The Truth Teller & The Lie Giver
10/03/2021 - Dave Riddle
Key Passage: John 8:30-47
Genuine Discipleship
Discipleship, in Jesus’ day, had both a spiritual and a physical component.
John 8:31 - if you continue in my word, you really are my disciples…
pistueo: to think to be true. To be persuaded of; to place confidence in. To have faith (in, upon, or with respect to, a person or thing). To believe.
Jesus is offering a clear caution to us so that we understand what it truly means to be his disciples.
Continue, abide, remain, stay… in the word of my teaching.
Real Freedom
John 8:33: referring to spiritual freedom, not political freedom.
Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Greece, Rome…
Slaves to sin!
Only the Son can set you free.
John 8:34-36
Actual Identity
John 8:37-47
Jesus: Who is your spiritual father?
The crowd: “Our Father is Abraham!”
Jesus: “You aren’t responding how he did”
The crowd: “Our father is God”
Defending themselves and their heritage.
Jesus: your father is the devil.
This passage is helping us see The Truth (singular) and The Lie (singular)