A Biblical Worldview of Race

Author: Rev. Daniel Johnson
November 20, 2025

 

Hey Gracepoint family,

This past Sunday we stepped into an important part of our Biblical Worldview series by talking about race—a topic that often feels loud and confusing in our culture. But Scripture gives us clarity, confidence, and hope.


Here’s a brief recap of what we explored together.


One Race, Many Shades
The Bible answers the question our culture struggles with: How many races are there? Scripture teaches that God created one humanity through Adam and Eve. That means everything we call “race” today is simply variation within the same human family.


Different skin shades?
Different features?
Different cultures?
All part of God’s good design.


The issue dividing humanity isn’t skin — it’s sin.


Diversity Is Designed, Not Dividing
Adam and Eve likely had a balanced genetic makeup capable of producing children across the full spectrum of skin shades. Science actually confirms what Scripture shows: All humans are just different shades of the same color, shaped by the amount of melanin God built into us. Human differences are beautiful — not barriers.


Where Division Really Comes From
The Bible never roots hostility in biology. It always roots it in the human heart.
Cain and Abel, Babel, Israel and the nations — division has always been spiritual, not genetic. That means human solutions (education, activism, politics) can address symptoms, but only the gospel can transform the source.


How Modern Thinking Complicated Everything
Evolutionary ideology introduced a hierarchy of “higher” and “lower” groups, giving birth to:
Scientific racism
Eugenics
Segregation
The Holocaust


When humanity loses Adam and Eve, it loses its unity.
But Scripture restores it:
“From one man He made every nation.” — Acts 17


Jesus Christ: The Only True Reconciler
Ephesians 2 shows us that Jesus didn’t just preach peace — He is our peace.


Through the cross, He:
Made us one new humanity
Broke down dividing walls
Reconciled us to God and one another
Created a family where hostility dies


Unity is not something we manufacture.
It’s something Jesus already accomplished.


One Kingdom, One Family
In Christ we are:
Fellow citizens
Members of one household
Living stones in one temple
Empowered by one Spirit


The world wants unity without Jesus. But true unity comes only through the gospel.


The Church the World Needs
The greatest contribution the church can make to racial reconciliation is gospel expansion.


When people come to Christ:
Hearts change
Divisions shrink
Unity grows
A new family forms


There is one race, one problem, one Savior, and one reconciled people.


The Bible is enough.Christ is enough.The gospel is enough.

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