"What does the Bible say about racism, prejudice, and discrimination?"
ስለ የሰው ዘር ወይም ዘረኝነት መጽሀፍ ቅዱስ
ምን ይላል/Amharic Ethiopian Languge
Galatians 3:28
The first thing to understand in this discussion is that there is only one race—the human race. Caucasians, Africans, Asians, Indians, Arabs, and Jews are not different races. Rather, they are different ethnicities of the human race. All human beings have the same physical characteristics (with minor variations, of course). More importantly, all human beings are created in the image and likeness of God (Genesis 1:26-27). God loved the world so much that He sent Jesus to lay down His life for us (John 3:16). The “world” obviously includes all ethnic groups.
God does not show partiality or favoritism (Deuteronomy 10:17; Acts 10:34; Romans 2:11; Ephesians 6:9), and neither should we. James 2:4 describes those who discriminate as “judges with evil thoughts.” Instead, we are to love our neighbors as ourselves (James 2:8). In the Old Testament, God divided humanity into two “racial” groups: Jews and Gentiles. God’s intent was for the Jews to be a kingdom of priests, ministering to the Gentile nations. Instead, for the most part, the Jews became proud of their status and despised the Gentiles. Jesus Christ put an end to this, destroying the dividing wall of hostility (Ephesians 2:14). All forms of racism, prejudice, and discrimination are affronts to the work of Christ on the cross.
Jesus commands us to love one another as He loves us (John 13:34). If God is impartial and loves us with impartiality, then we need to love others with that same high standard. Jesus teaches in Matthew 25 that whatever we do to the least of His brothers, we do to Him. If we treat a person with contempt, we are mistreating a person created in God’s image; we are hurting somebody whom God loves and for whom Jesus died.
Racism, in varying forms and to various degrees, has been a plague on humanity for thousands of years. Brothers and sisters of all ethnicities, this should not be. Victims of racism, prejudice, and discrimination need to forgive. Ephesians 4:32 declares, “Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.” Racists may not deserve your forgiveness, but we deserved God’s forgiveness far less. Those who practice racism, prejudice, and discrimination need to repent. “Present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God” (Romans 6:13). May Galatians 3:28 be completely realized, “There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.”
Bible
about listening to God እግዚአብሔርን
ስለመስማት በመጽሀፍ ቅዱስ
Whoever is of God hears the words of
God. The reason why you do not hear them is that you are not of God.”
‹‹ከእግዚአብሔር የሆነ
የእግዚአብሔርን ቃል
ይሰማል፤ እናንተ
ከእግዚአብሔር አይደላችሁምና
ስለዚህ አትሰሙም። ዮሐ.8፤4
My son, if you receive my words and
treasure up my commandments with you, making your ear attentive to wisdom and
inclining your heart to understanding; yes, if you call out for insight and
raise your voice for understanding, if you seek it like silver and search for
it as for hidden treasures, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and
find the knowledge of God.
ልጄ ሆይ፥
ቃሌን ብትቀበል፥
ትእዛዜንም በአንተ
ዘንድ ሸሽገህ
ብትይዛት፥
ጆሮህ ጥበብን እንዲያደምጥ ታደርጋለህ፥ ልብህንም ወደ ማስተዋል ታዘነብላለህ።መጽሐፈ ምሳሌ
1-2
My sheep hear my voice, and I know
them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish,
and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
በጎቼ ድምፄን
ይሰማሉ እኔም
አውቃቸዋለሁ ይከተሉኝማል፤
እኔም የዘላለም ሕይወትን እሰጣቸዋለሁ፥ ለዘላለምም አይጠፉም፥ ከእጄም ማንም አይነጥቃቸውም። ዮሐ.10፤27
And he said to them, “Pay attention
to what you hear: with the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and
still more will be added to you.
የሚሰማ ጆሮ
ያለው ቢኖር
ይስማ።
አላቸውም። ምን እንድትሰሙ ተጠበቁ። በምትሰፍሩበት መስፈሪያ ይሰፈርላችኋል ለእናንተም ይጨመርላችኋል።
ላለው ይሰጠዋልና፤ ከሌለውም ያው ያለው እንኳ ይወሰድበታል። ማር.4፤24
Again he appoints a certain day,
“Today,” saying through David so long afterward, in the words already quoted, “Today,
if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts.”
