I have never been very good relating non-religious holidays into a sermon. I guess I really don’t have much imagination.

So I get to do a sermon on the 4^th of July. Our Independence Day.

It’s like okay how do I do this…

Independence from sin… independence from the evil of the world and the devil? I was getting a little worried, cause we like our independence as Americans, we like our 4^th of July our barbeque our fireworks

The flags flying… the races, the watermelon it is in our blood, and when I stand in front of a bunch of people who are serving in the military as soldiers or serving the military as civilian employees of whatever sort… it makes what I am about to say even worse.

We as Americans can celebrate our Independence from England… with the key being we.

But we as Christians…. Can never celebrate independence!

I think an independent Christian is an oxymoron.

Our whole being is wrapped up in being dependent on God and interdependent on one another!

I mean we at some point in our life swore our allegiance not to a flag or a country, but to our Creator and our King. So we are free but our freedom is tied to the one who set us free… Jesus. So then we are dependent up on Him