The story is told of a noted blacksmith and armor-maker in medieval times, who for some political offense was taken prisoner and chained to the wall of a dungeon.
Being an expert in chain-making, he carefully examined, link by link, the chain with which he was fettered, hoping to find some flaw that might make it easier to break it and so escape.
To his dismay, he found from unquestionable marks, that the chain had been fashioned on his own anvil. It was the work of his own hands! And for years it had been his unchallenged claim that none could break a chain which he had forged. He was shackled with his own unbreakable chain.
How like the sinner led on by the tempter! He is forging, link by link, sin by sin, a chain which binds him fast— a chain which no human power can break.
If such be your predicament, dear reader, and you long to be freed, do not despair. Jesus is both able and willing to set you free. Hear now His words of love: "The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He hath anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He hath sent Me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord." Luke 4:18,1918The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, 19To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. (Luke 4:18‑19).
He breaks the power of canceled sin
And sets the captive free;
His blood can make the vilest clean;
His blood avails for thee.