We have just been told that many of the Jews believed in Jesus, but this is not the end of the matter. There was still much that they had to learn, and Jesus starts right away. Jesus starts talking about freedom, and says that continuing in His word (ie living by His word) is crucial. Now this caused a problem for the Jews, because they already counted themselves as free. They were very proud of their Abrahamic background, and the prospect of needing to be made free offended them.
When we come to Christ there will be areas in our lives where He needs to work and bring changes, and in some cases we might react against this. We need to watch ourselves carefully if this is happening, and make sure we are not reacting against the truth.
Jesus then goes on to talk about sin. Sin is every person's biggest problem, and usually the one we do not want to face up to. But the truth is that sin makes us slaves of sin, and we need to be set free from this. Sin ties our lives up in knots in many ways. We are set free from some things the day we turn to Christ, but other matters take time.
The good news is that Jesus came to set us free from sin, and while sin makes us a slave, Jesus makes us a child of God. He brings true freedom into our lives.
When we come to Christ there will be areas in our lives where He needs to work and bring changes, and in some cases we might react against this. We need to watch ourselves carefully if this is happening, and make sure we are not reacting against the truth.
Jesus then goes on to talk about sin. Sin is every person's biggest problem, and usually the one we do not want to face up to. But the truth is that sin makes us slaves of sin, and we need to be set free from this. Sin ties our lives up in knots in many ways. We are set free from some things the day we turn to Christ, but other matters take time.
The good news is that Jesus came to set us free from sin, and while sin makes us a slave, Jesus makes us a child of God. He brings true freedom into our lives.
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