WHY WE MUST MAKE A STAND BOTH ON OUR KNEES AND AT THE BALLOT BOX

If America's constitutional freedoms are to be enjoyed by another generation, we must make a stand on both our knees and at the ballot box. We must make a stand on our knees because the root cause of the moral confusion and societal chaos all around us is that our culture has forgotten God. There must be a national return to the God of the Bible.

We must also make a stand at the ballot box because one political party has rejected the God of the Bible and is not committed to America's constitutional freedoms. Such a party must not be allowed to gain power.

Why Harris and Walz Are Bad for America

When she served as a senator, Kamala Harris was ranked as the most liberal person in that body, even to the left of Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. Her oft quoted phrase, "unburdened by what has been,” has roots in Marxist ideology. This should not be surprising since her father was a Marxist professor of economics at Stanford University.

The phrase means that nothing of the past should hinder the pursuit of a new Marxist, socialist utopia. For Harris and her running mate, Tim Walz, who has expressed great admiration for the Chinese communist system, this means that nothing in America’s past is sacred.

In their thinking, there is nothing sacred about the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution and they should not be burdened by them as they forge a new future for America. Neither should they be burdened by the Bill of Rights.

They should not be burdened by the First Amendment that guarantees religious liberty and freedom of speech. Neither should they be burdened by the Second Amendment and its guarantee of the right of American citizens to bear arms. They should be free to dispense with these archaic 250-year-old documents as they advance their utopian, socialist vision for America.

Dr. King Saw it Differently

This is such a contrast to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. who based his fight for racial equality on "God's will" and America's "Sacred Heritage" (Hyatt, Abolitionist Founding Fathers, 60). Writing from the Birmingham City Jail, where he had been incarcerated, he declared that the nation’s “sacred heritage” to be a reason for his confidence. He wrote,

We will reach the goal of freedom in Birmingham, and all over the nation, because the goal of America is freedom. Abused and scorned though we may be, our destiny is tied up with the destiny of America . . . We will win our freedom because the SACRED HERITAGE of our nation and the eternal will of God are embodied in our echoing demands.

Dr. King was very aware of America’s flawed and sinful history, but he also saw that there was something sacred and of God in her founding in FAITH AND FREEDOM. In this same letter he spoke with pride and respect for the Pilgrims, Thomas Jefferson, the ‘majestic” Declaration of Independence, and Abraham Lincoln.

America's founders were far from perfect, but they established a nation on Judeo/Christian principles that they believed would serve as a moral compass to guide the nation through any difficulty or crisis she might encounter. Dr. King understood this. Harris and Walz do not.

Our Freedoms are One Generation Away from Extinction

The mindset of Harris and Walz is diametrically opposed to that of Dr. King and America’s founding generation. If Harris and Walz gain power and have their way, the America of Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Douglass, Lincoln, and King will be no more. If Harris and Walz gain power, this generation will likely see the warning of Ronald Reagan fulfilled, wherein he said,

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States when men were free.

It's Time to Make a Stand

It is time for every freedom-loving American of every political persuasion to make a stand for America. Democrats, such as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard understand this. 

It is also time for every person who names the name of Christ to fall to their knees and ask God to save America, not only at the ballot box, but with another great, national spiritual awakening that will transform the culture and alter the course of the nation. 

America can be saved and freedom preserved for the next generation, but we must make a stand. We stand the tallest when we are on our knees. We must make a stand both on our knees and at the ballot box. Only then will America be saved.

Dr. Eddie Hyatt is an author, historian and Biblical scholar. He has documented the "sacred heritage" of which Dr. King spoke in his books Pilgrims and Patriots (Second Edition), 1726: The Year that Defined America, America's Revival Heritage (Second Edition), and other books that are available from Amazon and his website at www.eddiehyatt.com. This article is his personal opinion and is not related to any organizations of which he is a part.