America was never a "Christian nation", there will only be one nation that comes to Christ entirely and that is Israel in the tribulation.
America has only had a "form of religion" but denied all along, the power of God and His Word. If America had been a Christian Nation we would never have had leaders who were "deists." Our founding fathers were not lovers of Christ, they were lovers of traditions and self effort.
Our thrust would not have been "freedom", but rather service to Christ. Our nation is based on the premise that all religions are equal. Everyone is allowed to express their religion, Christianity was just the preferred one for many people, but others were not discouraged.
The god of America is now and always has been "freedom", to do as we please, to prosper materially and to express ourselves as we desired. If a true believer had written the constitution of the United States it would have promoted love for the One God in three persons, it would have encouraged evangelism rather than personal independence.
Christianity never forces anyone, but lovingly and boldly proclaims Christ as the answer to all things. Without direction in the principles of Christ, personal freedom and humanistic morals are opposed to Christianity. As the culture changes so does the worldly Christianity of our nation. We see this happening right now. Things that were disdained, discouraged and socially condemned are now being legalized and embraced, even by those who would not commit the same sins themselves.
Accountability has been rejected as mean spirited while personal freedom has been lifted to new heights.
America has been blessed by God not because the entire nation was "Christian" but because there were many believers here, although far fewer than the entire population. Believing born again Christians have always been a remnant every where they reside. Our National Christianity has been one of superficiality and cultural more's, based on tradition rather than on the Bible.
The point to this matter is, that we need to stop looking to a nation to help us remain moral and focused and begin looking to Christ alone. The nation is so far off track now in terms of our moral compass that we cannot regain any ground that was lost, without complete repentance toward Christ, on the part of individuals.
A nation will not save us, but Christ saves individuals. Christ did not die for the sins of "nations", He died for the sins of people. When we realize that repentance is based on each individual response to the call of Christ, then we will see everything else fall into line as it should be.
The call for the believer was not to save nations, but to bring the gospel to individuals.
Mark 16:15 "And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature."
1 Corinthians 15:1-11
15 Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand,
2 by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.
3 For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
4 and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures,
5 and that He was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve.
6 After that He was seen by over five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain to the present, but some have fallen asleep.
7 After that He was seen by James, then by all the apostles.
8 Then last of all He was seen by me also, as by one born out of due time.
9 For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. 11 Therefore, whether it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.
