“THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE!”

 John 8:31-38                                          (ESV)

The Truth Will Set You Free

“[31] So JESUS said to THE JEWS who had believed HIM, “IF YOU ABIDE IN MY WORD, you are truly MY disciples, [32] and you will know the TRUTH, and “THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE”.” [33] They answered HIM, “We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How is it that you say, ‘You will become free’?”

[34] JESUS answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, EVERYONE WHO PRACTICES SIN IS A SLAVE TO SIN. [35] The slave does not remain in the house forever; the son remains forever. [36] So if the SON sets you free, you will be free indeed. [37] I know that you are offspring of Abraham; yet you seek to kill ME because MY WORD finds no place in you. [38] I speak of what I have seen with MY FATHER, and you do what you have heard from your father.”

Being able to identify THE TRUTH is something that a lot of people are unable to do.   THE JEWS in the Scripture above “had” believed JESUS, but their EYES were not opened to THE TRUTH of knowing WHO was speaking to them.  Knowing “THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE” is totally and completely different than knowing that JESUS was a real human being.  HE IS GOD, our CREATOR, WHO spoke these worlds into existence, yet WHO “humbled HIMSELF” (Philippians 2:7-8) to purchase salvation for mankind.  

Knowing about JESUS and ‘ABIDING IN MY WORD’ aren’t exactly the same thing.  Allowing the HOLY SPIRIT to continually TRANSFORM our lives into vessels that are used to Glorify HIM.  Since HE is our CREATOR, JESUS knows our hearts better than we know them ourselves.  We can fool ourselves, but convincing THE ONE WHO “chooses” us is beyond our capabilities.  Proof of “THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE” is evident by us ABIDING IN HIS WORD, and HIS WORD ABIDING in us!

Our physical bodies are built as temporary vessels.   Genesis 3:19 says in part “for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”  ABIDING IN HIS WORD and being used by HIM and for HIS GLORY brings PEACE!  We cannot WORK to attain our FREEDOM.  “THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE” is our only HOPE!!!