OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL-TUESDAY-26/01/2016-FREE
INDEED -BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE
FREE INDEED
Memorise:
If the Son
therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
John 8:36
Read:
John 8:34-36,
34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say
unto you, whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
35 And the servant abideth not in the house for
ever: but the Son abideth ever.
36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye
shall be free indeed.
MESSAGE
Many people claim to be free, but they are
not free indeed! The only genuine freedom is available in Jesus Christ. Anyone
that still commits sin and claims to be free is living in self-deceit. The
greatest task-master in the world is sin. Whoever is under its grip is not free
and as a matter of fact, has no mind of his own.
During the days of Jesus here on earth, the
Jews did not know they were in bondage. Hence, they were surprised when Jesus
said that the words which He was speaking to them would set them free. In the
scriptural passage before us today, Jesus Christ revealed the source of bondage
which people entangle themselves in.
“Jesus answered them verily, verily I
say unto you, whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.”
John 8:34
Only the
truth of the Word of God can set a man free from the slavery of sin. The
question is how can we know the truth? Jesus is the only truth that can set us
free from the slavery of
sin. No other means can afford us the desired freedom. Another liberating truth
in the Word of God is that whoever commits sin is of the devil, but the Son of
God has come to destroy the power of sin in man.
“He that committeth sin is of the devil;
for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose of the Son of God
was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.”
1st John 3:8
In acts 4:12,
we read that there is no salvation by any other, because there is no other name
under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. Beloved, if you
are being intimidated by the task-master of sin (the devil), the good news is
that Jesus Christ is able to set you free, if you will come to him today in
total repentance. It is only Jesus that can make you free indeed. Believe Him
today, and you will be free from all forms of bondage.
Prayer Point
Father, please set me free from all forms of
bondage in which the enemy has kept me in Jesus’ name.
Bible in one year:
Matthew 4:23-6:34, Job 10:18-11:6
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