The rich and the poor have this in common, the Lord is the maker of them all. (Proverbs 22:2)
While we humans have many ways to categorize people or distinguish between different social groups (such as gender, ethnicism, race, nationality, social class, language, etc), when one strips away all of these human conventions, we are left with human beings created in God’s image and likeness. “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. And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise” (Galatians 3:28-29).
When we stand before God’s judgment seat, none of these distinctions between people that we made, enforced and valued, will be of any importance. The Lord is the great equalizer – all will have to stand before Him to be judged, no matter what characteristics they had in life. The Lord is Creator of all people, not just Jews or Christians or believers – “a judge who is God of all” (Hebrews 12:23).
Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also, since God is one; and he will justify the circumcised on the ground of their faith and the uncircumcised through their faith. (Romans 3:29-30)
In Christ these human social distinctions and differences mean nothing for He is Creator and Judge of every person regardless of their social condition. God looks at what’s inour hearts, not what’s in our wallets. Nor is God much interested in social constructs such as race or class or gender for the Lord loves us all equally and empowers all of us to be godlike – slow to anger, abounding in love and mercy, gracious and merciful.
For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body— Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit. (1 Corinthians 12:13)
… the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe. (1 Timothy 4:10)
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