Yes they are racist words, you know, the ones you mention only when you’re with people of your own race, while hanging out at the bar or at Christmas and thanksgiving.
I know of a guy who wasn’t invited to thanksgiving because he wasn’t the right color. He was black dating a white female. I have always wondered about race relations and since I’m black I don’t have the luxury of not seeing it often. ☺
I have often heard that the cultural differences is the key issue why races don’t get along and should for the most part stay separate. This supports the idea that there should be white churches and black churches, hispanic churches and asian churches. The point is made that different races have different needs. I can see some logic in this but since I never trusted logic it smelt like crap to me.
I was wrestling with the Lord one day on the issue and He shared a couple things with me.
1. For starters we looked at culture. The definition reads: The attitudes and behavior of a particular social group. The Lord started to point out the differences between His culture as God and our culture as men. We are unholy, He’s Holy, we’re unrighteous, He’s righteous, we are sinful and He is sinless and on and on. One scripture says, “ The heart of man is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked.” His heart is pure and just and true. His culture is completely different from ours. But get this. “While we were yet sinners (of a different culture) Christ died for us”
2. The Lord also pointed out that His dying for us wasn’t some pompous hand me down, let’s do them a favor act, from some elite Godlike specie. On the contrary, He became our culture “for He that new no sin became sin for us.” He became one of us, wow!! He enjoyed our jokes, partied, hung out, ate our foods bled like us and even died. What blew me away more is that He married himself to us. Could you believe it? Double wow!!! Married us?!! Consider that for a moment.
So what does all this mean? Well, it was very obvious to me that Jesus crossed the largest cultural barrier that has ever existed. So because of this there is no chasm, dredged by culture, fear or hate that love cannot span. If we were to trade our earthly culture for God’s heart we will see the beauty in all people, I’m sure we’ll form some true lasting friendships and even celebrate some marriages. Everybody likes a party.
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