THE TRUTH THAT MAKES ONE FREE

“..Jesus said to those Jews which believed on Him, ‘If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free’ “ (John 8:31-32).

Jesus is speaking of that truth that was inspired by the Holy Spirit through the prophets in 1 Pet. 1:10-20, “Of which salvation, the prophets have inquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you; searching what, or what manner of time, the spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow; unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister these things which are now reported unto you by those who have preached the gospel unto you, with the Holy Ghost, sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.” See also 2 Pet. 1:21 and 2 Tim. 3:16-17. In Eph. 3:5 Paul tells us of the “...mystery of Christ, which in other generations was not made known unto the sons of men, as it has now been revealed unto His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit.” This truth is so important that it can come only by revelation of God (Jer.10:23), and Jesus would not trust the fallible memories of His closest apostles, but sent the Holy spirit to guide them and bring back to their memories all that He had taught them (John 14:26; 16:13-14). Christ then places the great responsibility of preaching or teaching that truth upon His disciples (Matt. 28;18-20; Mark 16:15,16; Luke 24:46,47) and has charged men in all ages to proclaim that truth with power (Rom. 1:16; 1 Cor. 1:21; 2 Tim. 4:1-4) and the gravest anathema of God is upon anyone who would change one iota of the truth presented (Gal. 1:6-9). Each generation has been given the responsibility of seeing that it is taught to every person living in that generation.

Love, David V. Fultz