"The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is long suffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance." (2 Peter 3:9)
There is no where in the Bible that states or eludes to the fact that God is racist. Since He created all of man-kind, God loves everyone of every race. So we as Christians, who are God loving people, are not to be racist either. But in our society we have fought the racial war for too long. Just when we thought that we were gaining some ground with this issue, it seems like we have taken two steps back.
Out text says it well; God "is long suffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance."(v.9)
In essence Peter is saying that "All lives matter to God!"And if all lives matter to God, than all lives should matter to each one of us.
To me it is evil and immature to be prejudice, and to treat people of a different color and race with disrespect. When Peter says that God wants all to come to repentance, and establish a saving relationship with Jesus Christ; the call is to everyone from every race and nationality.
He is calling the world to accept His Son as Savior and Lord. As the church we need to speak out against prejudice, and keep trying to move the line towards the positive.
To say and to live out the fact that "All lives Matter To God!" GP
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