As he was saying these things, many believed in him. 

Then Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, 

"If you continue in my word, you really are my disciples. 

You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."

John 8:31-32 CSB

This long part of chapter 8 is full of the Pharisees not seeing Jesus, not listening to what he was saying, and not believing in him at all.

In the middle of all of that drama with the religious elite, ordinary people believed in Jesus. 

And he gave this gem to stick with him, to follow him, and from that freedom will come.

These religious rules being imposed on you by people who don't recognise Jesus is not what our Father had intended. 

They were still Jews, still under Roman rule, but with Jesus there's a freedom in the mind and the spirit, a hope of restoration of all that has been broken. There's a new culture that operates, and it's from following Jesus.

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