1943 The Truth Shall Make You Free - A2Z.org

22 "THE TRUTH SHA MAKE YOU FREE"Jesus stuck to the word he preached, becauseit was the truth . He was finally arrested by religionists,held in custody and abused and derided,falsely accused, and then nailed to a treetill lifeless . But he died a free man . He died becausehe did not choose to fight back with powersthat were at his command . He yielded todeath because he knew more benefit would resultfrom his death than to fight for furtherlife in the flesh . He died because the interestsof the truth concerning himself and his Fatherwould be more fully served by suffering innocentlyunto death than by continuing to live asa man . As truth cannot for ever be crushed toearth, so neither could this faithful Truth-tellerfor his Father duly freed him from death'sbonds and ushered him into a freedom as wideas the universe and wherein he will "never seedeath" .What is his word, or doctrine, wherein wemust continue in order to be his disciples andknow the truth and be free We cannot turn toany of the many conflicting religions for Hisword, because he told the practicers of religionthey were guilty of "making the word of Godof none effect through your tradition, which yehave delivered". Thereafter the religionistskilled him, because his word found no place inthem. Jesus did not teach like the religionists,who referred to human authorities and traditionsof religious men. Hence, "the people were