“My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.” James 2:1
We see the world today desperate to blame its own bigotry on Christians. White privilege. Thin privilege. Accent privilege. Male privilege. “Pretty” privilege.
The media would have you believe that people of color are oppressed, all while white people are lying about their race in order to get into colleges that champion radical left-wing ideology.
But somehow reactionary right-wing (Christian) ideology is the real threat to society according to the FBI, CIA, and other such bureaucracies.
A cursory reading of the Bible will show that unity is only possible within the body of Christ. In Christ there is neither male nor female, Jew or gentile. In Revelation we see an innumerable multitude “of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues” (Rev7:9) clothed in white robes.
For there is no respect of persons with God. (Rom 2:11)
The unity that the left and the establishment pushes is a fallacy based entirely on respect of persons, and because of this it can only serve to destabilize society.
The godless and the make-believers are quick to browbeat with the scripture: “love thy neighbor as thyself.” This is the second commandment. The first commandment is to love God with all they heart and all thy mind and all they strength. To omit this commandment is to commit idolatry by elevating the “neighbor,” which has been defined through an erroneous respect of persons, over Almighty God.
Likewise, the Christian right in the United States undermines itself by placing patriotism on the same (or even a higher) level as faith. This too is idolatry. To be a Christian is to be a stranger and a pilgrim on the earth. We should desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. (Hebrews 11:13-16)
In the New Jerusalem will anyone pine for the good old days of America?
This world will melt with fervent heat.
Even so, Amen.
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