The Truth will set you Free

So he said to them again, “I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.” So the Jews said, “Will he kill himself, since he says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?” He said to them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world. I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he you will die in your sins.” So they said to him, “Who are you?” Jesus said to them, “Just what I have been telling you from the beginning. I have much to say about you and much to judge, but he who sent me is true, and I declare to the world what I have heard from him.” They did not understand that he had been speaking to them about the Father. So Jesus said to them, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and that I do nothing on my own authority, but speak just as the Father taught me. And he who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to him.” As he was saying these things, many believed in him.
So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” John 8:21-32

The Truth Will Set You Free

We have built barriers and prisons
prospered when others are held back
we have toiled to limit others' joy
and taxed life beyond measure.

If you abide in my word
you are truly my disciples
and you will know the truth
and the truth will set you free.

We have chosen to isolate
make enemies name the other
rejecting aliens and neighbors
and construct gated communities.

If you abide in my word
you are truly my disciples
and you will know the truth
and the truth will set you free.

We think ourselves free
when we live in our mansions
when we hire day laborers
and drive children in our suvs.

If you abide in my word
you are truly my disciples
and you will know the truth
and the truth will set you free.

Love cannot be bound by prejudice
money, skill or language
it cannot be hidden by gates and guards
or sent to prep school in time.

If you abide in my word
you are truly my disciples
and you will know the truth
and the truth will set you free.

Love rolls over us like high tidal waves
with full moon passion rising
above our excuses and fears
love rolls in a truth comes along too.

If you abide in my word
you are truly my disciples
and you will know the truth
and the truth will set you free.

We are God's beloved stranger
neighbor, the guilty and our kin
we are called our of our compounds
into the chaotic world or truth.

If you abide in my word
you are truly my disciples
and you will know the truth
and the truth will set you free.

We are called to love without restrictions
forgive over and over and over again
celebrate in the darkest hour
and trust that God is with us at all times.

If you abide in my word
you are truly my disciples
and you will know the truth
and the truth will set you free.

Dance and sing them family of God
set the table and invite the world
we are made of dust and ashes
given life to set others free.

If you abide in my word
you are truly my disciples
and you will know the truth
and the truth will set you free.