A Summary of the 7 Principles

Adapted from a lesson by James Rose

  There is ONE God, working and governing, in and through individuals.

  God works in TWO spheres, the internal and the external.  The internal is causative, primary, unseen.

  God works in THREE divinely appointed institutions:

          The Family

          The Church

          The Nation

  God operates within THREE aspects of government:

          Legislative:  The Planning Phase

          Executive:  The Doing Phase

          Judicial:  The Evaluation Phase

               See Isaiah 33:22

  God operates within FOUR levels of American Civil Government:

          City Government

          County Government

          State Government

          National Government

  There are SIX kinds of Liberty:

          Internal Liberty:

               Spiritual

               Liberty of Conscience

          External Liberty:

               Religious

               Economic

               Political

               Civil

  There are SEVEN principles of America's Christian Heritage:

          1.  God's principle of Individuality

          2.  Internal Self-Government

          3.  Christian Character

          4.  Liberty of Conscience

          5.  Christian Form of Government

          6.  Local Authority

          7.  Unity with Union