RED YELLOW BLACK AND WHITE

Do you remember the song we learned as a child in Sunday School. Jesus loves the little children of the world. Red and Yellow, Black and White, they are precious in His sight, Jesus loves the little children of the world.

Now some of you are probably concerned more about the political correctness of me using red, yellow, black and white to describe the children that you have missed the whole point in the song. If we can get over political correctness for just a moment and stay focused on the message we will be blessed. AMEN!

The point here is that Jesus loves us ALL the same. And it is not just the little children He loves, it is everyone, no matter your age, no matter your color, no matter your background, no matter where you live on this earth. He loves us all the same. He created us all. We didn't come from apes, or a big explosion, no God created man and then breathed life into his nostrils. The very breath of God is in each of us.

Genesis 2 v 7.....And the LORD GOD formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being....

I have not found where it says the man was red, yellow, black or white?? So therefore I am guessing that the Lord did not find this of any importance. So why do we try to make such an issue of what color someone is. It is because of wrong teaching that has been handed down through generations. It is because when sin entered the world, hatred was part of that sin. What we teach our children is not just in what we say but also we teach them by our actions, how we treat others. Once we become of an accountable age, we can choose whether we will carry this hatred with us or leave it at the cross. Because hatred, predjudice is a sin.

Let's see what God says about how we are to treat one another.

John 13 v 34...A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another as I have loved you, that you also love one another....

To love as He has loved us. I feel we have all missed the mark there with that commandment at sometime in our lives. Since one another means everyone.

John 15 v 12...This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.....

Romans 13 v 8....Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law.....

1 Thes 4 v 9....But concerning brotherly love you have no need that I should write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another...

1 Pet 1 v 22....Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart....

1 John 3 v 11....for this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.....

1 John 4 v 7-8...Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love, does not know God, for God is love....

WOW! That one probably stepped on some toes.

2 John v 6....This is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment that as you have heard from the beginning, you should walk in it....

Why do you think God says over and over again in His word that we should walk in love with one another? Because He knew hatred and predjudice would enter the world, and He knew that we would fall into the sin of it, so He provided us a way out. He gave out of His love for ALL (red, yellow, black and white) His only Son, so that we could ALL be forgiven this sin of hatred. It grieves His heart when we walk in hatred and predjudice toward anyone, because we are ALL created equal, we are ALL His children, no matter our skin color.

I challenge anyone to show me in the word of God where He says, Jesus died for only a certain color of people. Jesus died for ALL.

1 Cor 13 v 11-13....When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known. And now abide in faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love....

What are we teaching our children about how to love everyone, not just our own race? What are we saying when we do not show love toward one another, (meaning everyone)? What are we teaching them when we tell jokes using one race or another? What are we teaching them when we make negative comments about another race or culture?

Let us make sure that 1 John 4 v 7-8 does not step on our toes or the toes of our children. Let us make sure that our children know that we do know God, and that we have the love of God in us to share with others no matter who they are.

If you want to know more about this love of God. Seek His face. But I have to warn you, He won't be the same color as you are no matter what the color.

STAY IN THE WORD!