In this episode of The Joe Rooz Show, Joe takes listeners on a historical journey, exploring America's Christian heritage and the spiritual influences on the American Revolution. Joe delves into the often overlooked spiritual elements that played a significant role in the founding of the United States. He discusses the involvement of chaplains in the Continental Army, highlighting their contributions and the spiritual guidance they provided to soldiers during the Revolutionary War. Joe also shares intriguing stories about influential figures like George Washington and the role of Baptists in advocating for religious liberty.
Joe emphasizes the importance of understanding America's spiritual heritage, especially in a time when modern history books often omit these crucial elements. He encourages listeners to explore the scriptures and understand the foundation of liberty as rooted in individual responsibility and spiritual truth. Throughout the episode, Joe intertwines historical anecdotes with biblical teachings, urging his audience to investigate their faith and the historical truths that shaped the nation. The episode concludes with a personal reflection on Joe's spiritual journey and an invitation for listeners to explore their own faith.
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(00:04:30) Introduction and Show Overview
(00:05:40) America's Christian Heritage
(00:11:38) Chaplains in the American Revolution
(00:21:13) George Washington's Faith
(00:49:04) The Importance of Spiritual Heritage
(01:00:39) Announcements and Closing Remarks
- Wayne Rankin
- Rosanna Rankin
- Carolina Jimenez
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Alrighty. Hey, folks. This is Joe Ruse. It is eighteen zero three hours, Sunday, July 20, and we are transmitting to you live from the asylum studios, broadcasting from the pimple on the backside of Texas, and bringing you the best quality talk radio we could muster without all the bluster. This is the Joe Root Show. Alright, folks. Hope you guys had a good weekend. Got a lot of stuff cooking, a lot of things going on in the world around us today, but that is not the subject of today's show. No guests lined up for today, which is the way we like it on a Sunday.
This is our time to spend it with the word of God, the Lord, and have our Bible study Sunday show. So I hope you guys are ready for it today. So for the last, few weeks, we've been talking about America's Christian heritage and the Christian influence on the American Revolution. And, it's been a lively show, we are really like, I love it. I love talking about this stuff, so it's it's always a pleasure and a joy for me to do it. So it's a lot of fun. But, you know, it's a it's this is like a history lesson. That's the thing. So it's like last week, I said, I was surprised last week. I didn't realize it when I was putting the the show together that we didn't, we didn't go to the bible once during that whole bible study show. So I don't know if you wanna consider it a bible study or a history lesson, but, that's that's that's what happened last week.
And then I hope you guys were able to catch the show on, Friday. We had a we had a great time with, with, Joseph m Leonard. I know I'm saying it wrong, and I'm doing that because I think he's watching tonight. But, Joseph m Leonard, had a great time with Joe. We're gonna have him back on soon, I hope. And then, I I I do wanna say that, you know, we had some problems with the audio on, the the second half of the show with, with Kevin Stone. So, we're gonna get we're gonna get back with him. We're gonna schedule something. We spoke, after the show and came up with an idea of what we're gonna do. So so those things are coming. Looking forward to those. Really excited about it. And, made it out to church today. I hope you did too, and I hope you had a great time at church.
And I really do hope that, that you're attending a church that preaches and teaches the word of God. And when I say the word of God, I'm not just talking about any Bible, I'm talking about your King James Bible. God's book for us today in English. Why in English? Well, as our pastor pointed out this morning, and I totally concur, it's because English is the language of the last days. English is the world language. Everyone's learning English. So why would God give us a book in any other language except English? So this is our book for today, our King James Bible. And of course, we'll be, we'll be dipping into this just a little bit today. So, we'll be over in the gospel of John mostly. So, if you wanna take your bible and head over that way, that that'll be fine.
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This this really isn't a bible study lesson much like last week, but that's typically what we do here on a Sunday, like 99.9 tenths of a percent of the time. We study the bible on Sunday. The Sunday show is a bible study show, and that's and that's where our emphasis is. So, but for the last few weeks, I wanna say since, since the week before independence day, we've been doing a little series on, the spiritual side of the American Revolution, America's Christian heritage. And, there is. There there there's a huge spiritual element, that that really has been largely ignored in history books, especially modern history books. But I think I think it's really important for God's people to know something about their spiritual heritage. You know, something about their history that helped found this country, and, and ultimately put it together through all of its founding documents.
I don't think even the most avid conservative, conservative historian claims that America is the perfect place, the perfect country. But on the flip side, there's absolutely no doubt that God had his hand in a lot of this. You touched on this very briefly on on Friday with, with Joseph m Leonard. So I looked at for a reason, he knows. All you gotta do is really study you gotta study the history to know it. To know that God had his hand in the founding of this country. Now, most of my material, that that I've studied and and come up with to show you tonight, didn't come from modern history books.
And that's because there there's been a huge effort to sanitize and and change our history books. And a lot of the effort of course is, you know, let's remove anything that has any spiritual connotation to it. You know, let's remove it. Get rid of it. Eliminate it. You know, whatever it is. You know, try to put a far more, liberal spin on the thing. Well, that f effort is being exercised throughout every element of our society. I don't know if you've noticed that. You know, it's not just history, it's about everything. You know, let's just liberalize the thing, and and get rid of any conservative information whatsoever.
Now, we started off, we talked about Lexington, we talked about Concord, we talked about Bunker Hill, Breed's Hill, Valley Forge, we talked about Trenton, and and I I I tried to walk you through several of those great events, and what led up to those great events. Sometimes, we even talked about things that took place ten years prior to them, and what the thinking was, and what their mindset was in the colonies. You see see, what a lot of people don't even know either is that the colonists really didn't want to be anything but Englishmen. You know, the vast majority of them had absolutely no desire to separate political ties with England.
They wanted to maintain that, but they felt like King George, you know not necessarily the English people, but King George is becoming so abusive in his tactics, especially toward the colonists, that it eventually led to what's called the American Revolution, or the war for independence. But, but but the vast majority of those people were really quite content, quite happy to be known as Englishmen. But, you know, it it just goes to show you that how one man in charge can really make some bad decisions, and bad differences.
And honestly, do we really expect anything different today? Do we experience anything like that today? Oh, yes. We do. And, so that's where the majority of the, complaints were. Now, as as the revolution drug on, and drug on, and drug on, and we've talked about some of the major battles and incidents, and so on and so forth. But one of the great factors that factored into into the whole thing that, were the chaplains. And I and I alluded to this, it was last week, and we talked, very briefly about how the chaplains, were involved with, and how they how their presence affected the leadership in the, in the revolutionary war, as well as the the enlisted ranks.
But the chaplains were very very important. Very important, and that's what I'm gonna talk to you tonight about. Now, but by the order of George Washington, over, over a 100 chaplains were appointed to be part of the continental army. And and and, you know, by seventeen seventies valuation, they were paid a considerable considerable sum of money. They were paid $32 a month. Now, in those days, $32 was, was was probably a a pretty good good amount of money. And and, you know, and they came from various denominations. But interestingly, about a third of them were Baptists.
And look, I'm a Baptist, you know, I've told you that before. You know, I I I'm Well, first and foremost, I'm a born again Christian. I'm a saved man. I'm a saved Christian. But denominationally, if I was gonna put a denominational tag on it, I'd say I'm Baptist. And you see the Baptist had a strong desire for liberty. And, and again, another reason why I'm Baptist is because of that that as well. That strong desire for liberty, understanding where liberty comes from. And when you understand Baptist doctrine, and and and I think I I think I do, you know, as well as anybody, you know, I was saved in a Baptist church ministry. I went to a Baptist church. I went to a Baptist bible school.
I've I've attended Baptist churches. I've been members of bapt I've been a member of Baptist churches. I've served as an associate pastor at a Baptist church. So I think I have some information on this, you know. Not trying to pat myself on the back or anything. I'm just, you know, I'm just saying, just for the record here. Now now some of the Baptists, not all of them, but an awful lot of the baptist in America today are are really an embarrassment to me. They really are, and I'm sorry to say that, you know, and but not all of them.
Not all of them, but a lot of them are. And and do you know why that is? Because they've gone down this slippery slope. They've gone down the wrong direction in so many areas, doctrinally, in their methodology, and and so on. But but back in colonial days, the Baptists were a people that really strongly advocated for individual responsibility, and individual liberty. Which is really when you think about at the core of what conservatism is. Real conservative, I'm not talking about rhinos, and, you know, and and the conservatives, and name all the cinos that we talked about Friday. Now, when the colonies were established, they they did carry a lot of European traditions with them. And one European tradition was, that they brought with them a state church.
