| Gal 5:1 | So Christ has truly set us free. Now make sure that you stay free, and don't get tied up again in slavery to the law. My understanding of the original plan for America is something like this: Giving people the freedom to take care of themselves while providing for the common defense. Small government with many limits. While the founding fathers didn't really see the common man as their equal, they still expected he could take care of himself & his family. With the great freedom this gave each American also came great responsibility. Now, 235 years later, many in our nation have rejected this glorious idea of freedom in favor of more & more socialism. I recently had to read about "Obamacare" (the new government health care plan) & was struck by some of the tenants I had not understood by listening to the radio & reading an occasional column. My government thinks I need a "keeper". |
| Gal 2:18 | Rather, I am a sinner if I rebuild the old system of law I already tore down. When I was a child, I acted as a child. But when I became an adult, I did away with childish things. (I Cor 13:11 paraphrased) The original system for America was made for adults. Freedom in the gift of heaven from Christ is made for mature people who can handle themselves while exhorting others. |
| Hbr 10:1 | The old system under the law of Moses was only a shadow, a dim preview of the good things to come, not the good things themselves. |
| Now, the good things are here! Reach out for those things & glory in them! Show them to others! |
