John 8:31-32 NIV: To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” True freedom is not the absence of chains but the knowledge of and obedience to the commands of God. Freedom is not really an expression of liberty to live as one pleases, but as God pleases. Discipleship starts by believing in Jesus. You become his disciple by willingly accepting his mastery over you. You commit yourself to follow him as he leads. But the difference between Judas Iscariot and Simon Peter is seen in their moving from just being a disciple to knowing the truth. It is not enough to bear the names or talk the talk. My life must embrace the person of the truth that makes the walk and the talk match. Christ is the connection that brings reality into my walk so that all I do, say and think show the quality of my convictions and depth of my knowledge of the truth. I must move from a mouth-confession of Christ to a life-confession of Him. It is applied knowledge that sets free, not the fact of knowledge itself. If I know Christ can save, but I say nothing, do nothing and believe nothing, then there can never be true freedom. I must seek true life and freedom even as I seek out the person of Christ himself. Get a life; get the true life and enjoy true freedom. His time of favour is here.
Posted on: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 04:58:19 +0000
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