The Only Cure For Racism

PathLight

Recently I heard a politician state that his goal was to end racism in America. Assuming the best, in that most rational people really would like to end racism, I want to be honest and tell you that it cannot be done. I am sure that many people calling for an end of racism really want to make this world a better place. But, the truth is, they are powerless in spite of their best intentions. It would be the same as saying you are going to “stop lust” or “stop envy.” Man, on his own accord is powerless to accomplish this feat. Of course, it is also quite obvious that most politicians really don’t want to end racism anyway. It gives them greater power if we are divided.

Ending racism is a noble idea, but I am not sure anyone really believes it can be done. Many well meaning people have been trying to stop it for all recorded history—yet, to no avail. Politicians can change laws, but they cannot stop sin, and racism is sin, and a world enslaved to sin cannot overcome sin on its own. Even if we could build the most powerful totalitarian regime, with the authority to severely punish those who might not yield to ending racism, it still could not force anyone to love what he ought to love and hate what he ought to hate. The change the world groans after, even on its best days, belongs to the very God the world despises and rejects. He alone has the power to change hearts, thus He alone has the power to end racism.

On this week’s edition of PathLight, Dr. T. D. Worthington will remind us that the racism-free world all good men yearn for is quickly approaching. Racism will end soon, sooner than most people of all races will actually want. You see, racism will end as all men stand on equal ground shoulder to shoulder when our King finally comes to reign. And not only will racism, and every other sin, be thrown into the lake of fire, but His people will be unified in ways we can only now imagine. One people, one family, one nation...under Christ.