Biden’s Ten Commandments Violation: Intro
Modern-day America’s “progressivism” has pushed this nation beyond the very Christian values that once made it thrive, including the sacred 10 commandments given by God on Mount Sinai.
Under President Joe Biden’s leadership, this decline has reached its lowest point. It’s no surprise, considering that his administration is widely recognized as the most progressive in White House history.
But what if the old ways were actually just and true? What if they were directly handed down by God Himself?
That’s the situation we find ourselves in today.
In the name of progress, the Biden administration is actively undermining the word of God, including the very principles He revealed at Mount Sinai.
As a result, everyday Americans are paying the price.
In light of this, The Western Journal will be releasing a series that delves into how the Biden administration is undermining and subverting our country’s commitment to each of the Ten Commandments.
But before we embark on that journey, let’s address some questions that readers may have.
Did our country ever truly uphold the Ten Commandments? Why do they matter? Didn’t Christ’s death and resurrection render the old laws obsolete? Why single out the Biden administration when others have also faltered?
Our Nation’s Christian Foundation
Inside the U.S. Supreme Court building, there is a memorial to the Ten Commandments carved in stone behind the chief justice’s chair. On top of the building’s east side, there is a sculpture of Moses holding the tablets on which the laws were written.
These displays are not mere decorations. They symbolize the profound influence that the Ten Commandments, found in the Torah, have had on the Western world’s justice systems, particularly in America.
Christian values and principles derived from the Bible played a significant role in the formation of our government.
This is crucial to understand because if America was simply a secular nation created by deists, as some believe, then the abandonment of Christian values could be seen as a natural progression rather than a decline.
However, America was undeniably a Christian nation from its inception. The ancient laws described in the Torah have always been at the core of our legal system.
Contrary to popular belief, most of the founders were Christians, not deists. The majority of the attendants at the Constitutional Convention were professing Christians.
Prior to the founding of America, eight of the 13 British colonies established official Christian denominations.
Whether believers or not, the founders regarded the Bible as the ultimate moral authority and frequently quoted from it.
Deuteronomy, in particular, was heavily referenced in political writings of the founding era. According to Professor Donald S. Lutz, it was cited more frequently than all of John Locke’s writings combined.
When the founders’ descendants arrived in the New World, they brought with them the Christian culture that had shaped European societies.
This influence can be seen in how our government applies its laws and how its people discern right from wrong.
Therefore, the progressive leadership’s departure from the Ten Commandments is undoubtedly a regression.
It lies at the heart of our nation’s decline.
The Effort to Diminish God’s Law
The presence of Ten Commandments memorials in the Supreme Court building and courthouses across the country is not unique. However, atheists and anti-Christian protesters have consistently sought to remove these displays.
They argue that the Ten Commandments are not unique and that other legal systems have developed similar foundations for law and government.
While it’s true that other cultures have prohibited murder, theft, adultery, and lying, it is only under legal systems influenced by the Ten Commandments that we find the distinct notion that
All men and women are bound to follow such laws under the divine authority of God and no other being. This idea comes from the preface of the Commandments and the first four laws, which are referred to as the First Table of the Law. The preface, Exodus 20:2, reads, “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.” The first three laws command against worshiping other gods, worshiping other idols and taking God’s name in vain. The fourth orders God’s people to abstain from working on the Sabbath, which is to be kept holy in honor of Him. Many atheists like to point out the supposed uselessness of these four laws when they criticize the Ten Commandments. While they can see the utility of prohibitions on murder and theft, they believe outlawing blasphemy is a useless gesture. This is missing the point of the First Table entirely. These four laws, along with the preface, serve as the entire foundation on which the rest of the Commandments are built. Without them, everything falls apart. Why is this the case? Because these verses from Exodus establish God as the source of ultimate authority. From this flowed many legal concepts. Take the Magna Carta, for instance. The Magna Carta, among other things, asserts that kings are no more above the law than any other man. “The king should be under no man, but under God and the law,” the Magna Carta proclaimed. This explicitly Christian notion was undoubtedly influenced by the First Table’s assertion of a monotheistic God with total authority over all. In a similar fashion, the concept of universal/unalienable rights comes from these biblical precepts as well. After all, it asserts that all men are subject to and protected by the law. Those rights can never be taken away by any man or government because they come from the only true lawgiver, God Himself. You can see this influence embedded throughout our founding documents. Take the Declaration of Independence for example. