By Sam Nobles
I am the door.
If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find
pasture. John 10:9 NKJV
John Hancock was the first
man to sign the Declaration of Independence. Prior to that moment he had
listened to John Witherspoon, the only preacher who signed the Declaration of
Independence, speak on the words of Jesus, specifically where Jesus says, “I am the Door”. On the way home, John
Hancock mused over this verse and his friendship with Witherspoon. He said to
himself, “I have always admired Witherspoon. I thought he was a logical,
intelligent man. But tonight he didn’t make sense to me. How can Jesus Christ
be a door? How can I enter in?” Hancock walked on until he came to his lovely
home and then at the door began to fumble for his key. Once he found it he put
it in the lock and turned it. As he did, he pushed the door open and stepped
into the hallway. There sat his family, and he said, “Oh, I see.” They all
began to laugh and they said, “Of course, you see. You were in the darkness and
you stepped into the light.” “No” he said, “I see something else. I see that
Jesus is the door and that faith is the key. Just as I put the key in the door
and came into this house physically, at that moment, I put the key of faith in
the door, and Jesus Christ has brought me into the light.”
America today needs to come
to that door, a door that will be opened wide if only the key of faith is put
in there. America needs not a Declaration of Independence – we have that. In
the words of many other great preachers, America needs Declaration of
Dependence upon Christ.
WE THE CITIZENS OF HEAVEN, inheritors of the Kingdom of God, children through
faith in Jesus Christ alone, members of the Church, and Christian citizens of
these United States of America, declare the following:
·
WE DECLARE our dependency on the one true and living God, who is eternal and
perfect; who alone is the Creator of all things, and who sustains and rules
over it all that is created.
·
WE DECLARE our dependency on the Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God,
who being eternal God, and equal with the Father, the one and only way to
salvation through faith.
·
WE DECLARE our dependency on the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Truth, divinely equal
to God and Jesus Christ, that He has, in response to the prayers of God’s
people, descended upon God’s people, outpouring over and above His work of
personal regeneration, illumination, and sanctification.
·
WE DECLARE our dependency on the Bible, the infallible Word of God written by men
under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, and has supreme authority in all
matters of faith, life, thought, and conduct, and promises that if God’s people
humble themselves and pray, seek God’s face and turn from their wicked and
sinful ways, then God will hear from heaven, forgive their sins, and will heal
their land.
·
WE DECLARE our love for the United States of America, as this nation was formed
and created by God, is sustained and ruled in sovereignty by Him, and so, God’s
people chosen by Him to live therein are heirs with the Lord Jesus Christ of
all that is God’s, including this nation, and are called by the Word of God to
seek its peace, restoration, and prosperity.
·
WE DECLARE our love for the people of the United States of America, those within
and without the household of God, as we are commanded by the Lord Jesus Christ
to love our neighbors as ourselves, in word and deed, and to help those in
need.
Scripture to Claim:
and My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14 NASB
and My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14 NASB