ዛሬ ድምፁን
ብትሰሙት ልባችሁን
እልከኛ አታድርጉ
በፊት እንደ
ተባለ፥ ይህን
ከሚያህል ዘመን
በኋላ በዳዊት
ሲናገር። ዛሬ
ብሎ አንድ
ቀን እንደ
ገና ይቆጥራል። ዕብ.4፤7
Delight yourself in the Lord, and he
will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord; trust in
him, and he will act.
በእግዚአብሔር ደስ
ይበልህ፥ የልብህንም
መሻት ይሰጥሃል።
መንገድህን ለእግዚአብሔር አደራ ስጥ፥ በእርሱም ታመን፥ እርሱም ያደርግልሃል። መዝ.37፤4-5
Make me to know your ways, O Lord;
teach me your paths. Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of
my salvation; for you I wait all the day long.
አቤቱ፥ መንገድህን
አመልክተኝ፥ ፍለጋህንም
አስተምረኝ።
አንተ የመድኃኒቴ አምላክ ነህና በእውነትህ ምራኝ፥ አስተምረኝም፤ ቀኑን ሁሉ አንተን ተስፋ አድርጌአለሁ።
Behold, I stand at the door and
knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and
eat with him, and he with me.
እንግዲህ እንዴት
እንደ ተቀበልህና
እንደ ሰማህ
አስብ፥ ጠብቀውም
ንስሐም ግባ።
እንግዲያስ ባትነቃ
እንደ ሌባ
እመጣብሃለሁ በማናቸውም
ሰዓት እንድመጣብህ
ከቶ አታውቅም። ራዕ3፤20
Do not be anxious about anything,
but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your
requests be made known to God.
ጌታ ቅርብ
ነው። በነገር
ሁሉ በጸሎትና
በምልጃ ከምስጋና
ጋር በእግዚአብሔር
ዘንድ ልመናችሁን
አስታውቁ እንጂ
በአንዳች አትጨነቁ። ፊሊ.4፤6
“Give ear, O heavens, and I will
speak, and let the earth hear the words of my mouth. May my teaching drop as
the rain, my speech distill as the dew, like gentle rain upon the tender grass,
and like showers upon the herb.
For God speaks in one way, and in
two, though man does not perceive it. In a dream, in a vision of the night,
when deep sleep falls on men, while they slumber on their beds,
But be doers of the word, and not
hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
So faith comes from hearing, and
hearing through the word of Christ.
But he who enters by the door is the
shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice,
and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out
all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his
voice.
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a
light to my path.
ሕግህ ለእግሬ
መብራት፥ ለመንገዴ
ብርሃን ነው።
Be still before the Lord and wait
patiently for him; fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way, over
the man who carries out evil devices! Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath!
Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil. For the evildoers shall be cut off,
but those who wait for the Lord shall inherit the land.
ለእግዚአብሔር ተገዛ
ተስፋም አድርገው።
መንገድም በቀናችለትና
ጥመትን በሚያደርግ
ሰው አትቅና።
ከቁጣ ራቅ መዓትንም ተው፤ እንዳትበድል አትቅና።
ክፉ አድራጊዎች ይጠፋሉና፤ እግዚአብሔርን ተስፋ የሚያደርጉ ግን እነርሱ ምድርን ይወርሳሉ።
Trust in the Lord with all your
heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge
him, and he will make straight your paths.
But he said to me, “My grace is
sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will
boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may
rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses,
insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am
strong.
“And if you faithfully obey the
voice of the Lord your God, being careful to do all his commandments that I
command you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of
the earth. And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, if you
obey the voice of the Lord your God.
But the Helper, the Holy Spirit,
whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to
your remembrance all that I have said to you.
But he answered them, “My mother and
my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it.”
Moreover, he said to me, “Son of
man, all my words that I shall speak to you receive in your heart, and hear
with your ears.
Who among you will give ear to this,
will attend and listen for the time to come?
