John
8:32 is one of the most widely misrepresented verses used by people
who have not a clue as to what they are speaking or doing. Often only misquoting part of the verse, as well: the truth shall set you free. I
have news for you: God's Word is not to be taken lightly.
You
say, then, 'What is truth?' I tell you now that Truth is not a what
it is a Who, and His Name is Jesus Christ The Holy One of Israel, The
Messiah, KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS. His Name is Wonderful,
Counselor, Prince of Peace, Everlasting Father, The Mighty God. His
Name is Alpha and Omega, The Beginning and The End. His Name is
Faithful and True. His Name is The Word of God.
His
Name is Deliverer, Strength, Lamb of God, The Bridegroom, Bread of
God, Living Water, The Light of the world, Son of God, The Good
Shepherd, The Resurrection and The Life. His Name is The True Vine,
The Root of David, The BRANCH. King of glory, O Most High, Refuge,
Fortress, The Rock of my Salvation is His Name.
Immanuel
is His Name: God With Us. Carried in a womb, laid in a manger,
followed by crowds, believed on by few. Nailed to a cross, buried in
a tomb not His own, risen from the dead. Do you believe yet? Are you
free?
John
8:31 & 32 “Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on Him,
“If you continue in My Word, then are you My disciples indeed; And
you shall know The Truth and The Truth shall make you free.”
Continuing in God's Word not only makes us His disciples, but we
shall know Him and He will make us free.
John
14:6 “Jesus said unto him (Thomas, see verse 5), I Am The Way, The
Truth, and The Life: no man comes to The Father but by Me.” If you
really truly want God to hear you and see you, you MUST go through
JESUS to get to God. If you not believe that Jesus Christ is the only
begotten Son of God, God cannot hear your prayers, receive your
offerings nor accept you gifts.
Isaiah
61:1 speaks of the anointing on Christ's life and ministry. “The
Spirit of The Lord God is upon Me; because The Lord has anointed Me
to preach good tidings unto the meek; He has sent Me to bind up the
brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening
of the prison to them that are bound.” Jesus sets us free.
You
say you are free, yet you live in sin. Sin lives in darkness and
knows not The Light, unless The Light is shined into it, revealing
that it is, indeed, dark. What kind of Light reveals the darkness of
sin? God's Light, for it is holy and righteous. God's Word, God's
Truth, not only reveals what sin is, but has the cure for it: Jesus
Christ.
When
Jesus prayed in the garden before He was arrested, He prayed for His
disciples, He prayed for us. And in John 17:17, He speaks of Truth
again: “Sanctify them (disciples and us) through Your Truth: Your
Word is Truth.” God's Word is Truth. God's Word is Jesus. Jesus is
Truth.
The
Truth was sent by God to save the world from perishing in the
judgment against sin, against the works of darkness and spiritual
wickedness in high places. The Truth of God's Word is Love. It is in
God's Love that we are to love each other. It is in God's Truth that
we are to live. It is God's Truth that makes us free, indeed. How can
we really live if we are not in God's Truth? We cannot.
While
our lives are but a vapor, here and then gone, it is not true that
your life does not matter. It is what we do in this life regarding
Christ that makes all the difference in you and I. It is The Truth
which makes us free when we believe that Jesus Christ is God's only
begotten Son. We call Him Lord and Savior, because He saved us and we
look to Him to lead us and guide us. We call Him Love and Life and
Light.
The
Truth of God's Word shines its Light into our lives, into our hearts
and minds, and reveals our shortcomings, our selfishness, our faults,
our weaknesses, our sin. The Truth of God's Word is demanding but not
pushy. He waits to be asked into our hearts and lives: Revelation
3:20 “Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if any man hear My
voice, and open the door, I will come in unto him, and will sup with
him, and he with Me.” The doorknob of our hearts is on our side of
the door: when we believe, we are turning the doorknob, opening the
door of our hearts to the Light of God's Truth.
The
Truth has made me free. I opened the door of my heart, where Jesus had been knocking. I let Him come into my heart, take up residence there, so to speak. It is good here with Jesus. What about you, though? God is calling your name, Christ is knocking
at your door. What will you do with Jesus? What is your response to
God's Truth?
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