Ironically, freedom is not free. America's freedom was purchased by the blood of countless thousands. The supreme price for liberty was paid by Jesus himself. Sin finds its remedy in the blood of Christ, and the shackles of spiritual slavery vanish in the presence of the cross. There is an unalterable affinity between law and liberty.
Freedom disappears in the absence of law.
A community without laws to govern and restrain human behavior would result in utter chaos. Absolute freedom is a contradiction of terms. Eluding the power of one restraint only places one in the grasp of another. Having escaped the law of gravity, the astronaut finds his activities and freedom of movement more limited than ever. Drug addicts, drunkards, murderers, and thieves have negated personal freedom and bound themselves with chains by their refusal to honor God's laws relative to human conduct.