It's All Spiritual...

Peace and Blessings

The Plight

It seems as though lately I have been bombarded by follow Americans of African origins who are on the black righteousness tip. I understand your plight, I too was in that space at a particular moment in time, but by the grace of God I was able to see how futile and carnal my thinking was. As A friend of mine once said, (that I use religiously) "Satan doesn't care what you believe, as long as what you believe is wrong." In other words, as long as what you believe is contrary to the word of God, it's kool. Satan's plight is to knock you off of course. He hates God, and Gods people. And it burns him up to know that he can’t literally touch you, all he can do is influence your thoughts. So he works relentlessly in trying to make you stumble and eventual fall off the course.

The Point

Ok ok, so I got of task a bit. Back on topic; black nationalist, Muslims, 5%'ers, the African-Methodist-Episcopal church, Agnostics, Shrines of the Black Madonna, partakers of old African religions really irritate me with there fake humility, white man is the devil, the bible got it's themes from Egypt, black man is God, idolatry, Afro Centric ie Black Dominance ways (breathe). PLEASE MISS ME WITH THAT. Black People are not God, we're not the dominant race (no one is), all white people aren't evil, all black people aren't righteous, everyone's heart is wicked and devoid of God (including mine) until Christ finds you and the holy spirit leads you to truth about HIM and everything else that you need (not want) to know. 

The Truth

Just because you are a person of African origins, it does not make you my brother. My brothers and sisters are not defined by race, ethnicity, nor blood for that matter. It is defined by faith, that's how I identify who my brothers and sisters are. Those who belong to Christ are part of my true family, for those are the ones I will live with for all eternity; not my racial or blood fam, unless we share the same faith in Christ. 
So with that being said, in this order, these are some of the things "I Am, I Be": 
1) A Child of God by grace and by my Faith in Jesus Christ2) A Spirit being that lives in an earthly body.4) A human being5) A man
           As you see, the black man part didn't even make my top 5, it's a little further down the list. But to these people that I've encountered lately, they seem to put "Being Black" as the most important thing or singular most important thing on their list of what defines them. Please don't misunderstand me or take me as one who is blinded to the truth about African people’s world wide, for I am not. I care about the matters of black people, seeing as though I am. And I also agree that race and culture does matter (to a degree) seeing as though God birthed you into whatever race and culture you belong to. And if he didn't want them to exists, we would all be the same. I understand that. It just shouldn't define you nor take precedence over everything else.

The Lesson

I love all and dislike all people equally, and it's not based upon skin color, culture, race, etc. It's about the heart of them. My black people, who fall under one of   the aforementioned "African Centered" groups, please understand that the battle is not with white people, nor anyone else for that matter. IT'S ALL SPIRITUAL.           

The children of Israel held on to their culture and pride in "Being a Jew" as well. Soooo hard that it became a stumbling block so that when "The Christ" showed up and was preaching that he came for all, and how tradition can cause people to go to hell if they put it before God, infuriated them. They couldn't deal with the fact that those customs and traditions meant nothing anymore in the grand scheme of things, or how God was not exclusive to them. Unfortunately, it caused many not to believe in "The Messiah" that they had waited so long for to liberate them. Let’s learn from these mistakes.  

The Reason

The reason why peoples of African origins suffer so much globally, is because we have forgotten and/or forsaken whose they are and have dabble into things (religions, philosophies, idolatry) that is contrary to Christ worship. Through Christ-centered people and movements we were able to overcome slavery, reconstruction, Jim Crow, etc. Please don't get it mistaken and think that the "liberties" that blacks have today are because of any of the militant movements and/or "hate for hate" black organizations in this country. It was Christian centered people or movements (Booker T Washington, MLK, SCLC, etc) who God blessed that helped truly evoke change in America. That's why we have an MLK, not a Malcolm X nor Marcus Garvey, nor Elijah Mohammed Day.

The End

People aren't the problem, but the spirit of a person is where the true problem lays, for Ephesians 6:12 says:12For(A) we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against(B) the rulers, against the authorities, against(C) the cosmic powers over(D) this present darkness, against(E) the spiritual forces of evil(F) in the heavenly places.