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What does the racially motivated murders of the black American Bible study participants at the Emmanuel AME Church of Charleston, SC on June 17th and the June 26th United States Supreme Court decision making same sex marriage the law of the land have in common spiritually and morally speaking? Both expose again the failure of corrupt manmade Christianity the religion historically practiced by an influential majority of professing white Christians of all denominations that have sanctioned, even cherished the privileges of racial inequality and inequity which secular champions of political correctness and tolerance are wrong-headedly attempting to fix.
If with truly converted hearts in the power of the Holy Spirit the early colonists, founders of the nation and those going forward had stood firmly in the biblical worldview that the equality of humanity as persons was of God, the inequalities of racism even in slavery would not have been (Ephesians 6:5-9; Philemon). In the flesh though, religious men do no better than rank sinners and are actually worse since they corruptly use religion to justify their wicked ways. So, now, our nation--built on a flawed religiously constructed and supported foundation of racial inequality and inequity upheld for almost four centuries by the professing stewards of Christianity in their churches and seminaries--seeks to correct things by making everything equal and fair in its own flawed worldly view.
In a biblical worldview all apparent inequalities and inequities are not the same. God considers goodwill relations between human beings different from intimate same sex relationships since by His design we are expressly male and female for His purpose of procreation (Genesis 1:27-28). Also, while the eternally perfect God requires men to act by His standard of fairness in our transactions with each other, His standard does not apply to what He has forbidden nor in disagreement are we to invent our own (Leviticus 18:22, 20:13; Isaiah 29:15-16). Therefore, many talk defiantly now, but they will bow in absolute humiliation at the soon glorious appearing of the righteous Author of the Word of God and our Judge (Matthew 5:17-20; Philippians 2:9-11; Revelation 1:7-8)!
In the following still relevant July 4th 2011 commentary from our Ministry’s Strong Man Of God Monthly Newsletter as this week’s blog, I appeal with Christ’s heart especially to my conservative professing Christian white brothers that are guilty to thoroughly renounce your racism still so evident in your default attitudes of racial superiority and contempt as well as deeds of exclusion and discrimination bound up in maintaining racial inequality and inequity.
Originally Published July 2011
Ever since broaching the subject of equality in my commentary entitled, Childish Arguments back in March this year (see my May 3, 2015 blog), I have been deeply desirous before the Lord to deal with the issue head on and as fully as this limited space permits. The same goes for equity or fairness. Both of these biblical and highly moral terms have been co-opted and corrupted by various individuals and groups since the founding of our nation. Consequently, it is very fitting on the occasion of America's 235th birthday to call us back as a nation to the original intent of the Author of equality and equity for He is surely judging us at this hour for our failure to live out His definitions.
How high, noble and true are the words of the Declaration of Independence that declare, "all men are created equal." The words are true not because sinful men said so, but because a holy Creator made all humanity from the one man, Adam (Acts 17:24-26). No one man is innately superior in nature to another. Though to suit His creative glory God made mankind of different physical appearance and varying abilities, we are all from the one original man and equal in standing before our Creator. There is no qualitative difference between men when God the Righteous One is doing the judging. However, when fallen, sinful men judge, now all manner of human inequality enters in.
Some contemporary white historical commentators such as David Barton and David Von Drehle in a recent Time Magazine article on the Civil War assert the "all men are created equal" statement was an attempt by the nation's founders to address the reality of human inequality involved in slavery.1, 2 In American style slavery a whole race of people were deemed inferior and suitable only for perpetual servitude. The attitude of contempt and judgment as unfit for equality held toward blacks by many whites has continued to this day even with an African-American President. Shamefully, among those whites has been and are many professing to be Christians (Galatians 3:26-28).
The moral concept of equity has come to man from the Lord as He introduced to Israel His requirement of their being just in their dealings with strangers and each other (Leviticus 19:33-37; Deuteronomy 25:13-16). The Lord Jesus came along and emphasized loving one's neighbor (whoever that human being was) as one's self as the motivation for fair dealings and then some (Mark 12:31; Luke 6:27-36, 10:25-37). The apostle Paul was later inspired by the Holy Spirit to explain the absolute reason for love as the high motive in human relations when he wrote, "Love does no harm to a neighbor," (Romans 13:10a, NKJV). Sinful humanity does not naturally possess this kind of love.
The history of slavery, Jim Crow segregation and institutional racism in America clearly demonstrates how human hearts filled with contempt for others will not treat them with equity. A devastating Civil War had to be fought to end slavery. Legal battles continue to reverse institutionalized racial inequities throughout American society. While white men chafe under the finger of responsibility for much of this ungodly legacy of American racial inequity, there is nowhere else to look historically since the Women's Suffrage Movement is evidence white women were not in control of society. This is not said to blame for blame’s sake but to call the right persons forward to lead to action.
As the Civil Rights Movement taught us, we cannot legislate our way into what the nation’s founders had in mind for us as a free and equal people. We must love our way into it. And since as fallen sinners we are not able or willing in our own strength to love each other equally and fairly, then what we are really talking about is turning back to God for help (Ephesians 3:14-21). Therefore, this is a special call to my Christian white brothers and pastors in particular as aspiring strong men of God in the image of Christ. Lead out in owning and repenting from the historic sinful attitude and willful practice of treating black and other racial minority men unequally and unfairly.
