It is for Freedom...

Freedom, for me

… means slavery

"...having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness." [Romans 6:18]

… means dying to self

"I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me." [Galatians 2:20]

… means pursuing holiness

"Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord." [Hebrews 12:14]

… means living for another

"For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain." [Philippians 1:21]

… means being a servant

"'If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.'" [Mark 9:35b]

… means no longer bearing the chains of sin

"We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin." [Romans 6:6]

… means knowing the truth

"This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth." [1 Timothy 2:3-4]

… means loving others

"We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers." [1 John 3:14a]

… means being loved

"But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. " [1 Peter 2:9-10]

This is freedom in Christ.