1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:12,200 Praise the Lord Church, today's Church service is all about freedom from the bondage of sin. 2 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:19,400 Today's main scripture says you will know the truth and the truth will set you free. 3 00:00:19,400 --> 00:00:22,040 So how do we get free from the bondage of sin? 4 00:00:22,040 --> 00:00:28,400 We are going to answer that question through these two stories, the prodigal son and the 5 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:30,040 woman at the well. 6 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:31,440 So let's begin. 7 00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:35,400 The prodigal son wanted his share of the inheritance now. 8 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:41,920 So he asked his father, Father give me my share of the inheritance now before you die. 9 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:46,440 So his father gave him his share of the inheritance. 10 00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:53,800 And the prodigal son went away in a far distant country where he wasted all his wealth. 11 00:00:53,800 --> 00:01:00,320 Afterwards there was a severe famine in the land and no one gave him anything. 12 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:04,400 So he had to work as a farm boy to feed the pigs. 13 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:10,160 And one day he was feeding the pigs and the pigs' slop looked good to him. 14 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:14,440 Then he came to his senses saying, how much better does my father's servants eat than 15 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:15,440 this? 16 00:01:15,440 --> 00:01:18,160 And I'm starving to death out here. 17 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:23,680 I will go back to my father saying, I'm no longer worthy enough to be called your son. 18 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:29,160 But make me your servant for I have sinned against you and against God. 19 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:35,800 So he went back home and his father saw him in the distance, ran to him, hugged him and 20 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:36,800 kissed him. 21 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:42,720 He told his servants, kill the fattest calf, put the best robes on my son, for we shall 22 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:51,800 celebrate, for he was dead but now he's alive, for he was lost and now he is found. 23 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:58,840 The bondage of sin the prodigal son had was immorality, whether it be drinking, carousing, 24 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:02,120 gambling, fornicating, sex before marriage. 25 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:10,440 He got free from his bondage of sin when he acknowledged his sin to God and he made an 26 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:13,840 active decision to walk away from it. 27 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:16,920 Our second story is the woman at the well. 28 00:02:16,920 --> 00:02:20,480 Jesus was walking through the towns of Samaria. 29 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:26,440 And he got tired so he decided to rest at Jacob's well. 30 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:30,760 Now about noon a woman was drawing water from the well. 31 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:34,360 So Jesus asked her, give me a drink. 32 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:37,480 The Samaritan woman was taken back at this request. 33 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:42,920 She told him, you're a Jew and I'm a Samaritan woman. 34 00:02:42,920 --> 00:02:48,200 During that time Jews and Samaritans did not associate with each other. 35 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:53,640 Jesus said to her, if you knew who asked you, you would have asked him for living water 36 00:02:53,640 --> 00:02:56,520 and he would have given it to you. 37 00:02:56,520 --> 00:03:01,240 So the Samaritan woman asked him, are you greater than our father Jacob who gave this 38 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:03,440 well to his sons? 39 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:08,240 Jesus answered her, whoever draws water from this well will thirst again. 40 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:14,000 But the living water that I have and I give, they will never thirst again. 41 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:19,640 So the Samaritan woman asked him, sir, give me this living water so that I don't have 42 00:03:19,640 --> 00:03:22,040 to keep drawing from this well. 43 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:24,720 Jesus said to her, go call your husband. 44 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:28,600 The Samaritan woman replied, I have no husband. 45 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:35,560 Jesus said to her, you have responded correctly for you had five husbands and the one that 46 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:38,480 you are living with is not your husband. 47 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:43,640 The Samaritan woman said to him, sir, I know that you're a prophet. 48 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:46,160 And Christ the Messiah is coming. 49 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:50,880 And when he comes, he will explain everything to us. 50 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:55,000 Jesus said to her, I am him. 51 00:03:55,000 --> 00:04:02,080 Immediately the woman left her water jar and ran back into town telling everyone, come, 52 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:05,240 come meet a man who told me everything I've ever done. 53 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:08,280 Could this be the Christ, the Messiah? 54 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:16,400 Now the Samaritan woman's bondage of sin was trying to find love and security in all the 55 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:20,080 wrong people instead of looking to God. 56 00:04:20,080 --> 00:04:26,280 But she got free from her bondage of sin when she decided to listen to the voice of Jesus, 57 00:04:26,280 --> 00:04:32,720 which changed her life forever, setting her free from the bondage of her sin. 58 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:38,680 So today, do you need to listen to the voice of Jesus today in order to be free from your 59 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:40,600 bondage of sin? 60 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:44,120 Our points today are one, acknowledge. 61 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:52,080 Just like the prodigal son, when we admit our sin to God, we actually get free from 62 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:55,360 the bondages of sin in Christ. 63 00:04:55,360 --> 00:05:01,040 So today, do you need to acknowledge your sin so that you can be free in Christ today? 64 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:03,400 Number two, act. 65 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:09,320 Just like the prodigal son and the Samaritan woman, they decided to walk away from their 66 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:11,440 sin in Christ. 67 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:17,760 So today, do you need to walk away from your sin so that you can be set free from the bondage 68 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:18,880 of sin? 69 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:25,040 Because Christ will set us free from the bondage of sin. 70 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:27,480 Number three, listen. 71 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:35,200 Just like the Samaritan woman, she decided to listen to the voice of Jesus. 72 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:40,880 And when she listened to the voice of Jesus, it set her free from her bondage of sin. 73 00:05:40,880 --> 00:05:48,400 So today, do you need to listen to the voice of Jesus in order to experience freedom, in 74 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:53,240 order to break free from the bondage of sin today? 75 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:58,440 So if you have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, then this message will help 76 00:05:58,440 --> 00:05:59,440 you. 77 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:04,720 But if you don't have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, I invite you to give your 78 00:06:04,720 --> 00:06:06,680 heart to the Lord today. 79 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:10,960 To receive Him into your heart, go to Romans 10, 9-10. 80 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:16,720 It says, if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in your heart that 81 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:20,080 God has raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 82 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:25,920 For with the heart, one believes unto righteousness, and what the mouth confession is made unto 83 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:26,920 salvation. 84 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:33,320 If you said this prayer with sincerity, you are saved, and now have eternal life with 85 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:34,320 Jesus. 86 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:40,480 You are saved from all your sins, past, present, and future sins you may commit. 87 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:44,160 This truth is not a free pass to sin anytime. 88 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:51,600 Instead, Jesus gives you power over all wrong choices and empowers you to spread the gospel 89 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:52,960 to others. 90 00:06:52,960 --> 00:07:08,520 You are saved forever, and your name is written in the Book of Life.