<p>Lesson 13 material (Setting Captives Free I): Page 1 of 2</p><p>Template Response:</p><p>Greetings ! </p><p>Pornography is like the "bitter slavery" that the Israelites were under in Egypt. Compare this passage from Exodus 6 with what we studied in Day 13:</p><p>5 And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant. 6 Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments: 7 And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. 8 And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the LORD. Ex 6:5-8</p><p>These verses are a type of our own deliverance from sin's slavery, as Jesus promised in John 8:36, "So if the Son shall set you free, you will be free indeed!" </p><p>Hope for complete and permanent deliverance from sin is available, and it is found in Jesus Christ! Lesson 13 material (Setting Captives Free I): Page 2 of 2</p><p>Sample 1:</p><p>Dear Bro. <name> - Well done . . . as you wrote: I am truly feeling a sense of freedom. Though I am yet weak, each successful day gives me a realization of His power working in me. I also rejoice as I see the effect that freedom from sin is having in my life. I have been made to see more clearly and I am thankful for this.</p><p>As this lesson has taught us, the truth will set us free. Jesus declares Himself to be the truth - and in order to be free from habitual sin, we must have a relationship with Jesus Christ. The appropriate fire in your heart is starting to get lit, <name>. As the word says . . . </p><p>20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. Matt 17:20</p><p>When we trust Jesus (faith) and we truly have Jesus Christ living in us - we will be free from pornography, masturbation and other sexual sins. There is no other way to freedom than through Jesus Christ. And this freedom opens a whole new world for us that we have been denying ourselves because of sin.</p><p>In Grace, </p>