Supreme Court 1892

The following is a declaration made by the U.S. Supreme Court in
1892. I wonder what they would say today on the same subject...

mArk

"Our laws and our institutions must neccessarily be based upon the
teachings of the Redeemer of mankind. It is impossible that it
should be otherwise; and in this sense and to this extent, our
civilization and our institutions are emphatically Christian.
"No purpose of action against religion can be imputed to any
legislation, state or national, because this is a religious people.
This is historically true. From the discovery of this continent to
the present hour, there is a single voice making this affirmation.
There is no dissonance in these declarations. There is a universal
language pervading them all, having one meaning; they affirm and
reaffirm that this is a religious nation. These are not individual
sayings, declarations of private persons: they are organic
utterances; they speak the voice of the entire people.
"The happiness of a people and the good order and preservation of
civil government esentially depend upon piety, religion, and
morality. Religion, morality, and knowledge are necessary to good
government, the preservation of liberty, and the happiness of
mankind."

Statement of Belief

Hello, and welcome to Mere Christianity. I'm going to start things rolling with my statements of faith. Enjoy, and God bless.

mArk

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1. God created all that is, life and non-life.
-Genesis 1

2. All people have sinned, and cannot save themselves.
-Romans 3:23, 3:10

3. God chose His children before the foundation of the earth.
- Revelations 13:8, 17:8

4. God knows those who are His, and those who are not.
-Romans 8:28-30, John 10:26-29

5. Jesus is the living Son of God.
- John 8:54-58, John 1:1-5, Phillipians 2:6

6. Jesus came to Earth as a man, died for our sins, and rose again to give us eternal life.
-Romans 6:4-10, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Phillipians 2:6-8

7. Jesus' sacrifice is sufficient for all who believe in Him.
-John 3:16, Romans 10:9-13

8. God knows who will choose Him because He chose them (us) first.
-Romans 8:28-30, Romans 11:7

9. It is only because we were chosen (elected) that we can choose Christ.
-John 1:12, 13, 2 Thessalonians 2:13, 2 Timothy 2:10, Titus 1:1,

10. Salvation is only through the finished work of Jesus Christ.
-Acts 4:12, Romans 10:9, 10

11. Jesus' blood paid for our sins in full; removed them as far as the east is from the west.
-Romans 6:10, Hebrews 10:10, Psalm 103:12

12. Jesus is coming again to Earth, visibly, and in the sight of all mankind.
- Phillipians 2:9-11, Matthew 24:30, Mark 13:26, Acts 1:11, Revelation 19:11-16

13. God is sovereign, and He does what He will.
- Job 38-42, Acts 17:22-31

*Note: These Scriputre references are provided as Biblical examples, and are not intended to be all-inclusive. As such, there may be many more references than are stated here.

-Mark-
-Christian Researcher-
-Updated 20 May, 2006