July 4 Galatians 5:13
**HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA! **
Good morning from Pastor Glen Brock, Baptist Tabernacle Church, Wendell, North Carolina… “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.” (Galatians 5:13)
Today, we celebrate the 248th Anniversary of the establishment of our great Republic. Two- and one-half centuries ago, our Founding Fathers began an experiment that has survived great challenges and amazing difficulties yet is still the greatest country to have ever existed! We are not perfect, but our system of governance has been designed to flex and to improve over time. I am so very thankful to be living in the USA. We still enjoy the freedom to worship our God and we continue to enjoy the right to assemble for the purpose of worshipping our God. Our Founding Fathers recognized the importance of acknowledging their dependence on Almighty God, and the desire for those who chose to follow Christ, would be free to pursue that goal. Thomas Jefferson, in the beginning words of the Declaration of Independence, concluded with these words that have inspired me, ever since I read them, many years ago… “— And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.” The Constitution of the United States is our human governing document for the well-being of our peoples. For the Christian, our Guiding Document is the Holy Bible! Within the pages of this Living Word, are found the freedoms and responsibilities that we must conform to and act upon. Our Document of Freedom is God’s Holy Word! I celebrate the Liberty and independence that we enjoy as citizens of the United States, but I embrace and Praise God for the “Dependence” that I have through His Holy Word and His Shed Blood for me! God’s Holy Word and my claiming God’s Love and Grace for my life, is my Declaration of DEPENDENCE on Him! Thank you, God for the USA! Thank you, God for Jesus! Thank you, God for Your sustaining Love! TO GOD BE THE GLORY! HAPPY INDEPENCENCE DAY AMERICA! Stay Strong, Stay Focused…THE BEST IS YET TO BE!
The Preamble to the Constitution of the United States of America: “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, ensure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”
This Document and what it represents is under attack from those who would have us be subjected to the tyranny that is the emotional and tyrannical whims of those who would seek to destroy the very foundations of our individual freedoms and replace them with dictatorial powers to control our very existence. Please Pray for our Country, Her People, and Each Other!