“If you continue in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.” - John 8:31b-32 (NASB)
It would be rare for anyone to never have heard the quote “You will know the truth and the truth will make you free.” It can be found inscribed on university and government buildings, on sidewalks and used as a motto on printed material. But, knowledge from academia or government training or a mission statement will not successfully make us free in the way Jesus promised. What did Jesus mean when he spoke these words to Jews who came to believe in Him. John Piper with Desiring God, writes that there are four things needed to be experience being truly free. 1) desire; 2) desire and ability; 3) desire, ability and opportunity; 4) survive by avoiding being destroyed in the end. To be fully free, we must have the desire, ability, and the opportunity to do what will make us happy forever, with no regrets, and no second thought doubts. This is being truly free. Our promise from Jesus is Himself. He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Only Jesus, the Son of God who died and rose again for us can make this freedom possible for us.
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