THE PROBLEM OF FREEDOM

1. THE STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM.
   What is freedom?
   In the history of western thought, the concept of freedom has been developed in three different areas:
   1. The philosophical area,
   2. The social and political area, and
   3. The theological area.

2. ANALYSIS OF THE PROBLEM.
   Historical Analysis:
   1. The philosophical area.
      1. Democritus.
      2. Epicurus.
      3. Lucretius.
      4. Diodorus of Cronos.
      5. Aristotle.
      6. Neoplatonic.
      7. Stoicism.
      8. Carneades.
      9. Hobbes.
      10. Descartes.
      11. Laplace.
      12. Spinoza.
      13. Quantum Mechanics.
      14. Einstein.

   2. The social and political area.
      1. David Hume.
      2. John Stuart Mill.

   3. The theological area.
      1. Augustine.
      2. Thomas Aquinas.
      3. Avicenna.
      4. Duns Scotus.
      5. Martin Luther.
      6. John Calvin.

3. SUMMARY.
   What is freedom?
   1. The philosophical concept.
   2. The social and political concept.
   3. The theological concept.

4. SOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM.
   1. THE DOCTRINE OF ORIGINAL SIN.
   2. THE ORIGIN OF SIN.
   3. THE NEED FOR SALVATION.
   4. THE BONDAGE OF SIN.
   5. GOD'S SOVEREIGNTY.
   6. MONERGISM.
   7. LEGALISM.
   8. THE DEATH OF CHRIST.
   9. THREE ASPECTS OF SALVATION.
   10. SALVATION OF ALL MEN.

5. CONCLUSION.

   The freedom from sin is not the only freedom that the New Testament speaks of;
   it also speaks of the freedom from the law.
   Click HERE to read what Paul says in his letter to the Galations about the Christian freedom from the law.
   And click HERE to study the Christian relation to the law.

   "For freedom Christ has set us free;
   stand fast therefore,
   and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery."
   (Galatians 5:1)