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Friday, July 4, 2025B Sectionindianapolisrecorder.comORDER OF SERVICECONTACT US: Monday-Friday 8:30 AM - 5:30 PMOffice: (317) 591-5050 | easternstarchurch.orgROCK CITY MONDAYSAges 12-18 | Main Campus5-8 PM | Registration requiredNOONDAY BIBLE STUDYMain CampusWednesdays | NoonFAMILY WORD NIGHTMain Campus | Wednesdays7 PM | Classes for everyoneJOIN US FORROCK FRESH MARKET HOURS: Monday - Friday 8 AM - 6 PMSaturday and Sunday 11 AM - 4 PMSenior Pastor Jeffrey A. Johnson, Sr. & Lady Sharon A. JohnsonONE CHURCHTHREE LOCATIONSFishers Campus: ........................9:15 AMCooper Road Campus: ...............10:45 AMMain Campus: ............................12:15 PMVisit our website or ESC App and click Watch Live.%u2022 Live stream Sunday services at 9:15 AM, 10:45 AM & 12:15 PM%u2022 Sermons on demand anytime%u2022 Sermon Rebroadcasts: Thursdays at 7 PM and Saturdays at 11 AMTo give, click the GIVE button on our website. 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Holman and First Lady Kay HolmanVisit our website!www.indyrecorder.comVisit our website!BIBLE TRIVIA By MICHAEL SAAHIR%u201cIt is not righteousness that ye turn your faces towards East or West; but it is righteousness to believe in Allah and the Last Day, and the Angels, and the Book, and the Messengers; to spend of your substance, out of love for Him, for your kin, for orphans, for the needy, for the wayfarer, for those who ask, and for the ransom of slaves; to be steadfast in prayer, and practice regular charity; to fulfil the contracts which ye have made; and to be firm and patient, in pain (or suffering) and adversity, and throughout all periods of panic. Such are the people of truth, the righteous who reverence Allah.%u201d Qur%u2019an, chapter 2, verse 177On July 4, 1776, as the Founding Fathers proudly signed The Declaration of Independence at the Continental Congress that declared the thirteen American colonies independent from Great Britain, the potential of this declaration was not realized until June 19, 1865. Union General Gordon Granger%u2019s arrival in Galveston, Texas, and his issuing of General Order Number 3, which reads, in part, %u201cThe people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free;%u201d it was on that day, June 19, that the Declaration of Independence%u2019s phrase %u201call men are created equal%u201d saw the light of day. Without Juneteenth, America%u2019s Declaration of Independence is incomplete, lacking diversity and inclusion.Thirteen years before Gordon Granger reached Galveston, our leader Frederick Douglas, on July 5, 1852, boldly identified the glaring hypocrisy of America%u2019s claim of independence for everyone. Speaking at%u00a0Corinthian Hall%u00a0in%u00a0Rochester, New York, Frederick Douglass rhetorically asked, %u201cWhat, to the American slave, is your 4th of July?%u201d Douglass answered his question, %u201c(It is) a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim. To him, your celebration is a sham; your boasted liberty, an unholy license; your national greatness, swelling vanity; your sounds of rejoicing are empty and heartless; your denunciations of tyrants, brass fronted impudence; your shouts of liberty and equality, hollow mockery; your prayers and hymns, your sermons and thanksgivings, with all your religious parade, and solemnity, are, to him, mere bombast, fraud, deception, impiety and hypocrisy %u2014 a thin veil to cover up crimes which would disgrace a nation of savages. There is not a nation on the earth guilty of practices, more shocking and bloody, than are the people of these United States, at this very hour.%u201dJuneteenth is a rebirth for the Declaration of Independence as well as a reminder that America still needed a freedom movement. Ninety-eight years later, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., declared, on Aug. 28, 1963, in his %u201cI Have a Dream%u201d speech,%u00a0%u201cWhen the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, Black men as well as White men, would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked %u2018insufficient funds.%u2019%u201dThe immaturity, maybe even hypocrisy, of the Founding Fathers to proclaim that %u201call men are created equal%u201d and endowed with certain unalienable (natural) rights, including %u201clife, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness%u201d knowing that the children of Africa were still in bondage is a sin and a shame. Also, in the Founding Fathers%u2019 socially immature minds, the definition of %u201cmen%u201d did not include women of any race; it even excluded white men who did not own property %u2014 truth be told!It was through the forces of nature, human resiliency and endurance, supported by the Will of G_d, that Juneteenth was able to give America another opportunity to fulfill the promises of the Declaration of Independence. Juneteenth represents a watershed moment in American history wherein the arrogance of white oppressors was weakened and the redemption of The Declaration of Independence was made possible.Today, we have to continue the freedom struggle that our African American fore-parents began. We are indebted to them. They made tremendous sacrifices while facing great odds so that our lives today would be much easier, but we cannot go on vacation. The freedom struggle continues today actually more than it did in 1776, 1865 and 1963. As Imam W. Deen Mohammed often reminded us, %u201cWe cannot stop now!%u201dJuneteenth resurrected the 4th of JulyBy Wilson Casey 1. Is the book of Cheirut (KJV) in the Old Testament, New Testament or neither?2. In Galatians, %u201cOnly do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through _____ serve one another.%u201d Friendship, Honesty, Love, Hope3. From 2 Corinthians, %u201cNow the Lord is that Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is _____.%u201d Hope, Freedom, Love, Liberty4. In John 8, %u201cIf the _____ therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.%u201d Heart, Worship, Celebration, Son5. From what book%u2019s 6:7 does it say, %u201cFor he that is dead is freed from sin%u201d? Isaiah, Daniel, Mark, Romans6. How many times is the word %u201cindependence%u201d mentioned in the Bible? 0, 2, 11, 17ANSWERS: 1) Neither, 2) Love, 3) Liberty, 4) Son, 5) Romans, 6) Zero%u201cTest Your Bible Knowledge,%u201d a book with 1,206 multiple-choice questions by columnist Wilson Casey, is available in stores and online.(c) 2025 King Features Synd., Inc.Frederick Douglas