TODAY’S WORD FOR FRIDAY JULY 3, 2015.
FREEDOM
The state of being free; the right to worship and publish fact and opinion without restriction; liberty.
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death. Romans 8:2.
For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serves one another. Galatians 5:13.
Some 239 years ago tomorrow our country was officially founded. The major reason our fore fathers fought for freedom was to have freedom of worship. On January 6, 1941, Our President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave a speech that became famous as he outlined for the world to know that America had four freedoms that we ought to enjoy. These freedoms are Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Worship, Freedom of Want and freedom of Fear.
Several years later President Harry S. Truman said in a speech, “Freedom is expensive, it still costs cold blood, it still calls for courage and endurance by every man and woman who is free and who is determined to remain free. May we ask, where do you stand today? Do you have the courage and endurance to remain free, to have the freedom of Worship?
Now look at what is happening to thousands of believers in Jesus who are being beheaded or killed because of their faith, including young children who are marched out into the streets where they live and told to renounce their faith in Jesus or be killed.
Freedom is something that needs to be protected. Our forefathers paid a high price in order for us to be free and we must be diligent and mindful to defend what they fought for years ago.
The Bible has a lot to say about freedom. Let us share a few scriptures that you can look up and read. God has given us the freedom from the law (Romans 7:7 and 8:2). The freedom to be free of death (Hebrews 2:15). When we believe in Jesus we have been freed of sin (Romans 6:7 and 18). We are free from corruption (I Corinthians 9:19).
The Apostle Paul reminds us in his words to the church in Galatia (Galatians 5:13) that we as believers have been given freedom, and we are to use that freedom to serve one another and not as an opportunity for the furthering of our sinful desires. We all understand that we need to protect our freedoms we have here in America but the freedom from sin and death that we have received from our Lord is what is most important. Make sure you have the freedom from sin and death by acknowledging Jesus as your Lord and Savior. Do not take your freedoms for granted. We need to work daily to keep our freedoms and if we do God will honor our faithfulness.
Our memory verse for this week is found in John 3:3.
Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Thank you for the freedoms You have blessed us with, especially the freedom to worship You. Help me to use the freedom of worship to grow spiritually myself and to share the good news of the gospel with my neighbors and peers.
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