4th of July

According to John Adams, the second President of the USA, the 4th of July, "Ought to be commemorated, as the Day of Deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty,"

His son, John Quincy Adams, our 6th President, went even further. He declared, "Why is that, next to the birthday of the Savior of the world, your most joyous and most venerated festival returns on this day (July 4th). Is it not that, in the chain of human events, the birthday of the nation is indissolubly linked with the birthday of the Savior? That it forms a leading event in the Progress of the Gospel dispensation? Is it not that the Declaration of Independence first organized the social compact on the foundation of the Redeemer's mission upon Earth? That it laid the cornerstone of human government upon the first precepts of Christianity..."

Although America was prime "real estate" in the earth and filled with natural resources, it remained virtually untapped for thousands of years.

One did not see the pyramids of Egypt, the glory of Rome, nor the grandeur of Greece upon these shores. Why is it that there was no great civilization established here until a persecuted people longing to be free to worship the God of Heaven in Spirit and in truth came to these shores with an open Bible?  

Another unique mark upon this nation that is exclusively American is the fact that we are the only nation on earth that was founded on a creed, not nationality. This creed is discovered in a document we call The Declaration of Independence.

In the Declaration, the God of the Bible is acknowledged 4 times. He is our Law-giver, the source of Law, Creator, the Source of life, the Supreme Judge, the highest authority, and providential Protector of our rights.