Dear Editor,
The purpose of this article is for people to think independently and hopefully understand.
Most people are of the assumption that discrimination is wrong but the fact is that is not true.
In plain English, to “discriminate” means to distinguish, single out, or make a distinction. In everyday life, when faced with more than one option, we discriminate in arriving at almost every decision we make. Racism is wrong but discrimination is not necessarily wrong.
One example of God’s discrimination is found in Genesis 4:3-5 which says, “And it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had RESPECT unto Abel and to his offering: But unto Cain and to his offering he had NOT RESPECT.” God clearly discriminated in favor of Abel and against Cain.
We are all sinners as human but God discriminates, He accepts the righteous, those are the people that live pleasing to Him and keep His commandments. Their reward is eternal salvation. The human who is living in sin and does not repent and accept Christ as their personal savior and does not keep His commandments will be tormented in hell everlasting. We see now that God discriminates.
Proverbs 8:13: The fear of the LORD is to hate evil. Pride, arrogance, an evil lifestyle, and perverted speech I despise. What is evil? Isaiah 5:20: Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.
Evil explained by God is the acceptance of and the will to sin. What is sin? Sin is the breaking of God’s law. That means God does not tolerate sin and when you sin He hates it. But when you live pleasing to Christ He loves that.
In other words, God discriminates on acceptance of people that will live to please Him or choose not to please Him. This means God discriminates. If a man and a woman are married and living together God approves of that, if a man and woman are not married and are living together God will not approve of that. This is proof God is a loving discriminating God with zero tolerance of sin.
Some people also say they do not believe in labels and will not like to be labeled. God is also a loving discriminating God that labels people. The labels are righteous and unrighteous, saved and lost, good or bad.
The conclusion is when you hear about discrimination please keep an open mind to hear the entire story. Discrimination is not necessarily wrong. Racism is always wrong, but not discrimination.
I point out the facts and understanding leaves you with choice to see and accept the facts as you see fit. Choose wisely.
I will continue next time with other topics of political ideology.
The Patriot Miguel Arrindell
