This week we celebrate the life of Richard Roundtree, the actor known best for playing in the title role in “Shaft” has died at age 81.
Shaft is one of the first pictures to show a Black man living as the film critic Maurice Peterson observed in Essence magazine “a life free from racial torment.”
God wants us to live a life free from the torment of legalisms, slavery, and sin.
Paul in Galatians 3 issues a declaration of independence, proclaiming that before Jesus came, we were imprisoned. With the Jewish law our guard a sinful disciplinarian keeping us enslaved from God’s promise of an abundant free life.
In Christ we no longer fit into the limiting categories devised by the law. Instead, we are free life Shaft walking with confidence moving through Time Square in a black leather coat with the collar turned up.
Richard Roundtree could have easily been typecast playing only Shaft like roles. However, in a four-decade career he lived free from the icon he created.
Jesus is calling us to be like Richard Roundtree and his alter ego Shaft living a life free from torment.
Join us tomorrow at Greater Bethel as we answer the question in a service of songs and lessons “What Is Going On In The Holy Land”. Join us in person at 11:00 AM ET at 140 Rose Street in Athens, Georgia or online as we stream to both Facebook and Y-Tube. You can also find podcast, sermons and more on our website GBA Athens.Org. So until tomorrow blessings, peace and love.
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