And this is the confidence that we
have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.
Take care then how you hear, for to
the one who has, more will be given, and from the one who has not, even what he
thinks that he has will be taken away.”
Incline your ear, and hear the words
of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge, for it will be pleasant if
you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.
Lead me in your truth and teach me,
for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long. Remember
your mercy, O Lord, and your steadfast love, for they have been from of old.
Remember not the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to your
steadfast love remember me, for the sake of your goodness, O Lord! Good and
upright is the Lord; therefore he instructs sinners in the way. He leads the
humble in what is right, and teaches the humble his way.
አንተ የመድኃኒቴ
አምላክ ነህና
በእውነትህ ምራኝ፥
አስተምረኝም፤ ቀኑን
ሁሉ አንተን
ተስፋ አድርጌአለሁ።
አቤቱ፥ ምሕረትህንና ቸርነትህን አስብ፥ ከጥንት ጀምሮ ናቸውና።
የልጅነቴን ኃጢአትና መተላለፍ አታስብብኝ፤ አቤቱ፥ ስለ ቸርነትህ ብዛት እንደ ምሕረትህ አስበኝ።
እግዚአብሔር ቸር ቅንም ነው፤ ስለዚህ ኃጢአተኞችን በመንገድ ይመራቸዋል።
ገሮችን በፍርድ ይመራል፥ ለገሮችም መንገድን ያስተምራቸዋል።
He who has an ear, let him hear what
the Spirit says to the churches.’”
መንፈስ ለአብያተ
ክርስቲያናት የሚለውን
ጆሮ ያለው
ይስማ።ራዕ፣3፤20
“As for you, son of man, your people
who talk together about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses, say to
one another, each to his brother, ‘Come, and hear what the word is that comes
from the Lord.’ And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as
my people, and they hear what you say but they will not do it; for with lustful
talk in their mouths they act; their heart is set on their gain. And behold,
you are to them like one who sings lustful songs with a beautiful voice and
plays well on an instrument, for they hear what you say, but they will not do
it.
Listen to advice and accept
instruction, that you may gain wisdom in the future.
Who among you will give ear to this,
will attend and listen for the time to come? Who gave up Jacob to the looter,
and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the Lord, against whom we have sinned,
in whose ways they would not walk, and whose law they would not obey? So he
poured on him the heat of his anger and the might of battle; it set him on fire
all around, but he did not understand; it burned him up, but he did not take it
to heart.
If my people who are called by my
name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked
ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their
land.
But seek first the kingdom of God
and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
“Be still, and know that I am God. I
will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!”
ዕረፉ፥ እኔም
አምላክ እንደ
ሆንሁ እወቁ፤
በአሕዛብ ዘንድ
ከፍ ከፍ
እላለሁ፥ በምድርም
ላይ ከፍ
ከፍ እላለሁ።
Know this, my beloved brothers: let
every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;
The natural person does not accept
the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able
to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.
“You stiff-necked people,
uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your
fathers did, so do you.
“I can do nothing on my own. As I
hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the
will of him who sent me.
If one gives an answer before he
hears, it is his folly and shame.
And the peace of God, which
surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ
Jesus.
But he answered, “It is written,
“‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the
mouth of God.’”
Where there is no guidance, a people
falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.
Forever, O Lord, your word is firmly
fixed in the heavens.
አቤቱ፥ ቃልህ
በሰማይ ለዘላለም
ይኖራል።
Open my eyes, that I may behold
wondrous things out of your law.
ዓይኖቼን ክፈት፥
ከሕግህም ተኣምራትህን
አያለሁ።
And the Lord came and stood, calling
as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel said, “Speak, for your servant
hears.”
All Scripture is breathed out by God
and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in
righteousness,
Thus says the Lord of hosts: “They
shall glean thoroughly as a vine the remnant of Israel; like a grape-gatherer
pass your hand again over its branches.” To whom shall I speak and give
warning, that they may hear? Behold, their ears are uncircumcised, they cannot
listen; behold, the word of the Lord is to them an object of scorn; they take
no pleasure in it. Therefore I am full of the wrath of the Lord; I am weary of
holding it in. “Pour it out upon the children in the street, and upon the
gatherings of young men, also; both husband and wife shall be taken, the
elderly and the very aged.
