"If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." The phrase in verse 32, "the truth will set you free," is frequently quoted out of context. It should be understood in connection with the previous phrase, "if you abide in my word," in verse 31. Thus, "the truth will set your free" means that the way to know the truth is by abiding or continuing to believe and obey God's Word. We are transformed spiritually through the action of abiding in Christ. When you cultivate and saturate your life with God’s Word, the Bible, and practice God’s presence through prayer and meditation in the Holy Spirit, then you abide in Christ and begin to take on His character. Then you are truly His disciple, set free from the enslaving guilt and power of sin!
