I am not a slave [ John 8 v 36 ]

Every year in London there is held what is called, the Proms, a season of classical music,which ends with a television coverage,it is very popular.
At the end of this event they play certain well known favourites,one is
Rule Britannia, which have the words,/Britain's never,never,never shall be slaves.The Jews protested when Jesus said that they would be set free if they came to know Him,[John 8 v32ff].They protested, saying that being
descendants of Abraham,they have never been  slaves. Jesus replied ,
everyone who sins is a slave to sin. I live in a free country ,you may live in the land of the so called free,but let us be honest we all are to some degree
 in bondage to sin.We all without exception yield to thought patterns,and
habits that hold us in bondage,when Jesus told those who wanted to stone a woman  for her sin,he turned this on them by saying ,if any one of you is
without sin,let him be the first to throw a stone at her,the result was they
all left.  [John 8 v1ff].Are any of us different from those people ?,the answer is no,we are all in bondage to our sinful nature.Forgiveness and freedom are offered to all who trust in Jesus, Bruce Milne wrote the following,/Jesus is the Saviour only of the desperate, who have nowhere
else to turn and no other on which to call/.
                                            A prayer.
                     Out of my bondage ,sorrow and night,
                     Jesus I come,Jesus I come.
                      Into Thy freedom,gladness and light.
                       Jesus I come to Thee.
                            Amen.
                       [Words by William T. Sleeper.]