You see all these European countries had their own state church. You know of course the church of England was the Anglican church. And, you know some some of these colonies adopted the Anglican church as as their official church, and some went as as as so far as to adopt the European trade of, believe it or not, taxing people to support the church. Now Baptist rejected all of that. They said, no no no no no no no. We we we don't wanna do that. So various colonies had their adopted churches, and the Baptists were considered primarily to be, lack of a better word, renegade.
Renegades. They were the Mavericks. You know, they they were what you and I would call today the MAGA crowd. Okay? And, so as a result of a lot of pressure on them, they were actually run out of a lot of the other state church colonies. So they ended up with a colony of their own, founded by a guy by the name of Roger Williams. And, do you know what that colony was? That colony was Rhode Island. Rhode Island. Remember the Quakers ended up in Pennsylvania, and, and and so that little tiny place known as Rhode Island became, a place for freedom.
Now, when when Thomas Jefferson, really started to look long and hard at a prototype for the constitution of of the country, of The United States, do you know what constitution he looked at? Rhode Island's constitution. Because that was the first constitution in America to declare freedom of religion. Because the Baptist were saying this, that even even though my next door neighbors may not be a Baptist, he may be, you know, he may be a Presbyterian, he may be a Catholic, a Congregationalist, or an Anglican, you know, I am still going to defend his right to be whatever it is that he wants to be. And I believe he should have the liberty to exercise whatever religion he wants to be involved in.
Now that was a brand new concept. That was a brand new idea. There were not very many people that actually held to that, but, but the Baptist did. And so and so they became pretty influential in this fight for freedom during the war for independence. Now, George Washington, the commander in chief, he just couldn't say enough about spiritual things, and and and and he would often mention, you know, the quote unquote, the unseen hand that guided him to victory. In a in a 1778 letter to his friend in to his Virginia friend Thomas Nelson, he wrote this, quote, the hand of providence.
Now, you know, that's not a veiled reference. You know, that's that's just a normal way of speaking in those days about God. The providence of God. And, so he said quote, the hand of providence has been so conspicuous in all this, you know, the course of the war, that that he must be worse than an infidel that lacks faith, and more wicked that has not gratitude to not acknowledge his obligations. But it will be time enough for me to turn preacher when my present appointment ceases. Alright. Now, did you did you get that? Did did you catch what he said there? He said, when I'm done being a general when I'm done being a general, then I can be a preacher.
That's what your first president said. That's what he said in his own handwriting, and I'll bet you can't find a history book in school now that says that. You know, they wouldn't even begin to tell you that kind of thing. Well, these faithful men of God, these chaplains at Washington appointed to filter throughout the whole continental army, they weren't like, what a lot of people's conception of what preachers are today, you know, and accurately so. I mean, these guys were not lace on the underwear kind of men. You know, they were tall men standing among tall men.
I mean, they couldn't only preach and pray, but many of them many of them showed a dynamic leadership when under fire. You know, these these these were the guys that were that were were were, you know, packing their bible in one hand and a flintlock musket in the other. That's the kind of guys that these were. You know, one classic example, that no one's ever really heard of, and, and you really do have to kinda go digging to find this one. But this is a great story. There was a guy that was a, he was a professor at Yale College, today known as Yale University, and he was a professor of divinity.
He taught theology. Alright? And his name was Naphtali. Now I I kinda wonder where he got that name from. Right? Naphtali, mom? That's one of the 12 tribes of Israel folks. The guy's name was Naphtali Daggett, professor of divinity at Yale College. And he's just a good represent he's he's just a good representative of of the kind of men, he was actually a chaplain. And, he was just over there being a professor, but but he got quite involved in the whole effort. So, the story goes that as an army of redcoats under general Tyrone marched on on New Haven, Connecticut on 07/05/1779. Alright. Now now this aged preacher, he was an old guy.
Alright. He was an old guy. He was probably in the seventies around this time, but this aged preacher climbed the top of the hill with a quote unquote fowling piece. Now, you and I would call that a shotgun today. You know, it it wasn't even a rifle, it was a shotgun, short range. And, but he, you know, he climbed up there to personally reconnoiter the enemy. He was firing at this entire regiment as they were marching by. Now now the the, the old historian Headley writes, and and I'm I'm just gonna read verbatim from my notes here what mister Headley said about this incident. Alright? This is a quote.
As the British pressed after the fugitives, they were surprised at the solitary report of a gun every few minutes from the grove of trees on the hill. At first, they paid but little attention to it, but the bullets, finding their way steadily into their ranks, they were compelled to notice it. An officer sent a detachment up to see what it meant. The professor saw them coming, but never moved from his position. His black mare stood near him, and he could have at any mount anytime mounted and fled, but this never seemed to enter into his head. He was only thinking of the enemy and fired and loaded as fast as he could. When the detachment reached the spot where he stood, the commanding officer, to his surprise, saw a venerable old man in black before him quietly loading his gun to have another shot. Pausing a moment at the extraordinary spectacle of the single man thus coolly fighting a whole army, he exclaimed, quote, what are you doing there, you old fool?
Firing on his majesty's troops. The staunch old patriot looked up in the most unconcerned matter and said, exercising the rights of war, sir. Now the whole affair seemed to strike the officer comically and rather amused and offended at the audacity of the proceeding, said, quote, if I let you go if I let you go this time, you old rascal, will you ever fire again on the troops of his majesty? Professor Daggett said, nothing more likely. Well, this was too much for the good temper of the Briton, and he ordered his men to seize him, and they did, and they dragged him roughly down the hill to the head of the column. Doctor Daggett died sixteen months later as a result of the rough treatment he received while confined. That's a direct quote. Professor of divinity at Yale.
I wonder if the students at Yale ever hear about doctor Daggett today. Do you think so? Something tells me they don't. Well, many of these quote unquote rebel Parsons, as the British frequently called them, didn't fare any better. Many of them had bounties on their heads. In a in a in a skirmish near Trenton, Reverend John Rosberg got separated from the forest and was captured. With his request for mercy refused, he knelt down and committed his soul to the Lord in prayer. And while he was in prayer, he was run through several times with bayonets. Now if you don't know what run through with a bayonet means, let your imagination run away with you.
Reverend James Caldwell, a Presbyterian pastor from Elizabethtown, New Jersey, was hated so much by the British that they burned his church, burned his parsonage, shot his wife through the chest in cold blood in front of their nine children. Again, Headley describes the fate of this first lady. I quote, arising from her devotions, she sat down on her bed and was pondering on her desolate condition when the maid who accompanied her with the other children stepped to the window to look out. When she did, she saw a redcoat jump over the fence into the yard. Alarmed, she turned quickly and told missus Caldwell, the latter knew at once that evil was intended on her and arose from the bed to either watch the man's actions or to pass out of the room. When the villain caught a glimpse of her through the window, he knew her at a glance having come on purpose to kill her. He raised his musket and fired at at her through the window when she fell amid her terrified children pierced by two balls.
Another writer added this, quote, not content with depriving her of life, the inhumane monsters reaped their cruelty on her senseless body. Her clothes were ripped off. Her body was removed to the roadside where it was subjected to every indignity, while the torch was applied to the building. Now here's the rest of the story. After burying his wife and placing his children with various parishioners, Reverend Caldwell reentered the conflict. When the American troops engaged in battle near Springfield, began to falter for lack of, for lack of wadding, Reverend Caldwell got on a horse, and he galloped to a nearby church and returned with an armful of hymnals.
And he threw them out there and he said, here boys, here you go. Here's all kinds of wadding for you right here. Keep firing. Keep firing. Keep shooting. You know, those are just the kind of men we're talking about. Patriots. We're not talking about sissy britches peep preachers here. We're talking about real men. Real men. More than a 100 chaplains were employed. I I think I mentioned that already in the continental army. Now, reverend David Jones was considered so dangerous, the British offered a reward for his capture, as well as several others.
Not only did Washington concur in this analysis declaring Baptist chaplains were among the most prominent and useful in the army, but even the British general Howe was forced to concede. Here's what the British adversary said, quote, the Baptists were among the most strenuous supporters of liberty, with reference to, Richard Fireman. Richard Fireman. I'm sorry. A Baptist pastor from South Carolina. Lord Cornwallis was said to have remarked that he feared the prayers of the godly youth more than the armies of Sumter and Marion.
