The truth will set you free

                                             
                                                    The Truth Will Set You Free

John 8:31-36  So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, 
8:32  and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” 
8:33  They answered him, “We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How is it that you say, ‘You will become free’?” 
8:34  Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who practices sin is a slave to sin. 
8:35  The slave does not remain in the house forever; the son remains forever. 
8:36  So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. 

Son of man -- authority to forgive sins

Matthew 9:1-8  And getting into a boat he crossed over and came to his own city.
2  And behold, some people brought to him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Take heart, my son; your sins are forgiven.” 
3  And behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, “This man is blaspheming.”
4  But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, “Why do you think evil in your hearts? 
5  For which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise and walk’? 
6  But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he then said to the paralytic—“Rise, pick up your bed and go home.” 
7  And he rose and went home.
8  When the crowds saw it, they were afraid, and they glorified God, who had given such authority to men.

Be humble - Be exalted

                                                 The Parable of the Wedding Feast

Luke 14:7-11  Now he told a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the places of honor, saying to them,
8  “When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in a place of honor, lest someone more distinguished than you be invited by him, 
9  and he who invited you both will come and say to you, ‘Give your place to this person,’ and then you will begin with shame to take the lowest place. 
10  But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when your host comes he may say to you, ‘Friend, move up higher.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at table with you. 
11  For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.” 

With God nothing is Impossible -- Without God nothing is possible

Luke 7:11-15  Soon afterward he went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a great crowd went with him.
12  As he drew near to the gate of the town, behold, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow, and a considerable crowd from the town was with her.
13  And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her and said to her, “Do not weep.”
14  Then he came up and touched the bier, and the bearers stood still. And he said, “Young man, I say to you, arise.” 
15  And the dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him to his mother.