrote: My object in life is to dethrone God and destroy capitalism; that people exist to benefit the State; devalue God and elevate man; destroy the Bibles influence. Vladimir R Lenin, Founder of the former Soviet Union, wrote: Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted. We have witnessed the influence and implementation of such in many nations with a gradual reduction of heritage taking root that enslaves rather than continuation of basic freedoms enjoyed.
Invasion of Immigration
National heritage being threatened is through immigration of those who refuse to assimilate into the culture of the country. Rather than assimilate they congregate together and become the dominate force; then began to change the existing culture.
We have witnessed an influx of immigrates who capitalize on government provision that often outshines the care provided to permanent residents of a nation. They drain the resources due to the vast number that have been allowed into the country without thought as to the devastation or hardship they would create.
We have witnessed an influx of crime by many who come into the country; who have not been properly vetted as to who or what they are affiliated with. The illegal immigration has become a factor of importance towards national security.
Upholding Biblical Standards
Every thinking man realizes that the teachings of the Bible are interwoven with our whole civic and social life that it would be literally impossible for us to figure what life would be if those teachings were removed. We would lose almost all the standards by which we now judge both public and private morals; all the standards towards which we strive to raise ourselves (Theodore Roosevelt).
It is impossible to enslave mentally or socially a Bible-reading people. The principles of the Bible are the groundwork of human freedom (Horace Greenly). Moral habits cannot be safely trusted on any other foundation than religious principle, nor any government secure which is not supported by moral habits (Daniel Webster). Many voices of the past have sounded the alarm towards upholding Biblical standards for continuation as “One Nation under God.”
It is unfortunate that due to the lack of generational passing down of such; its importance is slowly eroding; as secular traits take root without the benefit of godly guidance. Scripture reveals: Tell your children of it, and let your children tell their children and their children another generation (Joel 1:3). The national heritage being threatened is a reality when godly instructions are replaced with secular ideals which do not include God.
Importance of Traditional
Values
National heritage being threatened is not as formable when one follows Biblical instructions towards continuation of traditional ways long established. The Prophet Jeremiah established that importance in identifying the pathways previously established, by proclaiming: Thus saith the Lord, stand you in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and you shall find rest for your souls. But they (the people) said, we will not walk therein (Jeremiah 6:16).
It was noted that the people’s stubborn refusal to walk in the traditional ways of true righteousness is often mentioned by Jeremiah. Moving in their own paths and following their own way would lead to Judah’s destruction.
Apostle Paul noted a similar problem: They being ignorant of God’s righteousness are going about to establish their own righteousness, having not submitted themselves to the righteousness of God (Romans 10:3). National heritage being threatened becomes a reality when a nation no longer stresses the importance of maintaining godly standards and tradition based upon God’s Word.
God's Sovereignty Over
the Earth
In reference to national heritage being threatened it was noted that the battle rages on, the wicked continue to reject God’s sovereignty over the earth, the heathen continue to rage, and the powers of darkness are on the prowl. Many have chosen to reject and forget the Judeo-Christian heritage of Western Civilization. We have witnessed the uprising of ungodly venues dominate the land due to many having redrawn from the teachings of past generations.
We live in a culture that is increasingly hostile to God with many have dismissed God from their lives. No individual, and no nation, will be good without God. A cure from such a circumstance was also noted: If the fires of freedom and civil liberties burn low in other lands, they must be made brighter in our own.
If in other lands, the press and books and literature of all kinds are censored, we must redouble our effort here to keep them free. If in other lands the eternal truths of the past are threatened, we must provide a safe place for their continuation (Franklin D. Roosevelt).
Responsibility for Continuation
National heritage being threatened can equate from what is being taught and preached or failure to do so. A legendary evangelist of the First Great Awakening, Charles G. Finney, noted that preaching will bear its legitimate fruits; if immorality prevails in the land, the fault is ours to a great degree. If there is a decay of conscience the pulpit is responsible for it. Let us not ignore this fact; but let us lay it to heart, and awake to our responsibility in respect to the morals of this nation.
Salvation of the soul of man is of the greatest importance as it will lead on to a constructive life in Christ; not only for individuals but the nation as a whole. Apostle Paul wrote to Timothy: Continue in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing of whom you have learned them; that from a child you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus (2 Timothy 3:14-15).
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