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Jesus said to the people who believed in him, “You are truly my disciples if you remain faithful to my teachings.”

John 8:31

Disciple

• a follower of Christ

Faithful

• to stay, abide, remain; abide, continue, dwell

Truth

• what is true in things appertaining to God and the duties of man, moral and religious truth

Living free is truly up to me. The power is in if

• Remain in the truth.
• I remain in, what, and who I know.

And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.
John 8:32

Freedom from the: 

• powerless life of habitual sin (Romans 6:1)
• power of sin (Romans 6:14)
• condemnation of sin (Romans 8:1)
• power that leads to death (Romans 8:2)
• final judgment (Revelation 20:11-15, Galatians 2:16)

Freedom to 

• live the life of holiness. (Romans 6:22)

Satan was a murderer from the beginning.

For you are the children of your father the devil, and you love to do the evil things he does. He was a murderer from the beginning.
John 8:44a

“Cyril and some others think it is the first murder, that of Abel, that is in view (1 John 3:15), but far more probably it is the introduction of death through the first sin.” - Marcus Dods

The power is in me… if.