Why do you spend your money for that
which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen
diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food.
Incline your ear, and come to me; hear, that your soul may live; and I will
make with you an everlasting covenant, my steadfast, sure love for David.
The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may
know how to sustain with a word him who is weary. Morning by morning he
awakens; he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught. The Lord God has
opened my ear, and I was not rebellious; I turned not backward. የደከመውን በቃል
እንዴት እንደምደግፍ
አውቅ ዘንድ
ጌታ እግዚአብሔር
የተማሩትን ምላስ
ሰጥቶኛል ማለዳ
ማለዳ ያነቃኛል፥
እንደ ተማሪዎችም
ትሰማ ዘንድ
ጆሮዬን ያነቃቃል።
5፤ ጌታ እግዚአብሔር ጆሮዬን ከፍቶአል፥ እኔም ዓመፀኛ አልነበርሁም ወደ ኋላዬም አልተመለስሁም።
Trust in the Lord, and do good;
dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness. Delight yourself in the Lord, and
he will give you the desires of your heart.
በእግዚአብሔር ታመን፥
መልካምንም አድርግ፥
በምድርም ተቀመጥ፥
ታምነህም ተሰማራ።
4 በእግዚአብሔር ደስ ይበልህ፥ የልብህንም መሻት ይሰጥሃል።
“Behold, in this you are not right.
I will answer you, for God is greater than man. Why do you contend against him,
saying, ‘He will answer none of man's words’? For God speaks in one way, and in
two, though man does not perceive it. In a dream, in a vision of the night,
when deep sleep falls on men, while they slumber on their beds, then he opens
the ears of men and terrifies them with warnings,
አንተ። ለቃሌ
ሁሉ አይመልስልኝም
ብለህ፥ ስለ ምን ከእርሱ ጋር ትከራከራለህ? ፤ እግዚአብሔር በአንድ
መንገድ በሌላም ይናገራል፤ ሰው ግን አያስተውለውም። ፤ በሕልም፥ በሌሊት ራእይ፥ አፍላ እንቅልፍ በሰዎች ላይ ሲወድቅ፥ በአልጋ ላይ ተኝተው ሳሉ፥ ፤ በዚያን ጊዜ የሰዎችን ጆሮ ይከፍታል፥ በተግሣጹም ያስደነግጣቸዋል፥ ፤ ሰውን ከክፉ ሥራው ይመልሰው ዘንድ ከሰውም ትዕቢትን ይሰውር ዘንድ፤ ፤ ነፍሱን ከጕድጓድ፥ በሰይፍም እንዳይጠፋ ሕይወቱን ይጠብቃል። ፤ ደግሞ በአልጋ ላይ በደዌ ይገሥጸዋል፥ አጥንቱንም ሁሉ ያደነዝዛል። ፤ ሕይወቱም እንጀራን፥ ነፍሱም ጣፋጭ መብልን ትጠላለች። ፤ ሥጋው እስከማይታይ ድረስ ይሰለስላል፤ ተሸፍኖ የነበረውም አጥንት ይገለጣል። ፤ ነፍሱ ወደ ጕድጓዱ፥ ሕይወቱም ወደሚገድሉአት ቀርባለች። ፤ የቀናውን መንገድ ለሰው ያስታውቀው ዘንድ፥ ከሺህ አንድ ሆኖ የሚተረጕም መልአክ ቢገኝለት፥ ፤ እየራራለት። ቤዛ አግኝቻለሁና ወደ ጕድጓድ እንዳይወርድ አድነው ቢለው፥ ፤ ሥጋው እንደ ሕፃን ሥጋ ይለመልማል፡፡ ኢዮ.33፤12-25
Commit your way to the Lord; trust
in him, and he will act. He will bring forth your righteousness as the light,
and your justice as the noonday.
