“Temporary Freedom and Eternal Freedom”

 “Temporary Freedom and Eternal Freedom”

So Christ has TRULY set us FREE.  Now make sure that you stay free and don’t get tied up again in slavery to the laws.  Galatians 5:1

A few days ago we celebrated the BIRTHDAY of our Nation, and when we reflect on the SACRIFICES, and the PRICES paid to ensure the AMERICAN CITIZENS would be FREE from tyranny and oppression from the CONTROL of  GOVERNMENT.  And that they should have certain UNALIENABLE RIGHTS.  We realize that we have been BLESSED by the ALMIGHTY GOD, and give Him ALL PRAISE for He is CERTAINLY WORTHY.  

But I have heard some say that we are ONLY as FREE as the GOVERNMENT wants us to be.  And maybe there is some truth to that, but I can tell you that these FREEDOMS that we have been allowed to have, and that was provided THROUGH BLOOD that was SPILT and LIVES SACRIFICED in order for us to ENJOY them, are TEMPORARY FREEDOMS.  They can be taken away from us, bit by bit.  However, the ETERNAL FREEDOM that we can POSSESS, is a FREEDOM from SIN, and its CONSEQUENCES, and the FREEDOM to ESCAPE the ETERNAL SUFFERING from the HORRORS of HELL, and to possess the ETERNAL BLESSINGS of HEAVEN.  

This ETERNAL FREEDOM was secured for the TRUE BELIEVER, by the SUFFERING, and the SHED BLOOD of the LORD JESUS CHRIST, so that the TRUE BELIEVERS MIGHT HAVE the HOPE of HEAVEN, which is God’s PROMISE to ALL His Children, those who have come to Him for the SALVATION of their SOULS.  And GOD is a PROMISE-KEEPER.  This ETERNAL FREEDOM they have in CHRIST, can NOT be taken AWAY from them.  Their names have been SIGNED in the BOOK of LIFE, they are SEALED by the HOLY SPIRIT of the ALMIGHTY GOD, and ONE DAY SOON they will be DELIVERED to their ETERNAL HOME, HEAVEN.  So, I guess we could say they are the SIGNED, SEALED, and SOON to be DELIVERED Children of the LIVING GOD.   Wouldn’t you like to HAVE that ETERNAL FREEDOM?

If you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to God, you can NOW, by:  ADMITTING that you are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST, God’s ONLY SON, who SHED His BLOOD, and gave His LIFE for the SALVATION of MANKIND.  You MUST BELIEVE, with ALL your HEART, that JESUS DIED for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God.  You MUST CONFESS your sins to Him, and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  You MUST be WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL life-style, and TURN TO GOD with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  And you MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION, and RECEIVE His ETERNAL FREEDOM and an ETERNAL HOME in HEAVEN.  Do this NOW, while you STILL can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  Don’t be LEFT BEHIND!!!