#happy4thofjuly

The Fourth of July! This national holiday brings to mind fireworks, sparklers, family barbecues, picnics and baseball and, of course, our 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺!

 

On July 2, 1776, Congress voted to approve a complete separation from Great Britain.

 

Two days afterwards — July 4th —the early draft of the Declaration of Independence was signed by 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 two individuals at that time: John Hancock, President of Congress, and Charles Thompson, Secretary of Congress.

 

Four days later, on July 8, members of Congress took that document and read it aloud from the steps of Independence Hall, proclaiming it to the city of Philadelphia, after which the Liberty Bell was rung.

 

The inscription around the top of that bell,

𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝟮𝟱:𝟭𝟬, was most appropriate for the occasion: “𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙢 𝙡𝙞𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙝𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙤𝙛”.

 

On August 2 of that same year, fifty-six men signed their names to the historic document, giving birth to a 𝗻𝗲𝘄 nation as they declared their independence from Great Britain.

 

On the very day they approved the Declaration, Adams, foreseeing that their actions would be celebrated by future generations told Abigail: “𝙄𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙙𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙗𝙮 𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙚𝙢𝙣 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙂𝙤𝙙 𝘼𝙡𝙢𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙮”.

 

As costly and as valuable our political 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺 is, there is a far more valuable 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺 that God wants you to enjoy and for which He has paid the ultimate 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲 – your Spiritual 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺.

 

And the record of that document is found in the Word of God. It is God’s declaration of our independence – independence not from the tyranny of a mere man or political system, but from the tyranny of Satan and the tyranny of sin.

 

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Blessings,

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