መንገድህን ለእግዚአብሔር
አደራ ስጥ፥
በእርሱም ታመን፥
እርሱም ያደርግልሃል።
ጽድቅህን እንደ ብርሃን። ፍርድህንም እንደ ቀትር ያመጣል። መዝ.37፤5
If anyone has an ear, let him hear:
If anyone is to be taken captive, to captivity he goes; if anyone is to be
slain with the sword, with the sword must he be slain. Here is a call for the
endurance and faith of the saints.
ጆሮ ያለው
ቢኖር ይስማ። ይማረክ ዘንድ ያለው ማንም ቢኖር ወደ ምርኮነት ይሄዳል፤ በሰይፍ የሚገድል ማንም ቢኖር ራሱ በሰይፍ እንዲገደል ይገባዋል። የቅዱሳን ትዕግሥትና እምነት በዚህ ነው። ራዕ.13፤9
Now to him who is able to do far
more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work
within us,
But if you do not listen to me, to
keep the Sabbath day holy, and not to bear a burden and enter by the gates of
Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle a fire in its gates, and it
shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem and shall not be quenched.’”
And all these blessings shall come
upon you and overtake you, if you obey the voice of the Lord your God.
Now when Jesus had finished these
sayings, he went away from Galilee and entered the region of Judea beyond the
Jordan. And large crowds followed him, and he healed them there. And Pharisees
came up to him and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful to divorce one's wife
for any cause?” He answered, “Have you not read that he who created them from
the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave
his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become
one flesh’?
“Ask, and it will be given to you;
seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of
David. I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry. He
drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet
upon a rock, making my steps secure. He put a new song in my mouth, a song of
praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and put their trust in the Lord.
Let me hear what God the Lord will
speak, for he will speak peace to his people, to his saints; but let them not
turn back to folly.
And he said, “Go out and stand on
the mount before the Lord.” And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and
strong wind tore the mountains and broke in pieces the rocks before the Lord,
but the Lord was not in the wind. And after the wind an earthquake, but the
Lord was not in the earthquake. And after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord
was not in the fire. And after the fire the sound of a low whisper. And when
Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood at the
entrance of the cave. And behold, there came a voice to him and said, “What are
you doing here, Elijah?”
For the grace of God has appeared,
bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and
worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the
present age,
Guard your steps when you go to the
house of God. To draw near to listen is better than to offer the sacrifice of
fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil. Be not rash with your
mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in
heaven and you are on earth. Therefore let your words be few. For a dream comes
with much business, and a fool's voice with many words.
I would know what he would answer me
and understand what he would say to me.
In flaming fire, inflicting
vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel
of our Lord Jesus.
For it is God who works in you, both
to will and to work for his good pleasure.
And beginning with Moses and all the
Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning
himself.
Whoever conceals his transgressions
will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.
Blessed is the one who fears the Lord always, but whoever hardens his heart
will fall into calamity.
Hear, O my people, while I admonish
you! O Israel, if you would but listen to me!
To whom shall I speak and give warning,
that they may hear? Behold, their ears are uncircumcised, they cannot listen;
behold, the word of the Lord is to them an object of scorn; they take no
pleasure in it.
ይሰሙኝስ ዘንድ
ለማን እናገራለሁ?
ለማንስ አስጠነቅቃለሁ?
እነሆ፥ ጆሮአቸው
ያልተገረዘች ናት
ለመስማትም አይችሉም፤
እነሆ፥ የእግዚአብሔር
ቃል ለስድብ
ሆኖባቸዋል፥ ደስም
አያሰኛቸውም።
Saying, “If you will diligently
listen to the voice of the Lord your God, and do that which is right in his
eyes, and give ear to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will put
none of the diseases on you that I put on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord,
your healer.”
እርሱም። አንተ
የአምላክህን የእግዚአብሔርን ቃል አጥብቀህ ብትሰማ፥
በፊቱም የሚበጀውን
ብታደርግ፥ ትእዛዙንም
ብታደምጥ፥ ሥርዓቱንም
ሁሉ ብትጠብቅ፥
በግብፃውያን ላይ
ያመጣሁትን በሽታ
አላደርስብህም፤ እኔ
ፈዋሽህ እግዚአብሔር
ነኝና አለ።ዘጸ 15፤26
And it happened that while Apollos
was at Corinth, Paul passed through the inland country and came to Ephesus.
