Today's readings are Ecclesiastes 6.1-7.10 ( http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=Eccl.+6.1-7.10 ) and John 8.21-38 ( http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=John+8.21-38 ).
I remember vividly going to a ceremony at a historically Christian college, in which people being inducted into the college life and a student organization were told over and over again that they would be learning a lot of things in the college and that the truth would set them free.
Sadly, this college, with a history of training young men for ministry, had completely forgotten its roots. The late middle-aged lady giving the address spoke entirely in terms of human potential, in the freedom that comes through man's wisdom, man's generosity, man's humanity to man. Jesus' words from John chapter 8 were frequently quoted in part but his meaning was completely lost.
How do we know the truth? We know the truth through the living Word of God - revealed in Scripture we see Jesus, the very Word of God incarnate. He himself is the truth. As we hear his word and believe him we know the truth. That is freedom indeed.
Hear the Word. Hear Jesus. Know the Truth. He will set you free and you will be free indeed.
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