Donald Trump’s historic Reformation Day message puts Jesus Christ, Scripture and America’s Christian heritage centre stage, prompting praise from Christians and criticism from secular commentators.
Donald Trump is the first sitting United States president to honour Reformation Day. This is his report:
“From the earliest days of our Republic, prayer and faith in Almighty God have stood as the foundation of our strength, the source of our unity, and the fount of our greatness. This Reformation Day, I send my best wishes to the countless Christians across our country commemorating the Protestant Reformation and its enduring message of salvation by God’s grace through faith in Jesus Christ.
“Five hundred years ago, William Tyndale—inspired by the work of Martin Luther—advanced the Protestant Reformation’s devotion to Holy Scripture through the publication of the first New Testament printed in English, shaping the language of the Bibles that would fortify the faith and resolve of America’s founding generation. The Sacred Scriptures helped form the religious convictions that formed our young Nation’s founding ideals of God-given rights and individual liberty, a spiritual inheritance we honor as we continue to reflect on 250 glorious years of American Independence. The Bible remains a cornerstone of our Nation’s character and upholds our steadfast devotion to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
“Guided by an unwavering faith in Jesus Christ, my Administration is working to restore the moral and religious foundations that have sustained our Republic for generations. As President, I will always support citizens of faith and defend their place in the public square, honoring the enduring role of our churches in strengthening families, serving communities, and preserving the core values that have anchored us across the centuries.
“As Christians across our country unite in faith and fellowship this Reformation Day, I send my heartfelt prayers for a meaningful celebration and encourage each of you to draw renewed strength from God’s Word as we carry forward the blessings of faith and freedom throughout our beloved Nation.”
It’s a front-page story with a historical punch to match. Yet, a neurotic, Trump-hating legacy media couldn’t be bothered to report on it. While the Left was obsessed with reading hidden meanings into a time-poor President, conservatives and Christians took note.
“Earlier in the week, the United States Department of State celebrated America’s Christian heritage in a social media video marking International Religious Freedom Day on October 27.”
He told The Daily Declaration, “At a time when Western leaders are abandoning Scriptural limits on power for government answerable only to itself, Trump’s Reformation Day remarks are a welcome and refreshing change.
“Acknowledging Christ as the supreme authority made America and the West places where freedom, prosperity and goodness could flourish. As Western leaders abandon that truth, they recognise no moral bounds beyond those they set themselves. And we’re feeling the consequences of that today.
“Trump obviously doesn’t get everything right, but this example deserves to be followed worldwide.”
Christians seem to always have a plan to keep Christianity from further influencing the nation by discipling people into either: 1) Political apathy (“God is sovereign, back off”, “we don’t get political, just do evangelism”) 2) Political ambiguity (“Jesus isn’t a Republican or Democrat, neither Right nor Left” = primary application of Gospel to culture).
If continued, this will have very predictable (and disastrous) results. The mid term election results demonstrate that America’s falling away from God is accelerating. Biblical end times prophecies are playing out with increasing frequency in our day. Thank goodness next on God’s agenda for planet Erath is Jesus Millennial Kingdom, Satan’s rule will shortly be over when Jesus returns to destroy the Antichrist and His army at Armageddon.
God has told us what is coming so we need to use this information to warn families and friends and give them the good news of the Gospel of Jesus Christ but also the bad news that God’s judgement is coming on the Earth with the Trumpet and Bowl judgements.
