Galatians 3:28-29 (ESV)
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise.
In our country today we have, once again, started to define people by categories. For being all grown up and modern we have fallen back to the days of Paul. He, too, faced ethic, social and gender bias. He addressed it with on bold statement: You are all one in Christ Jesus. With that statement he breaks down all classes of people. With that statement he puts us at the same place with God. Our spiritual riches in Christ are not tied to our experiences in this world. In his day, Paul would have seen much class warfare. In the Body of Christ we are one. Jesus actually prayed that:
John 17:21 (ESV)
that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.
We ought not contribute to the separation and categorial shaping of the world. In the Body of Christ we are all one in Christ.
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