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John 8:37-59
BEFORE ABRAHAM WAS BORN, I AM! - Mar 15, 2024 -
John 8:12-30
“I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.” - Mar 13, 2024 -
John 7:53-8:11
NEITHER DO I CONDEMN YOU! - Mar 12, 2024 -
John 8:37-59
JESUS IS GREATER THAN ABRAHAM - May 18, 2018 -
John 8:31-36
JESUS SETS YOU FREE - May 17, 2018 -
John 8:12-30
I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD - May 16, 2018 -
John 7:53-8:11
THE COMPASSION AND MERCY OF CHRIST - Mar 24, 2018 -
John 7:53-8:11
GO, LEAVE YOUR LIFE OF SIN - Jan 01, 2000 -
John 8:12-30
JESUS THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD - Jan 01, 2000 -
John 8:31-41
CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM - Jan 01, 2000 -
John 8:42-47
IF GOD WERE YOUR FATHER... - Jan 01, 2000 -
John 8:48-59
JESUS CLAIMS ABOUT HIMSELF - Jan 01, 2000
THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE
Passage:
John 8:31-36
Key verse: 32
NIV
Dispute Over Whose Children Jesus’ Opponents Are
31 To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching,(A) you are really my disciples. 32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”(B)
33 They answered him, “We are Abraham’s descendants(C) and have never been slaves of anyone. How can you say that we shall be set free?”
34 Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.(D) 35 Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever.(E) 36 So if the Son sets you free,(F) you will be free indeed.
Cross references
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ESV
The Truth Will Set You Free
31 So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, (A)“If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, 32 and you will (B)know the truth, and the truth (C)will set you free.” 33 They answered him, (D)“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, (E)everyone who practices sin is a slave[a] to sin. 35 (F)The slave does not remain in the house forever; (G)the son remains forever. 36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
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Cross references
- John 8:31 : ch. 15:7, 8; 2 John 9
- John 8:32 : 2 John 1
- John 8:32 : ver. 36; Rom. 6:18, 22; 8:2; 1 Cor. 7:22; 2 Cor. 3:17; Gal. 5:1, 13; James 1:25; 2:12; 1 Pet. 2:16
- John 8:33 : ver. 37, 39; Matt. 3:9; [Luke 19:9; Rom. 9:7]
- John 8:34 : Rom. 6:16-20; Titus 3:3; 2 Pet. 2:19
- John 8:35 : Gen. 21:10; Gal. 4:30
- John 8:35 : Luke 15:31
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
Source: BibleGateway
Some Jews’ faith in Jesus was a superficial one, not a saving faith. Saving faith is different from a mere profession of faith. Jesus told them to hold to his teaching. It means to abide in his word. If we accept Jesus’ teaching as the absolute word of God and obey it in our lives, we come to know the truth. The truth is Jesus himself—and the gospel of the cross. When we understand and accept this gospel from our hearts, we are set free from the power of sin and death and can enjoy true freedom in Christ.
The Jews could not accept that they were in some kind of bondage, needing liberation. But their ethnic pride and their biological lineage cannot guarantee them freedom from sin and death. Everyone who sins is a slave to sin. We are not free just because we have minds that think, wills that make choices, and hearts that have affections. Rather, affected by the Fall, we are by nature slaves to sin. That is why we sin. But if Jesus sets us free, we are free indeed (36). Slaves cannot free themselves. Only the Son of God, Jesus, sets us free and makes us children of God.
Prayer: Lord, thank you for setting me free from the bondage to sin and death. Help me to hold to your words, obey them, and enjoy true freedom.
One Word: Freedom in Jesus and his words
