Here's the preview of the 'Pastor's Perspective' from the July bulletin. Let me know what you think...
God's best to ya, today!
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Pastor’s Perspective
Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on
him,If ye continue in my word, then are ye my
disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth,
and the truth shall make you free. If the Son
therefore shall make you free,ye shall be free
indeed. John 8:31-32, 36
Free? Indeed! On the 4th of July, we celebrate our country’s declaration of independence from Great Britain in 1776.
But that freedom wasn’t free and not everyone in this new country knew freedom.
November 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln, in his address at Gettysburg stated: “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.“
Freedom wasn’t clearly available to all. Nor is it today. Look around you, you’ll see the evidence of slavery. Regardless of race, social standing, religious affiliation, you’ll see people who are enslaved. Bound by addictions, burdens, desires, pasts, and in spite of multitudes of counselors, doctors, and helps, they start and end their days in slavery.
Sin is a wicked taskmaster, but Jesus makes us free. Free?! Yes! Indeed! In deed! Not just in spoken words but in reality. No longer enslaved. I am free! My chains are gone, and I burn with a burden, a passion, a purpose to see others know freedom.
I sincerely echo the sentiments of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., from August 28, 1963… “I have a dream today…
…Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!”
Great article! Keep 'em coming!
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