In this song I’m reminded of what the church is.
We have been ransomed by the blood of Christ. If it were not for Christ’s death there would be no church.
We come from a variety of backgrounds. God’s people will be “from every tribe and language and people and nation.” His kingdom is not based on race. Imagine that. We at FBC are part of a kingdom with people from all over the world. One day, every tribe and language and people and nation will be represented. We will rub shoulders with the Bisorio and someday the Siar tribes from Papua New Guinea. We will hear Japanese, Chinese, English, Spanish, Yiddish, and Hindi. Those from Argentina, England, Japan, Canada, and Kenya are part of the kingdom. God’s priests will include Tibetans and Kurds, Jews and Palestinians.
But how much do our earthly backgrounds matter? We may consider ourselves to be Asian-American, African-American, Japanese, Korean, or Hispanic but we have been made into a kingdom and priests to our God. We are part of a greater kingdom now. We are people set apart for God.
I don’t know what language you speak or what nation you call home, but in Christ we are made into a different kingdom. When we remember our missionaries in prayer remember that not only are they our brothers and sisters in Christ, but the Christians who they are serving with in other countries are also our brothers and sisters in Christ.
We may speak different languages. We may not be able to understand why some don’t appreciate sashimi and spam musubi, but we have something in common. None of us deserve it, but Christ ransomed us by his blood, so that whoever believes in Him can join his kingdom.
If we are all part of the kingdom, let’s treat fellow believers as fellow priests: Servants of God who we will reign with together over the earth.