Community in Christ

This post came to me in light of recent events with the Treyvon Martin case.

What's with the hostility? How did this become a case involving the race of a person? I understand there has been bad blood between the white and black community. America is a nation based on different cultures. I just don't understand how that justifies hatred towards a group of people. What does "racist" even mean anymore?

How can we expect to become a nation that defines people "not by the color of their skin, but by the quality and content of their character" if we are so apprehensive to each other. This is a problem not only with race, but with religion as well.

A Catholic priest is caught with child porn so suddenly the Catholic Church is bad?  Let me take you back to the life of Jesus. The scribes and Pharisees brought to Him a woman who committed adultery. She had broken the law that Moses commanded to them and they were to stone her. Jesus knelt down in front of her and began writing in the dirt. They continued to pester Him so he stood up and said this: "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone."

Yes, we are a nation of different cultures. But more importantly, we are a community of sinners. Everyone is a hypocrite. Our truths mean nothing.

"When Jesus had raised himself up and saw no one but the woman, He said to her, 'Woman, where are those accusers of yours? Has no one condemned you?' She said, 'No one, Lord.' And Jesus said said to her, 'Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more.'"-John 8:10

No one can judge unless they judge themselves. Don't tell a person to remove a splinter in their eye unless you first remove the plank in yours.

We need to look at ourselves not from a cultural or religious background. We need to realize that no man is beneath another in the eyes of Christ. We need to develop a community in Christ.

Speaking from a secular standpoint, we need to recognize we are different and love one another despite so.