II. William Barclay - Christian liberty always carries danger. The Bible asserts the right of individuals to make their own decisions. A list of the best commentaries on 2 Peter/Jude ranked by scholars, journal reviews, and site users. Wise King Solomon urged his son to understand that true freedom is possible only within the sphere of God-centered living, for which He created us. And "How does your garden grow?" Footnotes. It is based on false promises, empty words that sound exciting but that have no divine authority behind them. R. De Haan II Our Daily Bread, Copyright RBC Ministries, Grand Rapids, MI. 2 Peter 2:19 REV and Commentary - They promise them freedom while they themselves are slaves of corruption. To be forced to yield. True freedom from the bondage to sin is found in our enslavement to Christ, the Lord of all. If they work together, they must consider the welfare of each other. In Song of Solomon we read "Catch the foxes for us, The little foxes that are ruining the vineyards, While our vineyards are in blossom." f. A special type of promise is the “promise of money,” and in this sense the idea of a “subscription” or “donation” arises (state liturgies, gifts to rulers at their accession, priests promising gifts in support of their candidature). What is commendable is that one has submitted to God's will and that he is suffering, not because he did something wrong, but because he did something right. Commentaries on 2 Peter/Jude. Comment: In context believers now have freedom of access to God without fear in opposition to the fear in Ex. The lectionary text for this week provides a compelling commendation to Christians to do what is right even if it brings suffering. 2 Peter 2:19 :) So often, we want to make a new start in our lives, and we're going along great, but then suddenly screw it up, even this soon after New Year's. Eleutheria thus means freedom, independence, in the sense of being independent of others, being able to dispose. On numerous occasions, Aristotle spoke of the Gk. Eliminating poverty, establishing a minimum income, or raising social security will not resolve man’s problem. the second letter I am writing to you in which I am stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder… Millions of people in our world today are in one kind of bondage or another and are seeking for deliverance, but the only One who can set them free is Jesus Christ. 2 Peter 2:19 REV and Commentary - They promise them freedom while they themselves are slaves of corruption. Pay close attention to Acts 2:21 where Peter, quoting Joel, reminds the crowd that only those who call on the name of the Lord will be saved from God’s judgment and enter the messianic kingdom. (Jn 8:31-37), Wuest  - Strachan, commenting on the words, "while they promise them liberty," says: "Doubtless that Antinomianism (against law, thus lawlessness, not responsible to law) is indicated to which the doctrine of grace has ever been open. Freedom consists in his right to participate fully in public debates over civic matters. 1986. For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved. Acts 7:6 (quoting Ge 15:13 above) "But God spoke to this effect, that his offspring would be aliens in a foreign land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years. For example there is a teaching making the rounds in evangelical circles that if we are once saved we are always saved (this part of the teaching is sound) and now that we are under grace and saved forever, we can continue sinning habitually. The very fact that the twig was so small was what made it so dangerous. but yielding to God's way. CHRIST IN US.But our OLD man,our old Adamic nature is made white also,BUT he answers to the dog that returns to his vomit,the sow that returns unto her mud etc.Thats y Paul said sin revived and i died,it was his oldman that revived saul but his newman was … could occasionally be used to denote the mental attitude which makes use of freedom. The concept of a judgment according to works is considered in much of pop evangelicalism to … Continue reading "Commentary on 2 Peter 3:8-15a" Part of the power of this text is its Christological grounding — it is Jesus who has gone before and whose footsteps we attempt to follow (1 Peter 2… « 2 Peter 2:19. In other words, true Christian liberty is the liberty from sin and not to sin. 2 Peter 2:19 Commentary. Fast bound in sin and nature's night; Thine eye diffused a quickening ray, Do you know when Lincoln’s declaration was officially enacted? Pay close attention to Acts 2:21 where Peter, quoting Joel, reminds the crowd that only those who call on the name of the Lord will be saved from God’s judgment and enter the messianic kingdom. 