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Jesus' Teaching on Abrahamic Descent

Jesus' Teaching on Abrahamic Descent

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‎The question whether those Jews who have believed in Jesus have exercised true faith is immediately raised by the way in which Jesus addresses them—"If you remain in my word, you are truly my disciples". In fact, the test of true discipleship is a continuing allegiance to Jesus’ teaching, a knowing of the truth which is able to liberate one from the sphere of sin and death—you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. As the similar statement about freedom in v. 36 will make clear, this liberating truth can be summed up as God’s revelation embodied in Jesus (cf. also 14:6).

Lincoln, Andrew T. The Gospel According to Saint John. London: Continuum, 2005. Print. Black’s New Testament Commentary.
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