1. Independent or dependant which are we really?

2. The fourth of July represents when this nation declared it’s independence from England. This nation prides itself on how independent we are and we see that as good thing. Nothing could be further from the truth. We are more dependent then a newborn is with it’s mother.

3. In the Kingdom of God dependency is the norm. Jhn 6:47Jhn 6:47 Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me has everlasting life. Jhn 6:47 Jhn 6:48Jhn 6:48 I am the bread of life. Jhn 6:48 Jhn 6:49Jhn 6:49 Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and are dead. Jhn 6:49

4. Jhn 6:50Jhn 6:50 This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that one may eat of it and not die. Jhn 6:50 Jhn 6:57Jhn 6:57 As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me. Jhn 6:57 Jhn 6:58Jhn 6:58 This is the bread which came down from heaven--not as your fathers ate the manna, and are dead. He who eats this bread will live forever." Jhn 6:58

5. Other examples: Gen 3:21Gen 3:21 Also for Adam and his wife the LORD God made tunics of skin, and clothed them. Gen 3:21 Gen 3:22Gen 3:22 Then the LORD God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever"-- Gen 3:22

6. So God drove them out of the garden to protect them! Gen 8:1Gen 8:1 Then God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the animals that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided. Gen 8:1 Gen 17:17Gen 17:17 Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, "Shall [a child] be born to a man who is one hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear [a child]?" Gen 17:17

7. Gen 17:18Gen 17:18 And Abraham said to God, "Oh, that Ishmael might live before You!" Gen 17:18 Gen 17:19Gen 17:19 Then God said: "No, Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, [and] with his descendants after him. Gen 17:19

8. Exd 14:6Exd 14:6 So he made ready his chariot and took his people with him. Exd 14:6 Exd 14:7Exd 14:7 Also, he took six hundred choice chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt with captains over every one of them. Exd 14:7 Exd 14:8Exd 14:8 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued the children of Israel; and the children of Israel went out with boldness. Exd 14:8

9. Exd 14:9Exd 14:9 So the Egyptians pursued them, all the horses [and] chariots of Pharaoh, his horsemen and his army, and overtook them camping by the sea Exd 14:9 Exd 14:27Exd 14:27 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and when the morning appeared, the sea returned to its full depth, while the Egyptians were fleeing into it. So the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. Exd 14:27 Exd 14:28Exd 14:28 Then the waters returned and covered the chariots, the horsemen, [and] all the army of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them. Not so much as one of them remained. Exd 14:28

10. Jos 6:1Jos 6:1 Now Jericho was securely shut up because of the children of Israel; none went out, and none came in. Jos 6:1 Jos 6:20Jos 6:20 So the people shouted when [the priests] blew the trumpets. And it happened when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat. Then the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city. Jos 6:20

11. 1Sa 17:31Sa 17:3 The Philistines stood on a mountain on one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side, with a valley between them. 1Sa 17:3 1Sa 17:41Sa 17:4 And a champion went out from the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, from Gath, whose height [was] six cubits and a span. (9’10”) 1Sa 17:4 1Sa 17:51Sa 17:5 [He had] a bronze helmet on his head, and he [was] armed with a coat of mail, and the weight of the coat [was] five thousand shekels of bronze. (125lbs) 1Sa 17:5

12. 1Sa 17:61Sa 17:6 And [he had] bronze armor on his legs and a bronze javelin between his shoulders. 1Sa 17:6 1Sa 17:71Sa 17:7 Now the staff of his spear [was] like a weaver's beam, and his iron spearhead [weighed] six hundred shekels; (15lbs) and a shield-bearer went before him. 1Sa 17:7

13. 1Sa 17:491Sa 17:49 Then David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone; and he slung [it] and struck the Philistine in his forehead, so that the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the earth. 1Sa 17:49

14. Eze 38:15Eze 38:15 Then you will come from your place out of the far north, you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great company and a mighty army. Eze 38:15 Eze 38:16Eze 38:16 You will come up against My people Israel like a cloud, to cover the land. Eze 38:16 Eze 38:22 Eze 38:22 And I will bring him to judgment with pestilence and bloodshed; I will rain down on him, on his troops, and on the many peoples who [are] with him, flooding rain, great hailstones, fire, and brimstone. Eze 38:22 And I will bring him to judgment with pestilence and bloodshed; I will rain down on him, on his troops, and on the many peoples who [are] with him, flooding rain, great hailstones, fire, and brimstone. Eze 38:22

15. Eze 38:23Eze 38:23 Thus I will magnify Myself and sanctify Myself, and I will be known in the eyes of many nations. Then they shall know that I [am] the LORD." ‘ Eze 38:23 1Cr 1:261Cr 1:26 For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, [are called]. 1Cr 1:26 1Cr 1:271Cr 1:27 But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty; 1Cr 1:27

16. 1Cr 1:281Cr 1:28 and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are, 1Cr 1:28 1Cr 1:291Cr 1:29 that no flesh should glory in His presence. 1Cr 1:29 1Cr 1:301Cr 1:30 But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God--and righteousness and sanctification and redemption-- 1Cr 1:30

17. 1Cr 1:311Cr 1:31 that, as it is written, "He who glories, let him glory in the LORD.” 1Cr 1:31

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