Shalom,
Today I want to share Joseph Prince's "Daily Inspirations" devotional:
The Truth That Frees You
“And you shall know the truth, and
the truth shall make you free.” John 8:32
What does “the truth shall make you
free” in the verse John 8:32 really mean?
Examine the context of this verse and
you’ll notice that Jesus said this to the Jews of His day. These were people
who at an early age grew up studying and learning the law. Yet, these people,
in ways very similar to us today, still battled with fears, anxieties,
sicknesses, and all kinds of oppression, bondages, and addictions.
So this truth that Jesus was talking
about clearly cannot be the law, because these people could not find freedom in
the law. In fact, the truth of the law only brought them into religious
bondage.
My friend, the truth that shall
make you free, is the truth of His grace. This is the truth that He came to
give us. His Word proclaims that “grace and truth came through Jesus Christ”
(John 1:17).
The good news is that grace came to
set you free from the curse of the law. Grace is not a doctrine or a
theological subject. When Jesus talks about grace, He is talking about Himself.
Grace is a person. Grace is Jesus Himself.
The truth that has the power to fling
wide open your prison doors is His grace. His grace is the antidote to
counteract every poison in your mind!
When you encounter Jesus, taste His
love, and savor His loving-kindness and tender mercies, every wrong belief
begins to dissolve in the glory of His love. And every dark thought and evil
addiction that may have held you captive cannot but scatter when it is exposed
to the light of His grace!
Your freedom is found in rightly
believing in Jesus—His favor and His love in your life. When you believe right
about His grace, you will begin to live right.
The more you see in His Word what His
grace has done for you, the more fears, condemnation, depression, and
destructive habits will lose their grip in your life. And the more you believe
and enjoy His grace and love, the more you’ll find the Lord’s wisdom,
stability, and peace guiding your decisions and actions.
Right believing always produces right
living and the right results.
AMEN! BELIEVE the WORD of GOD! ACT on the WORD of GOD! EXPECT results according to the WORD of GOD! Here is Hillsong with "Say The Word":
Shalom in Him!
