87% of people that I have polled either answer 27 or one of the branches of government. It is not by accident that most Americans weren’t taught this in school, it is by design. So let’s talk about this.
There are actually 7 articles in our Constitution. The first three outline the enumerated powers of the three branches of government. The Biblical principle that outlines limiting and dividing governmental powers is found in Isaiah 33:22:
For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; it is He who will save us. (NIV)
Of course the Framers were fine with God having this unlimited power, but when it came to delegating their responsibilities to those who would represent us, they limited and put checks on each.
Of most importance is the authority to legislate, so this is Article I. The second is the Executive which is Article II. The Judicial is Article III. After the framers outlined the “few and enumerated” powers for the Branches of government, they clarified to the states that “Full Faith and Credits” would be given to each state, along with how new states would be admitted to the union, and that “the United States shall guarantee to every state in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion…”
Article V outlines how the Constitution is to be amended, not by usurpation, as George Washington warned in his Farewell Address but by an amendment.
Article VI then declares that the debts incurred under the Articles of Confederation would be honored under this Constitution. It also declares that “This Constitution… shall be the supreme Law of the Land.”
Article VII then closes by explaining that “nine states shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the Same” thereby challenging the states that drug their feet in joining the union!
Father, would You give America our version of Deuteronomy? Your law, a second time.
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