In His Name Devotionals
UNIVERSAL LOVE OF GOD
(WRITTEN BY A CHRISTIAN TEENAGER)
In His Name Devotionals
UNIVERSAL LOVE OF GOD
(WRITTEN BY A CHRISTIAN TEENAGER)
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” (John 3:16)
“I have often wondered how the world can be so prejudiced. We as humans look on the outside but God looks on the inside. We look at the color of a person’s skin, their disabilities, or the way they are dressed. At the same time God is looking at the person that is on the inside and how caring and compassionate they are.
“I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd” (John10:16). In this scripture, again, God is saying that no one is less equal or inferior but that we are all the same. Another good reference is, “For there is not difference between Jew and Gentile- the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him” (Romans 10:12). Here again He is saying that He cares not about race.
“Back in the Bible times there was also prejudice—it’s not just a recent thing in the past few centuries. The Jews and the Gentiles are just one example of it. The Jews were the “superior” race (because they were God’s chosen people), and the Gentiles were “inferior.” Although when Christ came and preached the word to everyone, like these scriptures say he did not look on the outside of the people he was preaching to, but on the person.
We think that no one is prejudice anymore, but just the other night my family and I sat down to watch a video that my father brought home. It was about two men, who worked together side by side everyday, who were taken by a news crew from 20/20 to test the different responses of people depending on the color of skin. They took them to the same places and each of them did the same things as the other. Yet, they still received different responses, all of them favoring the man whose skin was lighter. It happens that same way everyday around us and even though we say that people are not like that anymore, they are. I just hope that one day we will be able to say it does not happen and that statement will be completely true.”
