Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
ing each another, just as in Christ, God more tolerant of others, regardless of who
forgave you” (Ephesians 4:31–32, NIV). they are. Amen.
When you open your heart to Jesus,
He can miraculously free you from the +++
bondage of hatred and ill will toward
others. “If anyone is in Christ, he is a
new creation; old things are passed
away; behold, all things are become
T HE BIBLE TELLS US that the day is
soon coming when Jesus will
personally return “in great power and
new” (2 Corinthians 5:17). glory” to establish the Kingdom of God
What a wonderful world it could be if on earth. The exploitive and exclusive
we were all color-blind and regimes of man will be no more when
race-unconscious, where the only thing “the kingdoms of this world have
we saw when we looked on a person of become the kingdoms of our Lord”
another ethnic background was love— (Revelation 11:15).
the color of love! It’s possible, in Jesus, All ethnic boundaries will be swept
where “there is neither Jew nor Gentile, away then, and the peace-loving people
there is neither slave nor free, there is of the world will unite in true harmony.
neither male nor female; for you all are “All people, nations and languages shall
one in Christ Jesus” (Galatians 3:28). serve the Lord in an everlasting domin-
ion. … And nation shall not lift up
L ove
Love W HAT IF A DECREE WAS MADE
that all people of every country,
color and creed were to respect and
look beyond their faults and accept and
forgive them.
This may sound like a noble aspira-
clearly showed that our neighbor is
anyone who needs our help, regardless
of their race, creed, color, nationality or
accept everyone else, regardless of their tion—to overlook and forgive all the cultural background. (See Luke 10:25–
Some are black and some are white, differences? Unfortunately, even if flaws and failings of others—but realis- 37.)
Some are wrong and some are right, someone had the authority to issue tically, who is capable of suddenly
Some get rich and some stay poor,
Some make peace and some make war.
such a mandate, it would never work.
Simply put, righteousness cannot be
legislated. Kindness, understanding and
releasing resentment, hatred, fear or
other deep-seated negative attitudes
they may harbor towards individuals or
T HE WAY WE CAN love our neighbors
and do our part to bring peace to
the world is to give our own hearts to
love must come from the heart, not as a entire groups of people? Most of us lack the “Prince of Peace,” and ask Him to
Some are yellow, some are brown,
dutiful response to a law. the resolve and emotional wherewithal give us the love we need for others.
Some are up and some are down, To suddenly accept and respect to do that. When we are connected with the God of
Some go far, some fall behind, someone, when you’ve been taught love, His Spirit within us can empower
Some are mean and some are kind.