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Today is Monday August 24, 2009 and we will be continuing our studies in the book of Jeremiah, please read chapters 34-36 in your Bible or Click Here to read them. http://www.readytofollow.com/bible-august-24.php

Today's Message: Price of Freedom
America is known as the land of the free, but as the years go by we are losing that freedom. There is a great price to freedom, but there is one thing that truly is free and no one can take from us. Salvation!

Our world leaders are taking control of everything and before we know it we will not even be able to have as many children as we want. What does that say about freedom? It says that everything that God warned us about is taking place, just as it has been prophesied. Nebuchadnezzar was king over the one world system, as it stood in Jeremiah's day. “The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth of his dominion, and all the people, fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities thereof, saying, Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire:” - Jeremiah 34:1,2. Historically, that is exactly what happened to Jerusalem as it was foretold, the king of Babylon destroyed the city of Jerusalem, killed or took captive the people and made the land desolate for a period of seventy years, which history books can prove. Today, we also have a king over the one world system, that king is the New World Order, also known and the United Nations.

Back in Bible times, when a person was in debt he/she had to pay off that debt by being a slave to the one they owed, but they could not be a slave for more than seven years. King Zedekiah is a cunning man and sees an opportunity here, he is thinking that if he stops what is going on as a common practice, this will find favor with God, and remove the judgment that Jeremiah has just pronounced. So he comes up with a new covenant to get the people to release their slaves. “This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them; That every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, being an Hebrew or an Hebrewess, go free; that none should serve himself of them, to wit, of a Jew his brother. Now when all the princes, and all the people, which had entered into the covenant, heard that every one should let his manservant, and every one his maidservant, go free, that none should serve themselves of them any more, then they obeyed, and let them go. But afterward they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids. ” - Jeremiah 34:8-11. Think about what is taking place here. Those who are rich in the country heard that Babylon was going to attack so they rushed to the city, taking their slaves with them. They were willing to release the slaves because they knew there was going to be a battle and that people were going to die. They gave them a false sense of freedom so they would fight a lot harder while they could stay home and become richer and it they died defending their country, oh well. Does all this sound familiar to you? Are we not facing a war right now?

It's sad to see our country falling apart, freedom is no longer free and comes with a great price. However, we can rejoice because there is one thing that is free that no one can take away from us and that is our Salvation! “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.” - Ephesians 2:8-10. What this means is that we do not have to work to be free because God's grace has set us free. Jesus Said: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.” - John 3:16,17. Praise God! Halleluiah! We Are Saved! Anyone can be saved, simply by believing and accepting Jesus into their lives. Think that is a price to pay? Think again! Jesus paid a huge price by dying for the sins of every person on this planet, even those who refuse to believe in Him and mock Him. The least we can do is have some respect for Him and thank Him by saying that we believe in Him. That is no price, that is freedom!

Today's Prayer:

Dear God,
Lord, we give thanks for the men and women of great valor who have given their lives for our freedom over the centuries. We also give thanks for those who have impacted our spiritual lives as we seek to live faithfully for You; the Biblical saints, the early church fathers, the martyrs of the faith, the evangelists, preachers, and teachers of Your Holy Word, our family members who showed us the way and we thank You for those extraordinary believers who not only lived for You, but lived as an example of faith to those of us who were watching and learning along the way. Above all, we thank You for the person of Your Son, Jesus Christ, who is the Way, the Truth and the Life to our eternal Home in heaven. In Jesus' Name.........Amen.

Have a wonderful and blessed day/night and week.

God Bless You,
Christina

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