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

The state or condition of being able to act and think freely. Obedience to gospel principles frees a person from the spiritual bondage of sin (John 8: 31-36).

I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts, Ps. 119: 45. Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty, 2 Cor. 3: 17. Stand fast in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, Gal. 5: 1 (D&C 88: 86). Men are free to choose liberty and eternal life, 2 Ne. 2: 27. This land shall be a land of liberty, 2 Ne. 10: 11. Moroni planted the standard of liberty among the Nephites, Alma 46: 36. The Lord and his servants declare liberty to the captive spirits, D&C 138: 18, 31, 42.