MONDAY January 15, 2024
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 3:28
Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. He became a well-educated Baptist preacher and an advocate for Civil Rights in America in the 1950’s and 1960’s. He used the power of preaching to give a message that unified the people, instead of dividing them. He had this dream:
“I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal’.”
Martin wanted America to become a better place, to hold to the biblical truths written by our Founding Fathers in the Constitution––that in the eyes of God, we are all created equal:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
With great conviction, Martin lived his life in accordance with his message. On April 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated. He was standing on the balcony of his second-floor hotel room in Memphis, Tennessee, when a sniper shot him. He died for what he believed, preached, and dreamed could happen when people would accept each other, regardless of their background and color of their skin.
The Bible tells us this truth in Proverbs 22:2: The rich and the poor have this in common, the LORD is the maker of them all. Wouldn’t you agree? The world would become a better place if all people held this biblical view, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. May we live our lives in accordance with God’s Word, as this is what Martin Luther King Jr. aimed to do in his life.
We believe that all men are created equal because they are created in the image of God.
~Harry S. Truman~
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