The unsaved person is free-free from righteousness (Romans 6:20). But his bondage to sin only leads him deeper in to slavery that it becomes harder and harder to do what is right. The Prodigal Son is an example os this (Luke 15:11-24). When he was at home, he decided he wanted his freedom, so he left home to find himself and enjoy himself. But his rebellion only led him deeper in to slavery. He was a slave of wrong desires, then a slave of wrong deeds; and finally he became a literal slave when he had to take care of the pigs. He wanted to find himself but, he lost himself! What he thought was freedom turned out to be the worst kind of slavery. It was only when he returned home and yielded to his father that he found true freedom.
