May We All Be One as Jehovah and Jesus Are One - PREJUDICE WITHERS AS LOVE GROWS

It is good to remember that at one time we were all "strangers," or foreigners, not close to God.  (Ephesians 2:12)  But Jehovah will draw us to him "with the cords of love."  (Hosiah 11:4; John 6:44)  And Christ welcomed us. He opened the door, as it were, so that we could become part of God's family.  (Read Romans 15:7)  Since Jesus has kindly accepted us, as imperfect as we are, it should be unthinkable for us to reject anyone else!

Divisions, prejudice, and hostility will doubtless increase the world as we approach the end of this wicked system.  (Galatians 5:19-21; 2 Timothy 3:13)  As servants of Jehovah, though, we seek the wisdom from above, which is impartial and promotes peace.  (James 3:17, 18) We rejoice as long as we forge friendships with people from other lands, accepting cultural differences and possibly even learning the languages of others.  When we do this, peace flows just like a river, and justice like the waves of the sea. -Isaiah 48:17, 18. 

 The floodgates of true knowledge were opened to me," says the Australian sister mentioned earlier.  She acknowledges how a study of the Bible affected her saying: "I was molded with a new heart and mind.  So all the ingrained prejudice and hatred has melted away before my eyes."  And the Canadian brother says that now he realizes  that  "ignorance is often the mother of racism  and that people's qualities do not depend on their place  of birth."  He married an English-speaking sister! Such changes in attitude are a testimony to the fact that Christian love can and does conquer prejudice.  It unites us with an unbreakable bond. -Colossians 3:14.

Next time: The Roots of Prejudice

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