Free To Be Free

Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed. John 8:36

Jesus pointed out to the sons of Abraham before our verse for today that they were enslaved to sin. However, by way of solution, Jesus did not say that when they quit sinning they would be free. In reading the scripture story, one would think the obvious solution to sin would be to not sin. Yet the setting free of the enslaved ones was given to the Son instead. And the Son takes such authority upon Himself in making us free that we who recognize authority, as the centurion did when he caused the Son to marvel, almost gasp with the audaciousness of it. However, to the One who has been given all authority this is not audacious at all but part of His place and person. Do we begin to see a difference between us and the Son? And yet, the Son comes to us not as conqueror to enslave us to a different master but as Savior to set us free to be free. By the Son, we are now free to look at sin and say to it, "I don't need you!"

Great is the Son of our Lord God!

Bucky