THE ULTIMATE PURPOSE OF FREEDOM Spiritual freedom is the gift that Christ gives us. In the U.S.

that freedom influenced our nations religious freedom for all. Religious freedom has allowed our nation to spread the gospel to more people than has ever been done in history. Spreading the gospel is empowered by spiritual freedom, but aided by our protected religious freedom and travel. The Apostle Paul is unparalleled as one who spread the gospel and he had spiritual freedom, frequently enjoyed Romes religious tolerance and, until his imprisonment, physical freedom during his travels, for he was a 1citizen of Rome. Paul was persecuted, but he used Romes tolerance, citizenship and infrastructure to preach the gospel. Similar to Pauls experiences, biblical prophecy tells us, that before the Lords return, all nations will 2hate Christians, there will be 3false teachings, false prophets, spiritually blind believers who want their ears tickled. There will be 4persecution and suffering, for Christians that will be unparalleled in history. Many will die, most Christians love will grow cold and many will 5fall away from the faith, even betraying other Christians. For these reasons, we are told to 6prepare. Our 7stability and survival will be based on our 8 unity and knowledge of Christ, the unchangeableness of our 9common faith and common salvation (which differs from purely 10personal beliefs), and ability to stand on 11plainly stated biblical facts. Similar to Pauls time, even during the worst of the coming times of distress, the gospel will be preached 12in the whole world. Our spiritual jobs must be to prepare, to preach and to protect our freedom so the church can fulfill its prophetic role. The questions for believers today, are: How will you keep your freedom, when the world hates you? How will the gospel be preached if you no longer have your freedom, for every nation is enrolling its citizens into a single global system of economic control tied to the body, through biometric identification, and those who control biometrics have already proven their hate of religious freedom? How will you stand up to what is coming if you are unwilling to act and protect your religious freedom while living in a nation that guarantees religious freedom? How will the world be enrolled into a global biometric system (that fulfills almost all of Revelation 13:16-18), and the church escapes such enrollment? The U.S. is the only place where laws must bow to religious freedom and now that freedom is being severely challenged as the biometric industry unleashes it multi-billion dollar force against those rights. Perhaps, this nation, so uniquely created, is the only place where people can find a refuge and an exemption from biometrics and the freedom to preach to the world, can be protected. So, what will you do to protect that freedom? It was for freedom that Christ set us free(NAS); Gal 5:1a
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Pauls Roman citizenship - Acts 22:25 All nations will hate Christians - Mt 24:9 3 Warnings against false teachers and having ones ears tickled - Mt 24:4-5, 23-24, 2 Tm 4:3 4 Potential death, suffering persecution, betrayals - Mt 24:9-14, 5 Falling away from the faith - 2 Th 2:3, Mt 24:9-12 6 Prepare - Mt 24:43-44, 1 Th 5:2-3, Rev 16:15, Mt 25:1-34, Mk 13:9, Mt 24:4-14 7 Stability - Eph 4:14 8 Need for unity - Eph 4:13, 1 Cor 1:10, 9 Common faith and common salvation Titus 1:14, Jude 1:3 10 Personal beliefs - Rom 14:1-17 11 Plainly stated truths 1 Cor 4:6 12 Preach the gospel in the whole world - Mt 24:14, Mk 13:10