“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, yearning to breathe free…”
TEXT: Matthew 11:28-30
THESIS: To reveal Christ as our rest, ruler, and Rabbi (teacher/example).
INTRO.:
A. There are some interesting similarities between the symbols of our nations liberty and the statements of Scripture.
Our Declaration of Independence proclaims our freedom, and our Savior said: “Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free.”
Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg spoke of those who died to set others free: “…that these dead shall not have died in vain.”
Jesus said: “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” Our Constitution and Bill of Rights borrow their ideals from God’s Word.
Jesus said: (Luke 4:18) “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,… to preach deliverance to the captives,… to set at liberty them that are bruised…”
ILLUS.: Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams originally proposed that the Great Seal of the U.S. picture a scene of Moses crossing the Red Sea. Our founding fathers believed they, like Israel, were going into the wilderness to claim a promised land flowing with milk and honey and given to them by God.
Ben Franklin: “…the longer I live the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that God rules in the affairs of men. And, if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid?”
THESIS: To reveal Christ as our rest, ruler, and Rabbi (teacher/example).
INTRO.:
A. There are some interesting similarities between the symbols of our nations liberty and the statements of Scripture.
Our Declaration of Independence proclaims our freedom, and our Savior said: “Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free.”
Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg spoke of those who died to set others free: “…that these dead shall not have died in vain.”
Jesus said: “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” Our Constitution and Bill of Rights borrow their ideals from God’s Word.
Jesus said: (Luke 4:18) “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,… to preach deliverance to the captives,… to set at liberty them that are bruised…”
ILLUS.: Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams originally proposed that the Great Seal of the U.S. picture a scene of Moses crossing the Red Sea. Our founding fathers believed they, like Israel, were going into the wilderness to claim a promised land flowing with milk and honey and given to them by God.
Ben Franklin: “…the longer I live the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that God rules in the affairs of men. And, if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid?”