It makes men free indeed !
Jn 8:36
36 If the Son therefore
shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
Jesus here is speaking here of the effects, consequences of His Death, and it alone, and nothing of what a man does, but men are passive and strictly recipients of His action of making them free. This Truth is denied in false religion today, the antichrist gospels !
The Son here is Jesus Christ Himself, the Son of God, yeah even God the Son, the Word of God Jn 1:1. The word
make denotes Christ's Sovereignty, His Power, and therewith He makes men free.
The words "shall make you free"
eleuthero does mean:
- to make free
- set at liberty: from the dominion of sin
Christ makes those He died for free from the dominion of sin, or unbelief. By nature men as sinners are under the power, dominion of sin and unbelief, we are sold under sin by nature Rom 7:14
For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin. Sold under the control, dominion of sin, under the authority of it.
Remember the Elect Vessels of Mercy were given to be under the control, prison of unbelief Rom 11:32
For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.
What does it mean to be concluded "by God" in unbelief ? It means to be under the power, prison, control of unbelief, this is the case of all men by nature, elect and non elect !
The word concluded sugkleió means to make subject to, by nature God has made all men subject to unbelief,
being under domination, control, or influence of unbelief ! Now this is what the Son receives credit for, in making them free from it, for whom He died !