So so so these guys, got got really involved and were and were great encouragement to the troops. Perhaps one that really stood out, and and they all stood out in their own right, but, one of the most unusual men in this whole conflict was a man by the name of of pastor John Gano. Now, he was the pastor of First Baptist Church of New York City, believe it or not. Okay. And, he had a very special and a very influential relationship with George Washington. It was said of him that, as a minister of Christ, he shone like a star of the first magnitude in the American churches, and moved in a widely extended field of action.
His courage under fire was, was legendary, making him a great favorite of the troops, and indeed an object of much admiration as a man of the officers. When when gently reproved, for getting too near to harm's way, he was known to have replied on more than one occasion. Oh, I somehow got to the front of the regiment. Now, he was supposed to be in the rear, but yet he somehow managed to get to the front of the regiment. You know, even the great George Whitfield, you know, the the the evangelist, the great evangelist, who traveled, from New England to Georgia, up and down the East Coast preaching, and and thousands and thousands of people trusted Christ as a result of the preaching of George Whitfield.
George Whitfield heard him preach. He heard John Gano preach one time in in Charleston, South Carolina, and said it was an amazing experience and a wonderful message that he would never forget. At Valley Forge where three thousand men died, or more than three thousand men died from exposure, disease, starvation, Gano was there every day doing everything he could do to minister to those men. Now, an interesting piece of information comes along and it and and that is this. On the eighth anniversary of Lexington, now do you remember Lexington? That's kinda where we started with this, with Lexington.
When, when that preacher marched, if you remember, it it Lexington was when that preacher marched his 77 parishioners out to meet 700 British troops. And of of course, they were greatly outnumbered, you know that, but the but and so the but the colonists didn't forget that. And what they ended up doing, they kind of observed that as an anniversary date of the initiation of the whole conflict. And so, George Washington asked John Gano to offer prayer at a at a at a particular proclamation by congress, you know, at a at a formal secession cessation of hostilities, and, the prayer was offered to the almighty ruler of the world by reverend John Gano. Now now these were very, very unusual men that they would keep the confidence of George Washington to the extent that they did.
Now, it's been stated that, and very well verified that that John Gano baptized George Washington in the Hudson River. Alright? Now, modern historians say that that's just a myth. No. It this has been verified. And here's some evidence of it. Citing from the baptism of George Washington as recorded in the archives of the First Baptist Church of New York, E Wayne Thompson writes this. So so this is what George Washington, said to John Gano. Quote, I've been investigating the scriptures, and I believe immersion is the baptism taught in the word of God, and I demand it at your hands.
I do not wish any parade made or any army called out, but simply a quiet demonstration of the ordinance. Doctor James Norwood did a history of the First Baptist Church of of the city of New York and investigated a lot of the history, that that Halderman did years before. Now, Halderman was a great historian and and a and a theologian, and these guys said, while at camp in Newberg, Washington requested pastor Gano to baptize him according to the scriptures. He did so, immersing him in believers baptism in the name of the father, the son, and the Holy Ghost. Now, three of John Gano's children testified to the fact that their father baptized George Washington.
Daniel Gano, one of one of Gano's sons, and and and captain of the artillery was present, and said that he, with about 40 officers and men, accompanied the chaplain down to the Hudson River where the where the reverend John Gano baptized George Washington. Alright? Now George came to that conclusion. His his religious affiliation or or allegiance had been with the Anglican church, you know, the English church. He had nothing to to critically say about that church ever. He wasn't criticizing it. All he was saying was, I need to be scripturally baptized, and I know that the baptist know how to do that.
So we stop and think about it folks. This is a sidebar I know. Bible believing Baptist churches are some of the few churches that really believe that baptism has nothing to do with salvation. Zero. Nothing. You know, most of the major denominations, you know, they they put some kind of emphasis on on baptism to the extent that it's at least in the minds of the parishioners that it's, somehow integrated into salvation. Well, as a Baptist, I don't believe that. Baptists as a whole don't believe that. Now, you know, a lot of Baptists are accused of that, but you know, just because of the name Baptist. And a lot of Baptists know very little about real Baptist doctrine, unfortunately, like every other denomination.
You know, a lot of people, and this is it's really sad. A lot of people don't really know what their church believes, or teaches, or anything else, because they've never taken the time to investigate it. And I I would consider investigating the truth to be pretty essential. Don't you think? I mean, wouldn't you? You know, I I visited with people over the years, and, you know, one question that I ask frequently is, you know, what's your religious background? And I've had people say, you know, say, you know, well, I'm a Baptist. And I and I would follow-up with, well, why are you a Baptist?
Oh, well, you know, my my my grandparents were Baptist, my parents were Baptist. You know, we've always been Baptist people and but is that good enough for reason? Is that good enough reason? Now, you know, you you find that particular point of persuasion among Catholic folks too. Well, what are you? I'm Catholic. Well, why are you Catholic? Well, we've always been Catholic. Okay. Why? Why? Have you investigated it? Have you ever really searched the thing out? You know, investigation is crucial. It it it should be common sense. Investigation is crucial is crucial.
You know, a lot of people, and I and I know I'm preaching here. I'll I'll get back to the subject at hand, but but you know, a lot of people through their religion hang their eternal destiny on their religion. And yet, they'll go through all extents to to to investigate the purchase of a new car, a house, even a pair of jeans. More than they'll investigate the religion that they've hung their eternal soul on. I mean, does that make sense to anybody? You know, when you really examine it, it it makes zero sense. No sense whatsoever. I mean, folks, it requires investigation, and and and most people, quite frankly, just aren't willing to do it.
Yeah. There are lots of people today that cling to and claim some kind of a religious preference, and they and they would just doggedly say, well, yes, I'm that. I'll always be that, and and that's all I'm ever gonna be. When in fact, they know more about a football team than they do about their own religion. That's nuts. That's crazy. You know, it it's it's insanity. So I think it's incumbent upon us to do what Jesus told the Pharisees to do. Search the scriptures. Search the scriptures.
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you know, those people that were just ingrained in a religious exercise, you know, that that's who those people were. But when it came to the scriptures, they didn't know a whole lot. The Pharisees I'm talking about. And Jesus was constantly catching them off guard with the scriptures. And and, you know, and he got them so angry. He got them so angry, they crucified him. Now in nineteen o eight, E. T. Sanford, of Manhattan's North Church commissioned a painting of Gano baptizing George Washington. The painting was taken to, excuse me, the Baptist church in Asbury, New Jersey, where it was hung until miss Elizabeth Johnston, John Gano's great granddaughter, presented it to William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri in 1926.
And, that's where it hangs today, as far as I know. As far as, the time I studied this, that's where it is today. So here was a man, George Washington, who should be greatly revered in this country because, of course, you know, when the war concluded and the colonists gained their full and unfettered freedom, you know that there was a prevailing opinion of many people that wanted to make George Washington a king. Because you know, a king wasn't a foreign concept to the people in those days. Because they all came from and immigrated, or or the forefathers did from a country that had a monarchy. And George George Washington said nothing doing, man.
I'll not have anything to do with that. That is not what this whole struggle over liberty has been all about. We're not going to subject ourselves again to the tyranny that we just freed ourselves from. Now, you know, God doesn't have to have the title of king to think he's a king, in case you hadn't noticed that. Now, there there there would there would be those who would discredit this count on the basis of that Washington maintained his membership in the Episcopalian Church. That's the American version of the Anglican Church. And, of course, you know, George Washington famously kept his ties to the Masonic order, which is another study altogether.
But there's some scripture here that that would fortify his position. Alright? So we are gonna take it to to take some time here to go into our bibles. We're gonna make a little bit of a bible study out of it. So if you would take your bible and head over to John chapter three. John chapter three, fourth book of your New Testament, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John. John chapter three. We will get there. Now if you don't have a Bible with you, that's fine. I'm gonna put the I'm gonna put the scripture up on the up on the screen here. If you do have a Bible, we're in John chapter three.
Now, if you understand what if you understand the liberty that the Bible speaks of, and where the spirit of the Lord is, there's liberty. Amen? Isn't that what the book says? Where the spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. Now, that liberty folks is predicated upon this thought. Individual responsibility. Individual responsibility. The less responsible we become in governing ourselves, proportionately we lose liberty. Alright? That that make sense? That should make sense. You know, so our forefathers understood that concept very well, and repeatedly wrote and talked about individual responsibility and the governing of oneself.
And we've just seen a great deterioration of that whole concept in America today. Just, you know, way too many people don't understand the necessity of governing themselves, and the attitude today is more like, well what can I get away with? Rather than it being, you know, how can I discipline myself and govern myself? Alright. Now, John chapter three, and let's go to verse number one. John chapter three verse one. There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. The same came to Jesus by night and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God, for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. Alright? Now, so here comes a guy, he's a Pharisee.
