Jesus is our God who sets us free

How can we be freed from sin?
John 8:31-36
31 So Jesus said to those who believed in him, If you obey my teaching, you are really my disciples; 32 you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.
33 We are the descendants of Abraham, they answered, and we have never been anybody's slaves. What do you mean, then, by saying, You will be free?
34 Jesus said to them, I am telling you the truth: everyone who sins is a slave of sin. 35 A slave does not belong to a family permanently, but a son belongs there forever. 36 If the Son sets you free, then you will be really free.

1. What do you think Jesus meant when he said: “everyone who sins is a slave of sin.” (v. 34)?
2. What does it mean to be free from the slavery of sin?
3. Jesus tells us that the truth will set us free from the slavery of sin. What do you think is this truth?
4. Jesus also tells us that the Son sets us free. Who is the Son and how do you think he sets us free from the slavery of sin?


Jesus is greater than Abraham
John 8:51-59
51 I am telling you the truth: whoever obeys my teaching will never die.
52 They said to him, Now we know for sure that you have a demon! Abraham died, and the prophets died, yet you say that whoever obeys your teaching will never die. 53 Our father Abraham died; you do not claim to be greater than Abraham, do you? And the prophets also died. Who do you think you are?
54 Jesus answered, If I were to honor myself, that honor would be worth nothing. The one who honors me is my Father—the very one you say is your God. 55 You have never known him, but I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know him, and I obey his word. 56 Your father Abraham rejoiced that he was to see the time of my coming; he saw it and was glad.
57 They said to him, You are not even fifty years old—and you have seen Abraham?
58 I am telling you the truth, Jesus replied. Before Abraham was born, I Am.
59 Then they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and left the Temple.

5. In v. 51, Jesus says: “I am telling you the truth: whoever obeys my teaching will never die.” What do you think he means?
6. In v. 37, Jesus says: “I know you are Abraham's descendants.” Who is Abraham? Why do the people—the Israelites—call him their “father”? Why was he so respected?
7. At the end of the video, Jesus says: “Before Abraham was born, I Am.” What do you think this means? Why do you think the crowd got so mad?

Exodus 3:13-15
13Moses said to God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ Then what shall I tell them?” 14God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’” 15God also said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.’ This is my name forever, the name by which I am to be remembered from generation to generation.

8. What did we learn about Jesus this week?