But God’s goal is not simply to have us stop looking down on other races. God wants unity, not just a ceasing of hostilities. He wants the very makeup of His church to preach the gospel: that despite our racial variants we are united under one ancestor, Adam; that we had one problem, sin; and that we have one hope, salvation in Christ. He wants us to demonstrate to the world that this unity in Christ is weightier than anything that might divide us. When the Holy Spirit confronted Peter’s racism, he didn’t just command him to quit looking down on other races. He commanded Peter to embrace Cornelius, to go in and eat with him. Peter did not go from “racist” to “non-racist”; he went from “racist” to “gracist.”
J.D. Greear

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#1 · December 28, 2007, 5:27 pm

Posted by: jas <jas@...>

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Copyright (c) 2007, J. Randal Matheny

SIGNS AND SEASONS, DAYS AND YEARS
by J. Randal Matheny

The Lord put lights in heaven's expanse,
For signs and seasons, days and years;
The moon and sun and stars advance,
We ponder as the new hour nears.

What wonders does the new year hold?
What trials or joys, what time of tears?
What hopes that died as new turned old,
May kindle when Oh-Eight appears?

Whatever good or ill befell,
Whatever our new year may bring,
Our hearts with thanksgiving will swell
When we remember our coming King.

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