Civics Lesson: Part III

The next self-evident truth our founding fathers is the all people are endowed by God with certain inalienable rights. This rights are not given by people to other people. They are gifts of grace from a loving and merciful God. Anyone that would deprive another person of these basic rights is evil - period - plain and simple. For anyone to take the life of an innocent, for anyone to remove the ability of a person to make a freewill decision, for anyone to rob another of morally, legally, ethically earned wealth and property it is a slap in the face of God. It is one person's sinful desire to set themselves up as god in their life as well as in the lives of others.

What we must remember that with rights come responsibilities. We are responsible how we live our life. We are responsible how we use our liberty. We are responsible how we pursue our happiness. We are responsible to each other. That is why we have laws against murder, theft, sexual indecency, lying, etc. That is why we have laws for honoring authority, honoring honest work, remembering our national past (good and bad), upholding right and rectifying wrong. We are responsible to God. All of us, whether we believe in God or not, must give an account of the use of our life. Life is a gift from God. What we do with it is the gift we give back.

We live in a day and age where people are more interested in the acquisition and selfish exercise rights all the while trying to duck the responsibilities that come with the way they exercise their rights. The great mistake that we make is that we are due these rights merely because we are Americans. The only thing we are due - every single one of us - is hell's fire and damnation. What has been given to us are gifts of a gracious God to give to others and bring glory to Him in the way we use our rights and accept responsibility for the use of them.