9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the
kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor
adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 10 Nor
thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall
inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed,
but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and
by the Spirit of our God.
This passage moves
from categorical deviations to unity: a multiplicity of dirty become a single
clean, a multitude of defiled become a single sacred, and a myriad of discriminations
become a single justice. No longer strangers and
foreigners, but fellow-citizens, understanding weaknesses as unifiers,
not differentiators.
1 comment:
Weaknesses as unifiers in proving all of us in need of Christ, and in Him we find the unity. Embracing Christ's call to make an effort to change, to allow His healing and strength to flow into to us renders all the weaknesses and differences between us insignificant and we find unity.
Post a Comment