Sermon Notes

John 8:30-36

30 As He was saying these things, many believed in Him. 31 Then Jesus said to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, you really are My disciples. 32 You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. 33 “We are descendants of Abraham,” they answered Him, “and we have never been enslaved to anyone. How can you say, ‘You will become free’? 34 Jesus responded, “Truly I tell you, everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin. 35 A slave does not remain in the household forever, but a son does remain forever. 36 So if the Son sets you free, you really will be free.” (John 8:30-36, CSB)

“This is the most dangerous state. To recognize that truth is in Jesus and to do nothing about it.” Leon Morris, (The New International Commentary on the New Testament)

31 Then Jesus said to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, you really are My disciples.”

“If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.” (John 15:10, ESV)

“I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in Me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.” (John 15:5, ESV)

32 “You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

33 “We are descendants of Abraham,” they answered Him, “and we have never been enslaved to anyone. How can you say, ‘You will become free’?

34 Jesus responded, “Truly I tell you, everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin.”

“…let us lay aside every hindrance and the sin that so easily ensnares us. Let us run with endurance the race that lies before us, 2 keeping our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith.” (Hebrews 12:1-2, CSB)

36 So if the Son sets you free, you really will be free.”

“Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus, 2 because the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death.” (Romans 8:1-2, CSB)

“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord!” (Romans 6:23, CSB)

“Jesus offers us our freedom; He discharges prisoners through justification by making satisfaction for our guilt and for our debts, for which we were by the law arrested and in execution. Christ, as our bail, compounds with the creditor and answers the demands of injured justice with more than an equivalent; He takes the bond and judgment into His own hands, and gives them up cancelled to all that by faith and repentance give Him, and so they are made free! —~ Matthew Henry