Grace - is The Truth

 “And you shall know the truth,
and the truth shall make you free”
John 8:32

What does it really mean?

Notice that Jesus said this to the Jews of His day. These were people who at an early age grew up studying and learning the law. Yet, these people, much like us today, still battled with fears, anxieties, sicknesses and all kinds of oppression, bondage's and addictions.

So what is this truth that Jesus was talking about, this truth that if His hearers knew, would set them free of all these destructive things? Well, it clearly cannot be the law, because these people were already well-versed in the law. They were already observing the law as best they could, yet they could not find freedom in the law.


My friend, I submit to you that the truth that Jesus was talking about, the truth that shall make you free, is the truth of His grace. This is the truth that He came to give us. His Word proclaims that “grace and truth came through Jesus Christ” (John 1:17).


[In this scripture] in the original Greek, “grace and truth” are regarded as one item because the following verb, “came,” is used in the singular. Grace and truth are one and the same thing.

Grace  that has the power to set you free from fear, guilt and all addictions—“And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” (John 8:32).

Your freedom is found in rightly believing in His love, His grace, and His favor in your life. When you believe right about His grace, you will begin to live right. Right believing always produces right living.

...excerpt from The Power of Right Believing by Joseph Prince