5:13). They themselves are slaves of corruption. "Servants" is Doulos, "slaves." Interesting to think about... that obedience brings freedom and rebellion brings slavery. 1 Peter 2:9(ESV) Verse Thoughts What an astonishing revelation is contained within this simple yet profound verse of Scripture, "But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light". We will free you so that you can do what you please. False Slaves (1401)(doulos from deo = to bind so doulos = one bound to another) is one who is in bondage or bound to another and thus describes the horrible state of being completely controlled by "sin". Paul writing to the the saints at Rome... Do you not know that when you present yourselves to someone as slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or of obedience resulting in righteousness? Slavery is scorned and rejected. 1986. Only God can produce true liberty. (Mt 6:24-note). 10 Best Second Peter Commentaries. Teachers Figuratively (all NT uses except Acts 7:6) douloo means to gain control over someone. Our redemption is in the blood. Freedom must operate under the framework of principle. Peter has just been talking about how Christ is the capstone, the foundation of the house of God. 1 Peter 2:19 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] 1 Peter 2:19, NIV: "For it is commendable if someone bears up under the pain of unjust suffering because they are conscious of God." Title: The clear claim to authorship in 1:1 by the Apostle Peter gives the epistle its title. When anger was in Cain's heart (Ge 4:6-7), murder was not far off (Ge 4:8). We cannot bully people into absolutes. The one set at liberty from the law is under a stronger and more effective compulsion, namely, divine love as ministered to the yielded saint by the Holy Spirit (Gal 5:13). 2:17 Honor all men. yourselves to God as those alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. Comment: The motif of bondage and freedom is central to the teaching of Paul, and it takes two forms: bondage to law and bondage to sin and death. Comment: Paul calls upon his readers to be freed from the slavery of sin that they might find the glorious freedom of a higher slavery. Be ALWAYS at it whilst you live; cease not a day from this work; be killing sin or it will be killing you." (See further H. Schlier, TDNT II 487-92. This is as natural a realm for God's child as the water is for the fish, or the air for the bird.". And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE (present tense) LAWLESSNESS (see note Matthew 7:21, See also Torrey's interesting topical listing of Scriptures on "Self Delusion"), Peter says the very ones who speak of freedom are slaves. The phraseology is that of manumission from slavery, which among the Greeks was effected by a legal fiction, according to which the manumitted slave was purchased by a god; as the slave could not provide the money, the master paid it into the temple treasury in the presence of the slave, a document being drawn up containing the words “for freedom.” No one could enslave him again, as he was the property of the god. Of all people, we who have left the Worldwide Church of God (WCG) in the past decade should be most aware of the antinomian spirit working in the church of God.The doctrinal changes that began to be instituted mere months after the death of Herbert W. Armstrong had as their goal the removal of God's law, particularly the Sabbath, from the church's beliefs. 2 Peter 2:15-16 Commentary. It will keep you longer than you ever intended to stay. Jesus bought us with His blood. And 2Pe 3:16 [note] shows that the writings of the apostle Paul were a sitting duck for this distortion. Please read: The “Top 10” list below is a starting point for learning about 2 Peter commentaries. where they are being held until the day of judgment. All rights reserved, See discussion of the Need for the Holy Spirit to obey NT commands, Kittel, G., Friedrich, G., & Bromiley, G. W. Theological Dictionary of the New Testament. License means personal insistence on doing what I like. The Bible asserts the right of individuals to make their own decisions. Don, I added “based on the Word of God.” Thanks for that clarification. God bases true liberty on the principle of grace. So let us "encourage one another day after day, as long as it is still called “Today,” so that none of you will be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin." You can find the best commentary on 2 Peter… It is our job to search them out. WHILE THEY THEMSELVES ARE SLAVES OF CORRUPTION: autoi douloi huparchontes (PAPMPN) tes phthoras: While - When you encounter words like this that indicate an expression of time, pause and query the word. . Nevertheless, a list based on aggregate reviews is likely to point many people in the right direction to find the right resource for their purposes. The only reason is love which builds up (1Co 8:2 and all of 1Cor 13:1ff). Sin vanquished their freedom. . That is, we should not cause our freedom to be slandered by expressing it in ways that offend a weaker brother. 