The Bible says, “God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself” (2 Corinthians 5:19). That’s the very heart of the gospel. A broken, divided world brought back together by the love of God through Jesus Christ.
Now, the world around us celebrates diversity. Diversity is a gift from God. Life would be awfully dull if everyone looked the same, talked the same, and thought the same. God made different cultures, languages, and backgrounds. He’s the author of variety—just take a look at the animal kingdom, the landscape, or even a church potluck.
But here’s where the gospel goes deeper than what the world values. While the world sees diversity as an end in itself, Scripture points us to something better: unity in Christ. Not uniformity—unity. Paul says it this way: “There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus” (Galatians 3:28).
That’s the miracle of the church. In this congregation alone, we have brothers and sisters from every walk of life and uttermost part of the earth—people of every background and color. Red and yellow, black and white, they are precious in His sight.
But what makes this family special isn’t just the diversity—it’s the unity. We’ve all come through the same door: the waters of baptism. We’ve all been washed by the same blood. Born of the same Spirit. Adopted into the same family.
Christianity doesn’t eliminate our differences—it redeems them. We don’t all vote the same, dress the same, or even worship in the same language. But we gather around one table. We serve one Lord. We walk the same narrow road.
Jesus tore down the dividing wall. And when the church is working the way it’s supposed to, that wall stays down. Let’s always be the kind of church that shows the world what it looks like when Christ brings people together. One body. One hope. One Savior. Amen.
Maranatha,
Jordy
