In a day when American history is rewritten to reflect the fashions of Hollywood and the social engineering projects of the American elite, it is important to reflect upon the values of our wise forefathers, whether they are our ancestors explicitly by blood heritage or implicitly by our common American patriotism. More importantly, we need to recognize that our freedoms as Americans have never come from governments, constitutions or political leaders, or even by the merits of our devoted forefathers, but by a right knowledge of God and His law.

In a day when many of our friendships are rooted in drinking parties and overnight hook-ups, it is remarkable to learn that the purpose of the law of God is to teach us the right harmony between God and man and between man and man. This instruction of God is designed with wisdom to reconcile the differences between people in order to establish a just social order. Without knowledge of God, there is no chance that a government of men can ever be established with justice, because with the knowledge of God thus man attains a proper understanding of his purpose, which is to bring glory to God at all times and in all places.

The second governor of Massachusetts, John Winthrop, who is famous for his invocation of the New Testament notion of a “City upon a Hill,” teaches the function of the Law as such, “that every man might have need of others, and from hence they might be all knit more nearly together in the bonds of brotherly affection. From hence it appears plainly that no man is made more honorable than another