The document discusses the concept of freedom and argues that while humans have freedom, not all actions are morally right or beneficial to society. It acknowledges that God gave humans free will but also wisdom and conscience to discern right from wrong. True freedom is found in following God and his laws, which help maintain peace and order, rather than in satisfying one's sinful desires. Freedom should be exercised to serve others in love according to biblical principles.
The document discusses the concept of freedom and argues that while humans have freedom, not all actions are morally right or beneficial to society. It acknowledges that God gave humans free will but also wisdom and conscience to discern right from wrong. True freedom is found in following God and his laws, which help maintain peace and order, rather than in satisfying one's sinful desires. Freedom should be exercised to serve others in love according to biblical principles.
The document discusses the concept of freedom and argues that while humans have freedom, not all actions are morally right or beneficial to society. It acknowledges that God gave humans free will but also wisdom and conscience to discern right from wrong. True freedom is found in following God and his laws, which help maintain peace and order, rather than in satisfying one's sinful desires. Freedom should be exercised to serve others in love according to biblical principles.
As for my opinion, we all deserve to have freedom.
Well in fact we all have
freedom. Us humans can do anything we desire. We are free to do what we want. We can kill, steal and do all kinds of evil in this world. Because if we cannot do such, then I think our body will not be able to move properly. Because if movements are limited then how are we going to develop and do other things. God gave us our physical body for us to be able to use them and for us to experience the freedom and rights He gave. Even God gave us the freedom to do what we want. We can follow Him or not, we can believe in Him or not. It depends upon our decision. We deserve freedom because freedom itself was already given to us by the day when we were born. God gave us the freedom to live on Earth and even though He gave us rules and laws yet we can still choose to do things freely. If a person doesn’t have freedom then he won’t be capable of deciding and to do what he thinks is right or wrong. A lot of people lived their lives seeking, understanding and fighting for freedom even before they died and some will even risk their dignity and lives for them to be freely express the freedom they want. For example, the LGBTQ community are now given the freedom to live and in other countries they give third gender people the right of same-sex marriage. Here in the Philippines they are given the right to fight for the things they want to express. My point is we can live freely and do the things what we want. Because everything in this world is permissible. But does that mean that everything that an individual does is right and good? Of course not! Freedom can be freely expressed but not everything that we want to do is right. We have to be considerate and we should not only think about ourselves. That is why God gave us wisdom for us to think and to do the right things so we can please Him and not to use such intelligence to abuse the power and the ability that He entrusted. The Scripture says in 1 Corinthians 6:12 that “I have the right to do anything,” you say-but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”-but I will not be mastered by anything. In 1 Peter 2:16, For you are free, yet you are God’s slaves, so don’t use your freedom as an excuse to do evil. It means that we have the freedom to do things but let us be mindful with our actions and make sure that the things that we do are right. Because in my opinion, to be free doesn’t mean that we will destroy everything and act like satanic creatures. That is why God gave us conscience. But us humans are sinful in nature that is why even in the beginning God gave us laws to follow because law helps us to limit our liberty. Laws helps us to maintain peace and orderliness in the world. Because if we do not have laws to follow and we practice our freedom to do anything then all will end up in chaos. Laws helps us to act righteously and pleasingly to the society. Just like what I said a world without laws will end up in chaos. Just like in the movie, The Purge, the people were given the freedom to do anything and everything that they did were not punished by the law. That was for only 12 hours but look how chaotic it was. How if from the day that you were born the whole world was already like that? I doubt that us humans will live long. For this society nowadays is corrupt and the thoughts of the people are bad. I believe freedom can still be expressed as long as we act and we think for what is right. There are different kinds of freedom that a person has: freedom to live, love, study and etc. And as a Christian I believe that true freedom is in the Lord and not the things that are worldly. God Himself is the true freedom that any man can encounter. Let us live the kind of freedom that is good and that benefits to our society. Galatians 5:13-14, For you have been called to live in freedom, my brothers and sisters. But don’t use your freedom to satisfy your sinful nature. Instead, use your freedom to serve one another in love. For the whole law can be summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”