Not only is he a Pharisee, but he's a heavyweight in the religious hierarchy of the whole Jewish system there. Alright? This guy's a big shot. He's a ruler of the Pharisees. He's not just a normal run of the mill, you know, mediocre Pharisee. A ruler. Amen? Alright. So so he's part of the established church. No question about that. Alright? Go over to chapter 12. John and chapter 12. John chapter 12, and we're gonna go over to, verse 42. John chapter 12 and, verse 42. Now now now some people again, they've been critical of George Washington. Why? Because of his member because his membership was in the Episcopal church, and there was no record that he ever left that church, his masonic ties, and so forth. But he always maintained his membership there at the Episcopal church, even though he desired to be baptized by a Baptist preacher in the Hudson River.
Alright. Now John chapter 12 and, verse 42. Nevertheless, among the chief rulers also, many believed on him. But because of the Pharisees, they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue. For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God. Alright. Well, that's just showing one of the, inherent weaknesses of human character. You know, loving the praise of men more than being honored by the lord, or honored of the lord, I should say. The lord is no respecter of persons. But, but nonetheless, it it it says that many of them were believers.
They were genuine believers, but because of the Pharisees, they didn't confess them. They were pretty quiet and subtle with their belief. Alright. Moving along. Let's go to chapter 18. John chapter 18. John chapter 18. And, we're going to go to verse 17. John eighteen seventeen, then saith the damsel that kept the door unto Peter, art thou not art not thou also one of it one of this man's disciples? He say it, I am not. Alright? Go to verse, 25. Eighteen twenty five. And Simon's and Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. They said therefore unto him, are not thou also one of his disciples?
He denied it and said, I am not. Alright? Verse 27. And then Peter denied again, and immediately, the cock crew, you say, alright. Well, what's the point, Joe? What's the point? The point is, I guess in the terms of the old backwoods preacher, you know, Peter did a little backsliding. Didn't he? He did a little backsliding. He was reticent to confess the Lord. But of course, in the due process of time, the Lord got the victory, and honor, and glory out of Peter's ministry. Peter is one of the great men in the New Testament. One of the greatest men to to ever serve the lord.
Peter knew how to repent just like David did. The Lord used Peter to write two epistles in the New Testament, and if you remember what the Lord said in a in a post resurrection conversation, he said to Peter, he goes, Peter, lovest thou me? Lord, you know I love you. Feed my sheep. Well, the lord didn't rebuke him, did he? Lord didn't rebuke him. You and I would've, but the lord didn't. Isn't the lord kind? Isn't he kind? He, I mean, he really is. Could the Lord rebuke you today for something? Can you think of anything in your life that the Lord could point a finger at and say, hey, you.
Well, Peter certainly is an example of that. Absolutely an example of that. But what did the Lord say? He said, okay Peter, feed my sheep, take care of my sheep. And I think that same admonition comes to us. Now as we continue to study this, not tonight, but as we continue to study, about George Washington and and some of the things he wrote and and said, you know, it it became very plain and very obvious that he took his Christianity very seriously. And a personal relationship with Jesus Christ was very critical to him. And and really folks, that's what it's all about.
That's really what it's all about. Liberty liberty is initiated from this book right here. It comes from this book. It stems from this book. You know, a lot of people in ignorance say that, you know, you know, old King James, you know, he, you know, translated that Bible. King James didn't have enough brains to translate anything. But what God did do, God moved in his heart at the request of a bunch of, not Baptists, Puritans. And the Puritans appealed to the king to to King James and said, we've got the great bible and the Wycliffe bible. We've got the Coverdale bible.
But all these translators of all these bibles freely admitted that they were incomplete works. We would like a complete bible built on the Byzantine text, the old Textus Receptus. And and back in those days, you know, the thing had to be authorized as it were by the king. And so the king said that he'd authorize it, and he did. 54 men. 54 men of such scholarly renown were brought together, and I mean, you couldn't find I I I guarantee you couldn't find 54 men on the entire plane today that had the academic prowess that those guys had. You know, some of those guys could could speak, read, write fluently 10 to 12 ancient languages.
They didn't have TV. They didn't have a radio. They didn't have internet. They didn't have podcasts. You know what they did? They studied all day long. Four in the morning until dark. That's what they did. That's what they did. Brilliance. God assembled the right people at the right time, and the result of that was a great bible that God used for four hundred thirteen years or more in bringing people to Jesus Christ, and teaching people the word of God. Liberty in Jesus Christ. Liberty in Jesus Christ. He'll give you liberty that you've never known. He'll give you freedom that you've never experienced.
It's called soul freedom. You see, I don't have to worry. I don't have to sit around and worry day to day whether or not I'm going to heaven or hell. I don't have to do that. I don't have to worry about whether I'm pleasing God or not because I'm in Christ, and Christ pleases him all the time. Doesn't he? Does he not? This is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased, and I'm in him. Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature. Old things are passed away. Behold, all things are become new. Now you say, yeah, but you don't do everything right.
Boy, man, you got that right. Good night, if you had any idea. But you know what? You know what this stuff is here? That's acting up, that's misbehaving, that's the old flesh. That's the flesh, and God says in Romans chapter six that I'm supposed to look at it as if it's dead. Amen? Dead. So George Washington wasn't the fourth member of the trinity. Okay? But he was a great man with great vision, and great appreciation for spiritual truth. And he was one of the real foundation stones, humanly speaking, of this American union. So despite what they tell you, despite what you hear in in the mainstream, and despite what you might find in modern history books, it wasn't atheists and agnostics that put this country together, or Muslims.
It was dedicated Christians who cobbled this whole thing together. And at first it did seem like a cobbling, but you know what? God was using it. God was using it. And today, the efforts are out there, strenuous efforts to tear that all apart, to dismantle it, to do away with it, so that our children know nothing about the history of our heritage. And, you know, it is a spiritual heritage, folks. It's a spiritual heritage, and thank God for it. Thank God for it. Alright, folks. This is the Joe Russo. We are a live show. Weeknights, 7PM central time.
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Alrighty. Hey, folks. Welcome back to the Joe Russo. My name is Joe Russo. It is great to be with you again on a Sunday. Hope you guys had a great weekend so far, and I hope you guys had a good Sunday. And I hope you guys enjoyed the bible study tonight. No. It wasn't a, like, a bible study, more like a history lesson. I get it. But this stuff is so important, folks. Understanding our spiritual heritage, our Christian heritage, that this world has been trying to strip away for, I don't know, for for years. Little by little, more and more, each and every year, each and every day, trying to scrub any element of Christianity out of this country.
It's so important, and we need to study these things. We need to know these things, and not let these things pass into oblivion. We need to teach our children these things, because they're not gonna get it in the public school system. So I hope you're finding these things, interesting. I hope you're learning something from them, because I know when I'm doing these things, you know, a lot of lot of times I'm learning stuff myself. You know, I'm not, I'm no great scholar, obviously. But, this stuff is important, and that's part of the reason why I wanted to make sure that we covered these things.
Especially since, you know, we were celebrating the 200 birthday of the country this year. I think it's important to talk about these things. And, we'll continue on with this study. I think we have a few more quite a few more lessons to get through. I think, I think it would take probably take about 10 in total. But, we got four in the books, so to speak. Alright. Well, we're gonna just do some quick announcements here, and then we're gonna wrap this thing up for the night. And then, see you guys back here on Monday. So don't forget, head over to our website, joeroos.com, joeroos.com.
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Today is my spiritual birthday. Twenty five years ago today, in about an hour from now, twenty five years ago, I got down on my knees on a pier in Manhattan, Lower Manhattan, Canal Street and West Street, and I asked the Lord Jesus Christ to save me. Twenty five years ago today, and, it's a it's been an incredible, incredible experience, an incredible journey. I hate using that word. I don't know why I used it, but it's been an incredible experience. I've done things in my Christian walk that I never would have dreamed I'd be able to do, and, it's been a blessing, to to to just know the Lord and just to to know that for all the ups and downs, all the failures, all the mistakes, all the, you know, all the not living right moments, is all forgiven because God said that he would forgive them through the blood of his precious son, the Lord Jesus Christ. And if you don't know Jesus Christ is your personal savior, I invite you tonight to examine your heart.
