John 8:31-32
Jesus' Truth Shall Set You Free
31 To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. 32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
When Jesus came to earth, it was to testify to the Truth...When we follow Jesus, we will learn this Truth and find that He is the One who sets us free...He sets us free by Who He is and through His Teachings...With His death on the Cross, He set us free - free from our sins...Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life...The Pharisees went out and laid plans to trap Jesus in His Words...His Words of Truth...They sent their disciples to Him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, "we know that you are a Man of integrity and that you teach the Way of God in accordance with the Truth...You aren’t swayed by others, because you pay no attention to who they are."...And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen His glory, glory as of the Only Son from the Father, full of Grace and Truth...For the law was given through Moses; Grace and Truth has come through Jesus Christ...Jesus is the Way to Truth in One's life...
Robert Farrar Capon was an American Episcopal priest and author...He spoke of Jesus and the freedom He gives us with His Teachings...there is therefore now no condemnation for two reasons: you are dead now; and God, as the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world, has been dead all along...The blame game was over before it started...It really was...All Jesus did was announce that truth and tell you it would make you free...It was admittedly a dangerous thing to do...You are a menace...Be He did it; and therefore, menace or not, here you stand: uncondemned, forever, now...What are you going to do with your freedom?”...