Today's Daily Lesson comes from Galatians chapter 1 verses 6 through 9:
6 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— 7 not that there is another gospel, but there are some who are confusing you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should proclaim to you a gospel contrary to what we proclaimed to you, let that one be accursed! 9 As we have said before, so now I repeat, if anyone proclaims to you a gospel contrary to what you received, let that one be accursed!
and Galatians chapter 3 verse 28:
28 There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.
There is no other Gospel than the Gospel of equality. There is no other Gospel save the Gospel of inclusion. There is no other Gospel but the Gospel of oneness.
I don't know how things got twisted so badly. But from the very beginning it was seen clearly that the Gospel community was to make no distinctions as to gender, or class, ethnicity/race. For in Christ "there is no longer Jew or Greek, slave or free, male or female; for we are all one."
How did it go South so quickly? How did we surrender so suddenly? Why did we accommodate the culture so completely?
Hear this, friends: God is no respecter of distinctions among persons. That means race cannot segregate us, income does not qualify or disqualify us, and gender does not define us.
This is the Gospel truth; and anything other or less continues to miss the mark, damage the faith, and shut the door where it ought to be open.
In the beginning of the Church the door was wide open, but then somebody closed it. This generation ought to be the one to open it back up for good . . .
NOTE: We are reading the whole Bible through this year. Tomorrow's Lesson comes from 1 and 2 Thessalonians.
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