DAD'S RAMBLINGS -- SAVIOR OF ALL

DAD'S RAMBLINGS – SAVIOR OF ALL

"After these things I looked, and behold a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, saying, 'Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!" (Revelation 7:9-10)

It is easy to get parochial and think that Christianity is only in America. We forget that Christ's Church is world-wide. It is composed of believers from all nations, tribes, peoples, and languages.

Today there are people in the jungles of Africa and New Guinea who know the same salvation that we experience – the same joy and peace and communion with God. There are people in Muslim dominated countries who know Christ. There are people in countries controlled by Hindus who have come to faith in the Lord Jesus.

We are not the only people in Christ's Church. If you talk with missionaries who minister to people around the world, they will tell you that the faith of people in other nations is just as real, just as valid, just as vibrant as we here in America experience.

The Gospel is colorblind. It is not just for WASPS. It is not just for Western cultures. It is not just for "advanced" civilizations. It reaches through the barriers that we erect and gathers people from all ethnic, social, educational, and financial societies.

So, lest we get too proud of our American Christianity, let us remember that Jesus died for everyone, regardless of their environment. When we get to heaven, there will not be a section walled off for American Christians. We are one in Christ. He is the Savior of all.

Love, Dad

PS: Today is Mildred's and my 60^th wedding anniversary. This is not a bragging point on my part. It is a testimony to God's grace. If it was not for God's work in our lives, we would have been in the marriage junk yard a long time ago. We owe our lives and our marriage to God. I rejoice in God's faithfulness.

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