“THE TRUTH!”

John 8:31-33                                             (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’?””

The Jews written about in the Scripture above were NOT “CHOSEN before the foundation of the world” (Ephesians 1:4) to be HOLY and blameless before HIM.  As a matter of fact, JESUS plainly says in verse 33 above “You will become free”, meaning that they were still enslaved by sin.  “THE TRUTH” was the only WAY to be “set free” from the bondage of sin!

Recently I was reading about a well known pastor, someone who is known by many to be at the top of the hierarchy in “the church”.  It is very easy to be misled by a popular figure who doesn’t espouse “THE TRUTH”, because they won’t address difficult issues that require delineating “THE TRUTH” from a lie that will send people to hell!  The Jews above were singing the praises of being “offspring of Abraham” when FAITH IN GOD was “THE TRUTH” that would deliver them from their “captivity”!!!

JESUS (GOD IN FLESH) comes right out and tells “these Jews” in John 8:44-45 “You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.  But because I tell “THE TRUTH”, you do not believe ME,”   The Jews wound up picking up stones to throw at JESUS, but HE escaped from them, because HIS time had not yet come.  

We need to be VERY CAREFUL about what we accept as being “THE TRUTH”!  John 14:6 says “JESUS said to him, “I am the way, and ”THE TRUTH”, and the life.  No one comes to the FATHER except through ME.”  For someone searching for “THE TRUTH”, the best bet would be to look for “THE TRUTH” while searching for JESUS!!!