13 For you were called to be free, brothers and sisters; only don’t use this freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but serve one another through love.
God gave mankind free will and the right to choose whether to obey God or to disobey God. Paul outlines that in Galatians where he says we're called to be free, but implores us to use our freedom for God's purposes rather than the sinful flesh purposes. Mankind has the right to choose what to say. But God has the right to judge and cast penalty for what was said, not the government.
That passage has nothing to do with free speech. Even if it did, it has a built in restriction: USE OF FREEDOMS FOR LOVE, which means NOT using freedoms for evil, which is a restriction on freedom.
The Third Commandment forbids cursing and the abuse of God’s name (Exodus 20:7).
The Ninth Commandment forbids speaking lies and other deceptive speech (20:16).
The book of Colossians prohibits the use of “filthy language” (Colossians 3:8).
You're not going to find the phrase "free speech" in the Bible.
This passage is about mankind's free will to make choices, whether that's eating the forbidden fruit or blaspheming. God gives you the right to make decisions, and in his kindness He also tells you what the right decision is, but He lets you make the choice.
You're correct that saying certain things is sinful, is against God's Law, and may incur punishment from God. But God still gives you the right to say those things.
You're trying to shift the conversation from my original point which is that all of our rights are God-given not Government-given. The USA just explicitly enumerates certain rights that people have, and admits in the 9th amendment that the list is non-exhaustive.
If you disagree, that's your prerogative, and I wish you well, but you are at odds with the Founders' Declaration of Independence which states:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
Show me that in the scriptures.
I'll show you something contrary...
Limitations on free speech are right there in the 10 commandments.
God gave mankind free will and the right to choose whether to obey God or to disobey God. Paul outlines that in Galatians where he says we're called to be free, but implores us to use our freedom for God's purposes rather than the sinful flesh purposes. Mankind has the right to choose what to say. But God has the right to judge and cast penalty for what was said, not the government.
That passage has nothing to do with free speech. Even if it did, it has a built in restriction: USE OF FREEDOMS FOR LOVE, which means NOT using freedoms for evil, which is a restriction on freedom.
The Third Commandment forbids cursing and the abuse of God’s name (Exodus 20:7).
The Ninth Commandment forbids speaking lies and other deceptive speech (20:16).
The book of Colossians prohibits the use of “filthy language” (Colossians 3:8).
You're not going to find the phrase "free speech" in the Bible.
This passage is about mankind's free will to make choices, whether that's eating the forbidden fruit or blaspheming. God gives you the right to make decisions, and in his kindness He also tells you what the right decision is, but He lets you make the choice.
You're correct that saying certain things is sinful, is against God's Law, and may incur punishment from God. But God still gives you the right to say those things.
You're trying to shift the conversation from my original point which is that all of our rights are God-given not Government-given. The USA just explicitly enumerates certain rights that people have, and admits in the 9th amendment that the list is non-exhaustive.
If you disagree, that's your prerogative, and I wish you well, but you are at odds with the Founders' Declaration of Independence which states:
No. I'm refuting this idea:
Free speech is not a God-given right seeing as how God's law restricts certain speech.