When is a Believer No Longer a Slave

Auphirah: Jesus spoke about freedom in the Word of God without bondage, burdens and yokes hindering a believer. The Book of John is powerful to a believer how to stand in this world of madness with truth and freedom.

John 8

Truth and Freedom

30 As He was saying these things, many believed in Him. 31 So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word,[i] you really are My disciples. 32 You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
33 “We are descendants[j] of Abraham,” they answered Him, “and we have never been enslaved to anyone. How can You say, ‘You will become free’?”
34 Jesus responded, “I assure you: Everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin.35 A slave does not remain in the household forever, but a son does remain forever. 36 Therefore, if the Son sets you free, you really will be free. 37 I know you are descendants[k] of Abraham, but you are trying to kill Me because My word[l] is not welcome among you. 38 I speak what I have seen in the presence of the Father;[m] therefore, you do what you have heard from your father.”
39 “Our father is Abraham!” they replied.
“If you were Abraham’s children,” Jesus told them, “you would do what Abraham did. 40 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! 41 You’re doing what your father does.”
“We weren’t born of sexual immorality,” they said. “We have one Father—God.”
42 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, because I came from God and I am here. For I didn’t come on My own, but He sent Me.43 Why don’t you understand what I say? Because you cannot listen to[n] My word. 44 You are of your father the Devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks from his own nature,[o] because he is a liar and the father of liars.[p] 45 Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe Me.

Auphirah: 46 Who among you can convict Me of sin?If I tell the truth, why don’t you believe Me? 47 The one who is from God listens to God’s words. This is why you don’t listen, because you are not from God.”

Zanjan: When a believer wins the battle with his ego, he's no longer a slave to self. When he abandons the material world, he's no longer bound by the world of men. What does that leave?

Well, there are only two faces on the coin, only two natures possible for man. By eliminating the lesser, he becomes a slave to the Divine, which means “Perfection”.

Zanjan: “To know” is to be acquainted with something but, “to see” is to understand something.

Many believers have asked me how I can call myself a believer in [name the Prophet] when I don’t follow His laws. This is a hard thing for some to see because they don’t want to hear any response that’s not in the form of a quick catch phrase. Anything else is a lecture they don’t want to endure. For these, I respond ‘God works in mysterious ways’.

I’m more patient with antagonists; they’ll give me the time if they think they’ll get a satisfying answer. For them, I explain that Truth is one reality yet it’s relative concerning its applications. This is why people are convinced “That’s true for you but not for me”.

To give an example: Christian communion – Christ commanded all believers to perform this because it was an overt demonstration of unity, yes? It doesn’t matter how one feels during that act, or interprets scripture - the point is to remember what Christ wanted believers to do. Christ told them to perform this until He returned.

This is why one believer takes communion while another believer doesn’t: the other believer has been given a new tool for unity.

Through the Word of God, humans can achieve a relative perfection.