Freedom commandment #1: You shall have no other gods before me

Since the garden of Eden this has been endemic to the human race. We are simply idolatrous to the core. It is primarily because we have removed God as Lord over our hearts. So, instead of being captured by belonging to our Creator, we sell ourselves to idols (other gods).

Bondage is the end result of idolatry. Rather than subject our sinful impulses to God, we enthrone them. They simply capture our imaginations and become the focus of what we want. I call them the ME-gods.