1) Patrick Henry and other Founding Fathers believed that true freedom comes from God, not man, and the nation's liberties cannot be secure without a conviction that they are gifts from God. 2) The sermon discusses how people become "bruised" or beaten down by life's difficulties, Satan, and their own failures and sins. 3) Jesus came to "set at liberty them that are bruised" and free people from these things that beat them down by taking control of their lives, defeating Satan, and forgiving their sins. The sermon calls people to surrender to Christ for freedom today.

1. Born to Die for Our Freedom

4. You see from the beginning of our nation, our leaders have seen that true freedom comes from God.

5. A short distance from the Pentagon, inscribed with an iron stylus on blocks of granite, the walls of the Jefferson Memorial in Washington proclaim the words of our third President:

7. From now until the Sunday before July the 4th, we will be preaching on the freedoms of Christ.