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I rejoice that I live in the United States. I have the freedom to worship God, to work hard and buy my own home, to take a vacation once in a while. Freedom is precious. It is also costly! It cost the lives of many soldiers. We must honor liberty and freedom by living as righteous citizens and do our part to promote good will and peace in our regions.

We are also free in Christ. We have been redeemed by the blood of the lamb. Our sins are forgiven. However, we must not use our liberty to sin and do whatever we please, instead, we must use this liberty to serve one another. Love delivered us. Love set us free. So, love must now flow through us so that others can also see and embrace God’s love! Be a model of His love and serve this generation with grace and joy. This will please the heart of God!

Galations 5:13-15: “For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another!”

In John 1: 12, the Apostle shared this truth: “But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name.” In Christ, we have the opportunity and privilege to become children of God. We were all created by God, but He gives us the privilege to become children of God if we receive His Son as our Savior, and believe in His sacrifice which cleanses us from all sin. Some people get offended at this most gracious offer. They don’t like being call sinners, and feel that there should be many ways to God. The big problem with this mode of thinking is that it is All-mighty God who offered this to humanity because He loves us, and we’ve all sinned and come short of His Glory. How dare we think that we could tell God that we don’t like His offer, and we don’t even believe that Jesus is the way to God. The Bible says that every knee shall bow before Jesus in the future. So some will bow with joy as they go before their precious Messiah. Others will bow in shame, knowing that they rejected God’s loving offer, and they will then also realize that they are bowing before the very Lord that they rejected during their lifetime. Hebrews 3: 7&8 states: Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion. God was not pleased with that generation that rejected Him. Let’s be the generation that receives His most generous and loving offer, and come to saving faith in Christ!

Galations 4: 7 Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.

Freedom is a gift and a responsibility!

We are part of His family!