We had an extensive discussion on the meaning of liberty. Among other points, the following were raised:
- Liberty comes from obedience to law.
- Some laws are eternal and others are temporal.
- Free agency implies that there is no law; whereas moral agency implies there is a moral law.
- Some eternal laws might include the law of accountability/consequence, the law of love, and the physical laws of the universe (not to be confused with man's limited understanding of physical laws). Some temporal laws might include such civil laws as speed limits.
- Fullness of liberty comes from training your heart to will the right things, which is done through obedience. Once your heart desires the right things, you will have power to obtain all that you desire.
- Secondary values are the things we care about because we believe they will help us get something we want. Primary values are the things we want for no other reason.
- We often mistakenly value secondary values as if they were primary values. Thus we must learn to value the things that will bring true liberty.
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