Examine the scriptures. Jesus Christ is the only way to heaven. Jesus Christ said, ye must be born again. Must. So why don't you put your full faith, trust, and confidence in the shed blood of the Lord Jesus Christ today? Get right with God. Confess Jesus Christ as your savior. Ask him the savior, and he will. He will. He did it for me twenty five years ago today, and I'm incredibly, incredibly thankful for it. Incredibly thankful. Alright, folks. On that note, we're gonna say goodnight. Thank you again for taking the time to be with us tonight. Don't forget to head up to the website, joeroos.com.
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Alrighty. Hey, folks. This is Joe Ruse. It is eighteen zero three hours, Sunday, July 20, and we are transmitting to you live from the asylum studios, broadcasting from the pimple on the backside of Texas, and bringing you the best quality talk radio we could muster without all the bluster. This is the Joe Root Show. Alright, folks. Hope you guys had a good weekend. Got a lot of stuff cooking, a lot of things going on in the world around us today, but that is not the subject of today's show. No guests lined up for today, which is the way we like it on a Sunday.
This is our time to spend it with the word of God, the Lord, and have our Bible study Sunday show. So I hope you guys are ready for it today. So for the last, few weeks, we've been talking about America's Christian heritage and the Christian influence on the American Revolution. And, it's been a lively show, we are really like, I love it. I love talking about this stuff, so it's it's always a pleasure and a joy for me to do it. So it's a lot of fun. But, you know, it's a it's this is like a history lesson. That's the thing. So it's like last week, I said, I was surprised last week. I didn't realize it when I was putting the the show together that we didn't, we didn't go to the bible once during that whole bible study show. So I don't know if you wanna consider it a bible study or a history lesson, but, that's that's that's what happened last week.
And then I hope you guys were able to catch the show on, Friday. We had a we had a great time with, with, Joseph m Leonard. I know I'm saying it wrong, and I'm doing that because I think he's watching tonight. But, Joseph m Leonard, had a great time with Joe. We're gonna have him back on soon, I hope. And then, I I I do wanna say that, you know, we had some problems with the audio on, the the second half of the show with, with Kevin Stone. So, we're gonna get we're gonna get back with him. We're gonna schedule something. We spoke, after the show and came up with an idea of what we're gonna do. So so those things are coming. Looking forward to those. Really excited about it. And, made it out to church today. I hope you did too, and I hope you had a great time at church.
And I really do hope that, that you're attending a church that preaches and teaches the word of God. And when I say the word of God, I'm not just talking about any Bible, I'm talking about your King James Bible. God's book for us today in English. Why in English? Well, as our pastor pointed out this morning, and I totally concur, it's because English is the language of the last days. English is the world language. Everyone's learning English. So why would God give us a book in any other language except English? So this is our book for today, our King James Bible. And of course, we'll be, we'll be dipping into this just a little bit today. So, we'll be over in the gospel of John mostly. So, if you wanna take your bible and head over that way, that that'll be fine.
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This this really isn't a bible study lesson much like last week, but that's typically what we do here on a Sunday, like 99.9 tenths of a percent of the time. We study the bible on Sunday. The Sunday show is a bible study show, and that's and that's where our emphasis is. So, but for the last few weeks, I wanna say since, since the week before independence day, we've been doing a little series on, the spiritual side of the American Revolution, America's Christian heritage. And, there is. There there there's a huge spiritual element, that that really has been largely ignored in history books, especially modern history books. But I think I think it's really important for God's people to know something about their spiritual heritage. You know, something about their history that helped found this country, and, and ultimately put it together through all of its founding documents.
I don't think even the most avid conservative, conservative historian claims that America is the perfect place, the perfect country. But on the flip side, there's absolutely no doubt that God had his hand in a lot of this. You touched on this very briefly on on Friday with, with Joseph m Leonard. So I looked at for a reason, he knows. All you gotta do is really study you gotta study the history to know it. To know that God had his hand in the founding of this country. Now, most of my material, that that I've studied and and come up with to show you tonight, didn't come from modern history books.
And that's because there there's been a huge effort to sanitize and and change our history books. And a lot of the effort of course is, you know, let's remove anything that has any spiritual connotation to it. You know, let's remove it. Get rid of it. Eliminate it. You know, whatever it is. You know, try to put a far more, liberal spin on the thing. Well, that f effort is being exercised throughout every element of our society. I don't know if you've noticed that. You know, it's not just history, it's about everything. You know, let's just liberalize the thing, and and get rid of any conservative information whatsoever.
Now, we started off, we talked about Lexington, we talked about Concord, we talked about Bunker Hill, Breed's Hill, Valley Forge, we talked about Trenton, and and I I I tried to walk you through several of those great events, and what led up to those great events. Sometimes, we even talked about things that took place ten years prior to them, and what the thinking was, and what their mindset was in the colonies. You see see, what a lot of people don't even know either is that the colonists really didn't want to be anything but Englishmen. You know, the vast majority of them had absolutely no desire to separate political ties with England.
They wanted to maintain that, but they felt like King George, you know not necessarily the English people, but King George is becoming so abusive in his tactics, especially toward the colonists, that it eventually led to what's called the American Revolution, or the war for independence. But, but but the vast majority of those people were really quite content, quite happy to be known as Englishmen. But, you know, it it just goes to show you that how one man in charge can really make some bad decisions, and bad differences.
And honestly, do we really expect anything different today? Do we experience anything like that today? Oh, yes. We do. And, so that's where the majority of the, complaints were. Now, as as the revolution drug on, and drug on, and drug on, and we've talked about some of the major battles and incidents, and so on and so forth. But one of the great factors that factored into into the whole thing that, were the chaplains. And I and I alluded to this, it was last week, and we talked, very briefly about how the chaplains, were involved with, and how they how their presence affected the leadership in the, in the revolutionary war, as well as the the enlisted ranks.
But the chaplains were very very important. Very important, and that's what I'm gonna talk to you tonight about. Now, but by the order of George Washington, over, over a 100 chaplains were appointed to be part of the continental army. And and and, you know, by seventeen seventies valuation, they were paid a considerable considerable sum of money. They were paid $32 a month. Now, in those days, $32 was, was was probably a a pretty good good amount of money. And and, you know, and they came from various denominations. But interestingly, about a third of them were Baptists.
And look, I'm a Baptist, you know, I've told you that before. You know, I I I'm Well, first and foremost, I'm a born again Christian. I'm a saved man. I'm a saved Christian. But denominationally, if I was gonna put a denominational tag on it, I'd say I'm Baptist. And you see the Baptist had a strong desire for liberty. And, and again, another reason why I'm Baptist is because of that that as well. That strong desire for liberty, understanding where liberty comes from. And when you understand Baptist doctrine, and and and I think I I think I do, you know, as well as anybody, you know, I was saved in a Baptist church ministry. I went to a Baptist church. I went to a Baptist bible school.
I've I've attended Baptist churches. I've been members of bapt I've been a member of Baptist churches. I've served as an associate pastor at a Baptist church. So I think I have some information on this, you know. Not trying to pat myself on the back or anything. I'm just, you know, I'm just saying, just for the record here. Now now some of the Baptists, not all of them, but an awful lot of the baptist in America today are are really an embarrassment to me. They really are, and I'm sorry to say that, you know, and but not all of them.
Not all of them, but a lot of them are. And and do you know why that is? Because they've gone down this slippery slope. They've gone down the wrong direction in so many areas, doctrinally, in their methodology, and and so on. But but back in colonial days, the Baptists were a people that really strongly advocated for individual responsibility, and individual liberty. Which is really when you think about at the core of what conservatism is. Real conservative, I'm not talking about rhinos, and, you know, and and the conservatives, and name all the cinos that we talked about Friday. Now, when the colonies were established, they they did carry a lot of European traditions with them. And one European tradition was, that they brought with them a state church.
You see all these European countries had their own state church. You know of course the church of England was the Anglican church. And, you know some some of these colonies adopted the Anglican church as as their official church, and some went as as as so far as to adopt the European trade of, believe it or not, taxing people to support the church. Now Baptist rejected all of that. They said, no no no no no no no. We we we don't wanna do that. So various colonies had their adopted churches, and the Baptists were considered primarily to be, lack of a better word, renegade.
Renegades. They were the Mavericks. You know, they they were what you and I would call today the MAGA crowd. Okay? And, so as a result of a lot of pressure on them, they were actually run out of a lot of the other state church colonies. So they ended up with a colony of their own, founded by a guy by the name of Roger Williams. And, do you know what that colony was? That colony was Rhode Island. Rhode Island. Remember the Quakers ended up in Pennsylvania, and, and and so that little tiny place known as Rhode Island became, a place for freedom.
