“If You Abide In My Word”“Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, ‘If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free”

(Jn. 8:31, 32)

What Good Thing Must I Do?The Lord’s Plan Man’s Idea

“If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” (Jn. 8:31, 32) continual know truth freedom is found only in

truth

“Now behold, one came and said to Him, "Good Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?’” (Matt. 19:16) singular eternal life given by

our doing some good thing?

minimizes duty and eternal life

“Abiding in word” is more than “Belief” “As He spoke these words, many believed in

Him. Then Jesus said to those Jews who

believed Him, ‘If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free’” (Jn. 8:30-32) they believed but were not able to abide!

argumentative (v.33) were not free (v. 36) no friendship like Abraham (v. 37; cf. Jas. 2:23)• didn’t have the faith like Abraham (vv. 39, 40)!

not able to listen (v. 43) children of the devil (v. 44)

“If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” (Jn. 8:31, 32)

“Abide” - to remain, to continue, to dwell, to stay (in a given place, state, relation)discipleship is an abiding

progressive walk, not a single act

“If you love Me, keep My commandments” (Jn. 14:15)

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“If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” (Jn. 8:31, 32) “Take heed to yourself and to the doctrine.

Continue in them, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you” (1 Tim. 4:16)

“But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does” (Jas. 1:25)

“Whoever transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. He who abides in the doctrine of Christ has both the Father and the Son” (2 Jn. 1:9)

“If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” (Jn. 8:30-32) some incorrectly thought they were disciples

of Christ no one is a disciple without obeying (Matt. 7:21-23)

discipleship is always contingent upon our relationship with the word

by keeping His word, we know we are His disciples “Now by this we know that we know Him, if we

keep His commandments” (1 Jn. 2:3) “But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God

is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him” (1 Jn. 2:5)

“If you abide in My word, you are My

disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” (Jn. 8:30-32) there is something as

“truth”a body of divine truth

Jesus is the source of truth“Jesus said to him, ‘I am the

way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me’” (Jn. 14:6)

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“If you abide in My word, you are My

disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” (Jn. 8:30-32) Truth is found in the “Word”

“Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth” (Jn. 17:17)

Some exchange truth for lies“who exchanged the truth of God for the lie,

and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen” (Rom. 1:25)

“If you abide in My word, you are My

disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” (Jn. 8:30-32) Truth is to be known

“That I may make you know the certainty of the words of truth, that you may answer words of truth to those who send to you?” (Prov. 22:21)

“in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth” (2 Tim. 2:25)

“If you abide in My word, you are My

disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” (Jn. 8:30-32) Truth is given that men may be

established in it“Therefore, I will always be ready to remind

you of these things, even though you already know them, and have been established in the truth which is present with you” (2 Pet. 1:12, NASB 95)

“If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the

truth, and the truth shall make you free” (Jn. 8:30-32) Truth frees

Without truth, no one is free!With truth, every slave of sin may become

free because truth frees because the Son frees us by truth (Jn. 8:34-36)

Without the Son, no one can experience truth

Being a slave of sin makes one free from righteousness… …being a slave of righteousness makes one

free from sin (Rom. 8:16-23)

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Ignorance

Humanism

Foolishness

Idleness

Despair