When we look around this world, what do we see? Do we see white and black? Do we see poor and rich? Do we see those that are successful and those who have thrown their lives away? The world has begun to infect us with their type of thinking. The world does categorize people as to where they are and what they want to do. I once had a neighbor that everyone looked at as being very successful but in reality he was everything but successful. Because this man had a nice house, the same as the rest of the people in the community, and drove a BMW and Mercedes the neighbors thought he was doing well for himself. Deep down there was a void in his life. He had extra-marital affairs and his wife wound up leaving him. The house quickly became destroyed and all that people viewed as being successful proved otherwise.

How do we as believers view the world that we live in? As I mentioned in the paragraph above, we as believers have been infected with the way the world views things. When we view people we should look at them the same way the Lord looks at them...their standing with the Lord. Having all the riches in the world doesn’t matter. Having nothing doesn’t matter. What does matter is whether or not we have a relationship with the Lord.

Colossians 3:6, “For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience.”

This verse clearly expresses that God will have judgment on the children of disobedience which is those who have not yet surrendered their life unto the Lord.

Understanding this, we must view Colossians 3:11,

“Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.”

This verse will help us to understand what it is that is important to the Lord. Paul tells us that there is neither Greek nor Jew. These are the two distinct groups of people throughout the Bible. You have the Jews which were the group of people chosen of God (other names to describe the Jew would be Israelites or Hebrews). Then you have the Greeks which represent the Gentiles (this is anyone that is not a Jew). One of the big distinctions between the Jew and the Greek is circumcision. The Jews circumcised the male infant but yet the Greeks did not.

Genesis 17:10-14, “This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised. And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you. And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed. He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.”

In verse 11 we can see the distinction between the two groups but Paul continues on. He then talks about the Barbarian and the Scythian. The Barbarian is an uncultured person while the Scythian is a barbarian to the furthest extreme. These were the people most savage and wild. Finally we have the comparison of the bond man (slave) or the free.

Notice the beginning of verse 11. Paul tells us that “there is neither” Greek nor Jew, and he continues on. This shows us that nothing matters to Christ more then your position with Him. Nothing else matters. Nationality, race, education, social standing, wealth, religion, or power shouldn’t taint our view of people. It is our responsibility to take the message of Christ, the message of hope, the message of life to these people. No matter what.