"So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus." Galatians 3: 26-28
The year 2020 was fraught with many dichotomies. First we heard "We're all in this together," then the riots and rants of racism, the bipartisan political rhetoric and the forked tongue of the media drove a wedge down the center of our society, deeper than any other time in our nation's history. In my opinion, not even the Civil War or the racial violence of the 1960s compare to the boiling pot poured out on us. The solutions to this dilemma, according to those in authority, involve moving the mantle of injustice from one set of people to another as the White class is seen as oppressive and must apologize for the sin of being caucasian. The Christian church has also been under attack, seen as intolerant, narrow-minded oppressors as well. Are we really all in this together?
In a way, we are. We are all born into sin, the true virus, and are therefore slaves to our abominable natures. To understand the crime, one must crawl into the psyche of the perpetrator, who is Satan. He is the father of liars who has never had an original thought. He seeks to kill and destroy, leaving division, chaos and hatred in his wake. While you witnessed the wretched, slanderous activities of the past year, could you not smell the stench of him?
There's only one solution to all of this. Listen to these lyrics drawn from "And All the People Said Amen," by Matt Maher:
"If you're rich or poor, well it don't matter,
Weak or strong, you know love is what we're after.
We're all broken but we're all in this together.
God knows we stumble and we fall,
And He so loved the world He sent His Son to save us all."
Recently, I heard Pastor Erwin Lutzer say, "The greatest hope for America's racial tension rests in the Church of Jesus Christ." If you are reading this and you are a believer in Christ, then you are called to love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength; then love your neighbor as yourself. (Luke 10:27) This is answer to the riddle: that all must surrender to the saving gospel of Jesus Christ, then let your light shine before men and women.
"Then I saw another angel flying in mid-air, and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth - to every nation, tribe, language and people." Revelation 14:6
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