'Ye shall know the truth' #thefathersword

A while ago whilst I was studying the word, the phrase 'And ye shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free' dropped in my spirit. I know the phrase but for me this time I had to really tear it apart and break it down. You know when the Holy Spirit just drops a word and leaves you speechless. This was me for about a week.

I had to find out the revelation and now I know it, I want to share it with you all.

John 8:32 - And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free

What does it mean to know the truth?

Jesus said in John 14:6 - "I am the Way and the Truth and the Life; no one comes to the Father except by (through) Me"
When we looked at this passage, we immediately came to the realisation that knowing the truth is us knowing Jesus. So the next question was how do I get to know Jesus?
We can get to know Jesus through being intimate with him. The more intimate you are with Jesus, the more you get to know him. When we grow in the knowledge of Jesus, when we begin to read the word more it's only then that we will become strong.

John 1 describes this - In the beginning [before all time] was the Word (Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God Himself.
So we can clearly see that the living word is God himself, so the more we read the word, the more knowledge we can gain.

Let's now move on to the next section of John 8:32 which is - The truth shall make you free.

So we already know that knowing the truth is effectively is us knowing Jesus. So could this mean that if we know Jesus, we will become free?

Romans 8:2 - For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.

Romans 6:22 - But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life

John 8:36 - So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.

2 Corinthians 3:17 - Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

Let's look at John 8:36 in a bit more detail. We know that the son of God is Jesus Christ and we then find out that he is actually the way, the truth and the life. So if we add everything up we then arrive at this conclusion

'The more knowledge you have of Jesus and his word, you will become free'

The real climax point was when Jesus died on the cross. When Jesus died, the veil was torn in two and everyone found out that he truly was the son of God. John 3:16 states this - For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son so that whosoever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting life".  To have everlasting life is to have eternal freedom and we can only achieve real freedom when we get to know Jesus and we believe in him.

To take it a little bit deeper, we may know of Jesus and we may read the word but do we apply his word in our everyday lives? It's good to have knowledge but the application of knowledge is what will set you apart............
If you are to ever grow in freedom, we must grow in knowledge.

'And ye shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free'

Be blessed always