Set free or make free

So many times John 8:32 is quoted wrong, keeping captives captive. I hear pastors saying “ the truth shall set you free”, instead of the correct verse “ the truth shall make you free”. You may think either way said it means the same thing. Anyway that is what I used to think. The Holy Spirit simply said search it out. To my amazement, set free only concerns one’s circumstances. Huh you may say. But look, a prisoner is set free out of prison; his outer condition has changed but has he changed. When we as children of GOD are made free, our inner condition is changed so we can change our outer conditions. GOD made us free from being captives of sin from deep inside self. With that comes the power of changing our minds and situation unlike the one set free. The one set free is still bound by sin, thus sin still controls the mind and actions.

Are you set free in Christ or made free in Christ. To see the answer measure the mental and situational changes that have evolved in your walk with Christ. Does HE really abide in you as you abide in HIS word?