How the Truth Can Set You Free, Part 3

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[ on-hold music] Welcome to the In Touch podcast with Charles Stanley for Wednesday, June 10th. Whether or not you're proud of your family past, as a believer, you have a new identity. Today, in part three of How the Truth Can Set You Free, discover who you really are.

Charles Stanley· Host0:16

Will you turn to John chapter 8? We'll just read a couple of verses, remembering that the Lord's been talking to some people who, uh, have begun to believe in Him. And He said, in verse 31, "Jesus therefore was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, 'If you abide in my word, then you are truly disciples of mine, and you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.'" And what it is that makes us free is abiding in the Word of God. Now, let me just sort of catch you up with where we are. We're talking about God setting us free. That is, setting us free of the bondage that shackles us and imprisons us from becoming everything God wants us to be, and accomplishing or achieving those things in life that God has set out for us. So this is where we're headed, and we said, now, one of those truths that, um, that sets us free, and I believe there are three essential truths that sets us free, that is, having already been saved. One of those truths is our position in Christ Jesus. So what is that? And you'll recall the Bible says in 1 Corinthians chapter 12 that God, through His Holy Spirit, the moment we've accepted Jesus Christ as our Savior, that is, we accepted His death on the cross