Masters and Slaves

And masters treat your slaves (workers) the same way, without threatening them, because you know that both their master and yours is in heaven, and there is no favoritism with Him. Ephesians 6:8

When William Wilberforce fought against slavery he used the above and preceding scriptures to show we are all equal before God.

In a world where flesh likes to categorise and label sections of society God does not see the same things. He sees creatures He has made, all in sin, all needing His Son's gift of forgiveness.

Last night I went to an auction dinner held as a fund raiser for the drug and alcohol centre our church supports. The organisers had invited a speaker who was a footballer and he definitely was not used to a church crowd. His language was very colourful (full of expletives) and he struggled to tone himself down for us and basically failed. Underneath the rough exterior was a man who needed Christ just like we do. 

Perhaps the organisers will have red faces today but I don't mind if someone managed to touch his heart with grace. His story was about a rough, deprived life but one of overcoming and in his field success. As the dinner was a fund raiser for men such as him, he was right for the night. The saved had to get over themselves and see what God would do.

I pray that this man finds the Jesus that we have all needed to find. I pray that the church extends grace to him and many like him.

I know this has had nothing to do with 'masters' and 'slaves', but if we look deeper our God sees us all the same. Husbands, wives, children, slaves, masters. The labels are ours not His. To Him we are 'sons' and 'daughters' all needing to be loved by Him. Amen!