Did we lose more of our nation to secular humanists this year? It’s obvious that Christian values are under attack. This year many think we reached a tipping point with a rise of socialistic ideology and big government fascism that will continue to erode more and more of our religious freedoms.

As Christians, we must resist the dumbing down of the Church through a diluted humanistic gospel that teaches us how to cope with life but not how to live in victory. To combat this erosion we must educate ourselves with a biblical worldview. Christ taught His disciples, for example, to be salt and light in a dark world. He never taught them to withdraw themselves from the world. He taught them to bring glory to the Father by bearing much fruit. He even rebuked a man in the Parable of the Talents that buried his talent in the ground. Unfortunately, some of the Church has been distracted, disarmed and deceived. Instead of equipping the saints to invade, occupy and influence the world for Christ, some have focused on blessing-only, entertainment-only and rapture-only. What we need is a righteous revolution that invades our nation with righteous leadership.

The term “revolution” has been used so much that its meaning has been diluted or connected to violence or right wing extremist behavior. Let’s look at the first use of the word revolution, however, to discover its genesis in the western culture. The term “revolution” was first used by St. Augustine. You may remember him promoting Christian values as the author of the “The City of God.” His definition was “the return of an object to its place of origin; a re-volution back to a more natural order.” Sounds like the restitution of all things:

“Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord. And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began” (Acts 3:19-21).

This is a revolutionary verse. It is a call to put first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness. Scripture declares “of the increase of His government and peace there shall be no end.” Our source of victory is our identity with Christ. That identity will lead you into a war in the world of ideas. Let’s take our nation away from the hands of the God haters. We can do it! Jesus said “I will build my Church and the gates of hell shall not prevail.” We can’t fail if we work together.