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness,” the declaration stated. The founders believed our “unalienable” right to life came from God’s commandment not to murder. They believed in a right to property because God commanded us not to steal from our fellow man. Absent the Ten Commandments, neither the Declaration of Independence nor the Constitution or any other founding document would have been created. American rights as we now know them would not exist. Many of us see laws and rules as limiting forces. We think all they do is restrict our freedom. When it comes to God’s law, precisely the opposite is true. As it says in 1 John 5:3, “For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome” [emphasis added]. God delivered the Israelites from Egyptian slavery. But after doing so, His work was far from over. Even after escaping physical bondage, He knew His chosen people were still subject to a greater slavery: The slavery of sin. The only way to escape this kind of slavery — the greatest slavery of all — is to know God and follow Him. But how could fallen beings such as us learn to know a being with infinite power and goodness? That’s what the Ten Commandments are for. The Ten Commandments aren’t some arbitrary set of guidelines. They are a reflection of His holiness. To follow the Ten Commandments is to know God’s perfect character. This is where true freedom lies. It’s why James refers to the law as one that “gives freedom.” “But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing,” James 1:25 reads. It’s no coincidence that the countries that have provided the most freedom in all of world history — the countries of the Western world — just so happen to also be the ones most influenced by Christian values. Those countries who rooted their own legal systems in the Law of Liberty experienced just that — liberty — because following God’s character offers the greatest kind of freedom. Now, it should be noted that following the law is not a requirement for salvation. All biblically literate Christian men and women understand that they are no longer under the law. When Christ died on the cross, so too did man’s need to follow the law for salvation. As it says in Romans 7:4-6, “Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God. “For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death. But now we are released. From the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old way of the written code.” But the fact that the law is no longer necessary for salvation does not mean it is no longer important at all. Pastor Doug Wilson makes this quite clear in his recently published work “Mere Christendom.” “… [T]wo things are crucial. The first is that Christians who believe the Bible must acknowledge that the death and resurrection of Jesus transformed our applications of biblical law,” Wilson wrote. “But the second is that our understanding of this will never be advanced by denying the essential goodness of the Old Testament law …” The Ten Commandments reflect God’s character; this is just as true today as it was when they first came down from Mount Sinai. Therefore, an abandonment of the Ten Commandments is an abandonment of God’s holiness. In His Sermon on the Mount, Jesus Himself made it clear that He came not to destroy the law, but to fulfill it. “[W]hoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven,” Jesus said, according to Matthew 5:18-19. This brings us to the reason for this series. It’s not just that our increasingly anti-Christian culture is actively subverting the Ten Commandments; it’s that our nation’s leaders are actively “teach[ing] others to do the same.” Those who do so are “least in the kingdom of heaven.” As the head of government, President Joe Biden is called to use his administration to act as our God-given civil magistrate. In Romans 13, Paul describes the head of government as “God’s servant for your good” who “does not bear the sword in vain” but rather as “an avenger who carries out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer.” In other words, our government has a duty to uphold what is right and to punish the wicked who do wrong. Now, the specifics of what exactly that looks like in action are up for debate, including when it comes to the Ten Commandments. That said, whether you agree that the government should enforce all Ten Commandments is irrelevant to the point at hand with this series. It’s not that the Biden administration refuses to enforce blasphemy laws or prohibitions on adultery. This column is by no means advocating such action be taken. Rather, the point being made in the articles ahead is that — through both its policies and rhetoric — the current administration has taken active steps to encourage others to break the Ten Commandments. We’ll show, unequivocally, how the Biden administration has encouraged blasphemy, idol worship, adultery, murder, theft and so on, and also what consequences such actions have given rise to. This is not to say past administrations, Republican and Democrat, have not done so as well. But it is to say that this decline has reached a unique extreme under the current administration. The current administration, which prides itself on being the most progressive to ever occupy the White House, has a God-given responsibility to uphold what is right. However, instead of leading their people in the right direction, President Biden and his followers are leading them astray. Jesus warned us that those who teach others to break His Father’s commandments are “least in the kingdom of heaven.” This is a grave violation that cannot be ignored. In the upcoming series, we will hold this administration accountable for their actions. We will demonstrate that the so-called “progress” they claim to achieve only brings forth the fruits of sin, slavery, and death. The post Biden Breaking the Ten Commandments: Series Introduction appeared first on The Western Journal. Intentions? God gave us the Ten Commandments as a guide for how to live a righteous and fulfilling life. They offer us a clear path to follow, ensuring that we do not fall into the traps of sin and immorality. By following the Commandments, we can experience true freedom. They serve as guardrails to protect us from harm and guide us towards a life of virtue and fulfillment. Without these moral guidelines, society would descend into chaos and moral relativism. The Ten Commandments provide a solid foundation for our laws and principles, ensuring that justice and righteousness prevail. So, let us embrace the teachings of the Ten Commandments and recognize their profound influence on our society and the preservation of our freedoms. They are not a burden, but rather a gift that allows us to live a life of purpose and righteousness.The Foundation of the Ten Commandments: Divine Authority and Freedom
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