Politically Correct

 Greetings to you all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ,

     John 4:3-5 says, “He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee.  And he must needs go through Samaria.  Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.”

          I was born in Indiana and the people of the state are referred to as “Hoosiers.”  There are a lot of stories as to wha a “hoosier” is but I found a park ranger in Vincennes who probably has the right answer.  It was a term that the British forces at Fort Vincennes gave to the people living in the area.  It was not meant to be a good term.  It meant that the people were “country simpletons.”  Well, that pretty well sums it up for me.  That’s what I am.  It seems that every ethnic group has a name for other ethnic groups that is not good o say to say the least.  In many years, we learn new terms that are to be used in regard to other people unlike ourselves and we are to use those terms in order to be politically correct.

     The same problem was around in the days when the Lord Jesus Christ  had His public ministry.  The Samaritans were not like by the pure blood Jewish people as they were a mixture of Jewish and other people that had conquered Israel    hundreds of years before.  Christ had a mission to go through Samaria which was not common in that day.  His mission was to meet with the woman at the well and the conversation that took place was quite a bit different than the one with Nicodemus.  The woman came out at noon to get water and when no one else was around and had the conversation with the Savior.  She firs refers to Him as a “Jew” but eventually calls Him the “Messiah.”  She knew He was different as He told her about her own life and her family history.  We also learn in Acts 8 that Philip was having  a successful ministry preaching the gospel to the Samaritans.  Acts also tells us that the gospel went out first to the Jews, then to the Samaritans and finally to the Gentiles.  I am glad that it did because even a hoosier and a kraut could eventually hear it and be saved.  There is a children’s song that says that God loves the little children whether they be black or yellow, red or white and every shade in between.  If anything is learned from the above passage it should be that God is not a respecter of persons in any way.  After checking on my heritage by spitting in a bottle i found that I am German, Polish, French, Belgian, Irish, and African. So, we can praise God today that He loves each and everyone of us regardless of our ethnic background.  What is shameful about it is that many have refused His offer of salvation and pursue repeating their mantra and worshiping false gods that can do nothing