Free Indeed! Part 2

Freed by Christ’s Authority (vv 33-38)

Christ has the authority to release captives because he is the son and not a slave.

What are we freed from:

Slavery to Sin (vv. 33-38)

The Jews claimed to not be in bondage, but they were slaves to sin.

Interesting because they were looking for someone to free them from Rome’s rule, and had just finished celebrating God’s deliverance of their forefather’s from Egypt.

In fact, for the past 600 years the land of Israel had been in subjection to one foreign power after another.

The real bondage that they were under was the bondage to sin. Repeatedly, throughout their history the Jews had turned from the worship of God to idolatry.

Free indeed! Christ has the authority to deliver from sin.

Christ has made us free to serve God!

We are now free to truly worship God because He has given us a new heart.

Hebrews 13:15 NASB95

15 Through Him then, let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that give thanks to His name.

We are now free to serve God with our life.

Romans 6:17–23 NASB95

17 But thanks be to God that though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching to which you were committed, 18 and having been freed from sin, you became slaves of righteousness. 19 I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness, resulting in further lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness, resulting in sanctification. 20 For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. 21 Therefore what benefit were you then deriving from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the outcome of those things is death. 22 But now having been freed from sin and enslaved to God, you derive your benefit, resulting in sanctification, and the outcome, eternal life. 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Satan’s dominion (vv. 39-47)

They were of their father, the devil, because they rejected Christ’s Word and sought to kill him.

Satan has blinded many people to the truth about Jesus, keeping them in bondage. “One little word shall fell him”

2 Corinthians 4:4–6 NASB95

4 in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. 5 For we do not preach ourselves but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your bond-servants for Jesus’ sake. 6 For God, who said, “Light shall shine out of darkness,” is the One who has shone in our hearts to give the Light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.

It is the truth of Christ that sets free. We have been set free from Satan’s domain and made kings and priests unto God!

You are a child of the king!

1 Peter 2:9–10 NASB95

9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; 10 for you once were not a people, but now you are the people of God; you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

The Sentence of Death (51-59)

Literally, Jesus says “Truly, truly I say to you, If someone keeps my word, he will NOT (double negative) see death forever (into the age)”.

Jesus then backs up this statement by declaring his eternal nature, “Before Abraham was, I AM.”

Since he is eternal, he is able to offer eternal life to all who come to HIM!