John 8:31-32
“31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
With many of God's promises to His people there are conditions in which God requires His people to follow so that His promise will come to pass. So many only read the last part of verse 32(“and the truth shall make you free”) and take it to heart that God has promised to set them free from sin. But when read in it's context we see that Jesus mentions conditions to this promise in verse 31. First notice these were believers in Christ. Second notice we must continue in His Word. Not just reading His Word, but studying, obeying, following, etc. It is only then that we become disciples of Christ. It is only then that He will begin to show us His truth, the truth of His Word. And it is only then that that truth will make us free from the sins and the desires of our old sinful hearts. When He brings us to the point where we are more focused on Him and His Word then the desires of our hearts turn from the sins of this life to following our Lord and Savior making us His disciples indeed.
Whose disciple are you today? The world or Christ?
Praise ye the Lord!!!
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