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Freedom
The “Four Freedoms” were goals set out by the President of the United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt on January 6, 1941.
“Freedom from fear” for all mankind was one the “Four Freedoms” proclaimed in the Atlantic Charter by the President and other of the world’s great statesmen at the time. But none of the signers has lived to realize the ideal. In many countries millions still live in fear, as terrorism, disunity, unstable regimes, terrible armaments, and “wars and rumors of wars” (Mark 13:7), raise grave concern throughout the world. But millions more live only in fear of death, their consciences warning them that one day they must stand before God. This is by far the most serious prospect. And be assured it is real! “It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment” (Hebrews 9:27).
The question arises, “Is there no way of escape from judgment and from the bondage of fear?” The answer is Yes! The Lord Jesus came into this world to save us, and “that through death He might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.” (Hebrews 2:14-15).
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