Thomas said to him, “My Lord and My God”. (St. John 20:28)
Issue No. 8 Vol. VIII
August 2014
A Monthly publication for the St. Thomas Mar Thoma Church, Kuwait
Jesus Our Liberator
Independence Day
AUGUST 15
India wrested its independence from Britain in 1947 after a long freedom struggle led largely by the Indian National Congress and its visionary leaders, especially Mahatma Gandhi. From 1920 the freedom movement leaders began a highly popular mass campaign against the British rule using peaceful methods. India’s independence resulted in the formation of two countries – India and Pakistan. On 15th August 1947, our first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru raised the Indian National Flag at the Red Fort in Delhi. Commemorating this, each Independence Day, our Prime Minister raise National Flag at Red Fort and gives a speech to the Nation. Let us remember the great leaders who struggled for the freedom of the country and join hands to work together for a better nation. P.O. Box 25562 Safat 13116 Kuwait Tel : 25635253 (Res.) Mob : 6603 0775 St. Thomas Centre Tel: 2564 7060 E-mail: st.thomasmtcq8@gmail.com www.st-thomasmtckuwait.com
St. Paul wrote in Galatians: 5:13, "For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another".God's calling frees us from wrong spiritual concepts. Galatians: 4:3-7 says: "Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world. But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons. And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, 'Abba, Father!' Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ." A Christian is called away from superstition, error, bondage, deception, guilt, depravity, ignorance and a destructive life, from being a captive of Satan and facing eternal death. He is called to liberty in Christ, receiving forgiveness of sins through His shed blood, now knowing freedom from guilt, an awareness of the truth of God and, as a free gift, the hope of eternal life.
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