Jonah was a racist. He felt that the Jews were the only ones who had access to God. Now it is easy for us to say that Jonah was wrong. God had told Abraham that his descendants would be a blessing to all nations. However, believers have always had a difficult time with the racism.
When Martin Luther King Jr. confronted the racists in the churches he did not say that racism was wrong but rather he said that racism was not compatible with the Gospel. This is what Paul told Peter when Peter had separated himself from the gentiles. Racism is wrong because it is not compatible with the gospel.
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