"My brethren, as believers in our glorious LORD Jesus Christ, don't show favoritism."
- James 2:1
 
I imagine that most people would hate to be accused of racial bias. They like to think of themselves as being fair and open-minded. Even Christians, because of their hesitancy to follow Christ, have had a long history of ethnic troubles. In the first century, it was the Jewish believers' reluctance to accept their Gentile brothers, In recent years, the racial issue has predominated. Prejudice can run so deep that it sometimes takes a tragedy to make one see how wrong it is to discriminate on the basis of physical differences.
 
As Christians, we shouldn't have to wait for a tragedy to open our eyes. We need to look to Calvary. there our LORD gave His life, not only for us but for those of every language, race and nation. He thought enough of all to . . .

"My brethren, as believers in our glorious LORD Jesus Christ, don't show favoritism."
- James 2:1
 
I imagine that most people would hate to be accused of racial bias. They like to think of themselves as being fair and open-minded. Even Christians, because of their hesitancy to follow Christ, have had a long history of ethnic troubles. In the first century, it was the Jewish believers' reluctance to accept their Gentile brothers, In recent years, the racial issue has predominated. Prejudice can run so deep that it sometimes takes a tragedy to make one see how wrong it is to discriminate on the basis of physical differences.
 
As Christians, we shouldn't have to wait for a tragedy to open our eyes. We need to look to Calvary. there our LORD gave His life, not only for us but for those of every language, race and nation. He thought enough of all to die for all. The broad scope of His sacrifice shows how He feels toward every human being. With His own nail-pierced hands He extends His love to all. Let us ask our LORD to have mercy on us if we have fanned the fire of prejudice He died to put out.
 
Join hands, then, brothers of the faith,
Whatever your race may be;
Who serves my Father as a son
Is surely kin to me.
 
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY - Prejudice is a lazy man's substitute for thinking.