Daily Bread

1. Hold to Jesus' teaching (31-32)

Believing in Jesus is more than merely knowing about him. True believers hold to Jesus' teaching. This means continually listening to Jesus' word, believing it and obeying him. Only then are we truly Jesus' disciples. The result is that we know the truth. We know the truth about life, sin and death. Most importantly, we know the true nature of God. God loves us and sent Jesus to die and raised him from the dead to set us free from sin and death. The gospel truth sets us free.

2. If the Son sets you free.... (33-36)

Jesus' teaching implied that those listening to him were slaves. They objected and said that as Abraham's descendants, they were not slaves. They believed they were already free. However, Jesus said that whoever sins is a slave to sin. Sin has power over us that we cannot break free from on our own. A slave to sin cannot be in God's family. But Jesus the Son sets us free so that we can be a member of God's family forever.

Prayer: Lord, thank you for setting me free. Help me to hold on to your word and to teach your word so that others may also be set free.

One Word: You are free indeed