Scripture
Matthew 4:10
Genesis 2:7-9,3:1-7; Psalms 51:3-6,12-14,17; Romans 5:12-19; Matthew 4:1-11
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Sermon Topic
To celebrate their newly acquired freedom almost ten years ago, thousands of Czech citizens gathered in Wenceslaus Square in the City of Prague. They sang a song made popular in more trying times:
May peace be with this land!
Let hate, envy, fear and conflict pass!
May they pass!
May they pass!
In the midst of the celebration, a Czech citizen said to a New York Times reporter, “You Americans have known freedom for many years. We have known it for only a month.” But, whether we’re American or Czechoslovakian, whether we’ve had freedom for a month, a year, or always, we need to ask ourselves the question, “Freedom for what?”
Freedom is what a society makes of it. Freedom is what each member of a society makes of it.
Freedom is not some final condition that guarantees the well-being of those who enjoy it. Freedom is not a panacea. What counts, ultimately, is how we exercise our freedom — the kind…
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