THIS MUCH-CRITICIZED PASSAGE OF SCRIPTURE, ITALICIZED BELOW, WAS FOLLOWED AND EMBODIED BY BISHOP RICHARD ALLEN, FOUNDER OF THE AFICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH; BY TOUSSAINT BREDA, KNOWN TO HISTORY AS "L'OUVERTURE" AND BY HIS MILITARY SUCCESSOR, JEAN-JACQUE DESSALINES, THE FIRST RULER OF LIBERATED 'HAITI' AS HE RE-NAMED IT!
THIS EXECRABLE SCRIPTURE--AS SOME HAVE DEEMED IT TO BE--WAS ALSO FOLLOWED, AND EMDODIED, BY MILLIONS OF SLAVES DURING THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, THEIR "FREEDOM WAR," REMAINING 'OBEDIENT' TO, AND CARING FOR, OLE MISSUS AND MASSAH, EVEN AS MANY LEFT TO FIGHT FOR FREEDOM!
SUCH OBEDIENT LOYALTY IS SUPERNATURAL AND DIVINE IN ITS OWN RIGHT!
NOW, IF THAT AIN'T 'BLACK ENOUGH FOR YOU,' LOOK UP ITS MEANING ELSEWHERE!
5 Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ. 6 Obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart. 7 Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not people, 8 because you know that the Lord will reward each one for whatever good they do, whether they are slave or free.
9 And masters, treat your slaves in the same way. Do not threaten them, since you know that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no favoritism with him.
EPHESIANS 6
THIS EXECRABLE SCRIPTURE--AS SOME HAVE DEEMED IT TO BE--WAS ALSO FOLLOWED, AND EMDODIED, BY MILLIONS OF SLAVES DURING THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, THEIR "FREEDOM WAR," REMAINING 'OBEDIENT' TO, AND CARING FOR, OLE MISSUS AND MASSAH, EVEN AS MANY LEFT TO FIGHT FOR FREEDOM!
SUCH OBEDIENT LOYALTY IS SUPERNATURAL AND DIVINE IN ITS OWN RIGHT!
NOW, IF THAT AIN'T 'BLACK ENOUGH FOR YOU,' LOOK UP ITS MEANING ELSEWHERE!
5 Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ. 6 Obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart. 7 Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not people, 8 because you know that the Lord will reward each one for whatever good they do, whether they are slave or free.
9 And masters, treat your slaves in the same way. Do not threaten them, since you know that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no favoritism with him.
EPHESIANS 6
