“There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.”
Galatians 3:28
In the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany, Jesse Owens won four gold medals in track and field. As a Black American man, he has been credited with “single-handedly crushing Hitler’s myth of ‘Aryan supremacy.’” Though Owens ran faster and jumped farther than any other competitor, Hitler believed that the Aryan, light-skinned race was superior to all others. Thankfully, Owens was allowed to compete and showed that one skin color is not greater than another.
The truth is that all humans are made in God’s image, and all have equal value. God does not esteem one person’s life more than another, because He has created every single person. He sent His Son to die for the whole world and desires that every tribe and people group would come to know Him (see 2 Peter 3:9). The devil’s evil plan is to destroy and separate, but God’s good plan is to give eternal life and build unity amongst believers.
As Hitler learned ultimately, God will not be mocked. Anything that goes against God’s wisdom and design for humanity is foolishness.
The truth is that all humans are made in God’s image, and all have equal value. God does not esteem one person’s life more than another, because He has created every single person. He sent His Son to die for the whole world and desires that every tribe and people group would come to know Him (see 2 Peter 3:9). The devil’s evil plan is to destroy and separate, but God’s good plan is to give eternal life and build unity amongst believers.
As Hitler learned ultimately, God will not be mocked. Anything that goes against God’s wisdom and design for humanity is foolishness.
Scripture Focus
Psalm 14
Insight
“Man was made in the image of God, and nothing will satisfy man but God, in whose image he was made.” (Charles Spurgeon, 1877)
Bible In A Year
- 2 Chronicles 25-26
- Psalm 20
- Matthew 27