THE TRUTH SETS YOU FREE
Jesus spoke these words to those who believe in Him:
If you continue in my Word, if you abide in my Word, if you hold fast to My teachings and live in accordance with them, you are indeed or truly my disciples. And you shall know the Truth, and the Truth shall make you, set you free. (John 8:30,31)
In John 17:17 Jesus tells us that His Word is the Truth.
We as believers in Jesus Christ must also believe His Word that we hold in our hands called The Bible. This Bible is God’s Word, His voice expressed on paper. It is God speaking to us. That is why the Bible comes alive after you accept Jesus as your Savior. Up to that time you did not have access to the Holy Spirit to interpret God’s Word. He is God’s teacher sent to us to teach us about God and His Kingdom, or His way of doing things. God’s way of doing things is completely different than the world’s way of doing things. Basically, the Word of God is our manual to retrain our way of thinking. Every day we have to take the Word of God into our minds and spirits to live the way God wants us to live. And His way of living is successful, victorious, abundant living. He never fails. He is never defeated. When we hook in with Him and His Word, we are not defeated nor do we fail.
I know what you are saying to me if you have been walking with Jesus any period of time. Well, it hasn’t always worked for me. I can say the same thing on occasions. This I know: The Word of God works every time if it is abiding in us. There is the clue. It came from Jesus’ mouth. If you abide in me and my words abide in you, you are my disciples and the Truth shall set you free. Let’s admit some things here. Consistency is the key to victory. When we consistently abide in Jesus and His Word, we get results. When we consistently look to Him for our victory and not ourselves, we get results. God’s Word keeps us on the right track of thinking because sometimes our thinking gets off track and we experience a derailment as a train would.
Romans 12:2, 2 Corinthians 4:16 and Ephesians 4:23 all tell us to constantly, daily renew our minds with the Word of God. Every day we are exposed to the words of the world where we work, where we shop, and at home, if we watch secular television. There are words of doubt, unbelief, fear, dread, failure, defeat, sickness and disease being released all the time in the world. That is the reason we must expose our minds on a daily basis to the Word of God. His Word keeps our thinking on line and gives us a fresh mental and spiritual attitude.
When we hear things that are contrary to God’s Word, if we know His Word, we know that in comparison to His Word, they are lies. God’s Word is Truth. You hear the doctor tell you that you are dying. God’s Word tells you that you will live and declare the glory of the LORD. The banker is foreclosing on your house. God’s Word says that He will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory. Whose Word are we going to believe? Of course, it is tough because we must constantly practice believing God when it looks like we are going down for the third time. Wow! What are we to do? Stand! Believe God! He does not lie.
I have been practicing saying this all the time: I believe I receive! Why don’t you do that as you read the Word of God and see things that God says are yours? I am finding that it is changing me day by day.