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Freedom and Dependence
Here’s another opportunity to show you how adorable my granddaughter is.
I talked last week about changes, some happen naturally and others are fostered.
One of the changes she is learning is attitude.
What she’s doing is declaring her independence.
In the Spirit of the 4th of July..
“I’m not doing that.”
Yes, you are.
“I’m going to do what I want.”
No, you’re not.
One of the important elements of parenting is teaching our kids where their freedom lies.
We want them to be independent, able to make good decisions on their own and get important things done.
Edris is 2, almost 3.
She has little cognitive awareness of what’s really going on around her; the bigger picture.
She absolutely has the freedom to make her own decisions w/in the boundaries that her parents set for her.
She has daily blanket time.
Mom and dad are busy.
She has plenty of toys on her blanket.
She can do whatever she wants w/ those toys as long as she stays on her blanket.
She thinks she’s in complete control of her existence.
She has no idea that mom and dad’s watchful eye is constantly trained on her.
And, the boundaries are firm and will be enforced.
That is where real freedom exists.
When someone in authority, who has the power to enforce them, sets boundaries.
Then, everyone w/in these boundaries can do whatever they want.
No worries, no fears.
As long as we all respect the boundaries.
Issues arise when someone doesn’t respect the boundaries.
When you take my toy and hit me w/ it.
That’s a problem.
Visit any toddler room in any church around the country today and likely you will see this principle illustrated.
Minimal rules, minimal boundaries, but firm and enforced.
That’s how we raise responsible adults.
Children, whose parents teach them these things, grow into adults who are more aware of their responsibilities to live w/in healthy boundaries than to press their rights.
Greater freedom exists when adults are more aware of their responsibilities than their rights.
IOW, if we all seek to give and serve, we will all be the recipients of the gifts and service.
If we all seek to receive, then there will be no one left to give.
A few basic, firm boundaries is all we need.
And, the respect to live w/in them.
This is the way God set up the administration of the Christian life and our Founding Fathers understood this.
Our Founding Fathers understood this
We have staked the whole future of our new nation, not upon the power of government; far from it.
We have staked the future of all our political constitutions upon the capacity of each of ourselves to govern ourselves according to the moral principles of the Ten Commandments of God. - James Madison
Statesmen my dear Sir, may plan and speculate for Liberty, but it is Religion and Morality alone, which can establish the Principles upon which Freedom can securely stand.
- John Adams
The Bible is the best of all books, for it is the word of God and teaches us the way to be happy in this world and in the next.
Continue therefore to read it and to regulate your life by its precepts.
- John Jay
It cannot be emphasized to strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ - Patrick Henry
Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people.
It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.
- John Adams
Make sure you are doing what God wants you to do - then do it with all your strength.
- George Washington
Posterity, you will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom.
I hope you will make good use of it.
If you do not, I shall repent in heaven that ever I took half the pains to preserve it.
- John Adams
I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.
- Thomas Jefferson
These are just a few of the most significant quotes of our Founding Fathers regarding our freedom, independence from other nations, and our dependence on God.
God has granted us the right to live independently of each other w/ responsibilities to each other and in complete dependence on God.
What matters most is if we have turned to Jesus, completely dependent on the only One who can declare us free and independent from everything that binds us.
We are in .
Luke records 2 miracles performed by Jesus thru Peter.
Short accounts that set the stage for the next significant event in .
More on this later.
Here are the accounts of 2 miracles and their points about our independence w/ God and our dependence on Him.
Independent
Acts 9:32-
Lydda is a town in Judea, about 25 miles NW of Jerusalem.
Peter is traveling around, visiting churches.
He’s not planting, he’s preaching.
These are existing churches and he’s there to encourage the new believers in these new church plants.
Mostly, a Jewish city, but a mixed-religion population.
The farther away from Jerusalem the more diverse the population.
He meets a man named Aeneas.
Is he a believer?
Probably, but not sure.
When the church was established in Jerusalem it wasn’t necessary to introduce anyone in the church as a disciple, or believer.
If you weren’t a believer, you didn’t go b/c of the persecution.
As the church and the stories move away from Jerusalem it became necessary to add the adjective ‘disciple’ to specify if the person Luke was writing about was believer.
A third of the miracles Jesus performed that were recorded in the gospels made no mention of faith.It was a non-issue.
In fact, some were definitely not believers.
Jesus just used them as illustrations for what He had been teaching.
In this case, there’s no mention one way or the other.
He probably was.
But, w/ no mention of faith, faith is a non-issue for what happened.
If it were important Luke would have included it.
Don’t let anyone tell you God won’t work in your life if you don’t have enough faith.
It has more to do w/ how much faith God has in you than how much faith you have in Him.
Aeneas had been paralyzed for 8 years.
He used t/b able to walk.
No mention of why he was now paralyzed.
Peter is simple, straight to the point.
No flowery, spiritual language, no King James English.
Just, “Jesus Christ heals you.”
Aeneas didn’t ask Peter for it.
I assume he wanted it.
And, Peter didn’t take any credit for it.
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