Freedom Is Not Free

Freedom is not Free

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Introduction-

As we celebrate our countries 243rd year of independence, we must understand that freedom is not free, it cost someone something for us to be free. We must also understand that not all people want to be free, some want to be in bondage because they are not willing to let freedom set them free.

My Westie desires at times to be free- he does not like that I keep him on a leash. He desires always to be one foot, one sniff farther than the leash he is on will let him go. But in reality , if I did not keep him on a leash, his freedom would cost him his life or at least injury because he would run in the road chasing a squirrel or he would eat until he was sick, or he would eat something that is not good for him.

Kids as much as they think that they have learned in a short time what took us a lifetime feel that they would be better off free to make all the choices they want but still want us to pick up the consequences of their choices.

How many people have paid the price for someone else who made bad chooses?

How many have been hurt by someone who thought in their freedom would do something and it hurt an innocent person.

Freedom is a choice! It is made every time you make a decision.

We read about freedom, dream about freedom, and for some in other countries they hope for freedom.

Freedom is a two sided coin.

One side is physical freedom. Those in jail wish they had the freedom they had before because they abused it and it was taken away.

The other side is a spiritual freedom. Both are very important to us.

Spiritual freedom is the gift of God to worship as we see fit and to decide wither we will take that freedom He gives us and make the right choice in our lives.

We spend a lot of time talking about and complaining at times about our freedoms we have in this country. It is still the best place in the world to live.

Physical freedom is a temporary thing. It only lasts as long as we live on this earth.

Spiritual freedom or spiritual bondage last for eternity. We spend a lot of time fighting for our freedom here and now and most spend very little time worrying about where they will spend eternity.

The Bible has a lot to say about spiritual freedom and Spiritual bondage.

Spiritual bondage will cost you eternity without Christ and spiritual freedom in Christ will allow us eternity with Christ and the privileges of heaven.

Our declaration of Independence states that all living in this country who are citizens of the United States are “endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among them are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”

Our forefathers, who wrote and signed the declaration of Independence understood that there is both the physical freedom and the spiritual freedom and they are tied to our creator.

I do not think we can separate the two if we are to look at the blessings of following Christ and what this country was founded upon.

The freedom we have in this country

We have freedoms because others have paid the ultimate sacrifice for us- All freedoms in this country are because someone stood in the gap and fought for our freedoms-

Men in 1776 stood up to Great Brittan and said that they were no longer going to be under their authority and fought to be set free. They left England and took stake on what is now America.

We honor the men and women who fought and fight in our armed forces to maintain the freedom that we enjoy today.

We sit here right now because men and women are guarding our borders from those that would want to harm us.

Evil if left to itself would destroy those who want peace because they do not care about our freedoms.

Our freedoms must not interfere with the right and freedoms of others-

My desire to get into my pickup truck and drive 100 miles an hour down the road may be a right I think I have but it is restricted by law of the land so that the rights of all can be had.

Because people in their sin nature would abuse their rights, there has to be uniform law to protect the rights of all.

Military to guard our borders from other countries who want to harm us and police to protect and serve at the local level of guarding our rights as citizens of this country.