Independence Day— via Billy Graham (1970): “I find that there is a certain fear and expected cosmic judgment that hangs over our country at this hour, as the Devine timepiece ticks away.

Thomas Jefferson felt this deeply when he said, ‘I tremble for my country, when I reflect that God is just, and that His justice cannot sleep forever.’

The Bible teaches that God will judge any nation that turns its back on Him — especially a nation like America, which has been given privileges and responsibilities more than any nation in history.

At President Eisenhower’s first inauguration, he put his finger on a verse of Scripture, and here’s what it says: ‘If my people were to call by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from Heaven, and forgive their sins, and heal their land ….

Complete 6:19-minute video recording of this live sermon delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial is available for free access courtesy Billy Graham Evangelistic Association under the title “Billy Graham – Celebrating our freedoms” (posted July 2, 2010).