All Are Equal in Christ

Galatians 3:28. “In Christ's family there can be no division into Jew and non-Jew, slave and free, male and female. Among us you are all equal.” Followers of Jesus, especially in the organized church, don’t always get this right. Our human nature tends to classify people, and some classes are considered better than others. Scripture makes it clear that this is wrong thinking: there are to be no divisions and no hierarchies. We are equal in Christ’s family.

Scripture further describes us as God’s children and heirs to his kingdom. Even more than a good mom loves all of her children, God loves all of us. In fact he loves us so much that he was willing to allow his son Jesus to take the punishment for our sins.

So when we who follow Jesus call one another “brother” or “sister”, that’s exactly who we are in the eyes of God. I love using those terms because it’s a reminder that God isn’t interested in our divisions of people, he wants us to be one big, joy-filled, worshiping family!

So there is no higher or lower classes of people with God – he loves “the world”. God is in the business of reconciling all people to himself. As we think about followers of Jesus all over the world, of different races, genders, ethnicities, and socio-economic status – refer to them in your mind as sister and brother, for that’s who they are!