"....to receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, judgment, and equity...." (Proverbs 1:3)
Our text is some of what guided William Penn and the "best" of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America. There is in the "DNA" of the United States the constitution of The Kingdom of Heaven ----- the Bible. Believe it or not, I can remember some of my school teachers reading today's text in my state-run grammar school.
Along with our text, our King and Savior, Jesus Christ, in Luke 4, gives further insight into the constitution of the Kingdom of Heaven:
1. "to preach the gospel to the poor;
2. ....to heal the brokenhearted,
3. to proclaim liberty to the captives
4. and recovery of sight to the blind,
5. to set at liberty those who are oppressed...."
On this July 4th weekend, Americans should remember that all of the above Words of God were once read in the Patriot Street and Union Street elementary schools as well as the Cochran Junior High and Johnstown High School classrooms.
Father, in Jesus' Name, I pray that Your Church breaks out of the "Sunday" principle. Amen.
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We will be taking backpacks and chairs for a Church of the Crow People, August 15-26.
When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"
Hebrews 12:2
