"But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither JEW nor GREEK, there is neither BOND nor FREE, there is neither MALE nor FEMALE: for ye are ALL ONE in Christ Jesus. And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise."
The Apostle Paul had a way of being straightforward in his "letters" that was loving, yet would "cut to the core"! In Galatians 1:1 he wrote that he was not called by men, rather by JESUS HIMSELF! So I will follow his example today and speak "straightforward"!
Our "human" bodies are temporal. Our "souls" are permanent. Why do we tend to focus on the temporal so much while we show no concern for the permanent?
A very dear brother to me lives in Little Rock, AR. He is a mentor to me like few other "souls" have been. He currently wears darker clothes (skin) than I, but one day all of that will change. We believers will have "new bodies" (Rev 3:4-5) when we get to heaven. I am not sure whether the "new bodies" will be black, white, yellow, red, or HOT PINK! I will be in Heaven, and all I will care about is seeing, worshipping and adoring the SAVIOR who redeemed my soul!
So, you can take all of your groups that want to claim to be fighting for equality and a fair playing field. Scripture says we are "ALL ONE"! We don't need a bunch of laws (v23). We need to get "GRACE" and be "ALL ONE" in CHRIST JESUS!
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