Now, when when Thomas Jefferson, really started to look long and hard at a prototype for the constitution of of the country, of The United States, do you know what constitution he looked at? Rhode Island's constitution. Because that was the first constitution in America to declare freedom of religion. Because the Baptist were saying this, that even even though my next door neighbors may not be a Baptist, he may be, you know, he may be a Presbyterian, he may be a Catholic, a Congregationalist, or an Anglican, you know, I am still going to defend his right to be whatever it is that he wants to be. And I believe he should have the liberty to exercise whatever religion he wants to be involved in.
Now that was a brand new concept. That was a brand new idea. There were not very many people that actually held to that, but, but the Baptist did. And so and so they became pretty influential in this fight for freedom during the war for independence. Now, George Washington, the commander in chief, he just couldn't say enough about spiritual things, and and and and he would often mention, you know, the quote unquote, the unseen hand that guided him to victory. In a in a 1778 letter to his friend in to his Virginia friend Thomas Nelson, he wrote this, quote, the hand of providence.
Now, you know, that's not a veiled reference. You know, that's that's just a normal way of speaking in those days about God. The providence of God. And, so he said quote, the hand of providence has been so conspicuous in all this, you know, the course of the war, that that he must be worse than an infidel that lacks faith, and more wicked that has not gratitude to not acknowledge his obligations. But it will be time enough for me to turn preacher when my present appointment ceases. Alright. Now, did you did you get that? Did did you catch what he said there? He said, when I'm done being a general when I'm done being a general, then I can be a preacher.
That's what your first president said. That's what he said in his own handwriting, and I'll bet you can't find a history book in school now that says that. You know, they wouldn't even begin to tell you that kind of thing. Well, these faithful men of God, these chaplains at Washington appointed to filter throughout the whole continental army, they weren't like, what a lot of people's conception of what preachers are today, you know, and accurately so. I mean, these guys were not lace on the underwear kind of men. You know, they were tall men standing among tall men.
I mean, they couldn't only preach and pray, but many of them many of them showed a dynamic leadership when under fire. You know, these these these were the guys that were that were were were, you know, packing their bible in one hand and a flintlock musket in the other. That's the kind of guys that these were. You know, one classic example, that no one's ever really heard of, and, and you really do have to kinda go digging to find this one. But this is a great story. There was a guy that was a, he was a professor at Yale College, today known as Yale University, and he was a professor of divinity.
He taught theology. Alright? And his name was Naphtali. Now I I kinda wonder where he got that name from. Right? Naphtali, mom? That's one of the 12 tribes of Israel folks. The guy's name was Naphtali Daggett, professor of divinity at Yale College. And he's just a good represent he's he's just a good representative of of the kind of men, he was actually a chaplain. And, he was just over there being a professor, but but he got quite involved in the whole effort. So, the story goes that as an army of redcoats under general Tyrone marched on on New Haven, Connecticut on 07/05/1779. Alright. Now now this aged preacher, he was an old guy.
Alright. He was an old guy. He was probably in the seventies around this time, but this aged preacher climbed the top of the hill with a quote unquote fowling piece. Now, you and I would call that a shotgun today. You know, it it wasn't even a rifle, it was a shotgun, short range. And, but he, you know, he climbed up there to personally reconnoiter the enemy. He was firing at this entire regiment as they were marching by. Now now the the, the old historian Headley writes, and and I'm I'm just gonna read verbatim from my notes here what mister Headley said about this incident. Alright? This is a quote.
As the British pressed after the fugitives, they were surprised at the solitary report of a gun every few minutes from the grove of trees on the hill. At first, they paid but little attention to it, but the bullets, finding their way steadily into their ranks, they were compelled to notice it. An officer sent a detachment up to see what it meant. The professor saw them coming, but never moved from his position. His black mare stood near him, and he could have at any mount anytime mounted and fled, but this never seemed to enter into his head. He was only thinking of the enemy and fired and loaded as fast as he could. When the detachment reached the spot where he stood, the commanding officer, to his surprise, saw a venerable old man in black before him quietly loading his gun to have another shot. Pausing a moment at the extraordinary spectacle of the single man thus coolly fighting a whole army, he exclaimed, quote, what are you doing there, you old fool?
Firing on his majesty's troops. The staunch old patriot looked up in the most unconcerned matter and said, exercising the rights of war, sir. Now the whole affair seemed to strike the officer comically and rather amused and offended at the audacity of the proceeding, said, quote, if I let you go if I let you go this time, you old rascal, will you ever fire again on the troops of his majesty? Professor Daggett said, nothing more likely. Well, this was too much for the good temper of the Briton, and he ordered his men to seize him, and they did, and they dragged him roughly down the hill to the head of the column. Doctor Daggett died sixteen months later as a result of the rough treatment he received while confined. That's a direct quote. Professor of divinity at Yale.
I wonder if the students at Yale ever hear about doctor Daggett today. Do you think so? Something tells me they don't. Well, many of these quote unquote rebel Parsons, as the British frequently called them, didn't fare any better. Many of them had bounties on their heads. In a in a in a skirmish near Trenton, Reverend John Rosberg got separated from the forest and was captured. With his request for mercy refused, he knelt down and committed his soul to the Lord in prayer. And while he was in prayer, he was run through several times with bayonets. Now if you don't know what run through with a bayonet means, let your imagination run away with you.
Reverend James Caldwell, a Presbyterian pastor from Elizabethtown, New Jersey, was hated so much by the British that they burned his church, burned his parsonage, shot his wife through the chest in cold blood in front of their nine children. Again, Headley describes the fate of this first lady. I quote, arising from her devotions, she sat down on her bed and was pondering on her desolate condition when the maid who accompanied her with the other children stepped to the window to look out. When she did, she saw a redcoat jump over the fence into the yard. Alarmed, she turned quickly and told missus Caldwell, the latter knew at once that evil was intended on her and arose from the bed to either watch the man's actions or to pass out of the room. When the villain caught a glimpse of her through the window, he knew her at a glance having come on purpose to kill her. He raised his musket and fired at at her through the window when she fell amid her terrified children pierced by two balls.
Another writer added this, quote, not content with depriving her of life, the inhumane monsters reaped their cruelty on her senseless body. Her clothes were ripped off. Her body was removed to the roadside where it was subjected to every indignity, while the torch was applied to the building. Now here's the rest of the story. After burying his wife and placing his children with various parishioners, Reverend Caldwell reentered the conflict. When the American troops engaged in battle near Springfield, began to falter for lack of, for lack of wadding, Reverend Caldwell got on a horse, and he galloped to a nearby church and returned with an armful of hymnals.
And he threw them out there and he said, here boys, here you go. Here's all kinds of wadding for you right here. Keep firing. Keep firing. Keep shooting. You know, those are just the kind of men we're talking about. Patriots. We're not talking about sissy britches peep preachers here. We're talking about real men. Real men. More than a 100 chaplains were employed. I I think I mentioned that already in the continental army. Now, reverend David Jones was considered so dangerous, the British offered a reward for his capture, as well as several others.
Not only did Washington concur in this analysis declaring Baptist chaplains were among the most prominent and useful in the army, but even the British general Howe was forced to concede. Here's what the British adversary said, quote, the Baptists were among the most strenuous supporters of liberty, with reference to, Richard Fireman. Richard Fireman. I'm sorry. A Baptist pastor from South Carolina. Lord Cornwallis was said to have remarked that he feared the prayers of the godly youth more than the armies of Sumter and Marion.
So so so these guys, got got really involved and were and were great encouragement to the troops. Perhaps one that really stood out, and and they all stood out in their own right, but, one of the most unusual men in this whole conflict was a man by the name of of pastor John Gano. Now, he was the pastor of First Baptist Church of New York City, believe it or not. Okay. And, he had a very special and a very influential relationship with George Washington. It was said of him that, as a minister of Christ, he shone like a star of the first magnitude in the American churches, and moved in a widely extended field of action.
His courage under fire was, was legendary, making him a great favorite of the troops, and indeed an object of much admiration as a man of the officers. When when gently reproved, for getting too near to harm's way, he was known to have replied on more than one occasion. Oh, I somehow got to the front of the regiment. Now, he was supposed to be in the rear, but yet he somehow managed to get to the front of the regiment. You know, even the great George Whitfield, you know, the the the evangelist, the great evangelist, who traveled, from New England to Georgia, up and down the East Coast preaching, and and thousands and thousands of people trusted Christ as a result of the preaching of George Whitfield.
