I. We see here the possible ending of the tyranny of sin. "A slave abides not in the house for ever." Therefore the very fact that the service of sin is so hard a slavery shows it to be unnatural, abnormal, and capable of a termination.
II. The actual deliverer, "The Son abideth ever." "If the Son make you free, ye shall be free indeed." The conversion of the mere possibility of freedom into actual fact requires two things: that the Deliverer should be the Son of God, and that He should be the Son of man.
A. Maclaren, Sermons preached in Manchester,3rd series, p. 31.
References: John 8:36. Spurgeon, Sermons,vol. x., No. 565; Homiletic Quarterly,vol. xi., p. 321; E. de Pressensé, Christian World Pulpit,vol. xvi., p. 68; J. Keble, Sermons from Lent to Passiontide,p. 346; H. Melvill, Penny Pulpit,No. 2627. John 8:37. Spurgeon, My Sermon Notes, Gospels and Acts,p. 142.