One Nation Under God

I know it's a little early for the fourth of July, but it is always good to remember the liberty we have in Christ to share the gospel. For those United States citizens it is especially sweet to be free because of the unique situation we find ourselves in. Seldom if ever in history has a nation been founded on ideas and with ideals that ensure it's liberty was part of it's success.

With global agenda's on the rise it's increasingly important that all of us who call ourselves free, use our liberty to set others free. It is easy to get caught up in global warming, global war, global famine, global government, etc. and forget that we have a global gospel and the power and freedom to use it no matter where we live. Though the price is higher in some places than others, the reality is we are free no matter where we live as Christians.

Christians, just like Americans do not have to question if they are free, they must question how they are free. Freedom in itself is not the goal. Liberty is designed to be shared with others.

Galatians 5:13-15
For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. 14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.

For those who might wonder what the picture above is all about, you need to check out your history books. Just as you are free to choose or deny Christ, so the sovereign nation of the United States of America is free to pursue interests that benefit her and the nations of the world. No other nation on earth has given so much to secure liberty for her citizens and the world at large. That is not a political statement but a fact of history.

December 25, 800 AD Pope Leo III blessed and ordained a man named Charlemagne as the political leaders of Europe. Charlemagne is now considered the "father" of Europe as he protected the Roman church and united the continent through a "christian" dictatorship endorsed by the papacy. That my friends is exactly what the founding fathers of the United States of America wanted to rid themselves of. It is ironic that today as we approach the celebration of our liberty as a nation that again, world governance is vogue. National sovereignty, at least according to one religious leader should be trumped by world consensus and peace at all cost is exactly what the Antichrist has on order.

The picture above reminds me of how blessed we are to be free to worship our God in a country that is not controlled by the mandates of the rest of the world or a particular denomination or church claiming authority over all others. The only leader that will be capable of pulling off a sovereign world government is the Lord Jesus Christ Himself. He will return shortly but not before the Antichrist and his global governance attempts to monopolize the globe economically under the guise of peace. (See Daniel 7-9; Revelation 6,13,17; 2 Thessalonians 2:11 and several other prophecies in old and new testaments)

Liberty is not soley and American concept. In fact freedom from sin is the promise of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Men left to themselves will degenerate, but men conformed to the image of Christ will sacrifice thier liberty so others may find thiers in Christ. This is why the scripture concludes we are more than conquerors in Romans 8:37.

Real freedom is only found in one man, The Lord Jesus Christ. When it comes to real freedom, the apostle John said it best:

Revelation 22:20
He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.