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In a few days, our nation will be celebrating Independence Day (July the 4th). It is a time when we remember the sacrifices that our nation’s fathers made to win the freedoms we enjoy, today.
The United States is an experiment to see if true democracy can prevail and “one nation under God” will survive. You see, this country was founded on the principle that each person is “endowed by his Creator” with certain unalienable rights including “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
Men and women sacrificed much. Some sacrificed their lives. All this was done so that our generation, and generations to come, will retain these rights.
Today, some want to leave the “Creator” out of the text. The fact is – there is no true freedom without God! Freedom comes from God, because wherever the Spirit is, there is freedom (2 Corinthians 3:17), and whoever the Son (Jesus Christ) sets free is free indeed (John 8:36). The freedom that God gives came with a sacrifice – the death of Jesus. He died to set us free (Colossians 1:13).
Larry Fitzgerald