George Whitfield heard him preach. He heard John Gano preach one time in in Charleston, South Carolina, and said it was an amazing experience and a wonderful message that he would never forget. At Valley Forge where three thousand men died, or more than three thousand men died from exposure, disease, starvation, Gano was there every day doing everything he could do to minister to those men. Now, an interesting piece of information comes along and it and and that is this. On the eighth anniversary of Lexington, now do you remember Lexington? That's kinda where we started with this, with Lexington.
When, when that preacher marched, if you remember, it it Lexington was when that preacher marched his 77 parishioners out to meet 700 British troops. And of of course, they were greatly outnumbered, you know that, but the but and so the but the colonists didn't forget that. And what they ended up doing, they kind of observed that as an anniversary date of the initiation of the whole conflict. And so, George Washington asked John Gano to offer prayer at a at a at a particular proclamation by congress, you know, at a at a formal secession cessation of hostilities, and, the prayer was offered to the almighty ruler of the world by reverend John Gano. Now now these were very, very unusual men that they would keep the confidence of George Washington to the extent that they did.
Now, it's been stated that, and very well verified that that John Gano baptized George Washington in the Hudson River. Alright? Now, modern historians say that that's just a myth. No. It this has been verified. And here's some evidence of it. Citing from the baptism of George Washington as recorded in the archives of the First Baptist Church of New York, E Wayne Thompson writes this. So so this is what George Washington, said to John Gano. Quote, I've been investigating the scriptures, and I believe immersion is the baptism taught in the word of God, and I demand it at your hands.
I do not wish any parade made or any army called out, but simply a quiet demonstration of the ordinance. Doctor James Norwood did a history of the First Baptist Church of of the city of New York and investigated a lot of the history, that that Halderman did years before. Now, Halderman was a great historian and and a and a theologian, and these guys said, while at camp in Newberg, Washington requested pastor Gano to baptize him according to the scriptures. He did so, immersing him in believers baptism in the name of the father, the son, and the Holy Ghost. Now, three of John Gano's children testified to the fact that their father baptized George Washington.
Daniel Gano, one of one of Gano's sons, and and and captain of the artillery was present, and said that he, with about 40 officers and men, accompanied the chaplain down to the Hudson River where the where the reverend John Gano baptized George Washington. Alright? Now George came to that conclusion. His his religious affiliation or or allegiance had been with the Anglican church, you know, the English church. He had nothing to to critically say about that church ever. He wasn't criticizing it. All he was saying was, I need to be scripturally baptized, and I know that the baptist know how to do that.
So we stop and think about it folks. This is a sidebar I know. Bible believing Baptist churches are some of the few churches that really believe that baptism has nothing to do with salvation. Zero. Nothing. You know, most of the major denominations, you know, they they put some kind of emphasis on on baptism to the extent that it's at least in the minds of the parishioners that it's, somehow integrated into salvation. Well, as a Baptist, I don't believe that. Baptists as a whole don't believe that. Now, you know, a lot of Baptists are accused of that, but you know, just because of the name Baptist. And a lot of Baptists know very little about real Baptist doctrine, unfortunately, like every other denomination.
You know, a lot of people, and this is it's really sad. A lot of people don't really know what their church believes, or teaches, or anything else, because they've never taken the time to investigate it. And I I would consider investigating the truth to be pretty essential. Don't you think? I mean, wouldn't you? You know, I I visited with people over the years, and, you know, one question that I ask frequently is, you know, what's your religious background? And I've had people say, you know, say, you know, well, I'm a Baptist. And I and I would follow-up with, well, why are you a Baptist?
Oh, well, you know, my my my grandparents were Baptist, my parents were Baptist. You know, we've always been Baptist people and but is that good enough for reason? Is that good enough reason? Now, you know, you you find that particular point of persuasion among Catholic folks too. Well, what are you? I'm Catholic. Well, why are you Catholic? Well, we've always been Catholic. Okay. Why? Why? Have you investigated it? Have you ever really searched the thing out? You know, investigation is crucial. It it it should be common sense. Investigation is crucial is crucial.
You know, a lot of people, and I and I know I'm preaching here. I'll I'll get back to the subject at hand, but but you know, a lot of people through their religion hang their eternal destiny on their religion. And yet, they'll go through all extents to to to investigate the purchase of a new car, a house, even a pair of jeans. More than they'll investigate the religion that they've hung their eternal soul on. I mean, does that make sense to anybody? You know, when you really examine it, it it makes zero sense. No sense whatsoever. I mean, folks, it requires investigation, and and and most people, quite frankly, just aren't willing to do it.
Yeah. There are lots of people today that cling to and claim some kind of a religious preference, and they and they would just doggedly say, well, yes, I'm that. I'll always be that, and and that's all I'm ever gonna be. When in fact, they know more about a football team than they do about their own religion. That's nuts. That's crazy. You know, it it's it's insanity. So I think it's incumbent upon us to do what Jesus told the Pharisees to do. Search the scriptures. Search the scriptures.
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you know, those people that were just ingrained in a religious exercise, you know, that that's who those people were. But when it came to the scriptures, they didn't know a whole lot. The Pharisees I'm talking about. And Jesus was constantly catching them off guard with the scriptures. And and, you know, and he got them so angry. He got them so angry, they crucified him. Now in nineteen o eight, E. T. Sanford, of Manhattan's North Church commissioned a painting of Gano baptizing George Washington. The painting was taken to, excuse me, the Baptist church in Asbury, New Jersey, where it was hung until miss Elizabeth Johnston, John Gano's great granddaughter, presented it to William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri in 1926.
And, that's where it hangs today, as far as I know. As far as, the time I studied this, that's where it is today. So here was a man, George Washington, who should be greatly revered in this country because, of course, you know, when the war concluded and the colonists gained their full and unfettered freedom, you know that there was a prevailing opinion of many people that wanted to make George Washington a king. Because you know, a king wasn't a foreign concept to the people in those days. Because they all came from and immigrated, or or the forefathers did from a country that had a monarchy. And George George Washington said nothing doing, man.
I'll not have anything to do with that. That is not what this whole struggle over liberty has been all about. We're not going to subject ourselves again to the tyranny that we just freed ourselves from. Now, you know, God doesn't have to have the title of king to think he's a king, in case you hadn't noticed that. Now, there there there would there would be those who would discredit this count on the basis of that Washington maintained his membership in the Episcopalian Church. That's the American version of the Anglican Church. And, of course, you know, George Washington famously kept his ties to the Masonic order, which is another study altogether.
But there's some scripture here that that would fortify his position. Alright? So we are gonna take it to to take some time here to go into our bibles. We're gonna make a little bit of a bible study out of it. So if you would take your bible and head over to John chapter three. John chapter three, fourth book of your New Testament, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John. John chapter three. We will get there. Now if you don't have a Bible with you, that's fine. I'm gonna put the I'm gonna put the scripture up on the up on the screen here. If you do have a Bible, we're in John chapter three.
Now, if you understand what if you understand the liberty that the Bible speaks of, and where the spirit of the Lord is, there's liberty. Amen? Isn't that what the book says? Where the spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. Now, that liberty folks is predicated upon this thought. Individual responsibility. Individual responsibility. The less responsible we become in governing ourselves, proportionately we lose liberty. Alright? That that make sense? That should make sense. You know, so our forefathers understood that concept very well, and repeatedly wrote and talked about individual responsibility and the governing of oneself.
And we've just seen a great deterioration of that whole concept in America today. Just, you know, way too many people don't understand the necessity of governing themselves, and the attitude today is more like, well what can I get away with? Rather than it being, you know, how can I discipline myself and govern myself? Alright. Now, John chapter three, and let's go to verse number one. John chapter three verse one. There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. The same came to Jesus by night and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God, for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. Alright? Now, so here comes a guy, he's a Pharisee.
Not only is he a Pharisee, but he's a heavyweight in the religious hierarchy of the whole Jewish system there. Alright? This guy's a big shot. He's a ruler of the Pharisees. He's not just a normal run of the mill, you know, mediocre Pharisee. A ruler. Amen? Alright. So so he's part of the established church. No question about that. Alright? Go over to chapter 12. John and chapter 12. John chapter 12, and we're gonna go over to, verse 42. John chapter 12 and, verse 42. Now now now some people again, they've been critical of George Washington. Why? Because of his member because his membership was in the Episcopal church, and there was no record that he ever left that church, his masonic ties, and so forth. But he always maintained his membership there at the Episcopal church, even though he desired to be baptized by a Baptist preacher in the Hudson River.
