Lately, the news has been full of reaction to what this preacher said about that politician, and what that politician has said about that preacher. I suspect this won't, unfortunately, be the last we hear of such craziness. "What's the point?" I wonder quietly to myself. And yet, it has served to expose a great divide. There are some who have determined that ethnicity somehow has become relevant to Christianity. We can turn to scripture, which of course has rendered race, politics and genealogy completely irrelevant to genuine worship and obedience of a Holy and Perfect God.
Galatians 3:28 NKJV
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
As we can see, this is an old problem. And one would think that men who have studied God's word would not be sucked into the unholy tasks of building walls and digging chasms between believers. Sadly, however, this history repeats itself, and I find myself asking preachers of all stripes:
O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you that you should not obey the truth?
-- Galatians 3:1a NKJV
Brothers and sisters, it is time to see each other as God sees us. That means we may have to forget what our physical eyes see, and look at the heart. It means we may have to forgive each other for history and for speeches and for insults real and imagined. It means we have to examine our own motives and prejudices, placing them before Almighty God and pleading for His mercy and forgiveness. And then, perhaps we will begin to experience the unity of Christ, and the blessing that follows.
Be encouraged,
Jose
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