John 8:36 …If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
If you look up the two words “free” in a Strong’s Concordance you will find that the first means “to liberate” and the second one means “unrestrained” so to go and come as please. Both mean “exempt” yet the first is liberty from moral, ceremonial, and mortal liability. The second means exempt from obligation or liability. The first free comes from the second free, by definition, but the second free is from a different Greek word that means “to come and go.”
So what does all that mean? Here is what the Holy Spirit shows: When the Son makes you free, He not only liberates you from your prison but He establishes you in a new life that you may WALK in.
In the story of the ten Lepers the Holy Spirit reveals similar understanding but slightly different…. Please read:
Luke 17:12-19 And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off: And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.
And when he saw them, he said unto them “Go show your selves unto the priests.” And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed.
Jesus didn’t immediately make them free. He could have, but He wanted them to obey Him. WHAT A LESSON FOR US. Sometimes the healing, miracle or provision isn’t there yet because we need to WALK in Obedience to HIS WORD that HE SPEAKS IN OUR HEART FOR OUR SITUATION... THEN as we go…. Hallelujah, the manifestation of the blessing of God is made manifest. (I pray the Holy Spirit will open your eyes if you are not able to see yet.)
Now look what happens next…. Another Lesson for us to take to heart and obey:
v15-16 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God, And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.
GIVE THANKS!.... THIS is like having your prison door opened by Jesus…He has liberated you, but you just stand there not coming out of your prison. Door is opened, shackles are off, THEN HE SPEAKS… grave clothes fall away at His voice and you begin to walk out of your prison. Then you realize “I’m FREE!” No more chatter from the other prisoners around you, no more the sound of bondage, and no more remembrance of that pain… it is PEACE Sounding and has swallowed you up! You are so grateful; you turn to the Lord to thank Him before continuing on. As He swallows you up in Himself, you hear a “SLAM”…the sound of THAT Prison Door being shut behind you. You are in the arms of Freedom and Peace, and that bondage of sin (sickness, etc) is not allowed to torment you anymore.
So remember to give THANKS to the Lord which is like the slamming shut of your prison door(s) so that you are Free Indeed. Never will you be able to be in bondage again once you are Changed and walking in a new mind: mind of Christ. New Spirit: His Holy Spirit. He has made you not just healed, but WHOLE. Sealed in the Liberty and Life of the Lord Jesus Christ, and that prison door has been locked, and you are changed into His New Life that cannot sin, and never be put in that bondage again (1 John 3).
Here’s the rest of that passage of scripture in Luke 17:12-19 v17-19 And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine? There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger. And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole.
When Jesus says to him “Arise, go thy way” it is like the second “free” in John 8:36 which means to be unrestrained so you can come and go freely.
By Faith in the Son of God, Jesus Christ, you overcome the world. He is our Head and what we submit to we reap of. Glory!
Awesome.!.
Luke 5:23-24 (Jesus speaking) Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk? But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to forgive sins, (he said I unto the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thine house.
John 8:36 …If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
When the Son makes you free, He not only liberates you from your prison but He establishes you in His new life that you may WALK in.
Thank you Lord! Yes and Amen. So be it.
Amen.
