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“E Pluribus Unum” – Great Seal of the United States

Do we really need God (a Creator)? Do we need God in just our personal lives? Or do we need Him in our government as well?

For believing Christians, we need God to help us achieve the promise of eternal life. But is it fair to say it’s essential to have God and a clear universal objective morality to achieve an ordered society? Therefore, doesn’t the systematic removal of God from public institutions and our culture explain the serious political divide and intensity of our societal problems?

For Our Personal Lives

Can we agree, following the Ten Commandments is useful for individuals to live a decent life? Is it fair to say that our lives would be significantly richer and more rewarding if each of us followed these behaviors?

“The Ten Commandments are the greatest list of instructions ever devised for creating a good society. But such a society cannot be created or maintained if it is not based on truth.” — Dennis Prager

If each of us could consistently follow the Ten Commandments, how much less crime would there be? How much better for our relationships? Our family lives? Our businesses results? Our economy? How much less waste? How much more joy and fulfillment?

Even atheists and/or secularists can admit, these behaviors are useful for achieving an orderly society. But does that mean we still need God (a Creator) in our government? Can we really follow God’s word in our individual lives and not follow God’s word in our government?

Freedom of Religion NOT Freedom from Religion

What does the phrase “a wall of separation between the church and state” really mean?

This phrase was extracted from a letter written by Thomas Jefferson on January 1, 1802, to the Danbury Baptist Association in Connecticut. It’s often thought to be in the Constitution. It’s not. This phrase was meant to explain how government must be limited to protect religious liberty and other God (Creator) given rights. Jefferson’s intention was to confirm the protection of individual rights of worship as delineated in the Constitution.

“The government receiving its powers from the people was a unique idea at the time confirming that the government’s major responsibility is to protect the inalienable rights of life, liberty and the freedom to pursue happiness. And yet, we have 443 agencies which are fulfilling responsibilities, many of which could/should be handled at lower levels.” (Wally Hauck, 2024)

The Declaration clearly and correctly justifies freedom of religion not freedom from religion. Furthermore, the purpose of government is to protect the inalienable God given rights. If our rights come from God, they must be protected not taken away. However, “rights” given by government can easily be taken away. Our Founders clearly wanted to create a government that was supported by religious people. In this case a Judeo-Christian people. Therefore, a government by and for the people, if they are Judeo-Christian would need to mirror the people’s beliefs in its policies and actions?

Biblically, Government Plays an Important Role

The Bible teaches all governments must be considered established and accountable to God. Therefore, government is a divine institution formed to protect its citizens by maintaining order and establishing justice. Even atheists and secularists can agree. We need the government to serve us by protecting our rights and not for us to serve the government protecting its power.

This philosophy also helps us to know when to protest. If the government is doing something “evil”, then protesting is justified. A perfect example is the Minneapolis immigration protests (riots) of 2025. The rioters (protesters) were and are angry with Immigration and Customers Enforcement (ICE) Officers. Protestors therefore blocked ICE’s ability to enforce the law. For the rioters, the enforcement of immigration law was seen as evil and therefore needed to be protested. But for the Trump administration and ICE, the officers were merely enforcing the law.

This conflict stems from different interpretations of universal objective moral truth.

The Need for Universal Objective Moral Truth

The Bible explains that government is there to reinforce good behaviors and punish evil.

“For rulers are not a cause of fear for good behavior, but for evil.” – Romans 13:3

To accomplish this and therefore minimize conflicts, we must make every effort to align with universal objective moral truth. In Minneapolis, the moral truth for the rioters was “illegals must be protected and given due process even if they are criminals”. The universal objective moral truth for ICE and the Trump administration is the enforcement of the law to achieve an ordered society. This disagreement caused serious consequences.

We saw this rift in moral truth when President Trump asked Congress to stand to demonstrate their agreement with his statement “the first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens.”

A Pew Research poll shows, on average, 87% of Americans want government to keep citizens safe. Therefore both the political left and political right can agree that the government must keep its citizens safe. If government operates with the same moral code as the citizens, won’t citizens feel safer? And, without God or a universal objective moral code, how will we know when government is consistent with God’s word? When government operates outside the moral objective (God) we are obligated and justified to protest. The major political divide exists because the political left and political right fail to agree on one universal objective moral truth.

“We must obey God rather than men.” – Acts 5:29

The Context of America

“Allow people to be great – by fixing the context.” (Lebow, 1997)

When one reviews the context of our founding it’s clear our government was formed using Judeo-Christian values. 55 of the 56 original signers of the Declaration of Independence were Bible believing, church attending Christians.

• All thirteen (13) of the original colonies (state) required a declaration of faith to serve in government and nine (9) of the 13 original colonies wrote Constitutions that required elected officials to be Bible believing Christians.

• Nearly all the original colonies’ constitutions professed Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.

• 55 of the 56 original singers of the Declaration of Independence were Bible believing, church attending Christians.

• Our Constitution was based on Common Law which was an outgrowth of the scriptures. The three major principles of Common Law were presumption of innocence, due process, and trial by a jury of your peers. All were Biblical principles.

• Blind justice, meaning no one is favored under the law, was also a Biblical Principle (Leviticus - 19).

• God (Creator) was referenced four times in the Declaration of Independence.

• The final paragraph of the Declaration of Independence reads as a prayer to Jesus Christ:

“We, therefore, the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world… we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.”

• John Adams confirmed the need for citizens to be of moral character to keep the government in check:

“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious People. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”

It seems we need for citizens to live by God’s laws to keep the government on the right path. Therefore, our government must embrace God’s law as well. It gives us a solution to most of the political divide. And it demonstrates why we cannot allow Sharia Law to take hold in any part of our government (laws or politicians). Sharia law is inconsistent with Judeo-Christian values.

Summary

The Bible clearly wants individuals to support the authority of government as long as it’s consistent with God’s law. And, if policies are in direct contradiction to God’s Word, individuals are required to disobey and influence change. And our founders clearly intended the newly formed American government to follow God’s (a Creator) law.

George Washington confirmed the need for government to be aligned with Biblical principles in his Thanksgiving Proclamation.

“Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor-- and whereas both Houses of Congress have by their joint Committee requested me to recommend to the People of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness.” – George Washington

The Bible suggests the government protect the rights of citizens who when some act outside God’s (Creator) law.

“…for it is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do what is evil, be afraid; for it does not bear the sword for nothing; for it is a servant of God, an avenger who brings wrath on the one who practices evil.” – Romans 13:4

Can the alignment with God’s law (His universal objective moral truth) explain why America has become the most innovative, successful, and wealthiest nation in history?

“If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” - 2 Chronicles 7:14

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