

FROM THE PULPIT
Weekly Religious Article
Edward Proffitt, Th.D.
LET FREEDOM RING
'Pray that the Word of the Lord may have free course"
Edward Proffitt Th. D. 2 Thessalonica 3:1
Freedom is one of the things we Americans many times take for granted. We seldom stop to define, count the cost, or give thanks for it. It's just one of the things we have become accustomed to. Like gravity, it is always
here -- I have never known life without it.
We are just days away from the 4th of July, a time we celebrate the freedom of our independence as a country. We have many freedoms we should be thankful for - some large and some small. It all has to do with perspective. Freedom from hate that we might love. Freedom from greed that we might discover contentment. Freedom from anger and hatred that we might
forgive and love. Freedom from deception that we walk in truth. Freedom from darkness that we might live in light. Freedom to worship God and call on the name of the Lord.
I confess, I am guilty of not giving thanks for y freedom as I should. The time I really become thankful is when a particular freedom is taken, or gone, of or life. What is it that produces freedom Biblically, in the name a 'truth
famine" these days, people don't want to hear biblical truth.
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We don't need to convince people of the supernatural anymore. There is more spiritualism out there than we can imagine -- UFO'S, PSYCHIC HOT LINES,
SATANISM, AND HOCUS POCUS. The angel of light, Satan, is fooling millions and "hell hath enlarged itself" (Isaiah 5:14) to accommodate the increase that are going there.
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When a lie is believed and lived it will enslave and bring bondage. When we believe and live the truth of God's Word, that produces freedom and liberty. A good scripture is found in Galatians 5:1 "Stand fast therefore in the liberty were with Christ hath made us free and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage".