Racism is nothing new

Sadly, racism has been a plague on humanity for thousands of

years. In the first half of the Bible, the Old Testament, God
divided humanity into two groups: Jews and Gentiles. The Jews
were an ethnic group of people descendent from Jacob. A
Gentile was, well, everyone else. God intended for the Jews to
lovingly minister to the Gentiles in a way that honored and
glorified Him. Instead, the Jewish people mostly became
prideful of the status God had given them and ended up hating
the Gentiles. Thankfully, Jesus Christ put an end to this,

breaking down the dividing wall of hatred between the two

ethnicities (Ephesians 2:14).

Jesus died for everyone

Jesus says to love one another as He loves us (John 13:34). If
God is unbiased and loves us equally without showing
favoritism, then we need to love others in the same way. It
doesn't matter what people were raised to believe, where their
family came from, how they act, or even who they're dating.
Jesus loved everyone and died for them ALL.
This may sound like a tall order, and, yes, it is. Loving
everybody equally is not something we can do by our own
strength, but with Christ, we can. Because love is a Somebody,
and that Somebody is Jesus, Jesus alone can teach us love and
help us to love others more as we grow to know and love Him.
Take a minute to read Matthew 25. Jesus is teaching that
whatever we do to the least of His brothers, we do to Him.
Basically, if you show hatred or racism/prejudice/discrimination
to any person, it is like we are disrespecting God Himself.
Why? Because He made that person in His image, He loves that
person too, and that person was equally important to Jesus
important enough to die on the cross in their place.

If you are a victim of racism, prejudice, or

discrimination...
If you have been the object of racial hate, prejudice, or
discrimination, you must forgive those who have hurt
you. Ephesians 4:32 says, "Be kind and compassionate to one
another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave
you." We may not think racists deserve our forgiveness, but
we didn't deserve Christ's forgiveness either. Though He was
beaten, tortured, and strung up to die a painful death, He still
willingly and lovingly said, "Father, forgive them!"

This is why it's so important that we allow God to heal our

hearts and forgive others. Not forgiving someone only hurts
you more. Just like loving people, forgiving someone can seem
impossible. But as Christ is the ultimate example of
forgiveness, through Him, nothing is impossible. Allow Him to
teach you how forgiveness can set you free from the hate.

If you are practicing racism, prejudice, or

discrimination...
Galatians 3:28 says, "There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor
free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus." If
you currently hold hatred in your heart for a group of people
because they are a different ethnicity or religion or social
group or whatever, there is only one thing that needs to be
done: repent.
Repentance is a part of obedience to God and is different from
confession. It is not asking God to forgive each sin individually
(that's confession), because He fully paid the price for sin and
forgave us when He died on the cross. Instead, to repent is to
completely turn away from your sin and to sincerely desire and
to change your behavior to become more like Christ.
So what about you? Do you need to forgive or repent
regarding racism, prejudice, or discrimination? Or simply learn
to love the diversity of the people on this earth more? God
loves all people equally and with His help, you can learn to do
the same.
"Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness,
but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from
death to life about and offer every part of yourself to him as an
instrument of righteousness." Romans 6:13
11 Bible Verses about

RACISM
Proverbs 22:2
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The rich and the poor have a common bond, The LORD is the maker of them all.
Proverbs 24:23
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These also are sayings of the wise To show partiality in judgment is not good.
Proverbs 29:13
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The poor man and the oppressor have this in common: The LORD gives light to the
eyes of both.
Acts 10:28
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And he said to them, "You yourselves know how unlawful it is for a man who is a Jew
to associate with a foreigner or to visit him; and yet God has shown me that I should
not call any man unholy or unclean.
Acts 10:34-35
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Opening his mouth, Peter said: "I most certainly understand now that God is not one
to show partiality, but in every nation the man who fears Him and does what is right
is welcome to Him.
Acts 17:26
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and He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the
earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their
habitation,
Romans 10:12-13
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For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all,
abounding in riches for all who call on Him; for "WHOEVER WILL CALL ON THE NAME
OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED."
Galatians 3:28
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There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither
male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Colossians 3:11
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a renewal in which there is no distinction between Greek and Jew, circumcised and
uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and freeman, but Christ is all, and in all.
James 2:9
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But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as
transgressors.
1 John 2:11

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