Opening the Prison Doors of Addiction

Series: Redemption Stories 2026

Category: Salvation, Gospel

Speaker: Jason Williams

In this week's sermon from Romans 6, we saw that what we often call addiction, the Bible describes as a kind of slavery—a pattern of sin that begins to take authority over our lives. But rather than calling us to try harder, we were reminded that Paul begins with something deeper: our identity. Because of our faith in Jesus, our old self has been crucified, and we are no longer enslaved to sin. From that foundation, we were given four clear ways to respond: to consider what is true about who we are in Christ, to refuse to let sin reign, to stop offering ourselves to patterns that keep us stuck, and to actively present ourselves to God. Ultimately, we were reminded that freedom is not found in our willpower, but in surrender—learning to say no to what enslaves us and yes to the One who gives us life.