There are Black & White people who are Christians and there are congregations that are predominantly one or the other but there is no color line in the Body of Christ. That's the part so called pro-black "Conscious Community", "Hebrew Israelite", and other supposed pro-black groups hate because they want all Black Christians to be as hateful as them towards other ethnic groups and forsake our faith in order to be considered "black enough".
I acknowledge racism and White Supremacy, but I don't respond to them with the same mentality because that is hypocrisy. I don't believe in a "white Jesus Christ" and was never taught such a thing. I'm proud to be Black, but I'm also proud to be a Christian and am not color blinded by the bigotry and racial hatred from others in this world. I pray for justice to come as well as redemption, and I'm not afraid to fight or die for either one of them.
1st CORINTHIANS 12-14; "For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. 13) For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. 14) For the body is not one member, but many."
When people want you to give up your religious faith, especially if you're a Christian, it is because they want control of your mind and see your religious beliefs as blocking them because of your commitment to God Almighty. There is some truth to the statement that whoever controls your concept of God can control your mind. However, true faith doesn't enslave you as those with anti-Christ beliefs would deceive you into believing, because their intent is to enslave you to their false doctrine.
Real faith protects you from those who truly want to control you in order to mislead you to destruction for their own means by way of dead spiritual systems and impotent philosophies of so called metaphysical sciences that have proven to be ineffective throughout history, and remain so today. Many will turn from the truth looking for temporary satisfaction from long standing problems, but hold to your faith for a permanent solution and don't be deceived. Stay the course and hold on. ~ I.J. West
1st TIMOTHY 6:20-21; "O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called: Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen."
Amen, preach it brother!
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