"Most assuredly, I say to you, whoever commits sin is a slave of sin." (John 8:34)

At the close of an important speech to Congress on January 6, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt shared his vision of the kind of world he wanted to see after the war in Europe was over. He spoke of four basic freedoms which should be enjoyed by all people: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. Of course, World War II exploded far beyond Europe, and the world even today has not achieved Roosevelt's ideals. Even if it did, there is still another freedom desperately needed which the president didn't mention: freedom from the bondage of sin.

Thanks be to God that this vitally important freedom can be obtained. "Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed." (John 8:36) "But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life." (Rom. 6:22)