---FREEDOM WATCH ~~

~~LIFE, LIBERTY, and the PURSUIT of HAPPINESS~~

--"If the Son therefore shall make you free, you shall be free indeed."
---[John 8:36]

--This is the time of the year when many people think about freedom. July 4 is called Independence Day in the United States, because the Declaration of Independence of Independence was adopted on July 4, 1776.
The most memorable sentence in the document reads, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness."

The Declaration goes on to say that these undeniable rights are the responsibility of the civil government, so people think that the government owes them life, liberty, and happiness. They also assume that freedom means, "nobody should tell me what to do!" However, many nations have come to realize that for freedom to be beneficial, it must come with responsibility. This gets close to what the Bible says about freedom. Indeed, the Bible best defines true life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. John 1:4 says of Jesus, "In him was life and the life was the light of men."

Some imagine that there is no freedom in following Jesus, but He gives the only true liberty that there is. Jesus said that we are "free indeed" if He makes us free. Psalm 16:11 speaks of God leading us to find true happiness. "Thou wilt show me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures forevermore."
Come to Jesus today, repent of your sins, and confess Him as Lord of your life. He alone can truly grant you life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Come to Jesus and live eternally.

--BSW/RB