Thus says the Lord: Maintain justice, and do what is right, for soon my salvation will come, and my deliverance be revealed. Happy is the mortal who does this, the one who holds it fast, who keeps the sabbath, not profaning it, and refrains from doing any evil. Do not let the foreigner joined to the Lord say, “The Lord will surely separate me from his people”; and do not let the eunuch say, “I am just a dry tree.” For thus says the Lord: To the eunuchs who keep my sabbaths, who choose the things that please me and hold fast my covenant, I will give, in my house and within my walls, a monument and a name better than sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name that shall not be cut off. And the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord, to minister to him, to love the name of the Lord, and to be his servants, all who keep the sabbath, and do not profane it, and hold fast my covenant— these I will bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer; their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples. Thus says the Lord God, who gathers the outcasts of Israel, I will gather others to them besides those already gathered. (Isaiah 56:1-8, NRSV)
All are a part of the ministry of God, and included in the family. Just because they were not a part of the family from the beginning does not matter. The thing we must do as a part of the body of Christ is to pursue justice. We must maintain a just society and do what is right regardless of how that effects us, or if it gets us what we want or not. We are called to serve and love one another.
The foreigner and the eunuch are a full part of the community and not partial members that will be burned away later. They are not people we are putting up with now so that they can be removed later. God loves us all and calls all of us to pursue justice and to show His love to all we meet.
Do you accept everyone as they are as God accepted you? Are you helping them see and participate in the love and mercy of God?
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