“And [the Samaritans] did not receive [H]im, because [H]is [F]ace was as though [H]e would go to Jerusalem.”  (Luke 9)

“…there is neither Greek nor Jew…”  (Galatians 3)

 

Racism bores me and race baiters anger me.  Racism is nothing new.  Our Lord was rejected because of His full Jewishness. The Half (1/2) Jews, the Samaritans would not receive Him into their village.  What did Christ do?  “…And they went to another village.”  If we ended the re-telling of this event there we would be leaving much out.  James and John were angered by this snub of their Master.
This is what they asked the Lord:
“Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and even consume them, even as Elias did?”
What was the Lord’s response or rather rebuke?
“…[H]e turned, and rebuked them, and said,
“Ye know not what spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them. And they went to another village.”

It seems to me, we have in this recorded event in the Book of Luke, our Lord’s and therefore, our view on racism is to go to another village.  Move on.  I  know there is racism in America and I know there is no answer to the wickedness of racism, excepting the Gospel of Christ that says, “…there is neither Greek nor Jew.”  In other words, there is neither black or white. In Christ and in the church there be no color or race…we all be of one (1) race and that race is Christ-ian. There be no multi-nation as we are all of one (1) nation or Kingdom, Heaven.  My brother or sister, if you hold any negative view of a person based on their race, “ye know not what spirit ye are of.”

We have raised our children to never base any judgment of a person based on race or color.  If I be bigoted at all, it is in the area of not being,  “unequally yoked together.”  Skin color matters not, but Bloodline does.  By Bloodline we mean, Blood-bought!!!  Does that person have a Christ-ian heritage?  If not s/he is out.

While racism bores me, Race baiters greatly enrage me.  Readers, this is why God gave us the emotion of anger.  Anger should not be used to do wrong, or to get revenge, or to get even.  Anger is given us to make things right. Anger should be righteous and anger should prompt the righteously angered person to act in a righteous way.  “tThe wrath of man does not work the righteousness of God.”  We are not speaking to wrath. We are speaking to the righteous indignation that caused Christ to enter the temple and throw out the money changers.  We are speaking to the righteous indignation of Nehemiah. We are speaking to the righteous indignation of Phineas, of Ehud, of Jael, of Samson, of the Godhead.   Of course we are not inciting to murder or killing, we are speaking to the anger that comes from a place of righteousness, from a heart and a spirit that God has put within us.

Race baiters anger us greatly. They are the trouble makers that Proverbs says should be smitten…in our age and day, smitten = words.  The race baiters are those that get normally, calm person, drunk on rage.  Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, The Nation of (i)slam leader, I forget his name, and Obama are all race baiters. They make their living stirring up trouble between the races. I judge them to be BAD, WRONG, and FALSE.  I do not step over the line and speak to what punishment they should suffer as that is God’s Place. I do know however, how God will judge them.  He will judge these men as false prophets, trouble makers, men that sow discord, and as workers of iniquity.  We will be bold and make the statement, God hates these men and He sits back and patiently allows these men to fill their cups of SIN, so that God may pour out His Cup of Wrath upon their heads. We cannot take personal satisfaction in this truth but we can be pleased that God will be glorified by bringing justice to the unjust race baiters…evil, evil men that profit by sowing discord and bearing false witness. These race baiters and their SIN are some of the seven (7) things God hates.  What makes things worse for them is their knowledge of Scripture.

Godspeed.