Since we are approaching the 4th of July this would be a good topic to discuss. If we better understand the meaning of the word better then we can celebrate better! Celebrate understanding our purpose better! So let us go to our Bibles and see what God has to say about this important word! This word only appears twice in your Bible once in the Old Testament and once in the New Testament! The scriptures are Leviticus 19:20 and Acts 22:28. Freedom in the New Testament in Acts 22:28 means citizenship! I have dual citizenship! I am a citizen of heaven through Christ and a citizen of the United States protected by our Constitution! In America I have freedom of speech! The right to bare arms to protect my family or shoot a deer for dinner! As a citizen and I can vote and chose my leaders who will rule over me! I have the right to worship freely without government interference! I have many more freedoms guaranteed by our Constitution not available to me anywhere else on earth! Jesus has promised to go and prepare a place for me in heaven! I already have a residence in heaven while I am still living here on earth! Citizenship is only good if the prescribed laws are enforced by my government to protect my freedom! Citizenship is no good if our borders are not secure to protect us from non citizens invading our country! If our borders are violated then our citizenship is threatened! Jesus said there is great gulf or border between heaven and hell! You remember the rich man and Lazarus? No one can cross over the border between heaven and hell! If someone could then heaven would be mixed with hell and my citizenship in heaven would be meaningless! The citizens of hell would be living with me like today here on earth! If my sovereignty is violated by illegals then my protections as a citizen are compromised! The Old Testament word for freedom means liberty from slavery! A slave has no choices! His master makes all decisions for him! As a socialist you are only given what the government gives you! You are totally dependent for handouts! Just enough to survive! Welfare on a dime! Food stamps for groceries! A low wage monthly check to pay for your absent father in the home! We fought a civil war with over six hundred thousand casualties to free the slaves and President Lincoln shot to death a republican who opposed the democrats the party of slavery! The Democrats today still try to enslave the blacks! We need liberty from the liberals who try to enslave all of us today from our liberty and freedom of personal choices! Freedom to work where we want and to travel where we want and no infringement by government on our liberties described in our Constitution! Remember our freedom is paid for by someone else! Christ on the Cross or the millions of American soldiers who gave their lives and limbs to protect our citizenship! Jesus gave up his freedom in heaven to come to earth to suffer and die for you so that you would have liberty from sin! The fifty six thousand young Americans who gave their lives in Vietnam to deliver us from the bondages of socialism and communism! They paid for our freedom with their blood! Our freedom here in America will always be dependent on others willingness to give up their freedom for us! Others to sacrifice and suffer for you! How much is your freedom worth to you? To others? As we celebrate Independence Day let us always remember we are dependent on those that made a sacrifice for you! Who gave up their freedom so that you could experience freedom! In heaven and on earth! James & Hamsa Sasse GodWhoisGod.com