We have abused our rights, our freedoms, and our liberties in this nation. We used them to justify sin, to serve ourselves instead of God, while promoting and celebrating ill will against our leaders and hatefully censoring and silencing any opposition. We arrogantly expanded our liberties to allow for the freedom of virtually all forms of expression. We exalted, celebrated, and promoted perverted lifestyles, elevating obscenity, vulgarity, and pornography to the status of federally protected speech. We reward those who dishonor our leaders or attack our institutions of security. Our actions fail to silence ignorance, but instead, seek to silence God and men of virtue. Consequently, it is no surprise that our Creator has determined to systematically remove the blessings of freedom that He gifted this great nation and the government that provided a secure and fertile ground for all to enjoy.

As God's called out saints, the God given human longing for freedom is not the pursuit of uninhibited self-will, but the disciplined, loyal use of our choices to follow God and build righteous character. Sadly, the rich young ruler was trapped by his own wealth. When we survey Israel's rebellion and the prodigal son who squandered his inheritance, we realize that liberty without wisdom, law, and loyalty leads to blindness, bondage, and self-destruction, while liberty guided by godly vision, humility, and responsibility leads to life, joy and spiritual growth. Ultimately, Christ offers us the only freedom that matters, namely the freedom to choose righteousness, reject destructive paths, and faithfully follow him toward eternal life.