Wednesday Open Heavens Devotional - Freed By The Truth?

MEMORISE: If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. John 8:36.

READ: John 8:32-36.
32.And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. 33.They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be  made free? 34.Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. 35.And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever. 36.If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

MESSAGE
Jesus is the only Way to salvation, and the Truth that sets free. He declared that if He sets you free, you will be free indeed (John 8:36). He also said that one is set free by knowing the truth in Him (John 8:32). I am living proof of the freedom that Jesus gives, and a living witness of what it means to be set free and left free. While in my final year of secondary school in 1960, there was an altercation between my father and some people in our village compound, and it was over me.
During a family meeting, in spite of my father's pleas, his adversaries threatened my life. They said, "Is it because of this boy that you are refusing to join us? We will see how old he will grow up to be." When my father returned home and reported this threat to my mother, I ran for my life. For 13 years, I kept running away from home until I met Jesus. When I did, my flight from home stopped. Praise God that the forces of darkness that hitherto put me to flight now take to their heels when they see me, because I now carry the greater One inside of me. Are you passing through a similar experience? Are you afraid of demonic powers? Have you been running from your village or town? Stop running! Confront them with the power in the Name of Jesus! When you are in Christ and you know your rights and privileges in the kingdom, and you choose to stand on God's Word to activate His promises, no evil power can destroy you. Confront every power opposing you today in the Name of Jesus. For some believers, fear has kept them on the same spot. They fail to recognise that Jesus Christ has
liberated them from the bondage of fear. While expounding on what Jesus accomplished through His death, Hebrews 2:15 says: "And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage." One of my sons challenged some idol worshippers during their festival. He went to their headquarters to preach to them. Instead of attacking him, they were afraid of what he was carrying inside him. They let him go because they reasoned that for him to be that bold, he must have a power greater than theirs. Of course he knew who he was carrying - the Almighty God! The madman of Gadara had thousands of demons in him, but one command from the Truth set him free. Do you know Jesus enough to be able to withstand the wiles and arrows of darkness by the use of His Name? What truths based on His Word have you been exposed to? Do you stand on them? What efforts have you made to increase your knowledge of the truth?

ACTION POINT: Pray that the leaders of your country will get to know the truth, so that they can govern in the fear of God.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: DEUTERONOMY 23:15-25:19 AND PHILIPPIANS 4:2-23.