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FreedomRom . 11 :20 "For their lack offaith they were broken off, butyou are standing by faith . Quithaving lofty ideas, but be infear ."Heb. 12 :1 "Let us also put offevery weight and the sin thateasily entangles us, and let usrun with endurance the race thatis set before us ."Matt . 13 :58 "And he [Jesus]did not do many powerful worksFreedom1 22there on account of their lackof faith ."Strong Faith Gives ProtectionAgainst Wicked DemonsEph . 6 :16 "Above all things,take up the large shield of faith,with which you will be able toquench all the wicked one's burningmissiles ."1 Thess . 5 :8 "Let us keep oursenses and have on the breastplateof faith ."DEFINITIONIn its broadest sense and as used in the Bible and in the field ofgovernment it means merely "acting at will" . It is the acting and theperformance of acts freely according to one's will, with or withoutrestraints, for the general welfare . The subject of freedom involvesthe faculty of "free will", which God as Creator Superior has givento angels and men so that they can conduct themselves voluntarilyin a way pleasing to their Maker . It is this field of "free will" actionwherein governments, both theocratic and man-made, grant controlledliberties and freedoms .Jehovah as Sovereign Superior rael's Majestic One, I, I whoSolely Enjoys Absolute Freedom ; made the earth, I who createdActs at Will Without Restraint . man on earth, I who stretchedHe Alone Is Independent out the heavens with my ownIsa . 40 :13, 15 "Who hath directedthe spirit of Jehovah, or host ! "hands, I who ordered all theirbeing his counsellor hath taught Jehovah a God of Freedom ; Hishim? Behold, the nations are as Organization Dwells in Climatea drop of a bucket, and are ac-of Freedomcounted as the small dust of the 2 Cor . 3 :17 "Now Jehovah isbalance : behold, he taketh up theisles as a very little thing ."the spirit ; and where the spiritof Jehovah is, there is freedom."Rom . 9 :20, 21 "0 man, who,then, really are you to be answeringback to God? Shall the means Sinai, a mountain in Ara-Gal. 4 :25, 26 "Now this Hagarthing molded say to him that bia, and she corresponds withmolded it, `Why did you make the Jerusalem today, for she is inme this way?' What? Does not slavery with her children . Butthe potter have authority over the the Jerusalem above is free, andclay to make from the same lump she is our mother ."one vessel for an honorable use, Man Made in God's Imageanother for a dishonorable use?"Isa. 45 :11, 12, Mo "And wouldGranted Climate of Freedom,a Vast Field of Freewillyou question me about the future?would you dictate to meActionabout my work? says the Eternal Gen . 1 :26, 28-30 "And God said,[Jehovah, AS], Israel's Maker, Is- Let us make man in our image,