Letter of Paul to the Americans: Creation and a Culture of Life for a Twenty-First Century America

By Nicholas F. Mazza

Paul’s message to American Christians and America

No one conceived is a mistake. You are divinely wanted by God.
At the time of your conception you were endowed with a unique spirit or soul that no one else could ever possess.
This unique spirit is a part of the image and likeness of God. You share in the life of God.
Abortion is the preeminent issue in American culture today. It can not be placed in the closet of our minds and hearts as though it is someone’s else’s problem.
Each gift of life, which is complete and personally crafted by the Creator, is the ultimate manifestation of divine thought and love.
Racism today and abortion both degrade the divine will for all human life.
America is a nation established for a divine mission that can change the face of the earth and the direction for humanity, worldwide.
Mothers, the child in your womb has a right to life, a right to dream, and a right to be free. Plain and simple.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Mar 31, 2020
• ISBN: 9781973685913

Nicholas F. Mazza

Typical of the apostle Paul’s spiritual insights delivered to early Christian communities, Dr. Mazza develops a chilling message, in the spirit of Paul, to American Christians, their ministers and the larger American community. This Letter of Paul powerfully explores the mind of God in choosing to create humanity from his pure divine love and, then, crafting a divine journey toward eternal happiness for all. Paul strongly admonishes his fellow Christians for their compliance in not more strongly advocating against the growing abortion-on-demand culture in American society. Paul’s admonition is particularly relevant in light of his profound teaching on creation and God’s love. Dr. Mazza holds a doctorate in educational leadership and two master’s degrees, one in sociology and the second in theology. He relies on his unique spiritual perspective and human experiences to bring Paul’s message to life.

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"Human beings are not a mistake but something willed;

they are the fruit of love. They can disclose in themselves,

in the bold project that they are, the language of the

creating Intelligence that speaks to them and that moves

them to say; Yes, Father, you have willed me."

Joseph Ratzinger, 1995 (Pope Benedict XVI)

(From: ‘In the Beginning’: A Catholic Understanding

of the Story of Creation and the Fall)

CONTENTS

Introduction

Chapter 1: The Creator’s Love Story with Humanity

Greetings – A View into the Mind of the Creator

Creation – A Divine Miracle

Creation – Divine Fashioning or Not?

Establishing Renewed Cultures of Life

Thanksgiving

Chapter 2: Paul’s Encounter with the Creator and Christ

Paul’s Early Life

Paul’s Conversion

The Enduring Qualities of Conversion

Chapter 3: The Creator’s Love Story with America

The Creator and the Birth of America

Divine Rights

Twenty-first Century America and Divine Purpose

The American Dream

Going Against the Tide

Forge New Paths

Chapter 4: America - Rejecting the Creator’s Plans

America’s Cross

Public Square Confusion

De-Christianizing America

Chapter 5: Christians - Don’t Lose Your Crowns!

Wearing Your Crown Boldly

Transcendent Freedom

A Heavenly Dwelling

Temples of the Holy Spirit

No Distinctions in Heaven

Paul’s Universal Message

Chapter 6: Healing and Glory (Revisited)

Beware of Evil

Road to Healing

God’s Mercy

Chapter 7: Christian Ministry

Ministry

Renewal of American Culture

Conclusion

Photos depicting families and friends engaged in learning the message and joys of the Creator’s love.

Appendix 1: List of Sacred Scriptures, Creation, and Christ

Pauline Sacred Scriptures on the Creator and Christ

Old Testament Sacred Scriptures on Creation

The Letter to the Hebrews, Augustine, and Newman

Appendix 2: Testimonies – Insights into the Human Experience

The Testimony of Mary

Bondage

Testimony of Mary Lockwood

My Road to Forgiveness

The Testimony of Jody

The Effects of that Choice

Testimony from Anonymous

I Chose Adoption and a New Life

Appendix 3: List of Statements About Almighty God by the Founding Fathers

Interior illustrations

Michelangelo’s The Creation of Adam

Saul’s Conversion

US President George Washington crossing the Delaware River 1882

Drafting of the Declaration of Independence

St. Paul’s shipwreck

Congress Tipping – Politicians holding the USA Capital teetering on the edge of danger

Jesus Christ nailed to the Cross.

Parents and children reading the bible

Family sitting on a couch and reading the bible

Cheerful Latin siblings listening to mother reading the bible

Three happy and proud, pregnant young adult women

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INTRODUCTION

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The Letter of Paul to the Americans is a message written, in the spirit of the apostle Paul, specifically to instruct and admonish Christian communities in America and, by extension, America as a people and as a nation.

In Chapter One, "The Creator’s Love Story with Humanity," Paul describes the magnificent love story between God the Creator and humanity in a manner that far exceeds our common knowledge about the origin and purpose of human existence. The Creator, Paul professes, has graciously offered to share his divinity with his entire creation.

Paul instructs the reader about the divine beginnings of life. The life of each human being is personally crafted and fore-known by God. Life is sacred because of the Creator’s divine initiatives.

As a direct result, Paul strongly rejects the growing abortion-on-demand ideology, prevailing in America. Paul admonishes American Christians, and sadly as well, Christian ministers for their failures, boldly and vigorously, to preach God’s never-ending love affair with humanity.

Life originated from the very mind and heart of God and extends into the realm of