A month ago or so, my friends and I were doing train ministry. So train ministry involves 2 groups: one group will preach in the carriages while others distribute Christian literature to the passangers on the train. The group distributing literature has the advantage of interacting with the passangers. So, this particular Sunday morning I and a sister started distributing literature and we reached a particular carriage. They call them A class. So, we checked and concluded there were no people.
We then saw an arm moving and quickly went in.
Then we greeted and distributed. As we were about to leave, a particular man wanted us to explain the literature in detail. The sister I was with did that. The literature was about God's commandments: the fact that the Law of God is still binding, as it was, before His death and after His death, and how the law of God, rather, keeping His law is an expression of our love to Him (John 14:15). Including the forgotten commandment, the Sabbath (Exodus 20:8-11). Most importantly, keeping God's law fits us for heaven (Revelation 22:14)
This man clearly understood everything and he even continued chatting with us even when the train reached it's destination.
He was in congruence with everything and was excited to hear this message.
He only had one question: Is heaven even for me, and he showed off his brown skin. We excitedly told him yes.
As I reflected that night I realised racism has done untold harm. It has made the non-whites think that God, salvation, and every gift He offers is not for them.
It's even shocking that, people, who claim to be Christians, can think that they can be God's chosen people, particularly because of their race.
Isn't interesting that, even when God was choosing Israel, it was not based on race or anything like that?
So let it sink,believe it, take it, and claim it:
The religion of the Bible recognizes no caste or color. It ignores rank, wealth, worldly honor. God estimates men as men. With Him, character decides their worth.-9T, p.223
The
Lord’s eye is upon all His creatures; He loves them all, and makes no
difference
between white and black, except that He has a special, tender pity for
those who
are called to bear a greater burden than others. Those who love God and believe
on Christ as their Redeemer, while they must meet the trials and the
difficulties that lie in their
path,
should yet with a cheerful spirit accept their life as it is, considering that
God
above
regards these things, and for all that the world neglects to bestow, He will
Himself
make up to them in the best of favors.-2SM,pp.487,488
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