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And you see, if we have the knowledge that we need to have, we're not going to be easily deceived. Like, for example, I was sitting in a service one time, and this pastor got up and preached, and he said, you don't need the word of God to be saved. It's not the word of God that saves you. It's just the truth that saves you. You don't need the Bible. I mean, somebody could get saved without the Bible, he said. He said, it's the truth that saves you. And this was the verse he quoted. Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. And all kinds of people are, amen, amen, amen. But you see, if they would have had knowledge, they would have known that that's nonsense. They would have known that faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. They would have known that the sower sows the word. They would have known being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth forever. They would have known of his own will begat thee us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures. They would have known, for whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. How then shall they call upon him in whom they did not believe? And how should they believe in him of whom they have not heard? And how should they hear without a preacher? So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. They would have known where he said of his own will begat thee us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures. And on, and on, and on, and on. But even if they didn't know all that. Let's say they didn't know any of that. What if they would have just known the context of the verse, you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free? Let's turn there, John chapter 8. Go there quickly, John chapter 8. You see, if they would have known the context of the verse that was being preached, they would not have been deceived. You see, because when I sat in that service, and I heard him say, you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. My first thought was John chapter 8. I knew it was John 8. And then I went through the context in my mind. Here's what I went over in my mind. Look at verse 31. Actually, look at verse 30. This is the first verse I thought of. Verse 30. As he spake these, what? Oh, imagine that. As he spake these words, many believed on him. Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, if you continue in my what? Then are you my disciples indeed, and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. Now is this guy taken out of context or what? It's not even a complete sentence. Because the complete sentence begins in verse 31. Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him. Talking to people who are already saved. Telling them to continue in his word, and then ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. He's saying, well this proves you can get saved without the word. This verse right here shows you can get saved without the word. But anybody who had any knowledge would know verse 30. And they'd know verse 31. And I hope that someday if you're sitting somewhere and you hear that, you're going to have verses coming into your mind that you learned in church. And that you fed yourself at the dinner table of the word of God at home. And that you won't just be a child. You know, hey, you don't need the Bible to get saved kids. Yes you do need the Bible to get saved. You need the word. It's the word that's saved. David's saying, thou hast quickened me by thy word. Jesus Christ said, it is the spirit that quickened it. The flesh profiteth nothing. The words that I say unto you, they are spirit and they are life. That's what's going to quicken you. But even if they didn't even know all that. Let's say they didn't even know that. Maybe they would know this part. Sanctify them through thy truth. Thy word is truth. So saying you don't need the word, you just need the truth is meaningless. Because guess what? God's word is truth. This is what truth is. Jesus Christ said, I am the truth because he was the word made flesh and dwelt among us. You see, if we know these things, we're not going to be deceived.