The Truth Shall Make You Free

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?