Freedom Celebration 2004 - Are You Really Free?
John 8:31-51
Skip Heitzig
John 8 (NKJV™) | |
31 | Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, "If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. |
32 | "And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." |
33 | They answered Him, "We are Abraham's descendants, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How can you say, 'You will be made free'?" |
34 | Jesus answered them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, whoever commits sin is a slave of sin. |
35 | "And a slave does not abide in the house forever, but a son abides forever. |
36 | "Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed. |
37 | "I know that you are Abraham's descendants, but you seek to kill Me, because My word has no place in you. |
38 | "I speak what I have seen with My Father, and you do what you have seen with your father." |
39 | They answered and said to Him, "Abraham is our father." Jesus said to them, "If you were Abraham's children, you would do the works of Abraham. |
40 | "But now you seek to kill Me, a Man who has told you the truth which I heard from God. Abraham did not do this. |
41 | "You do the deeds of your father." Then they said to Him, "We were not born of fornication; we have one Father--God." |
42 | Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and came from God; nor have I come of Myself, but He sent Me. |
43 | "Why do you not understand My speech? Because you are not able to listen to My word. |
44 | "You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it. |
45 | "But because I tell the truth, you do not believe Me. |
46 | "Which of you convicts Me of sin? And if I tell the truth, why do you not believe Me? |
47 | "He who is of God hears God's words; therefore you do not hear, because you are not of God." |
48 | Then the Jews answered and said to Him, "Do we not say rightly that You are a Samaritan and have a demon?" |
49 | Jesus answered, "I do not have a demon; but I honor My Father, and you dishonor Me. |
50 | "And I do not seek My own glory; there is One who seeks and judges. |
51 | "Most assuredly, I say to you, if anyone keeps My word he shall never see death." |
New King James Version®, Copyright © 1982, Thomas Nelson, Inc. All rights reserved.
Freedom Celebration 2004 - Are You Really Free? - John 8:31-51 from our study Independence Day Messages with Skip Heitzig from Calvary Albuquerque.
As believers in Jesus Christ, we have the greatest freedom in the world: "If the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed" (John 8:36). Be encouraged to embrace and live out that freedom in these special Independence Day messages.