I Am Free Because God Made It So

My freedom comes from God.

“God gave unto man that he should act for himself.”

“Because that they are redeemed from the fall they have become free forever. To act for themselves and not to be acted upon.”

“They are free to choose liberty and eternal life.”

Therefore I am free because of the Atonement and recognize it would disrespect that sacrifice to allow another man to restrict that freedom against my will.

I believe in retaining this freedom no matter the cost. The ultimate price was already paid for it.

Since Jesus was willing to pay for my redemption and resulting freedom then I am willing to honor and respect his sacrifice by retaining it.

Listen carefully you evil people who are trying to take away my freedom, I will resist you and fight you until there is no more breath in my body.

You may gloat in your shallow victories but ultimately your efforts will be futile. You will lose, your efforts are in vain.

You cannot take away from me what has been divinely given by God.

- 2 Nephi 2:16, 26, 27

Don’t Feel Powerless – In Reality You Have Power

The only way someone can have power is if they have followers. Take away their followers, or a substantial number of them, and their power is gone.

In fact the greatest fear a controlling leader has is that people won’t follow them. That’s why they resort to fear because it’s so much easier to force people to follow you than to inspire and motivate them with vision.

A group of judges, leaders of a nation, wanted to arrest a man who was truthfully calling them corrupt, but “they durst not lay their hands upon him, for they feared the people lest they should cry out against them.”

You and I have the power to instill fear in corrupt leaders and we should use it to preserve our freedoms.

- Helaman 8:4

Laws Reflect Society’s Morals

Laws reflect the morals of a society. Do we have any corrupt laws?

Once the law becomes corrupt the decline of the society is close at hand.

- Helaman 5:2