John 8

John 8:31-38  So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, "If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples,  ³² and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."  ³³ They answered him, "We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How is it that you say, 'You will become free'?" 

³⁴ Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin.  ³⁵ The slave does not remain in the house forever; the son remains forever.  ³⁶ So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.  ³⁷ I know that you are offspring of Abraham; yet you seek to kill me because my word finds no place in you.  ³⁸ I speak of what I have seen with my Father, and you do what you have heard from your father."

Romans 3:22-25 tells us, “For there is no distinction:  23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,  24 and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,  25 whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith.”  We are all sinners.  We have all missed the mark.  Oftentimes we like to soften the blow and say that we have all made mistakes or done things we wished we hadn’t, but Scripture doesn’t say that we are all “mistakers” is says we are sinners.  We have all sinned.  We have all grieved God because of our sin.  We have all been separated from God by our sin.

But the good news of Jesus Christ is that if we accept Him as Lord, we are free from our sin.  We just have to ask God to forgive us and He will.  We are free from sin.  Well – we can be free from sin.  We still have a choice whether to sin or not.  Once we are saved and the Holy Spirit is living within us, we have the ability to be free from sin.  When we come to the point of sinning – we can decide to go ahead and sin or we can walk away from that sin.  The Holy Spirit within us gives us the power to walk away.  Even from that secret sin that no one else knows about.  Even from that sin that you have been living with for years.  You have the power to walk away and enjoy a life free from sin!  Ask God for His help and you will be set free.  No sin is too big or too challenging for God.  He will help you overcome.

What sin in your life do you need to be set free from?  What is keeping you from being free from that sin?  I can guarantee no sin is as enjoyable as freedom.

Because of Jesus – we are free from sin!  Praise Him today because of our freedom!!

I’m praying for you!

Pastor Amy