Carpenter’s Tools - The Dream . . . . .

By Pastor Wallace Phillips – May 4th, 2007


I recently heard someone speak about their feelings concerning naming one of our streets after Dr. King. In ignorance, they speak of what they do not know based upon the color of a man’s skin. Dr. King spoke out for human rights for all people. Consider this ---

"I look forward confidently to the day when all who work for a living will be one with no thought to their separateness, or any other distinctions. This will be the day when we bring into full realization the American dream -- a dream yet unfulfilled. A dream of equality of opportunity, of privilege and property widely distributed; a dream of a land where men will not take necessities from the many to give luxuries to the few; a dream of a land where men will not argue that the color of a man's skin determines the content of his character; a dream of a nation where all our gifts and resources are held not for ourselves alone, but as instruments of service for the rest of humanity; the dream of a country where every man will respect the dignity and worth of the human personality."

---- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Did you know that Christ died for that dream? He did. His prayer was “that we would be one”. Colossians teaches us that “in Christ there is no Jew nor Greek, no male or female, no bond nor free.” In Christ, we are all the same. He is no respecter of persons. I wonder why we are? I wonder why we still judge a man today because of the last little layer of his skin.

Jesus prayed that we would be one. Many orators down through the years have advocated the unity the God desires. Dr. King tried his best to see that the people of his day were one. I am still dreaming the same. And if you are offended by this little article then you are “prejudging” based upon the color of a man’s skin.

Offended? Turn to I John 4:7,8.

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Biblical reference - 1 John 4
7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.