Set Free By Truth

If you have been a Chirst follower for any amount of time, you no doubt have heard or read John 8:32, which says, "You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free."  Typically, when that verse is applied, we point it toward those who do not know or accept Jesus as Lord.  And rightly we say that in knowing Jesus, who is "the way, the truth and the life" (Jn 14:6), they will be set free.

However, as true and vital it is fro unbelievers to come to a knowledge of the truth in a personal relationship with Jesus, they are not alone in the need to be set free by truth.  Far too. Many follower of Jesus, fail to walk in the freedom his blood purchased for them.  Instead, they are held captive by their regrets of the past, inprisoned by their desires of the present and held down by their fears of the future.

Instead of fully embracing the truth that God's love brings grace and freedoms from sin, so many seem to endure the trauma of legalism that brings judgment and restriction.  Instead of welcoming the Spirit of Truth into our hearts that brings peace, they wither under the hand of the Liar who says they are alone and in over their heads.

How many, who call on the name of Christ, still cry out in fear?  How may who have been baptized into his death in order to be raised into new life (cf. Rom 6:4) still live as prisoners of their old life?  How many are ruled by their addictions instead of being release by their attraction to Christ?  How many drudge through life instead of dancing in the light?

Do you get my point?  That we who are born again of the Spirit ought to be bursting out in spirit, "shining like stars" (Phil 2:15).  Our lives should burst out in "songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts" (Col 3:16).  The truth of God's love, Christ's sacrifice and the Spirit's I dwelling power ought to cause us to face life with confidence not confinement.

The truth is that Christ set us free.  The truth is that he will never leave us to face life alone.  The truth is that he has already won the victory.  The truth is that, in Christ, we are already in kingdom territory, heaven bound not bound by the law of sin and death (Rom 8:2).  Jus' Say'n.