As our country celebrates its independence, I thought it fitting to share what the Bible has to say about independence and freedom. All quotes come from the New International Version.

May you all have a blessed Fourth of July weekend.

 Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God’s slaves. Show proper respect to everyone, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the emperor. (1 Peter 2:16-17)

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. (2 Corinthians 3:17)

…because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. (Romans 8:2)

So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. (John 8:36)

For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, (Colossians 1:13)

You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love. (Galatians 5:13)