The Second President of the United States, John Adams, said, "Our
Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly
inadequate for a government of any other." In other words, unless our
country remains Christian the Constitution will not function properly. Is
John Adams right? Can our society survive without the Christian faith? There
are many who would say that religion does not have the influence it once
had. I agree. But they go on to say that religion is no longer relevant,
that it is not necessary to creating a good world, that there are no
absolutes, no objective truth. Are they right?
"Dennis Prager, the Jewish social critic and scholar, says his favorite
response to that question is a story - Say you are walking down an alley at
11:00 p.m. in New York , Miami, or Los Angeles. The dim streetlights
illumine your car 300 yards away. Suddenly, you see ten young men wearing
leather jackets swaggering down the alley toward you. Would you feel more
comfortable if you knew that those young men had just come out of a Bible
study? Every time Prager has asked that question the answer has been "yes."
In spite of what they say in polls, on the most practical level, people
acknowledge religion's positive influence."
Our society cannot exist without Christianity. So if society cannot
function, if indeed our very Constitution will not work without the
restraints of religion, then let me ask you a more critical question: Can
Christianity exist without the cross?
Let me answer that question up front. No. Remove the cross from our faith
and it is a house of cards. It will crumble under the slightest weight. Why
is that? What is Christianity without the cross?
1. It is a sect without a savior.
2. It is a doctrine without self-denial
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