2 Peter 2:19 New International Version (NIV). Commentary on 2 Peter 2:17-22 (Read 2 Peter 2:17-22) The word of truth is the water of life, which refreshes the souls that receive it; but deceivers spread and promote error, and are set forth as empty, because there is no truth in them. 2 Peter 3:10 Commentary. The imagery derives directly from the ancient practice of enslaving an enemy defeated in battle as a prisoner! Whenever you encounter a term of explanation, always consider performing the 4P's (pause to ponder and practice the passage), which is facilitated by interrogating the text with the 5W/H'S, asking questions like "What is being explained?". See 2 Peter 1:19-21 (printed below) Also, we have the absolutely reliable prophetic word. We, first endure, then pity, then embrace. (Vine, W E: Vine's Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words). Unqualified freedom in any area of human life is deceptive and deadly. 2 Peter3:17-18 $ 2.00: 2 Peter Audio Commentary - Individual Sessions quantity. False BY THIS HE IS ENSLAVED: touto dedoulotai (3SRPI): By this - By his sin. (read Colossians 3:5+) Do you make it your DAILY work? God’s Word always emphasizes the rights of the individual. 2 Peter 2 - But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. (1) The presence and work of false teachers. They belong together and qualify each other. Their minds and hearts are so far corrupted and depraved that they have neither power nor will to refuse the task that is imposed on them. Honor the king. It says, "There are some things in them hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction." In secular Gk. A man was walking down a hill in the woods when he stepped on a little twig. Peter tells his people that indeed they are free but they must not use their freedom as a cloak of maliciousness (1Pe 2:16). John Piper has a reasoned discussion of this section noting that, false teachers were right to promise people freedom. Genesis 15:13 And God said to Abram, "Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, where they will be enslaved (Hebrew = abad = to serve; Lxx = douloo) and oppressed four hundred years. However, the Bible also asserts that the decisions we make need to be, False teachers promise liberty, but they cannot, God bases true liberty on the principle of, Bible freedom also must operate within God’s overarching, No one can promise liberty without dealing with the, Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. The liberty that false teachers promised here is freedom from moral constraint. 2 Peter 2:6-8 Commentary. If we let religious leaders “overcome” or defeat us, we become their slaves! Audio and manuscripts are available for each lesson. Galatians 2:4 But it was because of the false brethren who had sneaked in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, in order to bring us into bondage (to the law, legalism). As Vine says "Man is so constituted that only as he pleases God can he be happy in the higher, the spiritual, part of his nature, and efficient for the great ends for which he was created. Hettao means to be vanquished as in a military battle alluding to the ancient law of war in which those who were defeated were taken captive by the conquerors and became their servants. For a man is the slave of whatever masters him. He who loves corruption rots. 2:18 Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wicked. The noun eleutheria is derived from the adjective eleutheros. But the false teachers were doing just that, using their freedom as an opportunity to indulge their love for money and their love for praise and the love for sexual pleasure. In short we too often fail to heed Jesus' commands to "Keep watching and praying that you may not enter into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” (Mt 26:41+), Application - Beware of the "little foxes," those temptations that seem so trivial and minimal as to easily escape our notice. Proverbs 16 describes the liberty and satisfaction that come from practicing humility, trust, careful conver­sation, and self-control. Those who are not wise are slaves, no matter what the form of their bondage (cf. Greeting. Facts about false teachers. Go To 2 Peter Index. Galatians 5:1 It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery. voice, epaggéllomai, as a deponent verb meaning basically to announce oneself, offer oneself for a responsibility