Freedom Freedom Freedom is absence from control of another, not burdened by constraint. Not only free from, but free to. There are two concepts of freedom - One regards freedom as the power to do what one wants, the other regards freedom as service to God and one's fellow men. One regards power as an end in itself, the other as a means to promote justice and the common good.
Responsibility is a subject of Christian freedom.
If we have the freedom in Christ to choose holiness, with God's help, we can get holy. If we do not have that free will and leave it up to God completely, the will is passive and we do not grow, only delusion and self-rightousness remains. When St. James talks about works, he is not referring to works that save us but works that show that we are saved. Grace is such that we are forgiven not that we did anything good but that we admitted that we were not good and that humility gained us the grace through faith. Once we are saved through faith, we need to repent and that takes the power of the spirit but also an active response to appropriate the power.