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Braveheart: Freedom Is Not Free (Galatians 5:1)

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William Wallace's dying cry—Freedom!—has become iconic, but the film earns it through three hours of showing what freedom costs. Wallace loses his father, his wife, eventually his life. He could have lived quietly; instead he chose to fight for something larger than survival. Paul writes: It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. Wallace's freedom is not comfort but capacity—the ability to choose what is right regardless of consequence. His torture and death do not negate his freedom; they demonstrate it. The cross similarly shows freedom not as escape from suffering but as sovereignty over it.

Topics & Themes

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Scripture References

Galatians 5:1John 8:362 Corinthians 3:17

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