July 4, 2023: Give Me Liberty! Victory Over Death

"Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom." (2 Corinthians 3:17, ESV)

Patrick Henry, one of our founding fathers, said, "Give me liberty or death!" Praise God for the men who laid down their lives and fortunes to see the birth of the United States of America. Men who loved freedom more than their lives carried the dream of freedom in their hearts until they saw it bloom before them.
      
Jesus Christ, another man, the Son of God, also carried a dream in His heart. It was a dream that all men would live free from the power of sin and sin's effect. He laid down His life so that we, through faith, would be raised up to freely serve the living God.
    
It is a joy for the believer to be baptized in the Holy Spirit and know that they are now the temple of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit lives in us! Where the Spirit is Lord, there is freedom! Freedom is freedom from sin and freedom from death. Sin carries death within it. Death is sin’s poison, and power. Existing in sin makes us its slave, and the end result is anarchy. 
    
But Christ has set us free from sin and death! Therefore, where the Spirit is Lord, there is freedom and liberty!!! Give me liberty! Forget about death!