“And you shall know the truth,
and the truth shall make you free.”
John 8:32
“I know not what
course others may
take; but as for me,
give me liberty or
give me death! ”
March 23, 1775.
#1
John 8:31 “Then Jesus said to those Jews
who believed Him, "If you abide in My word,
you are My disciples indeed.”
Learner, pupil
John 8:32 "And you shall know the truth,
and the truth shall make you free."
Liberate, deliver
 Some deny that we can know the Truth
 They know this one truth !
 “always learning and never able to
come to the knowledge of the truth.”
2 Tim. 3:7
Our Origin - Gen. 1 & 2 Creation / not evolution
The Church - Acts 2 Lord’s / not manmade
Plan of Salvation - Acts God’s plan / not man’s
Way of Worship - Jn.4:24 Truth / not as we like
Right Living - Tit. 2:11-12 Righteous / not worldly
#2
Rom. 8:1-2 “free from law of sin and death”
Law of Moses no longer in effect
1 John 2:15-17 “Love not the world or the
things in the world. If anyone loves the world,
the love of the Father is not in him. For all that
is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of
the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the
Father but is of the world. And the world is
passing away, and the lust of it; but he who
does the will of God abides forever.”
1. Evil Thinking
Phil. 4:8
think on good things
Prov. 4:23 “…out of it are the issues of life”
Ps. 51:10 “Create in me a clean heart, O God;
and renew a right spirit within me.”
Prov. 23:7 “For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.”
2. Evil Habits
Jas. 1:14-15 - “lust” “sin” “death”
Gal. 5:24 “crucified the flesh” “lusts”
3. Other Evil Deeds
Rom. 6:16-18 were servants of sin - made
free from sin - servants of righteousness
4. Fear and Pessimism
1 Jn. 4:17-18 - no fear in love
“There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out
fear, because fear involves torment. But he who
fears has not been made perfect in love.”
5. Hopelessness
Eph. 2:11-12 - we now have hope
“Therefore remember that you, once Gentiles in the
flesh—that at that time you were without Christ,
being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and
strangers from the covenants of promise, having no
hope and without God in the world.”
#3
2+2=4
Matt. 7:13-14
Wide
Narrow
“few who find it”
Not invented
Exists without us
Gravity existed
before Newton
1642-1727
No matter how
sincere
May believe the
world is flat
Trans-cultural
2+2=4
Belief of a culture
does not make it so
Nazi - Germany
Could be sincerely
wrong
Matt. 22:29
“you are mistaken”
My problem that I
cannot find truth
Disagreement does
not prove it wrong
“…but there be some that trouble you,
and would pervert the gospel of Christ.
Gal. 1:7
corrupt
Some pervert the
“And you shall know the truth,
and the truth shall make you free.”
John 8:32
Believe
Jn. 8:24
Repent
Lk. 13:3
Confess
Matt. 10:32-33
Baptism
Acts 2:38
Faithful
Rev. 2:10