Hitler believed is a pure blood race. Did you know that? To be a good or true German everyone was required to provide proof of ancestry going back 7 or more years. If you do some research on this topic, you’ll find it’s a real eye opener. Moonies are not the only people to believe in the magic of pure blood thinking.
Also, the Jews thought their blood line was also superior and special. They thought that if they were born with Jewish blood they were special to God above all other peoples of the world. But Jesus came to teach they way of the heart, not bloodlines, made one close to God. Jesus even challenged the Jews who thought that being born Jewish and being circumcised was “proof” of their place with God above all other peoples of the world.
Here’s are bible quotes that lays that kind of thinking in the dust where it belongs and places heart above everything.
Romans 2:17-29
New International Version (NIV)
The Jews and the Law
17 Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God; 18 if you know his will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law; 19 if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those who are in the dark, 20 an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of little children, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth— 21 you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal? 22 You who say that people should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? 23 You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law? 24 As it is written: “God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”[a]25 Circumcision has value if you observe the law, but if you break the law, you have become as though you had not been circumcised. 26 So then, if those who are not circumcised keep the law’s requirements, will they not be regarded as though they were circumcised? 27 The one who is not circumcised physically and yet obeys the law will condemn you who, even though you have the[b] written code and circumcision, are a lawbreaker.
28 A person is not a Jew who is one only outwardly, nor is circumcision merely outward and physical. 29 No, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a person’s praise is not from other people, but from God.
Romans 3:1-8
1 What advantage, then, is there in being a Jew, or what value is there in circumcision? 2 Much in every way! First of all, they have been entrusted with the very words of God. 3 What if some did not have faith? Will their lack of faith nullify God’s faithfulness? 4 Not at all! Let God be true, and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that you may be proved right when you speak and prevail when you judge.” 5 But if our unrighteousness brings out God’s righteousness more clearly, what shall we say? That God is unjust in bringing his wrath on us? (I am using a human argument.) 6 Certainly not! If that were so, how could God judge the world? 7 Someone might argue, “If my falsehood enhances God’s truthfulness and so increases his glory, why am I still condemned as a sinner?” 8 Why not say—as we are being slanderously reported as saying and as some claim that we say—“Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is deserved.
Jesus also said that we should be perfect as our (Note that he said “OUR”) Heavenly Father is perfect. And how did he say we would be made perfect as God is perfect? By blood lineage? No. But by the law of love.
matt 5:43-48
Love for Enemies
43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor[a] and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. 46 If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? 47 And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? 48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
The important thing about all this is that anyone can do that. It doesn’t matter what religion they believe in or even if they don’t believe in any religion. Love is beyond religion. It is greater then blood lineage because even people who think they have special blood lineages can be unloving and therefore far from God. And even people who are not religious can be loving, even loving their enemies, and therefore they are close to God without even knowing it.
