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day 1987: Free?

“And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

Patti brought home a 12-pack of Caffeine-Free Pepsi-Cola.  Printed on the box and on every can is the statement, “Now Aspartame Free”.   Why this caught my attention is that I remember, when working at PepsiCo, when we moved to Aspartame as the “new and improved” sweetener.  And now some 20 years later the same company is touting the removal of Aspartame as “Now Aspartame Free” as if Aspartame is some terrible thing that is endemic to the product that had to be removed with some ground-breaking technology.  What is this called?  This is called, “Marketing”.  And, guess who falls for it?

No, we can’t walk around say we are “Sin Free”.   Nor can we we say that we are free of guilt, worry, anxiety, anger, or resentment.  But, we can say that we know the Truth and because we believe and accept Him, we can know that His Truth can set us free. That is the only “free” we need.  Let’s do our best to not fall for anything else.

Reference:  John 8:32 (New Living Translation)