All Lives Matter

“And God said, ‘Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness . . .’” (Genesis 1:26a)

If you watch or listen to newscasts, you are familiar with different people groups, their signs, slogans, and chants saying which lives matter. News flash for those who don’t know or need reminding: All lives matter to God.

The fact that God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, declared They would create humanity in Their image and likeness should be enough proof that all lives matter. Take note that They mentioned no color, label, race, location, position, status, or opinion to the making of “man.” All lives matter. From the unborn at conception to people who live over one hundred years, every life matters to God, and all lives should matter to us.

God loves all people with unconditional, eternal love, love our finite minds cannot understand. All lives matter to God, and He wants all people to accept Jesus, His only Son sent to die and pay the price for our sins, as Lord and Savior of their lives (1 Timothy 2:4). Some people think they are beyond God’s reach; their sins are unforgivable; God could not love them. But His invitation for salvation is for the vilest, murderous, despicable, hateful, hypocritical, self-righteous, and God-fearers—it matters not who, how ungodly, or righteous a person is, all humanity needs saving, and the Savior’s name is Jesus. If we confess our sins and ask for forgiveness, God will forgive us (1 John 1:9).

We are to respect God’s creation. A challenge? Yes. But a challenge we must undertake as God’s children. He commands us to love one another as He loves us. All lives do matter.