Shalom,

In our Spoken Word Bible Reading Plan for today we read another of my favorite portions of Scripture. John 8:30-32:

30 As He said these things, many believed in Him [trusted, relied on, and adhered to Him]. 31 So Jesus said to those Jews who had believed in Him, If you abide in My word [hold fast to My teachings and live in accordance with them], you are truly My disciples. 32 And you will know the Truth, and the Truth will set you free.

Many people like to quote "the Truth will set you free", but without the full context, this is NOT true! The ONLY Truth that will set us free is the TRUTH that we KNOW! John 17:17 tells us that God's Word is TRUTH! Verse 31 above tells us that IF we abide (live, dwell, spend time in, act on) God's Word, THEN (and ONLY then) we will know the TRUTH! And that TRUTH that we KNOW will SET US FREE! And the TRUTH that we continue to KNOW will KEEP us free! AMEN! If you have read this whole chapter you will see that JESUS had just finished telling them what was going to come to pass concerning Him, but they didn't, and couldn't, understand Him! Why? Because they were not yet born again and did not have the Spirit of God living IN them, which meant that they had no way of comprehending. 1 Corinthians 2:14 tells us this:

14 But the natural [unbelieving] man does not accept the things [the teachings and revelations] of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness [absurd and illogical] to him; and he is incapable of understanding them, because they are spiritually discerned and appreciated, [and he is unqualified to judge spiritual matters].

SO, when we receive JESU as Lord and personal Saviour, the Spirit of God Who now lives inside of us is the One Who teaches us the Word of God in the way that we can understand and know! Don't try to teach the Word to an unbeliever. Simply preach the simple, powerful Gospel of JESUS CHRIST to them. Once they BELIEVE and RECEIVE, then they, too, can KNOW the TRUTH and be set free! AMEN! Here is Hillsong with "Your Word":

Shalom in Him