May 28
There is a cycle that wends its way from bondage to freedom. That happens when men rise up and assert their God-given right to liberty. Once that liberty is attained, however, the generations that follow become complacent. They presume upon the freedom they have always known.
They neither cherish it nor defend it. They simply take it for granted and in doing so, relinquish it—bringing themselves back to bondage. Empires have risen and fallen following that predictable cycle. Our day is one of complacency. It portends the likelihood that it won’t be long until we have slipped into bondage—political and spiritual.
The Word admonishes that we be on guard against that eventuality. We dismiss it to our peril. Galatians 5:1 says, “Christ has liberated us into freedom. Therefore, stand firm and don’t submit again to a yoke of slavery.” Our spiritual freedom is the essence of our political freedom. Our founding fathers were Christians who esteemed Christ’s work above all else. They not only left their homeland to realize the fullness of that freedom, they laid their lives down for it!
They pledged their fortunes, their lives, their sacred honor on the faith they had that Jesus had died to make men free. If we are unwilling to do the same, our freedom may be subtly stolen from us when we begin to believe that all religions are equal, that all paths lead to freedom. Study! Search history and God’s living Word the Bible and find the only path to true freedom.
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