After you finish reading today\u2019s Scriptures, come back and read the essay here to dig deeper into the ways we see this specific promise at work in our day\u2019s reading. Then join your fellow Bible readers in the comments to reflect on and discuss what you\u2019re learning!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the Gospel of John, Jesus proclaimed that \u201cif the Son sets you free, you really will be free\u201d (Jn 8:36). Those listening to Him were undoubtedly confused. In offering freedom, Jesus was implying they were somehow slaves; but they weren\u2019t enslaved to anyone, legally or physically. How could they be set free if they weren’t in chains?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Scripture is clear that apart from Christ we were once slaves to sin (Jn 8:34) and ruled by death (Rm 6:9). Sin reigned in our bodies (Rm 6:12), and we stood condemned (Rm 8:2). But Jesus went to battle for us against the powers of darkness and came out victorious. His promise of freedom is a timeless one meant for anyone who comes to Christ, but it never depends on our own merit. If the Son frees you, then you are free. While we have indeed been forgiven for eternity, we can experience freedom from the power of sin and the ways of this world in our everyday lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
After you finish reading today\u2019s Scriptures, come back and read the essay here to dig deeper into the ways we see this specific promise at work in our day\u2019s reading. Then join your fellow Bible readers in the comments to reflect on and discuss what you\u2019re learning! In the Gospel of John, Jesus proclaimed that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":71904,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[295],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-promisesofgod"],"acf":{"hero_background_image":false,"related_plans":[71942],"weekly_truth":false,"grace_day":false,"share_text":"#SheReadsTruth","devotional_text":"I WILL SET YOU FREE FROM SIN<\/b>
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After you finish reading today\u2019s Scriptures, come back and read the essay here to dig deeper into the ways we see this specific promise at work in our day\u2019s reading. Then join your fellow Bible readers in the comments to reflect on and discuss what you\u2019re learning!<\/p>
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In the Gospel of John, Jesus proclaimed that \u201cif the Son sets you free, you really will be free\u201d (Jn 8:36). Those listening to Him were undoubtedly confused. In offering freedom, Jesus was implying they were somehow slaves; but they weren\u2019t enslaved to anyone, legally or physically. How could they be set free if they weren't in chains?<\/p>
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Scripture is clear that apart from Christ we were once slaves to sin (Jn 8:34) and ruled by death (Rm 6:9). Sin reigned in our bodies (Rm 6:12), and we stood condemned (Rm 8:2). But Jesus went to battle for us against the powers of darkness and came out victorious. His promise of freedom is a timeless one meant for anyone who comes to Christ, but it never depends on our own merit. If the Son frees you, then you are free. While we have indeed been forgiven for eternity, we can experience freedom from the power of sin and the ways of this world in our everyday lives.<\/p>","share_image_height":"640","day_number":"16","scripture":"John 8:30-36, Romans 6:1-11, Romans 6:22, Romans 8:10-11, Hebrews 9:11-14","available":false,"ad_banner_name":"","ad_banner_image":false,"ad_banner_url":"","songs":"","key_verse":"","key_verse_reference":"","background_image":false,"background_color":"#FBF7F3","scripture_references":false,"share_image":false,"author_name":"","author_bio":"","guest_social_media":false,"show_ad":true,"ad_override":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}