TRUTH IS REAL AND YOU CAN KNOW THE TRUTH
Truth is real. Truth exists. And you can know the truth. Truth is within your reach. Consider the following Scripture:
If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. ~ John 8:31a-32
Keep in mind that, in Scripture, when it refers to God’s Word, it’s always using a term in the original language that means a spoken word. It never uses a term that means “Scripture.” God speaks through Scripture, but so does the fallen, rationalizing human mind. God speaks through Scripture and every meand of divine revelation mentioned in Scripture. Truth isn’t too high of a goal regardless of what the intellectuals tell you. There’s a way you can find the truth, and that way is Jesus Christ and the revelation that flows from Him to you. While only apostles can establish apostle’s doctrine, every member of the body of Christ must have a real relationship with Christ and must yield to the Spirit to the point that the Holy Spirit can lead, teach, correct, comfort, and do His works through them. If fact, that is the only place of wisdom and knowledge.
Here’s a question you must answer before you can go forward. How can you take hold of what you just read in John 8:31a-32 and make it useful to you today? How can you know the truth and be set free?
Set Free
John 8:31a-32 tells you listening to the voice of Christ and acknowledging Him is the path to freedom. The truth will set you free.
Then you will know the truth and the truth will set you free.
You want to be free, but free from what?
Read on from the same place in the Bible to find the answer.
Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. A slave is not a permanent member of the family, but a son belongs to it forever. So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. ~ John 8:34-36
Everyone who sins is a slave to sin. However, Christ sets you free from sin, but you must continue to listen to Him and yield to Him. You must continuously live, move, and have your being in His leading, teaching, and correcting. If you hear without responding, you aren’t abiding in His leading, teaching, and correcting. However, if you respond to His voice in willing submission and obedience, you abide in His leading, teaching, and correcting. If you allow Him to say His words through you and do His works through you, He will set you free from your slavery to sin. If He sets you free, then you are free indeed.
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