Galatians 3: 28
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
God is no respecter of persons, but loves us all and sent Jesus to be Savior of us all. None has more or less value than any other.
Every one of us has been born in sin, with a defective DNA that predisposes us to some weakness, some bent, some evil way that is unhealthy for us and repulsive to our Creator.
Some have sinned in a very public way, and others' sins are more private. But we all have sinned, because we are all sinners. It's been said that, "the ground is level at the foot of the Cross," because Jesus became sin, took on Himself our very sin-nature, for us, as the personal Sacrifice for each of us, one-by-one (II Corinthians 6:21). And His Blood washes us white as snow.
God is too pure to be able to live with even a shadow of a stain of sin. If He did, then Heaven would eventually get as bad as this World is. That is why the Son agreed to come to this Earth to be our Savior--to make us pure also, and fit to live with Him where He is.
Rank of authority is not the same as value or worth. God the Father outranks the Son and has authority over Him, but they are both the same God, they are One.
The Centurion at Capernaum understood how the structure of authority worked, and acknowledged Jesus' authority over the sickness of his servant. And Jesus commented that this Roman had more faith than those of Israel (Matthew 8:5-13). The Centurion's faith was an understanding of the authority structure. And he considered his servant of great value, the one who had the least rank.
As God's children we all have tremendous value and worth to our Father. We are all valuable and are all in His family. So we need to see one another with the great value our Father places on us, while recognizing the ranks of authority among us.
Parents are over their children, wives are to be subject to their husbands, and congregations are under the responsibility of their pastors.
But we all respect one another as equal children of God, regardless of our race or nationality or socio-economic position. Whatever the clothes we wear or our accent or the shade of our complexion. We all have great value.
O my Father, You have made us in such diverse variety! And You have put Your beauty upon each and every one of us. Father, open our eyes to see the beauty and worth of all of our brothers and sisters, and afford them the respect and honor that You have given each of us.
Teach us to do to others as we would have them do to us, and to love one another the way You have loved us. And let the World see our love and know that Jesus has come to save them, too.
And every eye will see, every knee will bow, and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is our Lord God, to the glory of the Father over all.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
