Government is not the country.
Democrats believe the government IS the country.
Yes there is a smuggled assumption in there. That “by george,” the GUMMIT has to run things.
This comes from forgetting God and His role. In many conservative American views, He was the big cheese of the picture. Because God would bless those who believed, and even the unbelieving neighbors of those who believed, we would not need a giant, vain government.
I believe heartily that this beneficent picture could return — never perfectly since we are not in heaven yet, but still effectually. It would not be brought on by a political movement, but a spiritual one, otherwise known as a revival. God didn’t change anything about what He stood for, what He would reward, what prayers He would grant, what He wanted. That sad difference has been OURS, folks. There is NOBODY to blame but us; we accepted the devil’s bargain then refused to learn from the consequences even though the Lord was always gracious.
The entire thing could be rediscovered by a new realization that God is kind, but that both the devil and ourselves are cruel. It could. It is that simple. The gospel spells out implementation details, but it really does hark back to racket of the serpent of Eden: God is keeping something good from you. God is mean. No. The serpent is mean!
Yes this is about spiritual things. Some might call it religion but religion is people’s rituals. Faith is about accepting what God has already done and which is as available to anybody as the sand on the seashore.
May America accept the blessing of God again.
To leftists their lord is the state. They love to see the state used against those who work to make the U.S.A. great. So, while the left loves big government, they hate the U.S.A.