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Freedom! John 8:31-38 11.27.11. Faith without fruit is not following Jesus. The starting point and the sustaining power in the Christian’s life is the Word of God!. 3 Results of Abiding in the Word of God. You are truly Jesus’ disciple.
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Freedom! John 8:31-38 11.27.11
Faith without fruit is not following Jesus
The starting point and the sustaining power in the Christian’s life is the Word of God!
3 Results of Abiding in the Word of God • You are truly Jesus’ disciple. “If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples.” (John 15:7–8) “Everyone who goes on ahead and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God. Whoever abides in the teaching has both the Father and the Son.” (2 John 9)
3 Results of Abiding in the Word of God • You are truly Jesus’ disciple. • You will know the truth. “Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.” (John 17:17) “We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ...” (2 Corinthians 10:5)
3 Results of Abiding in the Word of God • You are truly Jesus’ disciple. • You will know the truth. • The truth will set you free.
“For, speaking loud boasts of folly, they entice by sensual passions of the flesh those who are barely escaping from those who live in error. They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption. For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved.” 2 Peter 2:18-19
“For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being, but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?” Romans 7:22-24