{"id":2739,"date":"2020-06-18T14:25:15","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T12:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sonofcarey.com\/?p=2739"},"modified":"2020-06-18T14:25:18","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T12:25:18","slug":"everyone-should-love-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sonofcarey.com\/?p=2739","title":{"rendered":"Everyone Should Love America"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Whether you are a citizen of America, Cameroon, Nepal, or Indonesia, if you believe in Jesus Christ, you should love America. In fact, regardless of your religion, you should love America. Blacks should especially love America. Mexican, Asian, Indian, and even Muslim immigration to the USA says that they love America as well. Here are 8 reasons to love the USA with the most important at the end of the list. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Free speech<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I baptized Tinache one of many Shona men who were beaten by\nsupporters of Zimbabwe\u2019s previous dictator Robert Mugabe. He and many others\nare afraid to speak about the politics or economy of the country because there\nmay be repercussions. Jews in Iran are pressured to support the government in\nits hatred of the nation of Israel. The Chinese Communist Party wants to\nsuppress speech in Hong Kong and even off its coast in Taiwan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

America has always had a free press, and the world has taken note of it. Since 1776, the number of countries that have moved toward free speech has greatly increased. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Freedom of religion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

China and India do not allow freedom of religion\u2014missionaries\nare restricted. At least 19 Islamic countries such as Pakistan, Saudi Arabia,\nand Mauritania have a state religion with heavy restrictions on evangelism and\nmissionary activity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

America allows the religions of these intolerant countries\nto come to her shores and proselytize. \u201cCongress shall make no law respecting\nan establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof\u2026\u201d This\nfreedom is necessary to the Christian faith which is built on people freely\nchoosing to believe on Christ rather than compelled because of their\nnationality, ethnicity, or heritage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One would think that all religions would only want adherents who actually believed their faith rather than those who slipped in by default. America is an enormous land of religious decision, and its existence has had a pleasing effect on religious freedom elsewhere in the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Equality before the law<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the beginning, America offered the protection of the\nlaw to all its citizens. Presidents were not kings because they too must be\nlaw-abiding. Originally, they rarely spoke to the nation, and the people were\nglad to go about their day by day work without thinking about the head of the\nfederal government because he too was one citizen among many. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thankfully America ended the slave trade 9 months after\nBritain in 1807. Although much earlier, all 13 colonies banned it in 1775. The\nfight against slavery is one of the most wonderful marks of America. Since the\nfounding of the country, state after state fought against it and abolished it.\nUltimately, slavery itself was ended in 1865 after 620,000 Americans paid with\nblood. Can any country show as much will over such a long period of time to\nmake sure all men are free? Blacks should love America because they joined\nBritain to end the slave trade that began in Kenya by Africans and Muslims long\nbefore America was around (See Martin\nMeredith\u2019s riveting history, The Fortunes\nof Africa<\/em><\/a>, chapters 8 and 46). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But however the past transpired, today all Americans stand equal before the law. Would you rather go to court in Libya, Somalia, Afghanistan, or America? Martin Cothran says that a society should be judged by its ideals, and if so, America\u2019s ideal is for equality before the law. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Stable economy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Depending on what metric is used, the USA\ncreates more wealth<\/a> than the entire European\nUnion combined<\/a>. That has a tremendous effect on the poorest countries of\nthe world because American investors send their money overseas to build\nfactories, start businesses, and employ really poor people all the while paying\ntaxes in those countries which are supposed to help build roads and hospitals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

America\u2019s wealth helps many poor people since they give more to charity in a year<\/a> than all the wealth created in a year by the entire country of 55 million South Africans<\/a>. Everyone should love that generosity because it effects the entire world through missionaries, development projects, investment capital, universities, and many more ways. The hundreds of children in Rafiki schools in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, and Zambia should love America as well as everyone who is cheering for those kids. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Innovation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who has not purchased an iPhone or Microsoft Word or Coca Cola or the Ford Ranger or Nike shoes? Who has not taken a benefit from these American inventions: bottle caps, zippers, mousetraps, batteries, thumb tacks, shaving razors, air conditioners, tea bags, supermarkets, sunglasses, and microwave ovens? Americans have a can-do spirit which is why God used that country to save the world twice in the last 100 years. Why wouldn\u2019t everyone love that? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. Universities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The top four universities in the world are in the US: MIT,\nHarvard, Stanford, and Caltech. America is the\nundisputed champion in the world<\/a> for universities with its 3,300\ninstitutions. Many of those students hail from other countries, and that means\nthey should love America. My great grandfather did not have opportunities to\nlearn like these international students. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

By far, America has the most seminaries for pastors and the church<\/a>. If you are a Christian of any country, why would you not love a land that has trained so many people to serve God?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. Biblical churches<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Look at the\nlocal church map on Nine Marks Ministries<\/a> and notice where the Biblical\nchurches are. All of Europe has less than 200 dots on the map. South America\nunder 50. Africa has 37. America has thousands. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you hold to the Baptist Confession of 1689, notice where the churches are<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And why is it that this country produced so many churches? Where did they come from? Why would a South African or Pakistani or Cambodian Christian not love such a country? Why would all the Christians of the world not seek to become more like a land that can dominate its map with Biblical churches? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

8. Missionaries<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the churches my\nteammate<\/a> and I have planted, every single believer was converted by the\ngospel grace given first to America. Had it been handled poorly or wasted,\nwhere would they be headed today? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

America sends out the lion\u2019s share of missionaries. Of the\nchurchplanting variety of missionary\u2014the most apostolic of all who take the\ntitle, America sends an even greater percentage. Have you ever met a missionary\nfrom Germany or Argentina or Australia or Zambia? There are some from each of\nthese countries, but a slow drip compared to the steady stream of Americans\nprepared to lay down their lives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Were it true that Cambodia sent more missionaries than any\nsociety in the world, I would love Cambodia with all my heart. I would want to\nvisit that country. I would want my sons to consider studying there. I would be\nhappy if they took the Cambodian ethos that had so devoted itself to the\nTreasure in the field. I would study what is happening there so that it might\nbe reproduced everywhere so that the earth might be full of the knowledge of\nthe Lord as the waters cover the sea. I would be ashamed for the darkness of\nthe country in which I lived. I would long for greater grace like that shining\nexample. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I would not act as if that country did not matter, or as if\nmy country were just as good, and I definitely would not attack the country\npouring out its sons and daughters to plant churches anymore than the Queen of\nSheba would have attacked Solomon once she had seen his temple and the majesty\nof his God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The troops of American missionaries alone have earned it the\nright to be loved by all men who love the gospel or simply good education or\ndevelopment for the poorest places of the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conclusion<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many imperfect things should be loved. Spouses, children,\nsinners, and the church of God are all stained with great imperfections. Even\nwhen God\u2019s people are divisive, immoral, petty, and carnal, they are still\ncalled holy ones (1 Cor. 1:2). Too many sins have been perpetrated by America\u2019s\ncitizens and government, yet it is still exceptionally blessed among all the\ncountries of the world. God has apparently loved America, and ultimately that\nis the best reason why we should too. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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