I shared a couple of weeks ago that a black friend said that we need to live out the gospel every single day with everyone we meet. 

It occurred to me recently why that’s true.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. (Romans 1.16, NKJV)

The gospel brings salvation.

Salvation: Rescue, deliverance, the state of not being in grave danger and so being safe. -NIV Word Study Dictionary

Isn’t that what people are demonstrating for? At least one of the things they’re demonstrating for? “The state of not being in grave danger…” And that’s salvation, a product of the gospel, about which the Apostle Paul is clear: it’s for everyone, Jews and Gentiles alike.

We all need this salvation, and we all need to live out this gospel.

So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith… There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. (Galatians 3.26 – 28, NIV)