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YE SHALL BE FREE INDEED (I)
LORD’S DAY, JULY 30
John 8:31-36

John 8:32

 

“And ye shall know the truth,

and the truth shall make you free.”

 

YE SHALL BE FREE INDEED (I)
 
Jesus says, “If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed, and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” How can we know the truth? Only through God’s Word with the guidance and illumination of the Holy Spirit can we know the truth. We are to “continue” in God’s Word first and then we “shall know” the truth. The verb “continue” is the same verb “abide, continue, remain” in John 15:4-16, carrying a meaning of full submission and total dependence of the branch (believer) on the Vine (Christ). We are to read and study God’s Word with a humble, teachable, submissive and prayerful heart as well as with faith and reverence, and then the Spirit of Truth will guide us “into all truth” (John 16:13). Once we know the truth, the truth will make us free.
 
What is truth? Through the Bible, we know that God’s Word is truth (John 17:17), the Lord Jesus Christ is the truth (John 14:6), and the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Truth, is truth (John 14:17; 15:26; 16:13; 1 John 5:6).
 
(a) God’s Word: When the Bible was translated into German, most of the Germans came back to God’s truth and enjoyed God’s salvation in Christ by grace through faith alone despite the fierce persecutions from the Roman Catholic Church. The same blessings to the English and the Scottish when the Bible was translated into English! It is God’s Word that made them free from the bondage of unbiblical doctrines, traditions, practices and rituals of the RCC!
 
Through God’s Word we know the truth that God is a Spirit (John 4:24) and that He forbids us to worship idols. Then we shall be free from worshipping idols. Through God’s Word we know the truth that God is sovereign and that He is taking care of us and is able to make all things work together for good unto us. Then we shall not fear any “bad luck” under the shadow of superstitions. The more we know God’s truth through His word and the Holy Spirit, the more liberty we enjoy in Christ.
 
THOUGHT: Knowing God’s Word, God’s Truth, is true liberty.

PRAYER: Father, please help me know Thy Truth through Thy Word.

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