or service. The Pauline teaching, which abrogated external legality, was open to abuse, and might easily be dangerous to recent converts from heathenism." CHAPTER 1. The false teachers promised their potential dupes liberty (2:19). (Jn 8:31, cp Jn 17:17) and the opposite principle that "everyone who commits (present tense = habitually, as their lifestyle) sin is the slave of sin." Long my imprisoned spirit lay The puritanical morals of the Bible are passé.” What they do not tell you is that they are enslaving you to another system. Remember that it was only a "little thing," (one bite of a forbidden fruit) through which "sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned." The word is also translated “freedom” in 1 Pet. 2 Peter 2:4 Greek Tartarus; 2 Peter 2:4 Some manuscripts in gloomy dungeons; 2 Peter 2:10 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit; also in verse 18.; 2 Peter 2:11 Many manuscripts beings in the presence of; 2 Peter 2:13 Some manuscripts in their love feasts 2 Peter 2:22 Commentary. Socialism promises liberty but takes freedoms from the people to whom they promise it. Search Site with Google. “liberty” , is rendered “freedom” in Gal. Comment: Christian liberty is far removed from the fleshy license which these false teachers promise their foolish followers. As the invisible chains of habit are forged, we discover to our horror that we don't have the strength to break them. teaching the basic spiritual principles that "you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free." Thus sin is not the true master of men, but a usurper, ruling with rigor, albeit the rule is disguised so that not even the wisest seems capable of recognizing it apart from the teaching of the Spirit of God.". When they speak great swelling words of vanity — Propose their vain and false doctrine in a lofty style, or affect sublime strains of language, which are often void of any real meaning; they allure through the lusts of the flesh — By allowing their hearers to live in lewd courses, or to gratify some unholy desires under pretence of Christian liberty, 2 Peter 2:10; 2 Peter 2:19; those — Who, as Christians; were clean … Sin has a way of gradually binding a person until there is no way of escape, apart from the gracious intervention of the Lord. Little do they realize that this enslaves them to “corruption.”. Liberty means ability not to violate the law of God. They have been experiencing trials (1:6), so he is encouraging them by reminding them of their prospects for glory and salvation (1:8-9). Taboos will not produce absolutes. Comment: Freedom is presented as the supreme blessing of the new covenant of grace, which, in contrast with the Old covenant of law, is represented as including independence from religious regulations and legal restrictions (1Co 10:29; 2Co 3:17; Ga 2:4; 2Pe 2:19). Teachers Instead of enhancing and extending his freedom by his disobedience, however, man’s first exercise of his will apart from God brought him into bondage to a new master, sin (Ro 6:17, 18; 7:14), working through a threefold agency, the world, the flesh, and the devil (1Jn 2:16, 17; 3:8). Zondervan, Our Daily Bread, Copyright RBC Ministries, Grand Rapids, MI. One application equates the "little foxes" with "little" sins. We make choices based on principle. The training of conscience is contemporaneous with the growth of Christian character. Their message was arrogant because it was the contradiction of the message of Christ; it was futile because he who followed it would find himself a slave. Sins are like circles in the water when a stone is thrown into it - one produces another. He came like a servant when they were expecting a king. Required fields are marked *, Notify me of followup comments via e-mail, Designed by Elegant Themes 2 Peter 2:19 Commentary. A T Robertson comments that: Paul deftly puts himself in the place of the strong brother at such a banquet who is expected to conform his conscience to that of the weak brother who makes the point about a particular piece of meat. Peterprobably wrot… Love the brotherhood. (3SRPI), Amplified: They promise them liberty, when they themselves are the slaves of depravity and defilement-for by whatever anyone is made inferior or worse or is overcome, to that [person or thing] he is enslaved. These false teachers, not being saved and therefore not knowing grace, misrepresented the latter as license to sin. Mark Dunagan Commentary on the Bible. 2-peter 2:19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. [⇑ See verse text ⇑] The world typically claims that "freedom" means doing whatever you want, whenever you want, and however you want. Epictetus, Plutarch, and Philo). And so we have the prophetic word confirmed: Peter’s experience at … For example they may teach false doctrines such as "Freedom in Christ means “doing your own thing” or “having it your way”, a devilish doctrine that is the very essence of sin and rebellion against the will of God and His holiness. 