It is attributed to Patrick Henry as he spoke of the rights of the colonies in March 1775, “Give me liberty or give me death.” It became the battle cry of the revolution. They were willing to die rather than be under the thumb of the king. They believed not being free was not living, so if they were not going to live, they’d rather die. So, they would choose liberty over death, even if they had to die to get liberty.
I know there are a lot of connotations to my statement, considering the state of the colonies in 1775, but I just want to focus on the fact that freedom was the desire and they would rather die than not be free.
So, with a biblical lens, God has given us freedom and we still choose death. You see the wages of sin is death, and we choose sin over the freedom that has been given to us. For the gift of God is eternal life.