In a free country we have moral obligations that don’t apply to citizens of autocracies. As a self-governed people, our government reflects our collective desires, and we are responsible for its behavior. If that behavior becomes deviant, we have an obligation to correct it.
For those who subscribe to Judeo/Christian beliefs, God jotted down his will on a couple of stone tablets – so we wouldn’t forget. His Commandments can be broken down into 3 categories.
Honor God
- Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
- Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image.
- Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.
- Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Honor the family
- Honor thy father and thy mother.
- Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Honor the individual
- Thou shalt not kill.
- Thou shalt not steal.
- Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
- Thou shalt not covet.
These commandments define how we should conduct ourselves – and our government affairs – to maintain a healthy, stable, and righteous society.
And yet our federal government behaves like there are exceptions to these universal laws – as if some transgressions are exempt from the rules of morality.
- Place nothing before God – except the state, which God must be excluded from.
- Don’t steal – except through state sponsored taking and redistribution.
- Don’t covet – unless that which is being coveted belongs to the wealthy.
- Don’t bear false witness – unless it’s before a congressional oversight committee.
- Don’t kill – unless it’s done in the name of reproductive healthcare.
- Honor your father and mother – unless they object to what the schools teach (such as CRT) or what the government designates as standard medical care (such as juvenile gender affirming care).
Many of our “public servants” claim to be faithful followers, while advancing an agenda which is counter to the religious doctrine of their respective beliefs. They justify it as simply compartmentalizing their religion from their politics. But nowhere has our creator given us license to lead two lives – one in service to him, and one in service to moral relativism. I’m guessing the “compartmentalized” argument will draw a fatherly frown when those leading two lives find themselves standing before the Almighty discussing their time on Earth.
Unlike the communist “utopias” which the radicals admire, we are self-governed. Our voices, our votes, and our actions are an expression of our collective will. Given our freedom to choose, we are answerable for the outcomes of those choices. When we use the government as an instrument of our will, we bear responsibility for the deeds which we unleash.
Our Creator – using the founding fathers as his instrument – gave us the means to maintain righteousness in the federal government. We have the right via freedom of speech to express our dissatisfactions. We have the right via elections to change our leadership. We also have the right via Article V to change how the system works. Wouldn’t God wish that we use all means at our disposal – serving as his instruments – to keep our government on a moral path? When I ultimately find myself explaining my time on Earth to the Almighty, I hope I don’t find myself explaining how I complained about government transgressions, but didn’t do everything possible to change it.
To learn more about how an Article V convention of states can be used to redirect our federal government, visit this link.
