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>>606759

>ITT another "debate" ensues in which anons completely fail to read the entire chapter in context and understand that this deals with the Law and the universality of salvation

I'm just going to get it over with and start the fire. The verse doesn't mean that races don't exist. It means that as far as God's salvation is concerned, all who believe in Him are saved regardless of their earthly condition. There is neither Jew nor Gentile because Jews who believe in Christ are saved by their faith, not by obedience to the Law. Likewise, Gentiles who were never subject to the old covenant are not lost on account of the Law, but are saved by their faith. It doesn't mean that Jewish Christians aren't going to have a preference for hanging out with fellow Jewish Christians, or that black Christians aren't going to have a preference for hanging out with fellow black Christians. There's nothing in the Bible that says that Jewish Christians must attend churches with Gentiles, or vice versa.

Being one in faith does not mean being one in culture and tradition. Not every bit of the practiced faith is essential in the sense that it is necessary to believe for salvation and so should be practiced by all. In other words, not everything we do is dogmatic, and there is no harm in having diversity in non-dogmatic doctrines and practices.

>>606759

what the fuck Ethiopian churches are predominantly Ethiopian?

>>606766

Good answer.