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Chapter 8

Chapter 8. Vital Concepts & Truths to Know in John 8. Condemn the sin but have compassion on the sinner! Jesus made it His aim to “always do those things that please [the Father]” (John 8:29)! He said that He honored His Father and did not seek His own glory (John 8:49-50).

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Chapter 8

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  1. Chapter 8

  2. Vital Concepts & Truths to Know in John 8 • Condemn the sin but have compassion on the sinner! • Jesus made it His aim to “always do those things that please [the Father]” (John 8:29)! • He said that He honored His Father and did not seek His own glory (John 8:49-50). • He let the Father take care of seeing, knowing and deciding reward (John 8:50). • God’s truth is absolute (John 8:32, 44)! • God’s truth is not multiple choice, a gray area, subjective to the whims of man. • God’s truth is THE truth. THE ABSOLUTE truth. • There is only ONE truth. And it does not change!

  3. Vital Concepts & Truths to Know in John 8 • Believing in Jesus does not make one a child of God! • “As He spoke these words, many believed in Him” (John 8:30). • “Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him…” (8:31). • “If you abide in My word…” (John 8:31). Is it possible they may not? • “If you were Abraham’s children…” (8:39). Is it possible they were not? • “If God were your Father…” (John 8:42). Is it possible He is not? • If God was not their Father, then who was? • “You are of your father the devil…” (John 8:44). • To Jews who believed in Him, Jesus told them that the devil was their father. • Faith alone in Jesus does not save! • Claiming God as your Father does not make Him your Father (John 8:41-47)!

  4. Vital Concepts & Truths to Know in John 8 • Jesus is eternal (John 8:58)! • “Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM” (John 8:58). • “Abraham was” signifies a beginning point. Abraham came to be at some point. • “I AM” signifies timeless presence, always existing, independent of time (Ex. 3:14).

  5. An Overview/Theme of John 8: “Freedom from Sin through Christ” • There Is One Thing That We All Have in Common – Sin! • Jesus told the hypocrites, “He who is without sin among you…” (John 8:7). • Even the hypocritical scribes & Pharisees recognized they all were sinners (John 8:9).

  6. An Overview/Theme of John 8: “Freedom from Sin through Christ” • There Are Only Two Possible Relationships One Can Have with Sin! • He can be a “slave” to it! • “Whoever commits sin is a slave of sin” (John 8:34). In bondage! • One given to a lifestyle of habitually sinning is enslaved to that lifestyle. • Slaves to sin do what they have heard from their father (John 8:38). • Slaves to sin do the deeds of their father (John 8:41). • Slaves to sin are of their father, the devil, and fulfill his desires (8:44). • He can be “free” from it! • “If the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed” (John 8:36). • A slave cannot free another slave. The Son is only one who can (34-36). • One who is free from sin has God as his Father (John 8:42).

  7. An Overview/Theme of John 8: “Freedom from Sin through Christ” • Living As a Slave to Sin Is a Choice That One Makes! • Live and judge only according to the flesh (John 8:15). • Willfully choosing to know neither the Father nor the Son (John 8:19, 55). • Living, not just “in” the world, but “of this world” (John 8:23). • Choosing not to believe (John 8:24). • Willfully ignoring, rejecting and not listening to the word (John 8:37, 43, 47).

  8. An Overview/Theme of John 8: “Freedom from Sin through Christ” • Remaining a Slave to Sin Has Devastating Consequences! • “Walk in darkness” (John 8:12). • “You will die in your sin…die in your sins” (John 8:21, 24). Eternal separation! • “Where I go you cannot come” (John 8:21) – cannot go to heaven! • Follow the devil on this earth and you’ll follow him into eternity (8:44; cf. Mt. 25:41).

  9. An Overview/Theme of John 8: “Freedom from Sin through Christ” • Freedom from Sin Comes Only in and through Christ! • It relies on the mercy of Christ (“Go and sin no more,” John 8:11). • It is made available to all by Christ (“I am the light of the world,” John 8:12). • It rests on the sacrifice of Christ, being “lifted up” (John 8:28). • The Son must give the freedom! Earthly/Fleshly descent means nothing (John 8:36)!

  10. An Overview/Theme of John 8: “Freedom from Sin through Christ” • Freedom from Sin Is Promised & Secured By Those Who… • Hear the things Jesus spoke from the Father (John 8:26, 28). • Hear God’s words to be “of God” rather than “of the devil” (8:47). • Listen to His word (John 8:43). • Know Christ (John 8:19), that He is deity and equal with God (28). • Know the truth (John 8:32). Only His truth can bring freedom! • Believe in the deity of Christ (John 8:24). • Believe His words, the words of truth (John 8:30, 45-46). • Love Christ, who came from God and is equal with God (8:42). • Abide in His word (8:31), which requires living, obeying & action! • Give His word a place (to run free course) in our hearts & lives (37). • Follow Christ, the light of the world, to have the light of life (8:12). • Keep His word (8:51). To know God requires keeping His Word (8:55).

  11. An Overview/Theme of John 8: “Freedom from Sin through Christ” • Freedom from Sin Has the Best Reward! • Freedom from sin, the world, the devil, the flesh, an evil conscience and the devil! • Never see death (John 8:51).

  12. How Chapter 8 Helps to Fulfill the Overall Purpose of the Gospel of John • Jesus possessed an eternal nature equal to the Father! • He knew where He came from and where He was going (8:14). • “I am not alone, but I am with the Father who sent Me” (8:16). • “…And the Father who sent Me bears witness of Me” (8:18). • “I speak to the world those things which I heard from Him” (26, 38, 40). • “Believe that I am He…know that I am He” (John 8:24, 28). • “I do nothing of Myself…as My Father taught Me, I speak” (28). • “He who sent Me is with Me. The Father has not left Me” (29). • “I proceeded forth and came from God…He sent Me” (8:42). • “It is My Father who honors Me” (John 8:54). • Jesus made several “I Am” statements in this chapter. • “I am the light of the world” (John 8:12). • “I am from above…I am not of this world” (John 8:23). • “Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM” (58).

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