Daily Devotion

January 27, 2012

    So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” 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’?”

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

(John 8:31-38 ESV)
 

We live in a world where opinions are prevalent. In a world of twitter, facebook, blogs, talk radio, and cable news shows there is certainly no shortage of opinion. Everybody has their thoughts and with the technologies available today it is easy to get our thoughts into the minds of the masses. It is almost as though our ability to broadcast our opinion makes our opinions more accurate. In a world that is so full of opinions, it is critical that we learn to recognize and cling to truth. Jesus told us that it is important for us to know the truth. In fact, Jesus tells us that the truth will set us free.

It’s the truth that gives us freedom from uncertainty. It is the truth that gives us freedom from doubt. It is the truth that gives us freedom from religiosity. Knowing the truth sets us free from being tossed about by the abundance of opinions that the world has to offer.

It is important for us as believers to know that we are forming our worldview around truth and not just popular opinion. It is truth that will set us free.

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