Graduation Speech: Land Of The Free

“Land of the Free, home of the brave.” These words ring freedom, pride, and glory in the ears of millions of Americans. Anyone living in the South has witnessed this pride through t-shirts, flags, tattoos, and the National Anthem at every sporting event. Many Southerners take pride in their freedom and feel that sometimes government involvement infringes on their freedoms. The government supplies its citizens with countless amenities, but sometimes this aid comes with strings attached. People who seek government aid might be told where to live, what healthcare they can receive, and the type of education they can receive. If churches involved themselves the way God designed for them to, this overbearing involvement that people complain about would not be necessary. God …show more content…
This verse explicitly expresses what followers of Christ should do in regards to the needy. It states clearly that if the love of God abides in the church that individuals should take responsibility for caring for their neighbor above their own comforts. In Luke 10: 25-37 Jesus speaks to a crowd when a lawyer approaches him asking the daunting question, “Teacher, what should I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus replies to him, “What is written in the Law?” the man answers, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.” Jesus replied, “Do this and you will live” (ESV). Today one might have the same question this man had over 2,000 years ago, “Who is our neighbor?” Jesus began to tell the story of the Good Samaritan, emphasizing that your neighbor is anyone and everyone. If the Church showed unconditional love to anyone and everyone by helping them in their times of need the necessity of governmental involvement would become