John 8:31-36
I. In Jesus we are given authentic freedom.
a. Believing in Jesus.
-D. A. Carson "Jesus is the truth, because he embodies the supreme revelation of God - He himself 'narrates' God (1:18), says and does exclusively what the Father gives him to say and do (5:19ff, 8:29), indeed he is properly called 'God' (1:1, 18, 20:28). He is God's gracious self-disclosure, his 'Word' made flesh (1:14)."
b. Continuing in the truth.-continue = meno = abide, remaine
c. Knowing the truth.
d. Being set free by the truth.
-make you free = eleutheroo = to liverate, set free
-Rom. 6:17-19
II. Without Jesus sin deceptively enslaves.
-Calvin "the greater the mass of vices anyone is buried under, the more fiercely and bombastically does he extol free will."
-Ryle "the power of self-deception in uncoverted man is infinite."
-Augustine "at times a man's slave, worn out by the commands of an unfeeling master finds rest in flight. Whither can teh servant of sin flee? Himself he carries with him wherever he flees. An evil conscience flees not from itself; it has no place to go to; it follows itself. Yea, he cannot withdraw from himself, for the sin he commits is within."
-Eph. 4:22; Heb. 3:13, Rom. 6:16, II Pet. 2:19
III. Through Jesus our freedom is ensured.
a. Jesus makes us sons.
-Rom. 8:15, 9:26
b. Jesus guarantees our security.
-John 10:28-30
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