V.
Staying with the notion of freedom, notice, “… everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin…. The slave does not have a permanent place in the household …”

VI.
John 8:31-38 (New Revised Standard Version)

Then Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, “If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.” They answered him, “We are descendants of Abraham and have never been slaves to anyone. What do you mean by saying, ‘You will be made free’?”

Jesus answered them, “Very truly, I tell you, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin. The slave does not have a permanent place in the household; the son has a place there forever. So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed. I know that you are descendants of Abraham; yet you look for an opportunity to kill me, because there is no place in you for my word. I declare what I have seen in the Father’s presence; as for you, you should do what you have heard from the Father.”

VII.
As I read and reread these words it seems to me Jesus is making a connection between freedom and having a “permanent place in the household.”

What do you think?

“Sin” is something that removes us from life in the “household” Jesus envisions for his disciples?

What do you name as “sin” or “sins” that limit our lives and our choices? That enslaves us?

What takes us from Jesus’ household?

What takes us from continuing in his word?

charles
{ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est}