DAD'S RAMBLINGS -- GOD'S DEI PROGRAM

DAD'S RAMBLINGS -- GOD'S DEI (DIVERSITY/EQUITY/INCLUSION) PROGRAM

"Then he (Peter) became very hungry and wanted to eat; but while they made ready, he fell into a trance and saw heaven opened and an object like a great sheet bound at the corners, descending to him and let down to the earth. In it were all kinds of four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, creeping things, and birds of the air. And a voice came to him, 'Rise, Peter; kill and eat.' But Peter said, 'Not so, Lord! For I have never eaten anything common or unclean.' And a voice spoke to him again the second time, 'What God has cleansed you must not call common.' " (Acts 10:10:15)

God was about to teach Peter a lesson, and it had nothing to do with different kinds of food. It had to do with the way God accepts people. Peter showed he understood the meaning of his vision when he said, "In truth I perceive that God shows no partiality. But in every nation whoever fears Him and works righteousness is accepted by Him" (vs. 34).

We live in a mixed up time in America. One of the falsehoods presently being preached is that we can have unity among our people just by recognizing the diversity between people, promoting equity, and being inclusive. It will never work from a worldly perspective. Emphasizing people's differences only drives people apart, and trying to make them all equal by redistributing the wealth only emphasizes the difference between the have and the have-nots. These work against inclusion. Inclusion only works if there are no distinctions between moral and immoral, right and wrong, and truth and error.

God's plan for diversity, equity and inclusion is totally different. He does not emphasize the differences but the commonality of the human race. The world makes distinctions in terms of different nationalities or race and color, socio-economic differences, and gender. In God's eyes, "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus" (Galatians 3:28). We are one in the Lord Jesus.

In God's eyes, we are all sinners in need of a Savior, and that is not dependent on race, economics, or gender. We all need to be forgiven for our sins. As the old saying goes, the ground is level at the foot of the Cross. As Christians, we understand that we are one in Christ, not because of our race or economic status, but by our faith in Christ as our Savior. That is God's DEI program,

Love, Dad