Jesus the Liberator

Freedom from Sin The Bible teaches that everyone is born as a spiritual slave to a cruel master called "Sin" (Ro 3:23, Ro 6). Cursing God, lying, theft, murder, slander, dishonouring parents and covetousness are the results of spiritual enslavement to Sin. Every person desiring to be truly free needs a new spiritual master who is called "Grace". A transfer of ownership from Sin to Grace happens when Jesus sets a person free. Though that person may slip at times into the old habits of Sin, Grace will always win in the end because the freed person abides in Jesus's word. True Disciple of Jesus Every sin rests on a lie or a false and empty promise. Abiding in Jesus's word and thereby knowing the truth which sets free is a true indicator for a disciple of Jesus. False Professions Some Jewish leaders that appeared to believe Jesus considered themselves to be free because they were Abraham's descendants. - This is a lie. Abraham's descendants were slaves of a number of nations and at that time under Roman rule. If they were referring to spiritual freedom, then they neglected their secret sins. Had they acknowledged sin in their lives, then they could be set free by Jesus. Has Jesus set you free from Sin yet?

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Main point summary

Jesus offered freedom from sin but the Jewish leaders rejected freedom and remained in bondage to sin. Jesus's divine words aggravated the Jewish leaders to murder Him. This in itself was evidence to the truth of Jesus's claims about His and their spiritual origin.

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John 8:31-38

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Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him,

Then Jesus said to the Jews that appeared to have believed Him,

“If you abide in My word ,

" If you continue to listen and believe My word,

you are My disciples indeed.

then you proof to be truly My followers.

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And you shall know the truth ,

Your resilient listening to My word will yield insight to universal and absolute truth,

and the truth shall make you free .”

and the truth will free and enable you to do what is good and right in God's sight.

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They answered Him,

The Jewish leaders answered Him,

“We are Abraham’s descendants,

"We are Abraham's descendants,

and have never been in bondage to anyone.

and therefore have never been in bondage to anyone.

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How can You say,

So, what you say is baseless

‘You will be made free ’?”

because Abraham's descendants were always free.

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Jesus answered them,

“Most assuredly, I say to you, whoever commits sin

"I assure you that if a person commits sin

is a slave of sin.

then that person is a slave of sin, no matter of whose descendant that person is.

And a slave does not abide in the house forever,

And as you know, a slave can change the family he serves if he is sold

but a son abides forever.

but I, the perfect representation of God in human form, will always be with God the Father.

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Therefore if the Son makes you free ,

Therefore if I cause you to be free,

you shall be free indeed.

then you will surely be free.

“I know that you are Abraham’s descendants,

"I know that you are Abraham's decendants,

but you seek to kill Me,

nevertheless , unlike Abraham, you seek to kill Me,

because My word has no place in you.

because you can't bare hearing the truth.

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I speak what I have seen with My Father,

It is evident that I speak what I have seen with My Father in heaven,

and you do what you have seen with your father.”

and you do what you have seen with your father the devil."

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John 8:31-38

Spiritual freedom for My followers

Jesus

Then Jesus said to those Jews

who believed Him,

Adjective

“If you abide in My word,

Condition

you are My disciples indeed.

Content

And you shall know the truth,

Result

and the truth shall make you free.”

Freedom? We were never in bondage!

Jews

They answered Him,

Answer

“We are Abraham’s descendants,

Ground

and have never been in bondage to anyone.

How can You say, ‘You will be made free’?”

You are slaves of sin!

Jesus answered them, “Most assuredly, I say to you,

whoever commits sin

is a slave of sin.

And a slave does not abide

Negative

in the house

Locative

forever,

Temporal

but a son abides

Reference

Therefore if the Son makes you free,

you shall be free indeed.

“I know that you are Abraham’s descendants,

Concessive

but you seek to kill Me,

because My word has no place

in you.

I speak what I have seen

Comparison

with My Father,

Accompaniment

and you do what you have seen

Context

with your father.”

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