Indeed, it is because of the half-hearted effort to do this in racial reconciliation talks that have gone on since the 1960s Satan has been enabled to co-opt the righteous equality and equity quest of racial minority men for rebels against the divine order. Talking and public platitudes have yielded so very little given how pervasive this evil is in our nation and the churches. The hour grows late and time is running out to get this right. True repentance is reflected in deeds as John the Baptist chided the religious leaders of his day (Matthew 3:4-10). Therefore, let the loving begin in obedience to the Lord's command (John 13:34-35; 1 John 2:7-11, 3:10-23, 4:7-21)! The risen, living Christ continues His cry among American churches, "Who is on the Lord's side?"
1 David Barton, Setting The Record Straight: American History In Black & White (Aledo, Texas: Wall Builders Press, 2004), 17-18.
2 David Von Drehle, “The Civil War 1861-2011, The Way We Weren’t,” Time, April 18, 2011, 40-51.
As I acknowledge in my November 16, 2014 blog, Christian Women And Restoring Men, under the category, Instruction, black females have been taking care of their families with absent fathers since slavery. This was due in part to the family destroying business of slavery when “masta” would sell off the men or use them as studs; in part because of the well known sexual promiscuity of the slaves that carried over from some polygamous West African tribes and certainly the natural, morally and spiritually unchecked human sex drive. Let it be said here that many of the however they came to be devoted, single mothers until now, have raised some outstanding sons!
Be that as it may, the statistical and tangible evidence of black communities plainly shows the long time pattern of absent fathers and female headship good and bad is not benefitting the larger number of mama’s boys. For example, as Portland, Oregon black American High School Counselor and Boys To Men Founder Donald Dixon observes referring to the Five Stages Of Manhood developed by the late Rev. Zachary Tims, “Boys look for a mother” in other women; “someone who is going to take care of them” as does a mother. In contrast, God has designed the family such that as Dixon declares, “a husband takes care of a wife,” (Genesis 2:24; 1 Timothy 5:8).
The foregoing certainly speaks to what mama’s boys appreciate about her as deeply loving, compassionate, sacrificial (if not caught up in “the life”) and tender. Since birth in 1956, however, I can speak with abundant first-hand knowledge and experience gained from many geographical settings that in general, black American females can also be physically aggressive, intimidating, domineering, controlling and emotionally suffocating. It is these latter qualities that drive many of mama’s boys to seek escape in the streets and against which they slickly vent through Hip Hop lyrics and videos that degrade, exploit, dominate and control females.
It is not only the ugly side of mama her boys loathe in their public rants, but beside their deep seated anger at missing in action fathers, they also carry the envious resentment many black males have had since slavery that our sisters have been more greatly favored by white society and its males in particular, threatened in the all of the ways they are by black males. Only God knows the healable in Him alone depths of injury that the black male psyche has sustained from the demoralization of castration as a man both by an oppressive society and the betraying complicity of those usurping black females with no fear of God that have been guilty (Exodus 1:8-22).
Make no mistake about it; mama’s boys will hurt you if you talk bad about her in a personal way. The natural mother-son bond in the black family is just as real as in any other. However, it is now time or never to understand the generationally high prevalence of mothers raising boys to manhood especially as the casual and detached result of sexual promiscuity is slowly killing our boys and community. Although our community and even the nation have settled into this state of affairs as normal, it is far from it in the eyes of God. By His design, sex in marriage is the means to bringing forth wanted and cared for children (Genesis 1:27-28, 4:1; Psalm 127). For the children’s sake, we must repent now!
Truly, we have not even begun to see all of the natural consequences much less those that will be imposed by God for willful rebellion against His will for sex in marriage only. Many that have been and are guilty that repent of their rebellion against God’s will may never see rectifying good come out of it; for though I am a witness He forgives the repentant, He will not allow Himself to be mocked in our thinking we got away with something as in my own situation (Exodus 34:6-7; Galatians 6:7-8). Still, we must repent! While it is good we have men willing to step in and mentor boys without fathers at home, males that are guilty must repent from the insidiously selfish sin of demanding sex from our females outside of marriage and unceasingly creating mama’s boys.
Our females too must repent from allowing themselves to be sexually active before marriage whatever their flesh rooted reasons. Every pillar of our community including the churches that are guilty must repent from lax and condoning attitudes about sexual promiscuity among singles and uphold God’s way of marriage and family along with abstinence before marriage.
Compromising pastors--many of whom are themselves mama’s boys--must also repent from allowing the spirit of Jezebel to bring disorder to God’s house and further emasculating black males out of greater reverence for mama, wife and women than God (Genesis 3:6, 17-19; 1 Kings 16:29-33, 21:1-26; Revelation 2:18-23)! Otherwise, know you will bear your guilt as well for the crisis of mama’s boys and ruin of our community (Luke 12:35-53).
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