GUIDE TO THE SCRIPTURES
Free, Freedom
See also Agency; Captivity; Liberty

The power or ability to make personal choices without compulsion. In a spiritual sense, a person who repents and obeys God's will is free from the bondage of sin through the atonement of Jesus Christ (Mosiah 5: 8).

The truth shall make you free, John 8: 32. Those who become free from sin receive eternal life, Rom. 6: 19-23. A righteous branch of the house of Israel shall be brought out of captivity unto freedom, 2 Ne. 3: 5. They cried unto the Lord for their freedom, Alma 43: 48-50. Moroni did joy in the freedom of his country, Alma 48: 11. The Spirit of God is the spirit of freedom, Alma 61: 15. Follow me, and you shall be a free people, D&C 38: 22.