People usually think that they are not free until they stop sinning. They think that they are in bondage until they can break free from sin.
This will never happen, because it's not Bible. It's the devil who tries to mess up your thinking in order to keep you bound.
In John 8, the woman was caught in adultery. There are so many powerful truths in this passage alone. But we are focusing on one simple truth.
Jesus said to her, "Neither do I condemn you. Go and sin no more." (John 8:11).
The Bible has many parallels which point to the same truth. We just need to draw it out.
In Galatian 5:1, it says, "It is for freedom that Christ HAS SET us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery."
A slave to the law is kept in bondage to sin (Gal 3:22; Read chapter 3-4 in context). For the law has no power to free you from sin. Only by grace through faith can do that.
Notice, the power of freedom is a gift from God to those who believe in Christ (Gal 5:1). Jesus said to the woman, "I do not condemn you." It means that she is free.
Jesus then added, "Go and sin no more."
The devil wants us to get the sequence wrongly. He's whispering through all platforms, "Sin no more. Then you are free."
Jesus said in John 8:36, "Therefore, if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed." (Context reading: 8:34-36). This... He spoke after setting the woman (caught in adultery) free.
The power to 'sin no more' lies in knowing that you are ALREADY free. Christ has already set you free from sin (Romans 6).
The gift of freedom empowers you to sin no more. When you realise that you are already free, you break free from the bondage of sin.
The enemy wants to keep you in ignorance. He wants you to try harder and rely on your own efforts and works to get freedom.
But Christ has come. When you truly believe that you are already free, sin will no longer have dominion over you, since you are not under the law, but under grace.
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