John 8:32 “You
will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
John 8:36 So if
the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
Romans 6:18 You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.
Romans 6:22 But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life.
Romans 8:2 because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death.
1 Corinthians 7:22 For the one who was a slave when called to faith in the Lord is the Lord's freed person; similarly, the one who was free when called is Christ's slave.
Romans 6:18 You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.
Romans 6:22 But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life.
Romans 8:2 because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death.
1 Corinthians 7:22 For the one who was a slave when called to faith in the Lord is the Lord's freed person; similarly, the one who was free when called is Christ's slave.
Have you ever wondered why you do what you don’t want to do?
Ever wondered why it’s so hard to do the things that you know are the right
things to do?
Our sinful nature causes us to often make the wrong choice.
You can probably relate to the apostle Paul when he says, “I don’t
understand myself, for I want to do what is right, but I don’t do it. Instead,
I do what I hate …. So I am not the one doing wrong; it is sin living in me
that does it. And I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful
nature. I want to do what is right, but I can’t”(Romans 7:15, 17-18 NLT, second
edition).
Even after you become a believer, there’s this tension
inside of you. You have your good nature that God gave you, but you also have
your old sinful nature that is pulling at you.
But there is a way out! Jesus promised in John 8:32, “You
will know the truth, and the truth will set you free” (NIV).
The secret to personal change is not willpower. It’s not a
pill. It’s not a resolution. It’s not some vow that you make. The secret to
personal change is not something you do or say.
The secret to personal change is something you know.
You know the truth. When you change the way you think, it changes the way you
feel. And when you change the way you feel, it changes the way you act.
Behind every self-defeating act is a lie you believe. It may
be a lie about yourself, your past or future, God, or others.
Why do you do something that you know is bad for you?
Because you think there’s some kind of payoff. That’s the lie! You can only change
and fulfill God’s purpose for your life if you start with God’s truth. If you
want to change the way you live, you have to start in your mind. You have to
know and believe God’s truth.
When you know the truth, the truth will set you free. What
you have to do is expose and uncover the lies that you have been accepting.
Some of those lies you picked up on the playground as a kid or from TV. Some of
them you picked up from your parents or you creatively thought them up
yourself. But they are lies, and when you reject them and instead find out what
God has to say, you will experience freedom like you’ve never known.
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