May 17th - Morning | SLAVERY

John 8:34 – "I assure you that everyone who sins is a slave of sin.”

It’s documented that on June 22, 1772, Lord Mansfield, chief justice of the King’s Bench, handed down the famous decision that effectively abolished slavery from British soil. The decision, however, did not impact slavery on Britain’s colonies. It wasn’t until 1833 when William Wilberforce (who had been deeply influenced by John Newton, the composer of “Amazing Grace”) succeeded in getting Parliament to ban the slave trade and abolish slavery throughout the British Empire. It’s only through the amazing grace of God that we can be free because true slavery is not physical but spiritual. A wretch like me was once lost, but now I’m found and saved from slavery of sin. The freedom is yours, if you’ll accept it.