Freedom Never Dies

Judah Ben-Hur: Almost at the moment He died...I heard Him say, 'Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.'
Esther: Even then.
Judah Ben-Hur: Even then. And I felt His voice take the sword out of my hand.
--Ben-Hur

Freedom is not an arbitrary permission slip that is granted by a worldly entity. Freedom is a gift from God. God created each of us in His likeness. Just like He is perfectly free, so are we.

When government takes away freedom, either by fiat or by majority vote, it violates natural law--God's law. It steals a gift from God. It steals from God.

On Good Friday, Jesus demonstrated that, although our physical freedom can be stolen, our free will to pursue the truth can never be taken from us. He exercised His free will to accept a horrific death so that we might know the truth.

The truth is that He would rise from the dead. By doing so, He showed us that we can throw off physical oppression to liberate our souls. After we die, we too can rise to be with Him.

Even if worldly entities restrain our physical freedom, they can not take our free will unless we let them. Jesus didn't let them.

Today, Christ teaches us that freedom never truly dies.