When we watch young children playing we soon realize that they are totally accepting of all friendships regardless of skin color. As a Christian we should want all mature adults to view others the same way.

As Martin Luther King stated in his famous speech at Washington , in front of the Lincoln Memorial, no man should be judged  because of the color of his skin , but rather by the content of his character.       

In Jesus time, they were very tribal ,and had prejudices too, ,maybe not so much skin color as religion and racial mixing such as Samaritans, and against their conquerors and so on. Jesus addressed this with the woman at the well , the lepers ,the Pharisees , Roman taxation and more. He taught us that the greatest way to overcome our tendencies to judge others was to love them no matter what.      

 As a white man , I grew up looking at portraits of a white Jesus never realizing that He had a totally different skin color and ethnicity than me until I was older . I soon realized that as  a follower of the most perfect man that ever walked this Earth, indeed skin color doesn’t nor should it ever matter , rather only content of character. Even than all judgement should be left to God, who is all loving and judges rightly. Remember God Loves Us Unconditionally!    

Joey.  

But the Lord said to him, “Pay no attention to how tall and handsome he is. I have rejected him, because I do not judge as man judges. Man looks at the outward appearance, but I look at the heart.” ! Samuel 16:7

Joey

Originally posted January 2018