God's View on Racism

Racism doesn’t start with policies or headlines. It starts when we stop seeing people the way God sees them. Scripture is clear about that, even when we’re not always comfortable with what it exposes about   our hearts.   

From the very beginning, God settles the question of human value. “So God created mankind in his own image…” (Genesis 1:27). Not some people. Not certain cultures. All of us. God’s image isn’t divided up or   handed out in portions. Every person carries it fully.   

As you move through the Bible, you notice a pattern. God keeps pulling His people toward those they’d   rather avoid—the foreigner, the outsider, the one who doesn’t fit their assumptions. He challenges pride when it dresses itself up as tradition. He confronts prejudice when it hides behind preference. God keeps saying, in different ways, “That’s not how I see people.”   

And here’s where it lands. Racism isn’t just a social failure—it’s a gospel problem. It contradicts the message we claim to believe and the Savior we claim to follow. The church should be the one place where walls come down, not where they quietly stay standing.   

Scripture doesn’t leave this open-ended:   

“Believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ must not show favoritism” (James 2:1).   

Domingo