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Slavery was a wicked and evil part of US History. When Lincoln enacted the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, all slaves were to be set free. Eventually, slaves all over the south were freed. Most of the freed had never experienced freedom as they had been born in slavery. History tells us that soon after they had achieved their freedom status, many returned because slavery was all they had ever known. 

The truth is that Jesus emancipated us from slavery to sin. The Apostle Paul explained, “It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.” (Galatians 5:1). Even though we’ve been declared free, many of us still end up going back to being slaves to sin because it is all we have ever known.

Through Christ, we are now declared free. Our freedom rests in the fact that God has accepted us, with all of our faults and failures. The more you embrace the truth of what Jesus has done for you, the more you will experience new and greater freedom in your heart, mind, and soul. 

What truths of God do you still struggle to embrace for yourself? Is there any area of your life where you still feel the heavy “yoke” of sin?