I feel like everything is getting out of hand in this world. Honestly, the world just needs Jesus!
I think we need to be very careful about the generalizations that we use....
All Blacks are ________.
All Whites are ________.
All Cops are ________.
And remember if you don't put the word ALL in there you are still using it when you say "Blacks are ____" it is just assumed you mean ALL.
I can't think of very many instances in which ALL is appropriate. I know people of many different races and I can't think of one instance where ALL of them are anything. Or jobs, I can't think of any job where ALL of the workers are good or bad. I don't believe there is such a thing.
This is one thing I do know from learning about History. There has always been time of great injustice to groups of people and in these times there has always been groups of people who stand against the injustice.
Slavery of black people in America, not only was there the civil war to fight against slavery, there were people who put together the underground railroad (note that these were white people who put there lives in danger to help black people because they knew that what was going on was wrong).
Natuzzi's are killing Jews by the thousands and a whole country seems to be going along. Not only are they killing them, they are torturing them. There were groups of German people who worked to hide and smuggle out Jews because they knew that what was going on was wrong. We step into World War 2 because we know that what is happening is wrong.
There are always people in the group that is oppressing people who do not agree and who will not stand by and watch things happen. They will fight, work together, and even put their lives on the line to help those who are being oppressed and work towards making sure that injustice does not continue.
God made us in His image. Not just one group... US, ALL HUMANS. So remember, when you look at a person and make a judgement on them, that we were ALL made in the image of God. This is one time that the word ALL totally applies. We are ALL made in the image of God and we need to remember that no matter the color of their skin, or their job, that ALL are image bearers of God and if you remember that God didn't make some in His image, that gives a clear picture of how we should approach each other.
Matthew 22:36-40
Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?
Jesus replied: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself. All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."
So go.. Love God and Love those who are made in the Image of God!!! That includes ALL people.
I think we need to be very careful about the generalizations that we use....
All Blacks are ________.
All Whites are ________.
All Cops are ________.
And remember if you don't put the word ALL in there you are still using it when you say "Blacks are ____" it is just assumed you mean ALL.
I can't think of very many instances in which ALL is appropriate. I know people of many different races and I can't think of one instance where ALL of them are anything. Or jobs, I can't think of any job where ALL of the workers are good or bad. I don't believe there is such a thing.
This is one thing I do know from learning about History. There has always been time of great injustice to groups of people and in these times there has always been groups of people who stand against the injustice.
Slavery of black people in America, not only was there the civil war to fight against slavery, there were people who put together the underground railroad (note that these were white people who put there lives in danger to help black people because they knew that what was going on was wrong).
Natuzzi's are killing Jews by the thousands and a whole country seems to be going along. Not only are they killing them, they are torturing them. There were groups of German people who worked to hide and smuggle out Jews because they knew that what was going on was wrong. We step into World War 2 because we know that what is happening is wrong.
There are always people in the group that is oppressing people who do not agree and who will not stand by and watch things happen. They will fight, work together, and even put their lives on the line to help those who are being oppressed and work towards making sure that injustice does not continue.
God made us in His image. Not just one group... US, ALL HUMANS. So remember, when you look at a person and make a judgement on them, that we were ALL made in the image of God. This is one time that the word ALL totally applies. We are ALL made in the image of God and we need to remember that no matter the color of their skin, or their job, that ALL are image bearers of God and if you remember that God didn't make some in His image, that gives a clear picture of how we should approach each other.
Matthew 22:36-40
Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?
Jesus replied: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself. All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."
So go.. Love God and Love those who are made in the Image of God!!! That includes ALL people.
