Thread by @tisaiahcho

Real divisiveness is any attempt to rebuild the wall of hostility between peoples that Christ tore down.

Racism, White supremacy, and White nationalism are ultimately theological and demonic attempts to undo the work of Christ.

Silence and inaction is floating in its current.

Fighting against those who fight against anti-gospel principalities of racism is playing into the devil's hand, who knows he cannot thwart God's ways but seeks to divide God's people and make them bite and devour one another rather than bear faithful witness in this world.

There is a time for disagreement and debate about policies, procedures, and the best way forward. But the telos of these conversations is to meet the urgent need of casting light into the darkness of White supremacy that holds many captive. Pious and studious inaction is...

simply intellectual flexing and posturing with no fruit. There is no healing and blessing. The hurting and those captive to harmful ideologies continue on in the cycle of oppression in the hush of precisionism.

Jesus said he came to bring a sword and division in this world...

of a different sort because of the gospel. His redemptive kingdom cuts through ideologies of racial and ethnic supremacy. His justification places all people in need of salvation and shows we are all sinful even in our thoughts. The great commission interrupts an "us vs them."

The apostles and the early church understood the important connection between the work of Christ and how dangerous racial and ethnic supremacy is. The new Testament makes these connections with stunning repetition to show us that it was constantly on their minds.

To fight against racism, White supremacy, and White nationalism is not a progressive, p.c., liberal, or "woke" thing to do. It is reading the Bible with open ears and hearts ready for the Spirit's guidance. It is "contending for the faith delivered unto the saints" (Jude 3).