Advanced Lesson 1 -
The Truth Will Set You Free
Reading Exercise
This exercise is the second part of Advanced Lesson 1, The Truth Will Set You Free. You can also do it as an individual reading exercise.
First, here are the answers to the Listening questions for this lesson.
- How can people be set free?
People can be set free by knowing the truth.
- Why did some people in the passage want to kill Jesus?
They did not believe what Jesus said. They thought Jesus was lying to them about God.
- Who is the father of the people who did not believe Jesus? How is it different than what they thought?
The devil was the father of the people, but they though Abraham was their father.
- What is the devil like?
The devil is a murderer and a liar. There is nothing truthful about the devil, and everything he says is a lie.
5. Who listens to God’s message?
Those who belong to God listen to His message.
Now, read the passage several times. Try not to run to a dictionary and look up all the words you don’t know. Instead, just try and understand what the word means by understanding the context of the sentence.
Next, download the PDF of this passage. This way, you should be able to read the passage and listen at the same time. Read and listen together a few more times.
The Truth Will Set You Free Reading Exercise
The Truth Will Set You Free
John 8:31-47 CEV
Jesus told the people who had faith in him, “If you keep on obeying what I have said, you truly are my disciples. You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
They answered, “We are Abraham’s children! We have never been anyone’s slaves. How can you say we will be set free?”
Jesus replied:
I tell you for certain that anyone who sins is a slave of sin! And slaves don’t stay in the family forever, though the Son will always remain in the family. If the Son gives you freedom, you are free! I know that you are from Abraham’s family. Yet you want to kill me, because my message isn’t really in your hearts. I am telling you what my Father has shown me, just as you are doing what your father has taught you.
The people said to Jesus, “Abraham is our father!”
Jesus replied, “If you were Abraham’s children, you would do what Abraham did. Instead, you want to kill me for telling you the truth that God gave me. Abraham never did anything like that. But you are doing exactly what your father does.”
“Don’t accuse us of having someone else as our father!” they said. “We just have one father, and he is God.”
Jesus answered:
If God were your Father, you would love me, because I came from God and now I am here. He sent me. I did not come on my own. Why can’t you understand what I am talking about? Can’t you stand to hear what I am saying? Your father is the devil, and you do exactly what he wants. He has always been a murderer and a liar. There is nothing truthful about him. He speaks on his own, and everything he says is a lie. Not only is he a liar himself, but he is also the father of all lies.
Everything I have told you is true, and you still refuse to have faith in me. Can any of you accuse me of sin? If you cannot, why won’t you have faith in me? After all, I am telling you the truth. Anyone who belongs to God will listen to his message. But you refuse to listen, because you don’t belong to God.
Here is the audio recording again, so you can read as you listen.
The Truth Will Set You Free: John 8:31-47 CEV
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