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Truth Shall Make You Free
If you are not a Christian, do you know that you are a slave?
You see, we are all born with a sin nature. As such, we are a slave to this nature and committing sins becomes common place. Unfortunately, being in this state, a slave to sin, makes our eternal destiny to be in the Lake of Fire… Hell!
Knowing this, God has made a way for us to be saved from spending eternity in Hell and it is a simple piece of truth to which He gives us an understanding, and with this understanding we are set free from being a slave to sin and we become born a new into the Kingdom of God.
In the Gospel of John, chapter 8, we read in verses 30 thru 36:
30 ¶ As he spake these things, many believed in him.
31 [r]Then said Jesus to the Jews which believed in him, If ye continue in my word, ye are verily my disciples,
32 And shall know the truth, and the truth shall [s]make you free.
33 [t]They answered him, We be [u]Abraham’s seed, and were never bond to any man: why sayest thou then, Ye shall be made free?
34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily I say unto you, that whosoever commiteth sin, is the servant of sin.
35 And the servant abideth not in the house forever: but the Son abideth forever.
36 If that Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
In verse 32 Jesus tells us that once we know the truth we will be set free. However, many do not know what He meant by saying “know the truth”; what truth? Again, it takes God to give us understanding in this and, if you can understand what Jesus tells us in verse 36 you will be set free;
36 If that Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
Do you understand what He is saying? The truth is this – it takes Jesus to set you free. That’s it. You cannot do this on your own, and no one else can do this for you. If Jesus does not set you free from being a slave to sin you will never be free. Jesus is the only way to being saved, the only way to being set free from being a slave to your sin nature so that you can abide in the House of God.
It is that simple. You are born with a sin nature and, as such, you are a slave to sin destined to spend eternity in Hell. In order to be set free from being a slave to sin Jesus must do all of the work that is necessary in order to break the chains that bind you and to bring you into the family of God.
Do you believe this? Have you called upon Jesus to save you, to forgive you for you sinfulness? Have you confessed that Jesus is Lord and believe that God has raised Him from the dead? If you can say “YES” then you have been set free because you know the truth, the truth that you need to know and understand in order to be set free.
It takes Jesus to give you understanding into this truth and, having done so, you will have been set free. You are no longer a slave to sin. You are now a child of God and a disciple of Jesus, and by abiding in His Word you will be showing that you have been set free and you now belong to God.
Simple truth, simple freedom… Jesus saves.
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