Let us celebrate our freedom in America and in Christ!

As I (Tim) was thinking about this upcoming holiday that we all share in this country, I wondered why we as Christians don’t celebrate the freedom we have in Christ like we celebrate the freedom we have in America.

I was reading a couple weeks ago about when the Emancipation Proclamation that was signed and put in affect by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863 to abolish slavery. The problem was that many slaves didn’t find out that they were actually free until 1865! They lived as if they were slaves yet they were really free!

Similarly the Roman believers had lived for almost 25 years after Christ’s death thinking they were still in bondage to sin. Apostle Paul reminded them that what ever they submit to becomes their master. Paul says in Romans 6:17-18

“But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed, and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness.”

Tomorrow we will celebrate the 4^th of July and our freedom we have in this country because of the many people that died and shed blood for this country. Let us also remember Christ’s death and the most amazing freedom and salvation we have because of his shed blood! I pray that we as Christians would never forget to celebrate the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

For the sake of the Gospel of Jesus,
Tim and Tara Chamberlain