OUR RESPONSIBILITY

Every month, students get together to worship, fellowship and testify about the wonderful things God’s done on campuses across New Jersey. 

Last Jersey Cru, our staff decided to invite a panel to discuss what God says about diversity and unity within the body of Christ. I was able to join a panel of intellectual, God-fearing believers to answer questions about race and our roles as Christians in the conversation.

A week after the panel, I was given the opportunity to speak at Kean’s Cru movement meeting on Ephesians 4:1-16. We talked about the 4 major responsibilities we have as Christians in addressing those different from us within the body of Christ.

Together, we recognized that humility, patience, gentleness & bearing with one another in love are all ways through which we can yield to our brothers and sisters in Christ. Yielding to one another is not very different than yielding to someone in traffic on the road. It takes the Holy Spirit giving us humility to lay down our desires (to be right, to be in control, to be comfortable) so that others may feel loved and so that the body of Christ may grow in maturity. 

“We are called to speak and act in humility, patience, gentleness and love.”

No matter what our opinion on a social justice issue, politician or carpet color of the church rug, we are called to speak and act in humility, patience, gentleness and love. This isn’t easy, but is necessary for the Christian church to grow more fully in Christ and therefore more accurately represent Jesus Christ to the world. When we do this, more will want to be a part of God’s family - because of our love. The Lord has challenged me to consider how I’m applying Ephesians 4:2 to my speech on social media, in person, or within the body of Christ.