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The great thing about racial, ethnic, and nationality differences is that a loving God is in control of these things. He is our Creator and the one who determines where and when each of us is brought into this world.

Those who have been privileged to be born into the United States should be very grateful for our freedoms and opportunities to prosper. A large percentage of the world, still to this day, does not enjoy these freedoms and opportunities, and would give anything to be here.

Black Americans should thank God for letting them be descendants of slaves which led to them being born here rather than Africa where slavery still exists. They should be grateful for not being born into a Muslim home in a Muslim nation where freedom of religion does not exist. Same with China, North Korea, and many places in the world.

God let His chosen people, Israel, be enslaved so that He could accomplish His own will and purposes. He let His servant Joseph be sold by his brothers into slavery, let him go to prison based on false accusations and for doing the right thing, and he was forgotten there in prison. But God then transformed these circumstances to raise Joseph up to be one of the most powerful rulers on earth. He used Joseph to rescue his own family from famine, along with many others. And most of all, God’s name was glorified because of what He did through Joseph’s faith and obedience.

A large percentage of “blacks” in the US are descendants of slaves AND slave owners. Should they be bitter at their own foreparents? Some blacks—men like Obama—are not descendants of slaves but of slave traders. Are these men who deserve special sympathy because of slavery? Is skin color the sole determination of guilt and innocence? How about the majority of whites who never owned slaves? How about whites who were slaves themselves? How about whites who were poor sharecroppers, struggling just like everyone else to survive? How about whites who died fighting to free slaves? How about the fatherless children of these men?

Lies are keeping black people trapped in a different kind of slavery today. Jesus taught that the truth will set you free.