"There is neither Jew nor Greek (Gentile), there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus." (Gal. 3:28)
Most people use our text to emphasize our non prejudiced inclusion in Christ. But while the Word of God teaches that neither my race nor my gender exclude me from the grace of God, He also teaches that neither do they prioritize me nor excuse my sin. Neither race, gender, nor Mr. Rogers make us "special." Only Jesus Christ, by the cleansing of His Blood, and our obedience to His "Law/Word" can do that.
Oswald Chambers once said, "Our ideas of God are no greater than ourselves." There is no truth in man, only in Jesus Christ. This is why there is so much division and racial/gender prejudice in people who call themselves Christian. This is why Islam advocates the murder of the "infidel." This is why there is a church building on every corner in our cities. It is man's ideas of "The Supreme Being" which rule, and my ideas go no further than the nose on my face. Enter, Jesus Christ, "God with us," the One in Whom "dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you are complete in Him...." When we look to Jesus, "by taking heed according to [His] word," His "ideas" rule, not ours.
Non agenda, non racist, non gender, non people-group reading of the "God-Breathed" Word will keep us in Jesus Christ, "the way, the truth, and the life." Only Jesus can keep us from prejudice, from gender and class warfare, from the disunity brought about by our "ideas of God." When the Word of God rules in whites, blacks, Latinos, Asians, men, women, rich, poor, Democrat, Republican, then and only then will we be "transformed by the renewing of your mind"---------- "ideas."
Father, in Jesus' Name, search my heart moment by moment. Amen.
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* I am preaching in the CCE meetings this weekend
* Berlin/Albania Mission, November 1-14
* See attack on an Israeli at Durban II www.antipasprayerforce.blogspot.com
"Looking Unto Jesus"
Hebrews 12:2
Hebrews 12:2
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