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Happy Birthday Everyone!
246 years old.
You all look great for your age.
It was at first considered a new experiment.
A way of government and nationhood that had never been tried before.
Imperfect people, living free on a foundation of Christian principles…not that all were Christian, but that there was a foundation for law and free living outside of humanity.
Not a King…Not an authoritarian government.
A new way of being united, but being governed by representatives both at the state level and on a federal level.
And this work…as we have seen can be…arduous.
I believe I remember a number of our founders saying that this method of government would be arduous…meaning long and with great labor.
If you’re a king or an authoritarian government, you just decree something and it is.
For us, we have process, through elected officials, who attempt to consider the opinions of their constituents.
And this can be hard and long with great labor…amen?
But … would we have it any other way?
I don’t believe so.
And when we think of freedom…we understand that the freedom we’re talking about isn’t (and we mentioned this a few weeks ago) freedom isn’t the idea that we can do anything we want.
Our freedoms are wrapped up in (as the Declaration admits) principles from a Creator God…someone outside of imperfect humanity.
That’s the foundation…not just what mankind thinks is best…but what God thinks is best.
Now…we live in a hyper political time.
Everything is political.
We want freedom, but we also know we need ways of saying this is right or this is wrong.
Some of the founders talked about freedom.
George Washing, in his farewell address mentioned that, unless the citizens keep a “religious” foundation for morality or ethical living, the type of government that was created could not be held.
We also had similar references from others through the years as well.
Ben Franklin is famous for his response to a lady who asked him while leaving the signing of the constitution…A republic Madam, if you can keep it.
Our founders, while not perfect people, also were keenly aware of humanity’s ability to change.
Franklin, in a longer version of this is quoted as responding further to the question…and why not keep it?....“Because the people, on tasting the dish, are always disposed to eat more of it than does them good.”
Freedom.
Freedom from what…and why?
We need to keep asking the hard questions.
We’re thankful for what we have…we know it isn’t perfect.
But we’re more thankful for the Kingdom Jesus brought which is higher and eternally more valuable to keep than anything else here on earth.
Of course, this is only true if Jesus is really who He said He is.
Think about freedom for a minute.
Freedom…some would say that freedom in life means simply to do what you want.
The difficulty with that is that in doing whatever you want can be detrimental to ourselves and others.
So …then is freedom sometimes bad?
Let’s think about it this way.
Freedom, might be something different than what we’ve always thought.
Anyone like swimming…or floating…haha?
Has anyone ever wished…even in your own mind…as you watch a fish swim through the ocean…that it might be really cool to be that free…to just swim and swim…at times it seems so peaceful.
To be as free as a fish.
Think about that…free… the but best way for fish to live well…is to stay in the water.
So they can’t go anywhere they want.
So …is that really free?
Also, fish kind of need to stay in water that is healthy for them.
Saltwater, freshwater.
Then there’s water temperature.
Then the envioronment needs to be in a place that supplies their nourishment.
Then they need to to stay safe.
Reef, open water, top surface, bottom feeder.
As free as a fish…so freedom includes boundaries and barriers.
As full free life is within the context of what is best for a full life.
If God want us to have a full life…then it will be within His best ways for a full life.
And he defined this pretty well.
We just need to know and understand Him well.
Know His heart well.
And follow well.
So think about that as we consider the question again…the question from Jesus.
So who do you say I am?
Last week we looked at our third statement of faith as a church family.
And its all about Jesus.
We looked, quickly, over the first 4 of 8 beliefs we have about Jesus.
Today we’ll go over the next 4
So last week was...
Deity, Virgin Birth, Sinless Life, Miracles
This week we’ll be looking at
His death, His resurrection, His ascension, His role as head of the Church
So last week we looked at this question.
“Who do you say I am?”
We also looked at how this question is probably the most important question in your life.
If we answer as Peter did when Jesus asked the disciples, You are the Christ, the Son of God....that means something.
What do you think?
Did Peter just know that?
Or, did He understand it?
In Jeremiah 9:23-24
God wants us to know and understand.
This isn’t just knowledge.
It is knowing Him personally as He knows you personally.
He also knows your heart.
That can be a bit intimidating…but I think it well help us to consider something when we look at these next things about Jesus.
Something occured to me this passed week when I was thinking about the phrase “If Jesus is who He said He was, it means something huge.”
Also…how about looking at it this way, If Jesus is who He said He is....then what He says about us matters.
If all of what He said is true..then all He said about us is true as well.
Now…I personally think this carries more weight when you think about it personally.
If He is who He said He is....God, the Creator…What He said about us is true too.
His Death - Now, this is historically true.
We know that to begin with.
We know historically he was a man who walked on the planet.
But he also is known historically as one who was killed on a cross.
We know this from ancient texts concerning Roman history…not just the Bible.
Isn’t that cool?
But why did He die?
That’s the question.
What does His Word say about His death?
We have instances where Jesus tells of His upcoming death.
And we find these as He gets closer and closer to His death…but why.
Why was it necessary?
There’s a reason.
So this kind of covers two of our things for today.
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