The Truth Will Set You Free
John 8:30-36 ESV
As he was saying these things, many believed in him.
John 8:30-36 ESV
So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE.”
John 8:30-36 ESV
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’?”
John 8:30-36 ESV
Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who practices sin is a slave to sin. The slave does not remain in the house forever; the son remains forever. So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.”
John 8:31-32 ESV
“If you ABIDE in my word, you are truly my DISCIPLES, and you will know the TRUTH, and the truth will set you FREE.”
Eleutheroò(Greek) // to cause someone to be freed from domination
John 8:31-32 JSV (Johnson Standard Version)
“If you REMAIN in Jesus’ way of life, you are truly His FAMILY, and you will come to know JESUS, and He will set you FREE from the domination of sin.”
Contrast the Two:
Disciple Believer
Abides Visits
Truth Lies
Free Slave
5 Ways to Live Free
- Choose our SOURCE of Truth
“If you call a dog’s tail a leg, how many legs does it have?”
“Four. Calling the tail a leg does not make it a leg.”
Abraham Lincoln
Isaiah 40:8 NIV
The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever.
5 Ways to Live Free
- Choose our SOURCE of Truth
- Choose to be PLANTED in Truth
2 Timothy 3:16-17 NIV
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
Psalm 92:13 NKJV
Those who are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God.
5 Ways to Live Free
- Choose our SOURCE of Truth
- Choose to be PLANTED in Truth
- Choose the KINGDOM of Truth
5 Ways to Live Free
- Choose our SOURCE of Truth
- Choose to be PLANTED in Truth
- Choose the KINGDOM of Truth
- TELL Others the Truth
Philemon 1:6 ESV
And I pray that the sharing of your faith may become effective for the full knowledge of every good thing that is in us for the sake of Christ.
5 Ways to Live Free
- Choose our SOURCE of Truth
- Choose to be PLANTED in Truth
- Choose the KINGDOM of Truth
- TELL Others the Truth
- Choose the KING of Truth
John 8:44 NIV
You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
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