There he found some disciples. And he said to them, “Did you receive the Holy
Spirit when you believed?” And they said, “No, we have not even heard that
there is a Holy Spirit.” And he said, “Into what then were you baptized?” They
said, “Into John's baptism.” And Paul said, “John baptized with the baptism of
repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him,
that is, Jesus.” On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord
Jesus.
“But when the Helper comes, whom I
will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the
Father, he will bear witness about me.
While Moses went up to God. The Lord
called to him out of the mountain, saying, “Thus you shall say to the house of
Jacob, and tell the people of Israel:
ሙሴም ወደ
እግዚአብሔር ዘንድ
ወጣ፤ እግዚአብሔርም
በተራራው ጠርቶ
አለው። ለያዕቆብ
ቤት እንዲህ
በል፥ ለእስራኤልም
ልጆች እንዲህ
ንገር። ዘጸ19፤3
The vision of Isaiah the son of
Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah,
Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O
earth; for the Lord has spoken: “Children have I reared and brought up, but
they have rebelled against me. The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its
master's crib, but Israel does not know, my people do not understand.” Ah,
sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, offspring of evildoers, children
who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the Lord, they have despised the Holy
One of Israel, they are utterly estranged. Why will you still be struck down?
Why will you continue to rebel? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart
faint.
"What does the Bible say about racism, prejudice, and discrimination?"
ስለ የሰው ዘር ወይም ዘረኝነት መጽሀፍ ቅዱስ
ምን ይላል/Amharic Ethiopian Languge
Galatians 3:28
The first thing to understand in this discussion is that there is only one race—the human race. Caucasians, Africans, Asians, Indians, Arabs, and Jews are not different races. Rather, they are different ethnicities of the human race. All human beings have the same physical characteristics (with minor variations, of course). More importantly, all human beings are created in the image and likeness of God (Genesis 1:26-27). God loved the world so much that He sent Jesus to lay down His life for us (John 3:16). The “world” obviously includes all ethnic groups.
God does not show partiality or favoritism (Deuteronomy 10:17; Acts 10:34; Romans 2:11; Ephesians 6:9), and neither should we. James 2:4 describes those who discriminate as “judges with evil thoughts.” Instead, we are to love our neighbors as ourselves (James 2:8). In the Old Testament, God divided humanity into two “racial” groups: Jews and Gentiles. God’s intent was for the Jews to be a kingdom of priests, ministering to the Gentile nations. Instead, for the most part, the Jews became proud of their status and despised the Gentiles. Jesus Christ put an end to this, destroying the dividing wall of hostility (Ephesians 2:14). All forms of racism, prejudice, and discrimination are affronts to the work of Christ on the cross.
Jesus commands us to love one another as He loves us (John 13:34). If God is impartial and loves us with impartiality, then we need to love others with that same high standard. Jesus teaches in Matthew 25 that whatever we do to the least of His brothers, we do to Him. If we treat a person with contempt, we are mistreating a person created in God’s image; we are hurting somebody whom God loves and for whom Jesus died.
Racism, in varying forms and to various degrees, has been a plague on humanity for thousands of years. Brothers and sisters of all ethnicities, this should not be. Victims of racism, prejudice, and discrimination need to forgive. Ephesians 4:32 declares, “Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.” Racists may not deserve your forgiveness, but we deserved God’s forgiveness far less. Those who practice racism, prejudice, and discrimination need to repent. “Present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God” (Romans 6:13). May Galatians 3:28 be completely realized, “There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.”
Bible about listening to God እግዚአብሔርን ስለመስማት በመጽሀፍ ቅዱስ
The Coronation of the Virgin Mary by the Holy Trinity and as she Receiving the Covenant of Mercy
(Kidane Meheret)
Jesus fasted forty days and forty nights
Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
Matthew 4:1-11
1 - Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
2 - And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.3 - And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
4 - But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
5 - Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
6- And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
7 - Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
8- Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
9 -And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
10- Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
11 -Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.
ምንም አስተያየቶች የሉም :
አስተያየት ይለጥፉ