📖 Sermon Text: Leviticus 25:10, John 8:32-36, Galatians 5:1-13
What is the true foundation of freedom? In this powerful message, we explore the intersection of American history and Biblical truth, uncovering how our national liberty was explicitly built upon the bedrock of Christian precepts.
From the profound declarations of Founding Fathers like John Quincy Adams, Patrick Henry, and John Jay, to the ultimate sacrifice of the soldiers who protect our flag, we remind ourselves that freedom is never free—it is always bought with blood.
But national freedom is only the beginning. True, lasting liberty is found in Jesus Christ. Join us as we look at:
The Birth of National Freedom: The providential roots of America and the sacrifices made to secure our unalienable rights.
The Battle for Spiritual Freedom: Moving from legalism and self-effort into the life-transforming power of Christ in us.
The Boundary of Personal Freedom: Why true liberty is not an excuse to please the flesh, but a call to govern ourselves and serve one another in love.
As George Washington once wrote in his diary, our ultimate assurance rests on the sacrifice of Jesus Christ offered on the cross. “Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.” (2 Corinthians 3:17)
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Leviticus 25:10 “… proclaim liberty throughout all the land to all its inhabitants.
Psalm 118:5 ESV Out of my distress I called on the Lord; the Lord answered me
and set me free.
John 8:32 And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
John 8:36 Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.
Galatians 5:1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free …
Psalm 119:45 (VOICE) And I will live a life of freedom because I pursue Your precepts
Charles Carroll was the last signer to die in 1832 at the age of 95.
He wrote out his declaration of faith at the age of eighty-nine.
“On the mercy of my Redeemer I rely for my salvation, and on His merits;
not on the works I have done in obedience to His precepts.”
John Quincy Adams, sixth President of the United States:
“The Declaration of Independence laid the cornerstone of human government
upon the first precepts of Christianity.”
Patrick Henry, responsible for the Bill of Rights, ratifier of the U.S. constitution
“It cannot be emphasized too 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.”
John Jay was a Christian and America’s first Supreme Court Justice of the U.S.
who said in a letter in 1816 quote:
“Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers, and it is the duty, as
well as the privilege and interest, of our Christian nation to select and prefer
Christians for their rulers.”
Jefferson’s original passage on slavery (quote)
“He [King George] has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating its
most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of a distant people who never
offended him, captivating & carrying them into slavery in another hemisphere or
to incur miserable death in their transportation thither.”
1) THE BIRTH OF NATIONAL FREEDOM.
Leviticus 25:10 “… proclaim liberty throughout all the land to all its inhabitants.
Psalm 118:5 ESV Out of my distress I called on the Lord; the Lord answered me
and set me free.
The Declaration of Independence said
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they
are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these
are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
The final sentence of the Declaration of Independence is a promise that the signers
were willing to sacrifice everything for their cause:
“And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of
Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes,
and our sacred Honor.”
On July 4, 1776, the day the Declaration of Independence was signed, John Adams
said in an address to before the Continental Congress:
“Live or die; sink or swim; survive or perish; I am committed to this Declaration
of Independence. I am committed, and if God wills it, I am ready to die that this
nation may be free.”
Patrick Henry a 39 year old Christian famously proclaimed:
“Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and
slavery? Forbid it Almighty God – I know not what course others may take; but
as for me – give me liberty or give me death!”
A Marine Sergeant wrote, “It is the soldier not the reporter who has given us freedom
of the press. It is the soldier not the poet gave us the freedom of speech.
It is the soldier not the politician who has given us the freedom to vote, to assemble
and even to demonstrate.
It is the soldier, who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag, and whose
coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag.”
If you burn our flag wrap yourself in it first.
The Lord’s Supper is a memorial that reminds us of the cost “by which Christ has
made us free.”
John 15:13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his
friends.
Freedom has always been bought with blood.
II. THE BATTLE FOR SPIRITUAL FREEDOM.
John 8:32 And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
John 8:36 Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.
Ian Thomas said this about living the Christian life
“You can’t. God never said you could. He can. He always said He would. So let Him.”
Galatians 2:20 The life that I now live (present tense) I live by the faith of the Son of
God (not my faith, but His faith) who loved me and gave Himself for me (past,present
and future tense)
III. THE BOUNDARY OF PERSONAL FREEDOM
Galatians 5:1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free …
Galatians 5:13 For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty
for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
Galatians 5:13 (MSG) It is absolutely clear that God has called you to a free life.
Just make sure that you don’t use this freedom as an excuse to do whatever you
want to do and destroy your freedom.
James Madison founding father Constitution writer and 4th President said:
“We have staked the whole future of American civilization, not upon the power of
government, far from it. We have staked the future of all of our political institutions
upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves … ”
Adrian Rogers quote:
“You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of
freedom; and, you cannot multiply wealth by dividing it. And the government
cannot give to the people anything except that which at first takes from the people.”
I have never heard of veteran who fought for communism or socialism
Israel is the only nation in the world that has the promise of endurance because
Israel was a nation created by God
From George Washington’s diary:
“Let my heart, gracious God, be so affected with Your glory and majesty that I may
discharge those weighty duties which Thou requirest of me. Again I have called
on Thee for pardon and forgiveness of sins. For the sacrifice of Jesus Christ
offered on the cross for me. Thou gavest Thy Son to die for me and has given me
assurance of salvation.”
2 Corinthians 3:17 (NLT) For the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the
Lord is, there is freedom.
1 Thessalonians 5:19 Do not quench the Spirit.