Alright. Now John chapter 12 and, verse 42. Nevertheless, among the chief rulers also, many believed on him. But because of the Pharisees, they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue. For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God. Alright. Well, that's just showing one of the, inherent weaknesses of human character. You know, loving the praise of men more than being honored by the lord, or honored of the lord, I should say. The lord is no respecter of persons. But, but nonetheless, it it it says that many of them were believers.
They were genuine believers, but because of the Pharisees, they didn't confess them. They were pretty quiet and subtle with their belief. Alright. Moving along. Let's go to chapter 18. John chapter 18. John chapter 18. And, we're going to go to verse 17. John eighteen seventeen, then saith the damsel that kept the door unto Peter, art thou not art not thou also one of it one of this man's disciples? He say it, I am not. Alright? Go to verse, 25. Eighteen twenty five. And Simon's and Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. They said therefore unto him, are not thou also one of his disciples?
He denied it and said, I am not. Alright? Verse 27. And then Peter denied again, and immediately, the cock crew, you say, alright. Well, what's the point, Joe? What's the point? The point is, I guess in the terms of the old backwoods preacher, you know, Peter did a little backsliding. Didn't he? He did a little backsliding. He was reticent to confess the Lord. But of course, in the due process of time, the Lord got the victory, and honor, and glory out of Peter's ministry. Peter is one of the great men in the New Testament. One of the greatest men to to ever serve the lord.
Peter knew how to repent just like David did. The Lord used Peter to write two epistles in the New Testament, and if you remember what the Lord said in a in a post resurrection conversation, he said to Peter, he goes, Peter, lovest thou me? Lord, you know I love you. Feed my sheep. Well, the lord didn't rebuke him, did he? Lord didn't rebuke him. You and I would've, but the lord didn't. Isn't the lord kind? Isn't he kind? He, I mean, he really is. Could the Lord rebuke you today for something? Can you think of anything in your life that the Lord could point a finger at and say, hey, you.
Well, Peter certainly is an example of that. Absolutely an example of that. But what did the Lord say? He said, okay Peter, feed my sheep, take care of my sheep. And I think that same admonition comes to us. Now as we continue to study this, not tonight, but as we continue to study, about George Washington and and some of the things he wrote and and said, you know, it it became very plain and very obvious that he took his Christianity very seriously. And a personal relationship with Jesus Christ was very critical to him. And and really folks, that's what it's all about.
That's really what it's all about. Liberty liberty is initiated from this book right here. It comes from this book. It stems from this book. You know, a lot of people in ignorance say that, you know, you know, old King James, you know, he, you know, translated that Bible. King James didn't have enough brains to translate anything. But what God did do, God moved in his heart at the request of a bunch of, not Baptists, Puritans. And the Puritans appealed to the king to to King James and said, we've got the great bible and the Wycliffe bible. We've got the Coverdale bible.
But all these translators of all these bibles freely admitted that they were incomplete works. We would like a complete bible built on the Byzantine text, the old Textus Receptus. And and back in those days, you know, the thing had to be authorized as it were by the king. And so the king said that he'd authorize it, and he did. 54 men. 54 men of such scholarly renown were brought together, and I mean, you couldn't find I I I guarantee you couldn't find 54 men on the entire plane today that had the academic prowess that those guys had. You know, some of those guys could could speak, read, write fluently 10 to 12 ancient languages.
They didn't have TV. They didn't have a radio. They didn't have internet. They didn't have podcasts. You know what they did? They studied all day long. Four in the morning until dark. That's what they did. That's what they did. Brilliance. God assembled the right people at the right time, and the result of that was a great bible that God used for four hundred thirteen years or more in bringing people to Jesus Christ, and teaching people the word of God. Liberty in Jesus Christ. Liberty in Jesus Christ. He'll give you liberty that you've never known. He'll give you freedom that you've never experienced.
It's called soul freedom. You see, I don't have to worry. I don't have to sit around and worry day to day whether or not I'm going to heaven or hell. I don't have to do that. I don't have to worry about whether I'm pleasing God or not because I'm in Christ, and Christ pleases him all the time. Doesn't he? Does he not? This is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased, and I'm in him. Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature. Old things are passed away. Behold, all things are become new. Now you say, yeah, but you don't do everything right.
Boy, man, you got that right. Good night, if you had any idea. But you know what? You know what this stuff is here? That's acting up, that's misbehaving, that's the old flesh. That's the flesh, and God says in Romans chapter six that I'm supposed to look at it as if it's dead. Amen? Dead. So George Washington wasn't the fourth member of the trinity. Okay? But he was a great man with great vision, and great appreciation for spiritual truth. And he was one of the real foundation stones, humanly speaking, of this American union. So despite what they tell you, despite what you hear in in the mainstream, and despite what you might find in modern history books, it wasn't atheists and agnostics that put this country together, or Muslims.
It was dedicated Christians who cobbled this whole thing together. And at first it did seem like a cobbling, but you know what? God was using it. God was using it. And today, the efforts are out there, strenuous efforts to tear that all apart, to dismantle it, to do away with it, so that our children know nothing about the history of our heritage. And, you know, it is a spiritual heritage, folks. It's a spiritual heritage, and thank God for it. Thank God for it. Alright, folks. This is the Joe Russo. We are a live show. Weeknights, 7PM central time.
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Alrighty. Hey, folks. Welcome back to the Joe Russo. My name is Joe Russo. It is great to be with you again on a Sunday. Hope you guys had a great weekend so far, and I hope you guys had a good Sunday. And I hope you guys enjoyed the bible study tonight. No. It wasn't a, like, a bible study, more like a history lesson. I get it. But this stuff is so important, folks. Understanding our spiritual heritage, our Christian heritage, that this world has been trying to strip away for, I don't know, for for years. Little by little, more and more, each and every year, each and every day, trying to scrub any element of Christianity out of this country.
It's so important, and we need to study these things. We need to know these things, and not let these things pass into oblivion. We need to teach our children these things, because they're not gonna get it in the public school system. So I hope you're finding these things, interesting. I hope you're learning something from them, because I know when I'm doing these things, you know, a lot of lot of times I'm learning stuff myself. You know, I'm not, I'm no great scholar, obviously. But, this stuff is important, and that's part of the reason why I wanted to make sure that we covered these things.
Especially since, you know, we were celebrating the 200 birthday of the country this year. I think it's important to talk about these things. And, we'll continue on with this study. I think we have a few more quite a few more lessons to get through. I think, I think it would take probably take about 10 in total. But, we got four in the books, so to speak. Alright. Well, we're gonna just do some quick announcements here, and then we're gonna wrap this thing up for the night. And then, see you guys back here on Monday. So don't forget, head over to our website, joeroos.com, joeroos.com.
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Alright. And, of course, as always, as promised, our shout outs. So shout outs to our executive producer, Wayne Rankin, executive producer, Rosanna Rankin, executive producer, Carolina Jimenez. Thank you so much for your donations. And then, of course, we have our producer, anonymous, Angela, who does a fantastic job in donating her time and her talent. And we are greatly appreciated of that, so much. You have no idea how much, anonymous Angela does for us. So that we really do appreciate that, and thank you very, very, very, very much. Alright. I think that we have come to the point where we're going to say, oh, by the way, you know what today is?
Today is my spiritual birthday. Twenty five years ago today, in about an hour from now, twenty five years ago, I got down on my knees on a pier in Manhattan, Lower Manhattan, Canal Street and West Street, and I asked the Lord Jesus Christ to save me. Twenty five years ago today, and, it's a it's been an incredible, incredible experience, an incredible journey. I hate using that word. I don't know why I used it, but it's been an incredible experience. I've done things in my Christian walk that I never would have dreamed I'd be able to do, and, it's been a blessing, to to to just know the Lord and just to to know that for all the ups and downs, all the failures, all the mistakes, all the, you know, all the not living right moments, is all forgiven because God said that he would forgive them through the blood of his precious son, the Lord Jesus Christ. And if you don't know Jesus Christ is your personal savior, I invite you tonight to examine your heart.
Examine the scriptures. Jesus Christ is the only way to heaven. Jesus Christ said, ye must be born again. Must. So why don't you put your full faith, trust, and confidence in the shed blood of the Lord Jesus Christ today? Get right with God. Confess Jesus Christ as your savior. Ask him the savior, and he will. He will. He did it for me twenty five years ago today, and I'm incredibly, incredibly thankful for it. Incredibly thankful. Alright, folks. On that note, we're gonna say goodnight. Thank you again for taking the time to be with us tonight. Don't forget to head up to the website, joeroos.com.
Let us know what you're thinking. Alright folks, make Texas independent again. Go podcasting, keep a steady stride, and keep talking. Happy trails
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