31 So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, 32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” 33 They answered him, “We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How is it that you say, ‘You will become free’?” 34 Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who practices sin is a slave to sin. 35 The slave does not remain in the house forever; the son remains forever. 36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.  John 8:31-36

1. True Disciples continue in the written Word of God: John 8:31-32

a. Continuance of Christ-like development: Colossians 3:16-17

b. Continuance in Spiritual Warfare: Ephesians 6:10-17, Matthew 4:1-11

“The Christian soldier must avoid two evils—he must not faint or yield in the time of flight, and after a victory he must not wax insolent and secure. When he has overcome, he is so to behave himself as though he were presently again to be assaulted. For Satan’s temptations, like the waves of the sea, do follow one in the neck of the other.”
George Downame