On the way out of class I passed a man carrying a box with the words “Class Disposal.” When I looked more closely I saw that someone had placed a piece of tape on the box turning a “G” into a “C.” But I like the idea of “Class Disposal.” No, I am not thinking about disposing college classes. I love classes. Especially being the teacher. When I am thinking of “Class Disposal” I am thinking about social classes. I realize when I start talking about a classless society I am treading into dangerous political ideology. But putting politics aside, wouldn’t it be grand if we lived in a world where everyone was a “Have” and there were no “Have Nots?” It’s not that I want less, it’s that I want everyone to have what I have.
When Paul was thinking of our being one with Christ he wanted classes or groups to be nonexistent. He wrote in Galatians 3, “For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.”
I grew up hearing that in heaven we will have one star in our crowns for each person we helped receive salvation. If that is so we certainly will need better characters than we now have. This has the potential of developing a star class structure. The more stars the closer to Jesus or something else. Honestly, I hate it. There only needs to be one class – the redeemed. There are many of us that desire hair on our heads instead of a crown.
Written by Roger Bothwell on December 5, 2013
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