Freedom is Born Only of Truth

"Then you will know the truth,

and the truth will set you free."

(John 8:32) 

Freedom is born only of truth, for as Jesus Christ said, "the truth shall set you free" (John 8:32). Yet truth offends, for everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed (John 3:20ff). 

So how can the truth be spoken unless there first is freedom? Will it not be that everyone who speaks the truth must endure scorn, ridicule and persecution so that others might be free?

For this very reason, the Son of God came to "testify to the truth" (John 18:37), and to purchase our freedom through His sacrifice on the cross. 

For this very same reason, there must arise in every generation prophets and martyrs who will speak the truth, regardless of the consequences, so that others might be set free. 

And this is the call of every disciple of Jesus Christ.