National Freedom Day is observed in the United States on February 1st honouring the signing by President Abraham Lincoln of a joint House and Senate resolution that was later ratified as the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
President Lincoln signed the Amendment abolishing slavery on February 1, 1865. The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution freed more than 100,000 enslaved people when it was adopted on December 18, 1865. National Freedom Day was proclaimed by President Harry S. Truman almost 100 years later.
God's word compares sin to the bondage of slavery:
Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. Romans 6:16-18
The word translated "servant" in the verse above is δοῦλος in the original Greek (Strong's G1401) which means a slave, whether literal or figurative, involuntary or voluntary. Jesus uses the same word below:
Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. John 8:31-32
Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever. If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. John 8:34-36
But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 6:22-23
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. Galatians... For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Galatians 5:1, 13-14
Henceforth there is laid
up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge,
shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also
that love his appearing. 2 Timothy 4:8
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