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Freedom

Nov 17th 2010Faith & Life

This is about as good as it gets…from Josh Patterson on The Village Church blog:

I was reminded that freedom comes through sacrifice.  The freedom that you and I enjoy has been afforded to us by the blood of those who willingly laid down their lives to preserve it.  It was not free to purchase, and it is not free to maintain.  Men and women continue even now to train and fight to preserve my freedom.  This is a humbling thought.

I have done nothing to deserve freedom; rather it has been deemed an unalienable right to me based on the constitution.  What a privilege.  Such privilege should not lead to haughtiness, but humility.  The parallel here is obvious and more important:  Christ is the ultimate sacrifice bringing the greatest freedom for those least deserving.  I have done nothing to earn this freedom; it too was decreed over my wretched soul giving me new life.  Christ saved and sustains me now.

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