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Unfortunately, a cold has taken out my singing voice, so there will be no new Christ Conduit Podcast today. However, please do pray for me and be blessed as I replay the podcast from October 26. Have a blessed day.
In Christ there is no East or West,
In Him no South or North;
But one great fellowship of love
Throughout the whole wide earth. In Him shall true hearts everywhere
Their high communion find;
His service is the golden cord,
Close binding humankind. Join hands, then, members of the faith,
Whatever your race may be!
Who serves my Father as His child
Is surely kin to me. In Christ now meet both East and West,
In Him meet North and South;
All Christly souls are one in Him
Throughout the whole wide earth.
Scripture: Galatians 3:26:29
26 For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus.
27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
29 If you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed and heirs according to promise.
Message
We are all one in Christ Jesus. When He gave His life for us on the cross, He didn't care what we look like, what sex organs we have or where we come from. He cared for us as sinful human beings in desperate need of salvation. That means all of us, none in any more or any less need of salvation than anyone else. Think about this. If there was a certain race of people or certain nationality that didn't need salvation, Jesus never would have needed to go through the pain and the misery He went through, and He never would have needed to give His life to save us. All He would have needed to do would have been to come to Earth with a vast army of angels and take the special chosen group of people who didn't need salvation on to Heaven with Him and then wipe out all the rest of us, maybe even destroying the entire planet in the process. As a matter of fact, He could have simply only created a single group of people who were programmed like robots to do only His will and who all look the same. But instead, knowing that we all need salvation equally, He came to Earth, was born as a man, lived, suffered unimaginable torture, bled, died and rose from the dead so that we all could equally receive His free gift of salvation no matter who we are or what we look like.
So why on God's green Earth do we have racism? Why do we have sexism? And a lot of this mess comes from right inside of the church, and from people who claim to be Christians. If God doesn't care what we look like or what sex organs we have, why do we care when it comes to the people who join our churches? Why do we have organizations who claim that their members are required to be Christians, but they burn crosses, call names, march and even kill in the name of racism? Stop it now! Can't you see that a true relationship with God through Jesus Christ and racism and sexism are entirely at odds with one another? The Bible clearly tells us this. If you or your church favors one group over another or harbors feelings of hate or even dislike for any group of people based on what they look like or where they come from, or favors male over female or female over male in matters other than marriage, which is always to be one male and one female, you or your church must repent, which means change your way of thinking. Turn to God and ask Him to forgive you for being in direct opposition to the relationship He wants for all of us, which is one of equality and love for all human kind and love for Him.
Prayer
Father God, we thank You for Your perfect love. We thank You that Your love and Your free gift of salvation extends and applies to all of us equally, no matter who we are or what we look like. We thank You that we are all one body of believers in Christ Jesus who loves us all. LORD, help us remember this each and every moment of our lives. Help us to love all believers equally and extend that love to all those who need You no matter who they are. Churches, become one body of believers of all races, both male and female in the name of Jesus! I declare and decree the death of racism in the name of Jesus! I declare and decree the death of sexism in the name of Jesus! Be free of discrimination, body of Christ. In the wonderful and matchless name of Jesus Christ we pray. Amen.
Further notes
except where otherwise specified, scripture passages in this podcast are quoted from the World English Bible, a modern English translation of the Holy Bible with no copyright limitations. The translation is reliable and accurate, but it is still in progress. Please take a look at the web site and consider helping where you can if the Holy Spirit moves you. If you feel unable to contribute to the translation, please pray for the translators and editors, as well as those who help in other ways.
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