INS:Prejudice and the Gospel

   He...has broken down the middle wall of division between us. Eph.
2:14

   Can the Gospel really dissolve deep- seated prejudices that have
been hardened by centuries of hatred and strife? The experience of
Yishael Allon of West Valley City, Utah, gives the answer. Yishael is
Jewish. About 17 years ago, he met his cousin's wife Sandy, who was
dying of leukemia. Peace filled her heart and love radiated from her
life that gave her a"special glow." "She was the first real Christian I
had ever met, "writes Yishael. "She was different. I would question
her, and all she'd talk about was Jesus." In 1980, Yishael heard the
Gospel on the radio and received a Bible. As he read Isaiah 53, the
Holy Spirit convinced him that the prophet was speaking about Jesus -
the same Jesus that Sandy knew. Yishael recalls, "I believed on the
Lord Jesus and became a 'complete Jew'".Now here's the answer to the
question of prejudice. Yishael says, " A year and a half later, the
Lord gave me His love for my enemies - the PLO who murdered 37 of my
friends."

   I'm sure there are Christian Arabs who have found that same power to
accept Jews who have mistreated them. The Gospel has broken down
barriers between blacks and whites who know Christ, as well as between
peoples of other racial and ethnic backgrounds. The apostle Paul said
that through Jesus' death for our sins, " the middle wall of division"
between Jews and Gentiles was broken down - and that goes for racial
barriers of all kinds.

   If prejudice still lingers in our hearts, we have not yet felt the
full power of the Gospel. -D.J.D.

   God's love that drew salvation's plan Embraces every class of man;
It breaks the toughest racial wall Because it offers Christ to all.

   ONLY A NEW LOVE CAN DESTROY AN OLD PREJUDICE....