Real Talk: Tackling hard issues Romans 10:11–13
Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
Genesis 1:26-27
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11 Now the Scripture says, Everyone who believes on Him will not be put to shame, 12 for there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, since the same Lord of all
is rich to all who call on Him. 13 For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
This is the message of faith that we proclaim: 9 If you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 One believes with the heart, resulting in righteousness, and one confesses with the mouth, resulting in salvation.
11 Now the Scripture says,
Everyone who believes on Him
will not be put to shame,
11 Now the Scripture says,
Everyone who believes on Him
will not be put to shame,
11 Now the Scripture says,
Everyone who believes on Him
will not be put to shame,
12 for there is no distinction
between Jew and Greek,
since the same Lord of all
is rich to all who call on Him.
Romans 3
22—that is, God’s righteousness through faith in Jesus Christ, to all who believe, since there is no distinction. 23 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. 24 They are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 3:28
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Acts 17:26
And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place,
John 7:24
Do not judge by appearances,
but judge with right judgment.”
For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Racism is wrong.
Sexism is wrong.
Xenophobia is wrong.
Following Jesus is for whosoever will.
Revelation 7
10 And they cried out in a loud voice:
Salvation belongs to our God,
who is seated on the throne,
and to the Lamb!
9 After this I looked, and there was a vast multitude from every nation, tribe, people, and language, which no one could number, standing before the throne and before the Lamb.