2 Peter 2:19. by Grant Richison | Jul 15, 1998 | 2 Peter | 2 comments. Comment: Here eleutheria describes the unfettered condition of the Christian soul in contrast with the Jewish condition of bondage to law. The Quaker Rufus Jones, paraphrasing Aristotle, said, “The true nature of a thing is the highest that it can become.”, Jesus Christ frees us to become our very best for God in this fleeting life, and then to be like Him in the next. Service may be rendered to the state, but by free choice. Liberty! There are 8 uses of douloo in the NT (see below) and 2 in the Septuagint (LXX) - Ge 15:13; Pr 27:8. (Jn 8:34). They are... - Verse-by-Verse Commentary I woke, the dungeon flamed with light; Galatians 5:13 For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. 2 Peter 2:22 Commentary. (Ro 6:16-note), I see a different law in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind, and making me a prisoner of the law of sin which is in my members. They probably quoted Gal 5:1 with great power among the new and unstable converts: "For freedom Christ has set us free; stand fast therefore and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery!" 2. For many Protestant believers, a category for a judgment according to works does not exist; we’re saved by faith after all! Hettao is used in the NT only in this verse and 2Pe 2:20 (note). Medically, loss of appetite is a usually a sign of a serious illness, possibly even impending death. The "doulos" is the possession of his master (the master in context being personified by whatever specific sin it is that conquers him) and is obligated to do "sin's" will, They should have been bond servants of Jesus Christ (1Pe 2:!6-note, etc) but instead chose to to have "corruption" as their master. Eerdmans). by Grant Richison | Jul 15, 1998 | 2 Peter | 2 comments, “While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a person is overcome, by him also he is brought into bondage.”. James 2:12 So speak and so act, as those who are to be judged by the law of liberty. Liddell-Scott, 532). In his first letter Peter wrote that believers are to... Act as free men, and do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but use it as bondslaves of God. Peter encourages them with a vision of "an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance that doesn't The Stoics have a broader view of service. (see notes 2Ti 2:25; 26). 2 Peter 1:19. Religious pundits say, “We will set you free from your medieval religion. When the state declares something, it becomes an “order.” c. In law we find the senses “accusation” and “delivery of a judgment.” d. We then find the senses “to declare an achievement,” “to show one's mastery,” “to profess a subject.” e. Another sense is “to offer,” “to promise,” “to vow.” As regards promises, tension between word and deed is felt, so that promises are often seen as worthless. The Civil War was still going on. 2 Peter 2:4-5 Commentary. Since these false teachers have denied Jesus Christ Who purchased with His own blood enslaved sinners from the power of sin (2Pe 2:1), they have in effect denied the only Source of spiritual freedom (Jn 8:31, 32, 36, Ro 8:2-note, Ga 5:1). People eat this up. Hettao is in the perfect tense which signifies that they had been overcome at some point of time in the past and were still still overcome. To what time does it refer? 1 * Symeon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have received a faith of equal value to ours through the righteousness of our God and savior Jesus Christ: 2 may grace and peace be yours in abundance through knowledge * of God and of Jesus our Lord. It arises from the ever-recurring confusion of liberty and license. (, The techniques of false teachers are only workable with the naive, for the heretics are like a 300-pound man selling diet books— they promise . They professed to be born again but had never really been redeemed (set free) themselves as proven by their permanent condition of enslavement! Greek: eleutherian autois epaggellomenoi, autoi douloi huparchontes t es phthoras o gar ti s hetthtai, touto dedoulotai. When we become free in Christ we lose our freedom to sin, of which we were once a slave. (read the entire chapter 1John 3). Of all people, we who have left the Worldwide Church of God (WCG) in the past decade should be most aware of the antinomian spirit working in the church of God.The doctrinal changes that began to be instituted mere months after the death of Herbert