21. The Truth Will Set You Free
How many lies do you believe? Christ tells us that “the truth will set you free.” You may think you know the truth and agree with all the doctrines of the Church, but how free are you? This episode explores the lies that the enemy of our nature tells us, and how to experience the person who is Truth.
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Timestamps
2:00 - John 8: 31 - 45
7:00 - Is there room for the Word in me?
8:45 - How Lies Are Proposed
15:30 - Renouncing Lies
18:30 - What does your body believe?
20:00 - Meditating for Truth
25:15 - Three Preparations for Communion
Notes
“Jesus then said to those Jews who believed in him, “If you remain in my word, you will truly be my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”They answered him, “We are descendants of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How can you say, ‘You will become free’?” Jesus answered them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin. A slave does not remain in a household forever, but a son always remains. So if a son frees you, then you will truly be free. I know that you are descendants of Abraham. But you are trying to kill me, because my word has no room among you. I tell you what I have seen in the Father’s presence; then do what you have heard from the Father.” They answered and said to him, “Our father is Abraham.” Jesus said to them, “If you were Abraham’s children, you would be doing the works of Abraham. But now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God; Abraham did not do this. You are doing the works of your father!” [So] they said to him, “We are not illegitimate. We have one Father, God.” Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and am here; I did not come on my own, but he sent me. Why do you not understand what I am saying? Because you cannot bear to hear my word. You belong to your father the devil and you willingly carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks in character, because he is a liar and the father of lies. But because I speak the truth, you do not believe me.” - John 8: 31 - 45 - https://bible.usccb.org/bible/john/8
The Story of the Fall - Genesis 3 - https://bible.usccb.org/bible/genesis/3
“The Devil holds other’s shortcomings out as demonstrations of his lies and, through them, he invites us to agree with his deceit.”
John Paul II Healing Center - Dr. Bob Schuchts - https://jpiihealingcenter.org/
Restoring the Glory Podcast - https://www.restoretheglorypodcast.com/episodes/12-anatomywound-1
“In the name of Jesus Christ, I renounce the lie [name lie here], and I announce the truth that [name truth here].”
“What ways does your body react un-truthfully, in a way that doesn’t fit the situation?”
Three ways to make space for the Word:
Meditate on Jesus in you.
Meditate on the Scripture.
Give your life to the Eucharist.
Three preparations for receiving Communion:
In the moment of reception of communion
Participating in the whole Mass with your whole self
You whole life that you bring to the Mass
“Grace is not a cruise missile, or a targeted strike that takes one sin away. [...] God wants to change everything. He wants us to give everything to him, and, in response to us giving all to Him, he offers all of Himself back to us.”
“Pilate said to him, ‘What is truth?’” - John 18: 38a - https://bible.usccb.org/bible/john/18
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