An Anti-Nationalist Gospel

Acts 16:9-15; Psa 67; Rev 21:10, 22-22:5; John 14:23-29: There are lots of things that we get to fight about with regard to Scripture (if we want to). The Gospel triumphing over old national or citizenship statuses is simply not one of them. Citizenship in the Kingdom of God has to mean more than whatever other loyalties we have. And love of neighbor must triumph over whatever prejudices or biases we have. Those are not optional add-ons, but at the very core of the Jesus-project. If reading Acts teaches us anything, it's that the Gospel starts in Asia, spreads very quickly to Africa, and then, eventually, is shared across the world. Jesus' love does not stop at, or allow itself to be stopped by, any border.