Today’s Thought “Residual Improprieties” G. Ward

²⁵ And a lawyer stood up and put Him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” ²⁶ And He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How does it read to you?” ²⁷ And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” ²⁸ And He said to him, “You have answered correctly; do this and you will live.” ²⁹ But wishing to justify himself, he said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” Luke 10:25-29

Lack of empathy regarding social ills promotes a categorization of people groups that perpetuates hopelessness; which is antithetical to knowing God. The Chicago Tribune for example has reported 42 souls impacted by gun violence on this past Labor Day weekend. It appears that several have perished.

The only consideration to behold is what Final Authority has conveyed unto mankind; to know that when man was created, culture or ethnicity wasn’t a mentionable. Moreover, Holy God’s wrath unto mankind via the Great Flood witnessed Noah and his family being spared, whereby God insisted, “These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the whole earth was populated” (Ge.9:19). Shall any continue deciphering a code outside of what Truth admonishes (cf. Jer. 17:9) through castigations of “those People” or seek to win them to the Lord’s care?

Happy Tuesday!