DCLM Higher Everyday 1 October 2025 — Finding True Freedom
DCLM Higher Everyday 1 October 2025 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Finding True Freedom
Topic: Finding True Freedom
Text: John 8:34-44
34Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
35And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever.
36If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
37I know that ye are Abraham’s seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.
38I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.
39They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham’s children, ye would do the works of Abraham.
40But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.
41Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
42Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
43Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
44Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
MEMORY VERSE: “If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed” (JOHN 8:36).
Message
Claiming he had ‘seen the light’, a man bolted away from his local church, taking his wife and children, and abandoned his erstwhile blossoming teaching ministry. He withdrew his four children from school, harassed his wife into submission and started ‘a ministry’ in his house.
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He introduced strict observance of Sabbatarian rules, abandoned all work, claiming he was awaiting the return of Yehoshua! Seeking freedom from outside Christ, he yielded to demonic delusion and died a miserable death a few years afterwards.
Equally, we see nations that believed in God and were governed by the principles of the Word of God now abandoning God and those great values that helped to lift them. Their freedom is now leading to death and destruction everywhere.
True freedom comes to those who willingly yield themselves to the lordship of Jesus Christ. They receive power to live holy, healthy and prosperous. Moreover, they will have the gift of eternal life.
You must understand that independence from God is slavery to Satan. Beware of such freedom. Happy Independence Day, Nigeria!
QUOTE: Independence from God is slavery to Satan.
CHALLENGE: Under Christ’s yoke, we find true freedom.
PRAYER: I yield, O Father, to the yoke of my Master, Jesus.
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)
