An Open Letter

[NOTE: To ANYONE who sends me unseemly material concerning ANY political figure, this is the reply you can expect to receive in your inbox.]

Dear Friend,

I write to you gravely concerned for your patriotism, but mostly concerned for your soul. If you truly believe that the powers that be are not worthy to serve their country based upon their race or gender, how can you possibly believe in the equality of the saving power of the gospel of Christ?

Please note the following:

• "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek" (Romans 1:16).
  
• "Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile; But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good,
  to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile" (Romans 2:9-10).
  
• "Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also: Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith" (Romans 3:29-30).
  
• "For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit" (1 Corinthians 12:13).
  
• "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus" (Galatians 3:28).
  
• "Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all" (Colossians 3:11).
  

(Emphasis has been added by me. Also, indulge me to ask but this one question: Are you a Jew or a Gentile by birth?)

I mean no offense, I mean no harm to your feelings whatsoever, but the responsibility enjoined to us as Christians dictates that honor be given to the powers that be (Romans 13:1-8; 1 Peter 2:17). While I most emphatically cannot agree with all of the positions and stances taken relative to biblical issues, whether I personally like the powers that be or not is of no consequence: I cannot and will not be part nor parcel to their slandering or defilement. I implore you to no longer send me or anyone else material of such a nature, and if you persist in so acting, any and all future communications from you will be blocked before they reach my inbox.

In Service of the Most High God,

Keith