W. Armstrong had as their goal the removal of God's law, particularly the Sabbath, from the church's beliefs. Day of Matthew Henry sums up their sad state - Their own lusts have gotten a complete victory over them, and they are actually in bondage to them (Ro 6:16-note), making provision for the flesh (Ro 13:!4-note) to satisfy its cravings (Ed: Which are continually waging war against our soul = 1Pe 2:11-note), comply with its directions, and obey its commands. Romans 6:22 (note) But now having been freed from sin and enslaved to God, you derive your benefit, resulting in sanctification, and the outcome, eternal life. liber (free), and Schrader links it with Old High German liut, Modern German Leute, people (Reallexikon der indogermanischen Altertumskunde, II 19292, 454 f.; but cf. They ambush ("booby trap" NLT) their own lives. 2Pe 3:11-18, 2 Peter 2:19 promising (PAPMPN) them freedom while they themselves are (PAPMPN) slaves of corruption; for by what a man is overcome (3SRPI) by this he is enslaved (3SRPI) (NASB: Lockman), Greek: eleutherian autois epaggellomenoi, (PAPMPN) autoi douloi huparchontes (PAPMPN) tes phthoras o gar tis hetthtai, (3SRPI) touto dedoulotai. We ought to first note that the lectionary this week has skipped over I Peter 2.1-18. The only uses in the non-apocryphal Septuagint are Esther 4:7, Pr 13:12. 4. They are may look very successful but they are not to be envied because they are "defeated" men! Thus the person who is overcome by his lusts is represented as being the slave of those lusts (see Ro 6:16-note). (see link to sermon below). Socialism ends in giving power and authority to politicians. You are not under law; you are under grace!" There was no mass media then to announce those kinds of presidential pronouncements. In so far as a man belongs to the people, he is a free citizen as contrasted with a slave or foreigner. Biblical Commentary (Bible Study) 2 Peter 3:8-15a EXEGESIS: THE CONTEXT: Peter is writing to encourage Christians to live Godly lives (1:3) that they “may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world by lust” (1:4). The apostate ministers talk a lot about freedom, but they mean freedom from divine authority and freedom to sin. Persius spoke to the lustful debauchees of his day of "the masters that grow up within that sickly breast of yours." They love to hear it because it appeals to their lower nature. The call to freedom is at the heart of New Testament faith. II. 2 Peter 2:18-19. No one can promise liberty without dealing with the root of slavery – sin. Politicians promise us the moon, but they can’t deliver. You cannot set someone free if you are in bondage yourself, and these false teachers were in bondage to sin. 2Pe 2:1-3, Demise of Place a bird in the water and he has lost his liberty. 2 Peter 2 is the second chapter of the Second Epistle of Peter in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.The author identifies himself as "Simon Peter, a bondservant and apostle of Jesus Christ" and the epistle is traditionally attributed to Peter the Apostle, but there are charges that it is a work of Peter's followers between 60-90 CE. Legalistic repression is no biblical value. 2 Peter 2:19: They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity-for "people are slaves to whatever has mastered them." For a person is - Bible verse Peter encourages them with a vision of "an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance that doesn't The liberty spoken of in Gal 5:1 is liberty from the Mosaic law, not liberty to do as one pleases. 2 Peter 2:19 promising them freedom while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by what a man is overcome by this he is enslaved (NASB: Lockman). The RV margin “for freedom” gives perhaps the preferable meaning, i.e., “not to bring us into another form of bondage did Christ liberate us from that in which we were born, but in order to make us free from bondage.”, The word is twice rendered “freedom” in the RV of Gal. The essence of the Fall lay in this, that man used his endowment of freedom against the Giver of it. 2Pe 3:8-10, Maturity in light of that But no one is ever completely free in that sense. Freedom and law are thus not contradictory opposites. Lincoln had been dead for months. Sin will take you further than you ever intended to stray. Through the cultic rites, the initiate was freed from this hopeless world and obtained a part in the destiny of the deity (Brown, Colin, Editor. Comment: Human freedom that in which man was originally created, is not liberty to do wrong or to indulge oneself, but in fact is liberty to obey God. The very people who say that they are giving us liberty enslave us. 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