THE ROADS CHURCH - NC & MTC

Liberty - ĕlĕuthĕria -

- Personal freedom from servitude, confinement or oppression


Servitude - Freedom of Choice

Confinement - Freedom from Limits

Oppression - Freedom from Unjust Authority

REDEFINE LIBERTY - Independence through Dependence

Independence - Webster - Not subject to control by others

PROGRESSION of LIBERTY:

1) DEFINE LIBERTY
2) DECLARE LIBERTY

Abraham Lincoln - “a rebuke and a stumbling-block to tyranny and oppression.”

Unto - eis - To or into; Toward a direction or goal; A preposition used to express result

Salvation - soteria - Delivered, safety, rescued, health, preserved from danger

PROGRESSION of LIBERTY:

1) DEFINE LIBERTY
2) DECLARE LIBERTY
3) DEFEND LIBERTY

Stand fast - stēkō -

- To stand firm, to persevere, to be constant, hold one’s ground, maintain a position

Declaration of Independence - June 1776-July 4, 1776

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.