Free!

Today's Gospel (John 8:31-42) begins with these famous words:

If you remain in my word,
you will truly be my disciples,
and you will know the truth,
and the truth will set you free.

This freedom ultimately is freedom from sin, as our Lord says:

Everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin.

We need to keep ourselves immersed in God's word and dive even deeper in his truth, so that we may not be pulled here and there by the conflicting, destructive impulses of today's culture or the whims of selfish pleasure.

If you remain in my word,
you will truly be my disciples,
and you will know the truth,
and the truth will set you free.