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The Warning We Have Forgotten #RTTBROS #NIGHTLIGHT #USA250 #America250 #Nation250
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- Jun 23, 2026
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The Warning We Have Forgotten #RTTBROS #NIGHTLIGHT #USA250 #America250 #Nation250 The Warning We Have Forgotten "Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock." — Matthew 7:24 THE STORY Washington knew it would happen. He said so publicly, and then spent the rest of his life watching it begin. His Farewell Address, delivered in September 1796, is one of the greatest documents in American history and one of the least read. His warning was specific and urgent: "Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports." Not helpful additions. Indispensable supports. He went further: "In vain would that man claim the tribute of Patriotism, who should labour to subvert these great Pillars of human happiness." A man who works to remove religion and morality from public life, Washington said, has no business calling himself a patriot. He warned against excessive partisanship, foreign entanglements, and the accumulation of national debt. He named the temptations that would always threaten the republic and warned against them with the plainness of a man who had nothing left to gain and only the truth left to give. He was ignored on nearly every point. Promptly and comprehensively. THE REFLECTION There is something almost unbearably poignant about a great man's farewell wisdom being set aside by the very people he served. Washington had earned the right to be heard. And the warning he left was grounded not in political theory but in lived conviction: without God, republics fall. Matthew 7:24 is the conclusion of the Sermon on the Mount. The wise man builds on rock. The foolish man builds on sand. The…