day no. 16,713: slavery is always marketed as mastery

"Licentiousness is not a soil in which liberty grows" -- Douglas Wilson, Plodcast 267

Societal freedom cannot be purchased by a sexual revolution which is to say that a lack of restraint cannot produce better restraints. A license to sin is not a declaration of independence, but a covenant with co-dependence. 

1 Peter 2:16

Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God.

Evil isn't free. It is costly. The freedom of falling without restraint is paid for by an abrupt end of all freedoms. That is to say, the freedom to fall like that is a prohibition against ever falling again. A parachute can save you from falling to your death, but it cannot save you from the discomfort of its straps. If you want to be free from the inconvenience of its bulk on your back or straps on your shoulders, you are free to fall unhindered. But you are not free to stop yourself from falling that way.

Galatians 5:1

For freedom Christ has set us free; stand fast therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.

Stand fast in freedom. Do not give into false flags. Slavery is always marketed as mastery: be your own boss, have it your way, do what you like, follow your heart, etc... 

Galatians 5:13

For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love be servants of one another.

In Christ, you are free to consider others. You have the ability to deny yourself. You can say, "No," to yourself sometimes. Because the Christian is forgiven for their selfishness, the temptation to be selfish is sometimes high, but true forgiveness is not fuel for fornication; it is power to persevere against temptations and the courage to overcome them.