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Welcome to Christ Our Rock Lutheran Church
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At Christ Our Rock, we celebrate the truth that God loves us and gives us eternal life through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
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This Week's Devotion
Dear Friend in Jesus,
This next Saturday, July 4th, our nation will celebrate its 233rd anniversary of its independence. When our country celebrates the gift of freedom, it is fitting that the Church joins in giving thanks for the freedom that we have as a nation and as Christians. All true freedom that we have comes for our gracious and loving Lord. The greatest freedom we have was not won for us at the point of a sword but on the points of nails driven into our Lord on the cross. On the cross Jesus won for us true and everlasting freedom. This greatest of freedoms is the freedom from the curse of sin through the merits of Christ.
On the Fourth of July, we thank God that we live in a nation in which He gives us the freedom to worship and serve our Him. In order for us to have peace and stability to carry out our work of proclaiming this freedom, God established earthly governments. Therefore we honor the government as God’s representative. As Paul told the Romans, “Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God.” (13:1) Government is part of God's ordering of our world. So God desires that Christians submit to the rulers of the land as long as the government does not require Christians to violate God's Law. Today let us pause and give thanks to our God for the gift of our nation.
In Christ,
Pastor Jeff Limpert
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