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Freedom!
Jesus is offering true freedom but they are not accepting what He is offering at the high price (lol, tongue/cheek humor) of belief.
What do you think the cost of freedom is?
Toby Castleberry once said: “There is nothing like the freedom we can have in Jesus.
No money can buy it, no status can obtain it, no works can earn it.”
It is tragic that no every Christian experiences this freedom, which can never be found except by abiding in God’s word and being Jesus’ disciple.
Freedom offered to those who believe (Jn8:31-32)
Jesus responds about true freedom (Jn8:33-36)
Freedom not bondage (Jn8:37-41)
Freedom questioned (Jn8:41-43)
and of course we need to start with our passage and questions first.
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Who is Jesus speaking to (v.31)?
What are the instructions given and the promise to them (v.31-32)?
The Jews who believed in Him
If they continue in His word then they are truly disciples
What was the Jews rebuttal to Jesus claim and promise (v.33)?
They claim they are Abraham’s descendents and never enslaved to anyone.
Someone who commits sin is a slave to what (v.34)?
A slave to sin.
What is the difference betwen slave and a son (vv.35-36);
What does the Son make you (v.36)?
Slave is not in house forever
Son does remain forever
Son makes you free
What summary from Jesus do you see in (vv.
37-38)?
I do what I have seen in my father, you should do what you have seen in yours (Abraham)
The Jews make a claim, what is Jesus response to the claim (v.39)?
They claim Abraham, Jesus says do the work of Abraham then.
What does Jesus say they are doing (vv.
40-41)?
They are trying to kill him
They are doing the deeds of their father
Who does Jesus say their father is, and why (v.44)?
Their father is the devil
Because they want to do the desires of their father.
Jesus makes one more claim against them (v.47), what is it?
You are not of God.
Freedom Offered
Everyone wants freedom.
But at what cost?
At what way can we have freedom?
What kind of freedom is Jesus offering?
Let’s look together.
Jesus offers discipleship and freedom to those who put their faith, their belief in Him, but there is an and.
What is the and Jesus says that has to come with belief here in (v.31)?
We know from (v.30) many believed in Him.
Jesus is addressing them, those who started in faith, by faith, but their faith had no roots yet.
They needed to stay faithful to the teachings.
Morris said “This section of the discourse is addressed to those who believe, and yet do not believe.
Clearly they were inclined to think that what Jesus said was true.
But they were not prepared to yield Him the far-reaching allegiance that real trust in Him implies.
This is a most dangerous spiritual state.”
Some versions in (v.31) use the word abide, what does abide mean?
To live in, to dwell in, to make your home in His word.
For, the word became flesh and dwelt among us.
Another good quote, this time by Tasker
He was asked “What it means to abide in His word?” His reply was
“Welcoming it, being at home with it, ad living with in so continuously that it becomes part of the believer’s life, a permanent influence and stimulus in every fresh advance in goodness and holiness.”
The result of abiding in His Word is you shall know the truth and you shall be, be made free.
Jesus responds to true freedom
Jesus speaks of spiritual freedom, freedom from sin, not slavery.
That comes from if you are a son or a servant.
We will get into this in this section of scripture.
You can look at the passage in your bible, we have read it already this evening, so will jump to some points to glean from the passage.
The Jews claim they were never enslaved because they were Abrahams decedents (v.33)
Had they forgotten that they were before, in Egypt (430 years); In Assyria (170 years); Babylon, Medes, Persia (70 years) and were currently under Rome?
Whoever commits a sin is a slave to sin (v.34)
While the Jews are thinking politically, Jesus is speaking freedom from sin (spiritually).
Jesus is speaking of true, lasting, everlasting freedom, not just from under the government of Rome that was oppressing them (a form of bondage).
Now the sin used here in not a one time thing in the verb form used, it is a continual action, a repeated action.
A person who continually sins is a slave to sin.
Consider
F.F. Bruce once said: “There is another kind of slavery than social or economic slavery.
Sin is a slave-master, and it is possible even for people who think of themselves as free to be enslaved to sin.”
A slave cannot set himself free, but a son is made free.
The Son of Man came to set man free from the bondage to sin.
A servant may live in the house, but it does not make him a son and grant the freedom’s that a son has.
Jesus had just recently told them the brevity of their current situation, enslavement.
In Jn8:21, who is the He, the Me and where is He going?
Jesus and heaven, and they cannot go there unless their sins are dealt with for they are enslaved to them at this time and don’t even realize it.
And finish it with
In Jn8:24 who is the “I” and the “you” and what is the requirement given?
Here is another good quote, thank you to Kittle little book of quotes.
“So the slave to sin cannot by himself change his status.
He cannot convert himself, nor can he be converted by any fellow-sinner. . .
The liberator from our bondage must come from outside the ranks of enslaved humanity.”
- Tasker
A slave is set free from sin only by the Son.
How does He do it, by the power of His Word.
We will see the emphasis on this next time we meet in this series.
They were Abraham’s descendants in the genetic sense, but not in a spiritual sense.
Abraham received his visitors from heaven (Gen18) and these yahoo’s at this time wanted to kill him (v.37)
Freedom not bondage
What is freedom?
Is it the opposite of bondage?
Look at Jesus reasoning with the Jews at this point.
We have not been with the scripture for a little bit, so maybe better put it up again as we work through it.
Why were some trying to kill Him (v.37)?
Because they had no room in their hearts for His message.
If they are rejecting the message, they are rejecting the word of God and rejecting God.
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