The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him today and what came to my heart and mind in John 8:34,
"Jesus replied, 'Very truly I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.'"
Jesus taught that those who sin are enslaved to sin. This enslavement speaks to the inability of sinners to break free from their sin. Sin dominates and controls. And, we're all sinners! Paul tells us, "For we have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin." Romans 3:9b.
What a sorry estate! The end result of that condition is eternal death following this life, "the wages of sin is death..." Romans 6:23.
Here is the very purpose Jesus, the Son of God, came to live among mankind: he came to free us from sin! He says in verse 31, "If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." In verse 36 Jesus said, "So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
In Acts 13:39 Paul taught, "Therefore, my friends, I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you. Through him everyone who believes is set free from every sin, a justification you were not able to obtain under the law of Moses."
"Jesus replied, 'Very truly I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.'"
Jesus taught that those who sin are enslaved to sin. This enslavement speaks to the inability of sinners to break free from their sin. Sin dominates and controls. And, we're all sinners! Paul tells us, "For we have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin." Romans 3:9b.
What a sorry estate! The end result of that condition is eternal death following this life, "the wages of sin is death..." Romans 6:23.
Here is the very purpose Jesus, the Son of God, came to live among mankind: he came to free us from sin! He says in verse 31, "If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." In verse 36 Jesus said, "So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
In Acts 13:39 Paul taught, "Therefore, my friends, I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you. Through him everyone who believes is set free from every sin, a justification you were not able to obtain under the law of Moses."
Emancipation! Liberation! Manumission! All who have embraced Jesus Christ in faith are freed from the power of sin's domination as well as forgiven of every sin ever committed!
How wonderful is that?!
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