Sacrificed for Your Freedom

Galatians 5:1 “It was for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.”

In 1776, George Washington gathered his troops together and told them he needed someone for a highly secret mission behind enemy lines. A young twenty-one year old soldier from Yale volunteered for the mission. It seemed he was going to be successful, but as he returned with the battle plans of the British, they were tipped off and he was arrested and sentenced to be hanged. The next morning, as he was facing execution, he uttered these poignant words: “My only regret is that I have but one life to lose for my country.”