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Truth and Freedom

Truth and Freedom. Chapter #5. False Notion of Freedom . Pure independence No rules; do what I want In reality: Sin never sets us free. It enslaves us with its damage, guilt. We are not being who we were meant to be.

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Truth and Freedom

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  1. Truth and Freedom Chapter #5

  2. False Notion of Freedom • Pure independence • No rules; do what I want • In reality: • Sin never sets us free. It enslaves us with its damage, guilt. • We are not being who we were meant to be. • Movie Clip: The Truth helps us know which way to go. The rules have meaning; “Your Going the Wrong Way!”

  3. Freedom and Love • Freedom exists for the sake of love, to be able to be given away. • We really desire love more than freedom. • Being free allows us to truly love. • You can’t give what you don’t have. • If you can’t say ‘no’ to sex, what is your ‘yes’ worth? • We can’t make a gift of ourselves if we are not in control of ourselves.

  4. Objective Truth • It’s a reality we cannot change or decide for ourselves , but is designed in the very nature of the thing. • God created us to choose between good and evil, not to determine what they are. • We have a tendency to make our own definition of what is right or wrong so that it fits in with our life and choice. But morality is not about what we want; it is about what is true and good. Movie Clip: Pontius Pilate “Quid es veritas?”

  5. Freedom Defined • The Ability to desire and choose the good. • “The more one does what is good, the freer one becomes” Bl. JPII • Being free means being who God created you to be. Following the designs He has for you. • With love comes responsibility. It doesn’t harm but rather helps it move as it should (like a string on a kite). • Movie Clip: “With great power comes great responsibility”

  6. Internal and External Constraints • To understand freedom we need to remember 2 things 1. Who we are: Children of God 2. What we were created for: Love and Communion • Remembering this we realize that freedom is not about living without rules or responsibilities (external constraints) but rather without internal constraints on our heart. • The truly free person doesn’t need the laws because their heart already desires what it calls for(ex: the faithful husband) • Loving without internal constraints requires our hearts to be transformed. • We obey God’s commands not because we HAVE to but because we WANT to.

  7. Free Will • Love always requires a choice. God gives us free will so we can choose to love and follow Him. • Original Sin, the Fall has made our free will has lost much of its strength. • We can still choose what is good but we struggle to use our free will properly. • Movie Clip: Free will allows us to reject the lies and deceptions keeping us from knowing the Truth

  8. Christ and Freedom • Christ has set us free so that, with Him, we can truly say, “yes” to Him and His truth. • We long for this since freedom lets us live the truth of who we have been created to be; to be loved. • “Man longs for love more than for freedom-freedom is the means and love is the end“ JPII • Movie Clip: Christ frees us, He is more than a ‘crutch’ http://www.wingclips.com/movie-clips/fireproof/more-than-a-crutch

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