Praise the Lord Church, today's Church service is all about freedom from the bondage of sin.
Today's main scripture says you will know the truth and the truth will set you free.
So how do we get free from the bondage of sin?
We are going to answer that question through these two stories, the prodigal son and the
woman at the well.
So let's begin.
The prodigal son wanted his share of the inheritance now.
So he asked his father, Father give me my share of the inheritance now before you die.
So his father gave him his share of the inheritance.
And the prodigal son went away in a far distant country where he wasted all his wealth.
Afterwards there was a severe famine in the land and no one gave him anything.
So he had to work as a farm boy to feed the pigs.
And one day he was feeding the pigs and the pigs' slop looked good to him.
Then he came to his senses saying, how much better does my father's servants eat than
this?
And I'm starving to death out here.
I will go back to my father saying, I'm no longer worthy enough to be called your son.
But make me your servant for I have sinned against you and against God.
So he went back home and his father saw him in the distance, ran to him, hugged him and
kissed him.
He told his servants, kill the fattest calf, put the best robes on my son, for we shall
celebrate, for he was dead but now he's alive, for he was lost and now he is found.
The bondage of sin the prodigal son had was immorality, whether it be drinking, carousing,
gambling, fornicating, sex before marriage.
He got free from his bondage of sin when he acknowledged his sin to God and he made an
active decision to walk away from it.
Our second story is the woman at the well.
Jesus was walking through the towns of Samaria.
And he got tired so he decided to rest at Jacob's well.
Now about noon a woman was drawing water from the well.
So Jesus asked her, give me a drink.
The Samaritan woman was taken back at this request.
She told him, you're a Jew and I'm a Samaritan woman.
During that time Jews and Samaritans did not associate with each other.
Jesus said to her, if you knew who asked you, you would have asked him for living water
and he would have given it to you.
So the Samaritan woman asked him, are you greater than our father Jacob who gave this
well to his sons?
Jesus answered her, whoever draws water from this well will thirst again.
But the living water that I have and I give, they will never thirst again.
So the Samaritan woman asked him, sir, give me this living water so that I don't have
to keep drawing from this well.
Jesus said to her, go call your husband.
The Samaritan woman replied, I have no husband.
Jesus said to her, you have responded correctly for you had five husbands and the one that
you are living with is not your husband.
The Samaritan woman said to him, sir, I know that you're a prophet.
And Christ the Messiah is coming.
And when he comes, he will explain everything to us.
Jesus said to her, I am him.
Immediately the woman left her water jar and ran back into town telling everyone, come,
come meet a man who told me everything I've ever done.
Could this be the Christ, the Messiah?
Now the Samaritan woman's bondage of sin was trying to find love and security in all the
wrong people instead of looking to God.
But she got free from her bondage of sin when she decided to listen to the voice of Jesus,
which changed her life forever, setting her free from the bondage of her sin.
So today, do you need to listen to the voice of Jesus today in order to be free from your
bondage of sin?
Our points today are one, acknowledge.
Just like the prodigal son, when we admit our sin to God, we actually get free from
the bondages of sin in Christ.
So today, do you need to acknowledge your sin so that you can be free in Christ today?
Number two, act.
Just like the prodigal son and the Samaritan woman, they decided to walk away from their
sin in Christ.
So today, do you need to walk away from your sin so that you can be set free from the bondage
of sin?
Because Christ will set us free from the bondage of sin.
Number three, listen.
Just like the Samaritan woman, she decided to listen to the voice of Jesus.
And when she listened to the voice of Jesus, it set her free from her bondage of sin.
So today, do you need to listen to the voice of Jesus in order to experience freedom, in
order to break free from the bondage of sin today?
So if you have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, then this message will help
you.
But if you don't have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, I invite you to give your
heart to the Lord today.
To receive Him into your heart, go to Romans 10, 9-10.
It says, if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in your heart that
God has raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
For with the heart, one believes unto righteousness, and what the mouth confession is made unto
salvation.
If you said this prayer with sincerity, you are saved, and now have eternal life with
Jesus.
You are saved from all your sins, past, present, and future sins you may commit.
This truth is not a free pass to sin anytime.
Instead, Jesus gives you power over all wrong choices and empowers you to spread the gospel
to others.
You are saved forever, and your name is written in the Book of Life.