A Fresh Look at Faith and Freedom

Posted by Tim

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Our faith and freedom are very personal concepts to us. From our perspective in the United States, faith is focused on the Lord and His Son Jesus. Freedom is related to our country's way of life based on the tenants of democracy. Faith and freedom converged in our message this week as our country celebrated it's birthday. But we looked at faith and freedom from a different perspective, through the eyes of missionary Darryl Racey who has lived in the Middle East for many years.

The story of the original sin in Genesis 3 was the basis of our study as we took a fresh look at faith and freedom. It's a familiar story about Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. They ate the forbidden fruit, suddenly saw things they hadn't noticed before, and ultimately tried to hide from the Lord. As a result, they were sent from the Garden. They felt guilt, fear, shame, and ultimately were separated from the Lord as a result. But the Lord has provided freedom as this look at Genesis 3 illustrates.

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