Revealing Prejudices
Christ-followers believe the Gospel is good news for all people. A verse in Galatians talks about how in Christ, “There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus” [Galatians 3:28].
What a blessing that verse is! However, in a broken world, that equality can be hard to find, even among us Christians. Even within ourselves.
A number of years ago, a prominent European minister said to me, “We hear good things about your ministry in South America, and we thank God for all that’s happening there.” Then he pointedly added, “I think you’d be better off just preaching to your people.”
This man eventually became a good friend of mine. But his prejudice, deep in his soul, kept him from seeing how God had called me to bring the Gospel to all people — even to sophisticated Europeans - regardless of my background or theirs.
As Christians, we desire to be unified. But we are also called to speak truth and call out prejudice wherever it exists … especially within ourselves. Until we do this hard work, God will not be able to use us all the way to spread His Gospel.
So, we must be ready to look deep within ourselves and ask Christ, “Reveal my prejudices, so that you can redeem them.” Then, we can go out into the world and spread the good news of Jesus Christ to all people, enlarging the kingdom of heaven here on earth.
“As Christians, we desire to be unified. But we are also called to speak truth and call out prejudice wherever it exists … especially within ourselves.”
Galatians 3:28
“There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus”