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 A couple of years ago, I was sitting with one of my girls watching a documentary in Africa,

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 and you've got all the animals and stuff like that.

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 They're kind of fascinated by that.

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 And at one point of the documentary, it showed a tribal group, an African tribal group,

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 colorfully dressed black people doing some activity, I don't know, dancing or something.

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 I'm not really sure exactly what it was.

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 But at that point, my daughter jumped up off the lounge, ran over to the TV,

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 and pointed at the people and said, I know those people.

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 And I'm like, well, no, I don't think that's quite true.

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 And she was at it, yes, I have.

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 Those people play drums.

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 And really?

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 I really couldn't have any idea what she was talking about.

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 And then Nat calls out from the kitchen and said, yeah,

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 they had an African drum troupe come through kindy in this last week.

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 And so it's the first time she'd ever seen a black person.

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 When she was at kindy, she was fascinated by that.

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 And she talked about it for some time after this TV program.

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 And of course, seeing the black people on the TV, she just assumed they were the same people.

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 And naturally, what black people do is they play drums, which is partly true.

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 But they're not the only ones who play drums.

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 Ian Francis played drums as well.

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 Another time, one of my girls, who was learning a little bit of Mandarin at the time,

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 was fascinated by different languages that people speak,

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 asked a member of our Cantonese congregation whether they spoke Cantonese.

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 And the answer was, yes, I do.

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 And then, after a bit of a pause, came the qualifying question.

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 So, you speak Cantonese and normal?

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 And the gentle response was, no, I speak Cantonese and English.

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 Out of the mouths of babies.

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 I could keep going on with stories like that.

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 We notice difference from a very young age.

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 Our prejudices begin early.

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 We work on the assumption that our way of thinking, our way of doing is normal.

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 And other people are not normal.

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 They are just different.

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 Now, on one level, it can be intriguing.

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 At worst, it becomes rampant racism, which demeans and segregates.

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 And so, over the next five weeks, as Sam has said,

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 I'm going to take a look at a very complex issue, race and ethnocentricity.

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 That's our topic for the next five weeks.

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 And to kick us off, I've got a bunch of stuff that I want to say by way of orientation

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 before we get to the Bible.

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 So, firstly, defining racism and ethnocentricity is not easy.

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 In most cases, they are used interchangeably,

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 which is basically what I will do throughout this series,

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 unless I say, no, no, no, when I say racism, I mean like this.

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 That's quite specific about it.

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 But generally, I'll be using them interchangeably, but they are different.

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 Racism is an explicit or implicit belief or practice

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 that qualitatively distinguishes or values one race over other races.

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 So, in that definition, I'm thinking of race primarily.

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 I'll talk about this probably more next week when I talk about race a bit more.

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 Is that race is primarily in terms of physical features.

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 Racism is therefore making judgments based on physical features.

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 So, the focus of that particular definition is both the heart and behavior.

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 The heart that believes that one race is more valuable than another race

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 is a sinful heart and that sin is called racism.

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 The behavior that distinguishes one race is more valuable than another

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 is a sinful behavior and that sin is racism.

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 It is always wrong to treat a person with disrespect on the basis of their physical appearance.

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 That's it.

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 You know, always wrong.

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 No qualification to that at all.

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 Ethnicity is a little different.

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 It's a term that's used to stress the cultural rather than the physical aspects of group identity,

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 such as language, dress, food, customs, values, and sometimes religion.

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 The two are different, although they are connected.

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 Ethnocentricity is when I say my ethnic group is the most valuable ethnic group

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 and the way we do things is the way things ought to be done.

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 That is, I'm normal and you're not if you don't do it my way.

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 That's ethnocentricity.

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 So the two are different, racism and ethnocentricity, but they are connected.

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 Where it is always wrong to judge a person on their appearance,

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 I think we are biblically and morally bound to value some aspects of ethnicities

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 over other aspects of ethnicities.

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 And where that valuing is rooted in biblical teaching about good and evil,

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 that should not be called racism at that point.

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 There are aspects of every culture, such as mine,

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 which are sinful and need of gospel transformation.

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 Secondly, why I think this series is important for us.

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 I think it's important because Australia has always struggled with multiculturalism.

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 As a multicultural society, Australia on the one hand has been remarkably hospitable

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 towards migrants from different cultures,

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 although there have always throughout our history been outbreaks of racial prejudice

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 against the latest wave of migrants.

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 The traditional Australian attitude towards migrants from other cultures

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 and particularly people from different races

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 is that they have come here to become part of the Australian way of life.

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 And that therefore means that they should be assimilated as quickly as possible.

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 That's our thinking.

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 The Australian psyche is we live in the greatest country in the world,

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 apart from the United States, which says it's the greatest country in the world,

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 but we live in the greatest country in the world.

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 And if you want to come to be part of this country,

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 you're coming here to be part of the Australian way of life.

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 You know, we are so ethnocentric.

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 We don't even register that people might want to come to this country

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 because they're escaping a war-torn country, for instance,

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 and we just happen to be the closest one or the cheapest ticket or something like that.

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 It doesn't even come into our way of thinking.

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 We just think the Australian way of life,

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 that is why the whole world wants to live here.

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 And what that means in translation is that you are welcome,

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 we welcome you, providing that you are prepared to embrace the Australian way of life and its values,

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 providing that you make the learning of the English language the top priority when you come,

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 that you don't rob Australians of jobs or other opportunities like education.

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 That's been in the papers recently on the North Shore.

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 Providing that you leave all of your racial and cultural tensions behind

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 and don't import any sort of prejudices and conflict.

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 We've got enough of our own.

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 Providing that you are basically assimilated.

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 However, there is some tolerance for the preservation of harmless ethnical customs and behaviours.

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 We can put up with some things.

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 You are welcome, provided you import your food.

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 You are welcome that you do not lower the Australian standard of living

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 by imposing too much strain upon the urban infrastructure and upon the welfare system.

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 Therefore, assimilation is the key to a successful immigration program.

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 Migrants should become as invisible as possible, as quickly as possible.

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 We even had a term for it, the term new Australians.

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 It was in vogue back in the 1950s and 60s, new Australians.

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 And it implied that the goal of assimilation, of immigration, was assimilation.

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 That is, you are now Australian.

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 So dump all of your cultural heritage.

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 You're Australian now.

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 And so while we might be hospitable and welcoming,

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 we struggle to embrace and we significantly push back on any people group that comes here

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 and doesn't assimilate.

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 Why would you not want to assimilate?

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 We struggle with that concept.

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 I see traits of that general Australian attitude at St. Paul's.

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 When I first came to St. Paul's six and a while years ago,

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 I remember speaking to a number of long-termers who said,

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 the Chinese are taken over.

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 They didn't just mean Chatswood.

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 That had already happened.

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 They were referring to here at St. Paul's.

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 The Chinese are taken over St. Paul's.

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 And so I want us to be thinking about this issue for our holiness

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 and because our church obviously is living in a very diverse neighbourhood.

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 I think racial struggles are an ever-present issue

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 and I believe that we need to keep our finger on the pulse

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 in terms of racial harmony for the glory of God,

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 for the sake of the gospel of where we are.

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 Now, I don't think that it's an explicit discrimination.

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 As Sam just said, if you're a white person,

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 yeah, I'm not racist.

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 It's an implicit discrimination.

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 It's an inadvertent discrimination is what happens.

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 And so I want us to even be aware of that

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 so that we're a church that treasures Jesus together

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 for the joy of all people.

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 That's the last bit of our mission statement.

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 All people.

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 Thirdly, by way of orientation,

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 I don't think I'm the best person to speak on this topic.

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 I wrote our core values,

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 core values like treasuring Jesus together,

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 but I'm acutely aware of my own failure in this issue.

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 I grew up in a country town

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 dominated by white Australian rural culture.

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 There we had a few aboriginals that I engaged with at school.

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 There was the Greek family that owned the cafe

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 and the Chinese family that owned the restaurant,

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 the Chinese restaurant, that is.

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 And, you know, that's probably a little bit oversimplistic,

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 but you get the picture.

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 You know, I grew up in a monocultural place

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 as a camo-wearing, gun-totering.

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 You know, I've eaten the national emblems.

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 And, you know, I wouldn't exactly call me a redneck,

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 but maybe you would.

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 I, you know, I now wear, I wore a pink shirt this morning.

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 So, you know, so I think, you know,

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 but I've never, I've never worn a swastika armband.

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 I've never regarded myself as neo-Nazi or anything.

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 I never had a shaved head or anything like that.

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 I've never done that.

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 I've just been monocultural.

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 And so my way of doing things is the way of doing things.

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 That's where I was.

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 And so gradually, you know, being introduced

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 that there are more people in the world

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 than the 8,000 people in Narrabri

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 has been, you know, quite a big exposure of things

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 over the time.

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 And so my kids are growing up in a very different background

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 than what I grew up on.

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 But let me say that growing up where I did,

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 I grew up, when I look back on it now,

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 is I realized I was a racist through and through.

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 I still am.

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 Been working on it since 2005.

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 And I might get to that at one point

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 in this next four weeks, what happened in 2005.

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 And I grew up a racist, particularly towards Aboriginals.

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 That was the cultural group that we bucked against the most,

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 where I was.

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 You know, we didn't have many Greeks or Chinese,

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 so they, you know, didn't care.

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 But Aboriginals.

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 And when I think of the jokes that I told

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 and the demeaning way that I treated them

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 and spoke about them,

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 I don't really feel like I should be up here

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 saying this on this topic.

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 There are those amongst you,

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 and probably I would say more likely

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 amongst the younger generation

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 who have grown up like my kids will

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 in a very diverse kind of world

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 who are probably more advanced in your thinking,

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 in your practice,

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 in this than I am.

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 You know, let me just pause at that point.

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 This is sort of point number four,

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 but I'll make it point number three.

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 I, in the next bunch of weeks,

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 are going to say some wrong stuff.

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 I'm going to say some silly stuff.

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 I'm going to say some racist stuff,

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 and I'm not even aware of it.

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 Okay?

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 Just be aware of that.

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 It won't be deliberate.

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 It will be inadvertent,

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 because I'm learning in this stuff.

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 And so if you need to,

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 take a chill pill before you come to church.

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 Okay?

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 I'm going to say some stuff,

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 but for some of you,

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 you're going to go,

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 Steve, you've just gone too political.

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 And for some of you,

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 it's just like,

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 hang on a bit,

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 you haven't gone political enough.

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 You know,

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 affirmative action is what we need.

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 Let's,

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 for some of you,

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 I'm not going to be biblical enough.

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 Some of you,

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 I'm going to be too biblical.

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 Some of you,

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 I've just missed the point altogether.

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 Just, if you need to,

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 take a chill pill

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 before you come to church.

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 I'm not sure if that's an actual thing

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 that you can buy,

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 but you know the point.

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 The one thing I've got going for me

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 is that I'm the senior minister

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 of this church.

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 And when it's my burden,

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 as it is,

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 I can influence it

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 to become your burden.

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 And it is my burden.

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 I wrote,

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 Treasuring Jesus Together.

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 And that is my burden.

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 Fourthly,

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 this is a hot issue right now.

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 And I think that in terms of our wider society,

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 I mean,

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 the newspapers even this weekend,

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 I think that the Christian faith

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 has got something very significant to say

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 to our society on this issue,

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 although I'm not convinced

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 that they will listen to us,

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 the church.

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 Australia's Race Discrimination Commission

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 has said a couple of weeks ago

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 that this is the most volatile time

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 of the past 30 years

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 for racial tension in this country.

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 And I want to say

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 the Christian faith

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 has got a contribution to make.

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 In fact,

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 I want to say

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 the contribution to make

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 to this issue

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 in a secular society.

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 But I also acknowledge

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 that the institutional church

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 has an awful track record

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 in such a way

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 that no one

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 might in fact

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 want to listen to us.

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 I'll give you an example

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 of what I mean

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 by a great contribution

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 to the Christian faith.

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 The Christian faith

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 has got a great contribution to make.

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 W.H. Auden,

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 he was one of the most influential writers

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 of the 20th centuries

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 in the English-speaking world.

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 I want to clarify that

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 from my group.

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 20th century.

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 He was converted

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 from intellectual secular humanism

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 to Christianity in 1940

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 in one event.

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 He went to a movie theater

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 in Manhattan

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 where he saw a movie

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 produced by Hitler's Third Reich.

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 The movie followed

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 the Blitzkrieg through Poland

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 and it was a propaganda piece

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 by the Third Reich

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 of their great victory in Poland.

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 And in recounting the incident,

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 he said that there were

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 many German immigrants

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 who had come to the U.S.

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 sitting in the theater with him.

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 Now remember,

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 this is pre-the U.S.

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 being involved in World War II.

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 And so,

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 showing the movie

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 is probably neither here nor there

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 in some ways.

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 And he's sitting in the movie theater,

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 watching the movie,

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 and he says,

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 whenever a Polish person

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 was brought onto the screen,

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 normally carted around

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 by a Nazi German,

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 the audience would call out

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 in one voice,

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 kill him!

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 Kill him!

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 Kill him!

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 And Auden was so shocked

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 by the response

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 of these Germans

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 in this movie theater

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 that he walked out stunned.

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 And one question

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 ran through his mind.

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 What response

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 can my enlightened,

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 secular humanism

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 give to that evil?

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 To those who cry out

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 for the blood

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 of innocent man?

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 And what he saw

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 at that moment

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 was the bankruptcy

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 of his secular humanism,

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 and he began to sense

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 that the only answer

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 to this evil

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 can be found in God.

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 He was convicted

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 of God's holiness,

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 his own sinfulness,

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 and he became a Christian

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 in 1940,

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 not long after

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 that event.

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 And so here's a man

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 who sees an ethnic

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 hatred happening,

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 person to person,

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 ethnic hatred,

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 in such a way

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 they're wanting to kill.

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 And he gropes around

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 in his system of thought,

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 his system of secular

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 humanistic thought,

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 which leaves God

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 out of the picture

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 and puts all the answers

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 there in front of him

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 as a human being,

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 and thought of an,

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 to come up with

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 an explanation

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 as to how can you

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 deal with this evil,

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 how can you fix

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 this evil?

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 And he makes his way

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 away from secular humanism

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 to the Christian faith

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 because he said,

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 God's the only answer.

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 And having said that,

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 there are people

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 making the exact

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 opposite move

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 in the exact

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 opposite direction

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 because of the

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 awful track record

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 of the institutional

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 church on this issue.

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 They're making their way

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 into humanism

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 because they look

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 at the church

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 and go,

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 well,

00:20:09.480 --> 00:20:09.920
 they've got nothing

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 to contribute here.

00:20:13.480 --> 00:20:14.840
 It's nice to hear

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 the story of people

00:20:16.019 --> 00:20:17.240
 like Auden's move

00:20:17.240 --> 00:20:18.440
 into Christianity

00:20:18.440 --> 00:20:19.140
 as a solution

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 to racism,

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 and yet there are others

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 who are moving

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 away from it

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 because there have

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 been so many

00:20:25.580 --> 00:20:26.700
 professing Christians

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 Christians

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 and churches

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 who have long

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 held membership

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 in the church

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 and denominations

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 and the Ku Klux Klan

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 at exactly the same time.

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 That is,

00:20:41.860 --> 00:20:42.259
 the church

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 has a terrible

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 track record

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 in supporting racism,

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 and so what do you do

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 when you find stories

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 that give you comfort

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 that Christianity's

00:20:50.019 --> 00:20:50.340
 got something

00:20:50.340 --> 00:20:50.940
 to contribute?

00:20:51.840 --> 00:20:52.140
 In fact,

00:20:52.200 --> 00:20:52.539
 I want to say

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 the solution

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 to ethnic pride

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 and other stories

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 that show you

00:20:56.479 --> 00:20:56.899
 that Christianity

00:20:56.899 --> 00:20:57.979
 was part of the problem.

00:20:59.459 --> 00:21:00.079
 What you do

00:21:00.079 --> 00:21:00.819
 is you go to the Bible

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 and ask whether

00:21:01.859 --> 00:21:03.679
 they got Christianity

00:21:03.679 --> 00:21:04.500
 right

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 or whether,

00:21:06.719 --> 00:21:07.259
 on the other hand,

00:21:07.299 --> 00:21:08.219
 they got humanism

00:21:08.219 --> 00:21:08.619
 right

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 and Christianity

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 wrong.

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 And when I ask

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 those questions,

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 I don't see that

00:21:12.939 --> 00:21:13.939
 secular humanism

00:21:13.939 --> 00:21:15.879
 has got any answers

00:21:15.879 --> 00:21:17.000
 to this solution,

00:21:17.319 --> 00:21:18.379
 although I want to say

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 that secular humanism,

00:21:19.699 --> 00:21:20.899
 which is the dominant

00:21:20.899 --> 00:21:21.879
 philosophy of our culture

00:21:21.879 --> 00:21:22.479
 in which we live

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 here in Australia,

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 it has a bunch

00:21:25.559 --> 00:21:27.120
 of great aims.

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 It does want to see

00:21:29.120 --> 00:21:31.059
 people as equals.

00:21:31.259 --> 00:21:32.420
 It does want to promote

00:21:32.420 --> 00:21:33.980
 a selfless morality

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 and the equality

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 of all people.

00:21:35.640 --> 00:21:37.200
 It desires a more

00:21:37.200 --> 00:21:39.100
 humane society.

00:21:40.920 --> 00:21:41.759
 Secular humanism

00:21:41.759 --> 00:21:44.400
 is behind gay marriage

00:21:44.400 --> 00:21:45.080
 and the equality

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 of all people

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 and everyone have love.

00:21:47.100 --> 00:21:48.360
 That's secular humanism.

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 But I'm not convinced

00:21:51.940 --> 00:21:54.320
 that they can deliver

00:21:54.320 --> 00:21:56.019
 on what they want,

00:21:56.400 --> 00:21:59.140
 on a more equal humanity

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 when you embrace

00:22:00.860 --> 00:22:02.080
 at the same time

00:22:02.080 --> 00:22:05.000
 an atheistic evolutionary theory

00:22:05.000 --> 00:22:05.980
 that suggests

00:22:05.980 --> 00:22:07.660
 that humans came from

00:22:07.660 --> 00:22:09.000
 lower life forms.

00:22:09.000 --> 00:22:15.420
 It's not a big jump

00:22:15.420 --> 00:22:17.720
 when your foundational view

00:22:17.720 --> 00:22:18.839
 of the human race

00:22:18.839 --> 00:22:21.019
 is simply that we have

00:22:21.019 --> 00:22:22.680
 come from lower life forms.

00:22:22.900 --> 00:22:24.279
 It's not a big jump

00:22:24.279 --> 00:22:25.380
 from there into racism.

00:22:25.960 --> 00:22:27.259
 All you need to do

00:22:27.259 --> 00:22:28.500
 is to describe

00:22:28.500 --> 00:22:30.000
 all the differences

00:22:30.000 --> 00:22:30.759
 around the world

00:22:30.759 --> 00:22:31.480
 as well those people

00:22:31.480 --> 00:22:32.319
 are less evolved

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 than I am.

00:22:33.640 --> 00:22:34.279
 Those people have got

00:22:34.279 --> 00:22:34.880
 a little way to go.

00:22:34.960 --> 00:22:35.700
 They're somewhere partly

00:22:35.700 --> 00:22:37.000
 between monkeys and people.

00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:39.420
 That's all you need to do.

00:22:41.259 --> 00:22:42.480
 And that's exactly

00:22:42.480 --> 00:22:44.039
 what has happened

00:22:44.039 --> 00:22:45.500
 throughout history.

00:22:46.700 --> 00:22:47.700
 That's exactly

00:22:47.700 --> 00:22:48.900
 what Hitler did

00:22:48.900 --> 00:22:50.319
 with the Germans.

00:22:53.359 --> 00:22:54.720
 He was a great fan

00:22:54.720 --> 00:22:55.640
 of Friedrich Nietzsche.

00:22:58.420 --> 00:22:59.680
 So while I agree

00:22:59.680 --> 00:23:00.579
 with some of the outcomes,

00:23:00.700 --> 00:23:01.319
 I don't think

00:23:01.319 --> 00:23:02.359
 that secular humanism

00:23:02.359 --> 00:23:03.460
 has got the framework

00:23:03.460 --> 00:23:04.559
 that enables it

00:23:04.559 --> 00:23:05.839
 to deal with racism.

00:23:05.960 --> 00:23:06.619
 Having said that,

00:23:06.619 --> 00:23:07.579
 I go to the Bible

00:23:07.579 --> 00:23:08.500
 and I see a totally

00:23:08.500 --> 00:23:09.219
 different thing

00:23:09.219 --> 00:23:10.359
 than the version

00:23:10.359 --> 00:23:10.879
 of Christianity

00:23:10.879 --> 00:23:12.099
 that supports racism

00:23:12.099 --> 00:23:13.000
 and ethnic pride.

00:23:13.479 --> 00:23:14.099
 And so I think

00:23:14.099 --> 00:23:15.139
 we've got to be honest,

00:23:15.299 --> 00:23:15.599
 frankly,

00:23:15.739 --> 00:23:16.539
 right up for the front,

00:23:16.699 --> 00:23:17.699
 be honest about our history

00:23:17.699 --> 00:23:19.259
 as part of the institutional church

00:23:19.259 --> 00:23:20.479
 and say that

00:23:20.479 --> 00:23:21.939
 we have blown it

00:23:21.939 --> 00:23:23.339
 over and over

00:23:23.339 --> 00:23:24.299
 and over again

00:23:24.299 --> 00:23:25.000
 on this issue.

00:23:25.919 --> 00:23:27.379
 Almost every people group

00:23:27.379 --> 00:23:28.479
 has got a story to tell

00:23:28.479 --> 00:23:29.379
 of the failure

00:23:29.379 --> 00:23:30.839
 of the institutional church

00:23:30.839 --> 00:23:31.799
 and I don't think

00:23:31.799 --> 00:23:32.739
 we need to fight that.

00:23:32.799 --> 00:23:33.119
 I don't think

00:23:33.119 --> 00:23:34.039
 we should fight that.

00:23:34.299 --> 00:23:35.039
 I think all we need

00:23:35.039 --> 00:23:35.940
 to say is to say,

00:23:36.039 --> 00:23:36.659
 I know

00:23:36.659 --> 00:23:37.899
 and I'm sorry

00:23:37.899 --> 00:23:39.019
 not all those

00:23:39.019 --> 00:23:40.279
 who profess to be followers

00:23:40.279 --> 00:23:40.920
 of Jesus

00:23:40.920 --> 00:23:42.359
 are followers of Jesus

00:23:42.359 --> 00:23:43.480
 and those of us

00:23:43.480 --> 00:23:44.779
 who are followers of Jesus

00:23:44.779 --> 00:23:45.440
 like me

00:23:45.440 --> 00:23:47.119
 are so imperfect

00:23:47.119 --> 00:23:50.200
 that I'm going to blow it

00:23:50.200 --> 00:23:51.379
 again

00:23:51.379 --> 00:23:52.379
 and again

00:23:52.379 --> 00:23:53.359
 and again.

00:23:53.879 --> 00:23:55.240
 But can we please

00:23:55.240 --> 00:23:56.619
 at the very least

00:23:56.619 --> 00:23:57.420
 let the Bible

00:23:57.420 --> 00:23:58.039
 and Jesus

00:23:58.039 --> 00:23:59.779
 have its say here.

00:23:59.879 --> 00:24:00.299
 And so that's

00:24:00.299 --> 00:24:01.000
 what we're going to do

00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:03.200
 over the next five weeks.

00:24:03.500 --> 00:24:04.779
 That's all introduction

00:24:04.779 --> 00:24:05.579
 to the series.

00:24:07.299 --> 00:24:08.500
 So let's go to the Bible

00:24:08.500 --> 00:24:10.640
 and dig into it.

00:24:11.279 --> 00:24:12.500
 One more point

00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:13.240
 before I do that.

00:24:13.700 --> 00:24:14.359
 For those of you

00:24:14.359 --> 00:24:15.039
 who got your sermon

00:24:15.039 --> 00:24:16.079
 scorecards with you

00:24:16.079 --> 00:24:19.619
 and particularly waiting

00:24:19.619 --> 00:24:21.000
 for me to get to Jesus

00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:23.619
 I'm not going to get to Jesus

00:24:23.619 --> 00:24:25.019
 in a hurry tonight.

00:24:25.220 --> 00:24:26.359
 So just relax

00:24:26.359 --> 00:24:27.279
 put your scorecard down

00:24:27.279 --> 00:24:27.859
 or put it up.

00:24:27.859 --> 00:24:30.240
 I'm not going to get to Jesus

00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:31.319
 tonight

00:24:31.319 --> 00:24:32.199
 in any big way

00:24:32.199 --> 00:24:34.279
 but this is a five part series

00:24:34.279 --> 00:24:36.139
 and each bit's building

00:24:36.139 --> 00:24:37.059
 on the next bit.

00:24:37.459 --> 00:24:39.079
 Jesus is going to dominate

00:24:39.079 --> 00:24:41.740
 probably from next week onwards

00:24:41.740 --> 00:24:43.339
 he will dominate

00:24:43.339 --> 00:24:45.819
 but he's there

00:24:45.819 --> 00:24:47.859
 and all the framework's there.

00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:48.379
 Okay.

00:24:48.579 --> 00:24:49.219
 We're going to start

00:24:49.219 --> 00:24:49.899
 with creation

00:24:49.899 --> 00:24:51.399
 then look at the fall

00:24:51.399 --> 00:24:52.779
 then look at redemption

00:24:52.779 --> 00:24:54.139
 and then we're going to look

00:24:54.139 --> 00:24:54.919
 at the consummation

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 of all things.

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 The unfolding Bible story

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 we're going to look at how race

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 fits in with that.

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 Okay.

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 Let's get that clear.

00:25:01.000 --> 00:25:01.779
 Let's dive in.

00:25:03.220 --> 00:25:04.300
 We're going to begin today

00:25:04.300 --> 00:25:05.000
 with creation

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 and I will get to Jesus

00:25:06.900 --> 00:25:07.620
 eventually

00:25:07.620 --> 00:25:09.200
 but what we see today

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 is a very significant point

00:25:11.720 --> 00:25:12.800
 in dealing with racism

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 and ethnic pride.

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 First man and woman

00:25:14.860 --> 00:25:15.779
 created the image of God.

00:25:15.880 --> 00:25:16.700
 Genesis chapter 1

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 verse 27.

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 Now in case you're thinking

00:25:19.880 --> 00:25:21.380
 I'm just starting my sermon now

00:25:21.380 --> 00:25:22.160
 just relax.

00:25:22.600 --> 00:25:23.100
 That was all

00:25:23.100 --> 00:25:23.740
 all the introductions

00:25:23.740 --> 00:25:24.320
 part of it.

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 Okay.

00:25:25.259 --> 00:25:26.240
 It's all part of it

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 and we're going to get there

00:25:27.400 --> 00:25:27.900
 real quick.

00:25:28.420 --> 00:25:28.600
 Okay.

00:25:28.960 --> 00:25:30.400
 God created man

00:25:30.400 --> 00:25:31.740
 in his own image

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 in the image of God

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 he created him

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 male and female

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 he created them.

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 That verse is utterly profound

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 and significant

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 and full of implications

00:25:39.980 --> 00:25:41.200
 on this issue

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 of racism

00:25:42.840 --> 00:25:44.060
 and ethnic pride.

00:25:44.560 --> 00:25:45.019
 Adam and Eve

00:25:45.019 --> 00:25:45.540
 were created

00:25:45.540 --> 00:25:46.400
 in the image of God.

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 Subsequent human beings

00:25:47.940 --> 00:25:49.720
 born from Adam and Eve

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 are also

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 in the image of God.

00:25:52.180 --> 00:25:53.380
 Genesis 5 verse 3

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 says when Adam had lived

00:25:54.780 --> 00:25:57.100
 130 years

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 he had a son

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 in his own likeness

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 in his own image

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 and he named him Seth.

00:26:02.940 --> 00:26:04.080
 The words likeness

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 and image there

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 in Genesis 5

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 are the same two words

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 that are back there

00:26:07.220 --> 00:26:09.000
 in Genesis chapter 1.

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 The point is

00:26:10.200 --> 00:26:11.660
 the image of God

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 keeps going on

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 and on

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 and on

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 and on

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 and on.

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 The first pair

00:26:15.800 --> 00:26:16.760
 Adam and Eve

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 are not the only ones

00:26:17.940 --> 00:26:19.120
 in the image of God.

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 Those who come from them

00:26:20.920 --> 00:26:21.680
 are also

00:26:21.680 --> 00:26:22.840
 in the image of God

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 and the implication

00:26:24.220 --> 00:26:26.240
 is the unity

00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:28.000
 of the human race.

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 That's the implication.

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 Every human

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 that flows

00:26:32.259 --> 00:26:33.180
 from Adam and Eve

00:26:33.180 --> 00:26:33.900
 is created

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 in the image of God

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 and there is

00:26:36.019 --> 00:26:36.820
 no human

00:26:36.820 --> 00:26:37.740
 that doesn't flow

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 from Adam and Eve.

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 That's the biblical premise

00:26:40.299 --> 00:26:40.880
 right there

00:26:40.880 --> 00:26:41.600
 from the beginning

00:26:41.600 --> 00:26:42.100
 of the Bible

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 in Genesis chapter 1.

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 Now I don't want

00:26:44.860 --> 00:26:45.980
 to go into all the detail

00:26:45.980 --> 00:26:46.759
 of what it means

00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:47.340
 to be

00:26:47.340 --> 00:26:48.980
 in the image of God.

00:26:48.980 --> 00:26:50.079
 We could argue

00:26:50.079 --> 00:26:51.319
 till we are blue

00:26:51.319 --> 00:26:52.059
 in the face

00:26:52.059 --> 00:26:53.200
 about rationality

00:26:53.200 --> 00:26:53.740
 and morality

00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:55.160
 and free will

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 and all these other things

00:26:56.640 --> 00:26:57.680
 that would distinguish us

00:26:57.680 --> 00:26:58.259
 from the monkeys

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 and dogs and cats

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 and other stuff like that

00:27:00.200 --> 00:27:01.279
 and unfortunately

00:27:01.279 --> 00:27:02.640
 the Bible at this point

00:27:02.640 --> 00:27:03.799
 doesn't put a big footnote

00:27:03.799 --> 00:27:04.460
 underneath to say

00:27:04.460 --> 00:27:05.019
 just to clarify

00:27:05.019 --> 00:27:05.819
 what I mean

00:27:05.819 --> 00:27:07.120
 by the image of God.

00:27:08.559 --> 00:27:09.079
 Possibly

00:27:09.079 --> 00:27:10.559
 a better thing to do

00:27:10.559 --> 00:27:11.799
 rather than pick

00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:12.360
 one of these

00:27:12.360 --> 00:27:13.940
 wonderful human traits

00:27:13.940 --> 00:27:15.120
 is to say

00:27:15.120 --> 00:27:16.640
 that all of them

00:27:16.640 --> 00:27:18.420
 whatever they are

00:27:18.420 --> 00:27:20.340
 are designed

00:27:20.340 --> 00:27:23.200
 to image forth

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 God

00:27:25.539 --> 00:27:27.860
 in a way

00:27:27.860 --> 00:27:29.340
 that no other

00:27:29.340 --> 00:27:30.779
 created being can.

00:27:31.800 --> 00:27:32.700
 That's what it means.

00:27:33.680 --> 00:27:34.560
 We display

00:27:34.560 --> 00:27:36.420
 we image forth God

00:27:36.420 --> 00:27:38.019
 we mirror God

00:27:38.019 --> 00:27:39.140
 in a way

00:27:39.140 --> 00:27:40.539
 that no other

00:27:40.539 --> 00:27:41.640
 created thing can.

00:27:43.600 --> 00:27:45.360
 What that means is

00:27:45.360 --> 00:27:46.519
 being made in the image

00:27:46.519 --> 00:27:47.220
 of God

00:27:47.220 --> 00:27:48.960
 is not just a status

00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:50.460
 it's a mission.

00:27:51.779 --> 00:27:53.319
 It has a purpose

00:27:53.319 --> 00:27:54.720
 attached to it.

00:27:55.559 --> 00:27:56.059
 That is

00:27:56.059 --> 00:27:57.539
 for the glory of God.

00:27:57.639 --> 00:27:58.319
 Human traits

00:27:58.319 --> 00:27:58.980
 like God

00:27:58.980 --> 00:28:00.180
 that display

00:28:00.180 --> 00:28:00.980
 His glory

00:28:00.980 --> 00:28:02.059
 that's what they're there for.

00:28:02.420 --> 00:28:03.480
 And so rather than argue

00:28:03.480 --> 00:28:04.599
 about the details

00:28:04.599 --> 00:28:06.519
 let's take it

00:28:06.519 --> 00:28:07.299
 as a mission

00:28:07.299 --> 00:28:08.900
 to mirror God

00:28:08.900 --> 00:28:10.259
 to live in such a way

00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:10.799
 that when people

00:28:10.799 --> 00:28:11.720
 see us

00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:13.700
 they see a reflection

00:28:13.700 --> 00:28:14.519
 of the character

00:28:14.519 --> 00:28:15.119
 of the quality

00:28:15.119 --> 00:28:15.740
 of God

00:28:15.740 --> 00:28:16.799
 and that is

00:28:16.799 --> 00:28:18.019
 a huge calling.

00:28:19.440 --> 00:28:20.220
 The extreme

00:28:20.220 --> 00:28:21.299
 dignity

00:28:21.299 --> 00:28:23.160
 of human beings

00:28:23.160 --> 00:28:24.180
 above all

00:28:24.180 --> 00:28:25.180
 other creatures

00:28:25.180 --> 00:28:27.139
 is for the sake

00:28:27.139 --> 00:28:28.819
 of magnifying

00:28:28.819 --> 00:28:29.839
 the majesty

00:28:29.839 --> 00:28:31.119
 of God.

00:28:33.359 --> 00:28:34.279
 And I think

00:28:34.279 --> 00:28:34.839
 that's the point

00:28:34.839 --> 00:28:35.480
 of Psalm 8

00:28:35.480 --> 00:28:36.139
 which was read out

00:28:36.139 --> 00:28:36.619
 to us

00:28:36.619 --> 00:28:37.839
 right at the beginning

00:28:37.839 --> 00:28:38.660
 by Gary.

00:28:39.660 --> 00:28:40.920
 It begins with

00:28:40.920 --> 00:28:42.440
 O Lord

00:28:42.440 --> 00:28:43.460
 our Lord

00:28:43.460 --> 00:28:44.740
 how majestic

00:28:44.740 --> 00:28:45.500
 is your name

00:28:45.500 --> 00:28:46.400
 in all the earth.

00:28:47.200 --> 00:28:48.220
 And it ends

00:28:48.220 --> 00:28:48.960
 in the same way

00:28:48.960 --> 00:28:49.700
 in verse 9

00:28:49.700 --> 00:28:50.640
 O Lord

00:28:50.640 --> 00:28:51.480
 our Lord

00:28:51.480 --> 00:28:52.460
 how majestic

00:28:52.460 --> 00:28:53.320
 is your name

00:28:53.320 --> 00:28:54.200
 in all the earth.

00:28:54.700 --> 00:28:56.080
 God is majestic.

00:28:56.200 --> 00:28:57.000
 They're the bookends

00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:57.840
 of Psalm 8.

00:28:58.100 --> 00:28:58.440
 There's the beginning

00:28:58.440 --> 00:28:58.960
 there's the end.

00:28:59.560 --> 00:29:00.560
 That's what it's all about.

00:29:00.660 --> 00:29:01.160
 It's about

00:29:01.160 --> 00:29:02.779
 the majesty

00:29:02.779 --> 00:29:03.980
 of God.

00:29:04.980 --> 00:29:05.860
 And so it's interesting

00:29:05.860 --> 00:29:06.980
 about how the rest

00:29:06.980 --> 00:29:07.580
 of the Psalm

00:29:07.580 --> 00:29:08.660
 fits into

00:29:08.660 --> 00:29:09.960
 that theme.

00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:11.120
 You have set

00:29:11.120 --> 00:29:11.620
 your glory

00:29:11.620 --> 00:29:12.319
 above the heavens

00:29:12.319 --> 00:29:12.880
 from the lips

00:29:12.880 --> 00:29:13.460
 of children

00:29:13.460 --> 00:29:14.000
 and infants

00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:14.460
 you have

00:29:14.460 --> 00:29:15.880
 ordained praise

00:29:15.880 --> 00:29:17.279
 because of your enemies

00:29:17.279 --> 00:29:17.819
 to silence

00:29:17.819 --> 00:29:18.740
 the foe and the avenger

00:29:18.740 --> 00:29:19.680
 when I consider

00:29:19.680 --> 00:29:20.259
 your heavens

00:29:20.259 --> 00:29:21.400
 and the work

00:29:21.400 --> 00:29:22.240
 of your fingers

00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:22.720
 the moon

00:29:22.720 --> 00:29:23.340
 and the stars

00:29:23.340 --> 00:29:24.039
 which you have

00:29:24.039 --> 00:29:25.200
 set in place

00:29:25.200 --> 00:29:27.240
 what is man

00:29:27.240 --> 00:29:27.799
 that you are

00:29:27.799 --> 00:29:29.019
 mindful of him

00:29:29.019 --> 00:29:30.860
 the son of man

00:29:30.860 --> 00:29:31.620
 that you care

00:29:31.620 --> 00:29:32.200
 for him

00:29:32.200 --> 00:29:33.900
 and what's

00:29:33.900 --> 00:29:34.640
 the answer

00:29:34.640 --> 00:29:35.920
 to that question

00:29:35.920 --> 00:29:37.240
 in Psalm 8

00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:40.180
 you made him

00:29:40.180 --> 00:29:40.779
 a little lower

00:29:40.779 --> 00:29:42.480
 than the heavenly

00:29:42.480 --> 00:29:43.120
 beings

00:29:43.120 --> 00:29:44.420
 and crowned him

00:29:44.420 --> 00:29:45.039
 with glory

00:29:45.039 --> 00:29:45.620
 and honour

00:29:45.620 --> 00:29:46.460
 or a better

00:29:46.460 --> 00:29:47.039
 translation

00:29:47.039 --> 00:29:48.539
 you have crowned him

00:29:48.539 --> 00:29:49.599
 with glory

00:29:49.599 --> 00:29:51.880
 and majesty

00:29:51.880 --> 00:29:55.260
 and then the

00:29:55.260 --> 00:29:56.100
 psalmist

00:29:56.100 --> 00:29:56.520
 goes on

00:29:56.520 --> 00:29:57.100
 describing

00:29:57.100 --> 00:29:57.840
 the uniqueness

00:29:57.840 --> 00:29:58.400
 of man

00:29:58.400 --> 00:29:59.180
 you made him

00:29:59.180 --> 00:30:00.260
 ruler over

00:30:00.260 --> 00:30:00.680
 the works

00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:01.260
 of your hands

00:30:01.260 --> 00:30:01.820
 you put everything

00:30:01.820 --> 00:30:02.560
 under his feet

00:30:02.560 --> 00:30:03.120
 all flocks

00:30:03.120 --> 00:30:03.660
 and herds

00:30:03.660 --> 00:30:04.380
 and the beasts

00:30:04.380 --> 00:30:04.840
 of the field

00:30:04.840 --> 00:30:05.220
 the birds

00:30:05.220 --> 00:30:05.540
 of the air

00:30:05.540 --> 00:30:05.900
 the fish

00:30:05.900 --> 00:30:06.400
 of the sea

00:30:06.400 --> 00:30:07.520
 all that swim

00:30:07.520 --> 00:30:08.140
 the paths

00:30:08.140 --> 00:30:08.840
 of the seas

00:30:08.839 --> 00:30:09.879
 that's

00:30:09.879 --> 00:30:10.399
 the

00:30:10.399 --> 00:30:11.500
 mandate

00:30:11.500 --> 00:30:12.599
 from Genesis 1

00:30:12.599 --> 00:30:13.159
 coming out

00:30:13.159 --> 00:30:13.299
 there

00:30:13.299 --> 00:30:13.459
 to

00:30:13.459 --> 00:30:14.639
 created

00:30:14.639 --> 00:30:15.279
 and exercise

00:30:15.279 --> 00:30:15.839
 dominion

00:30:15.839 --> 00:30:16.159
 over the

00:30:16.159 --> 00:30:16.819
 created order

00:30:16.819 --> 00:30:17.959
 but the psalm

00:30:17.959 --> 00:30:19.379
 having described

00:30:19.379 --> 00:30:20.139
 the majesty

00:30:20.139 --> 00:30:20.819
 of man

00:30:20.819 --> 00:30:21.519
 the psalm

00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:22.139
 doesn't finish

00:30:22.139 --> 00:30:22.339
 with

00:30:22.339 --> 00:30:23.019
 oh Lord

00:30:23.019 --> 00:30:24.379
 how majestic

00:30:24.379 --> 00:30:25.679
 are people

00:30:25.679 --> 00:30:29.980
 he did say

00:30:29.980 --> 00:30:30.399
 that

00:30:30.399 --> 00:30:31.519
 a bit earlier

00:30:31.519 --> 00:30:33.240
 but that's not

00:30:33.240 --> 00:30:33.599
 the point

00:30:33.599 --> 00:30:34.299
 of the psalm

00:30:34.299 --> 00:30:34.899
 the psalm

00:30:34.899 --> 00:30:35.500
 ends with

00:30:35.500 --> 00:30:36.240
 oh Lord

00:30:36.240 --> 00:30:37.059
 our Lord

00:30:37.059 --> 00:30:37.959
 how majestic

00:30:37.960 --> 00:30:39.900
 is your name

00:30:39.900 --> 00:30:41.340
 in all the earth

00:30:41.340 --> 00:30:44.640
 the psalm

00:30:44.640 --> 00:30:45.259
 ends with

00:30:45.259 --> 00:30:45.640
 a point

00:30:45.640 --> 00:30:46.380
 of praise

00:30:46.380 --> 00:30:47.700
 to God

00:30:47.700 --> 00:30:48.900
 which means

00:30:48.900 --> 00:30:49.880
 the point

00:30:49.880 --> 00:30:50.779
 of our

00:30:50.779 --> 00:30:52.559
 subordinate

00:30:52.559 --> 00:30:53.620
 majesty

00:30:53.620 --> 00:30:54.340
 the majesty

00:30:54.340 --> 00:30:54.819
 that sits

00:30:54.819 --> 00:30:56.120
 under God's majesty

00:30:56.120 --> 00:30:58.200
 above all

00:30:58.200 --> 00:30:59.160
 the other creation

00:30:59.160 --> 00:30:59.640
 of the world

00:30:59.640 --> 00:31:00.220
 all the creatures

00:31:00.220 --> 00:31:00.600
 the fish

00:31:00.600 --> 00:31:01.400
 and the birds

00:31:01.400 --> 00:31:02.120
 the point

00:31:02.120 --> 00:31:02.600
 of it all

00:31:02.600 --> 00:31:04.940
 is for the praise

00:31:04.940 --> 00:31:05.480
 of the majesty

00:31:05.480 --> 00:31:06.079
 of God

00:31:06.079 --> 00:31:09.119
 that's why

00:31:09.119 --> 00:31:09.559
 we're made

00:31:09.559 --> 00:31:09.919
 in the image

00:31:09.919 --> 00:31:10.279
 of God

00:31:10.279 --> 00:31:10.759
 is for his

00:31:10.759 --> 00:31:11.339
 glory

00:31:11.339 --> 00:31:12.259
 and his majesty

00:31:12.259 --> 00:31:13.059
 his praise

00:31:13.059 --> 00:31:14.379
 which means

00:31:14.379 --> 00:31:16.119
 at the very least

00:31:16.119 --> 00:31:17.000
 that if you

00:31:17.000 --> 00:31:18.039
 demean

00:31:18.039 --> 00:31:19.240
 and belittle

00:31:19.240 --> 00:31:20.779
 anyone created

00:31:20.779 --> 00:31:21.639
 for that

00:31:21.639 --> 00:31:22.139
 end

00:31:22.139 --> 00:31:24.259
 you demean

00:31:24.259 --> 00:31:24.699
 God

00:31:24.699 --> 00:31:27.439
 you rupture

00:31:27.439 --> 00:31:28.119
 his purpose

00:31:28.119 --> 00:31:28.980
 for all people

00:31:28.980 --> 00:31:30.079
 creating his image

00:31:30.079 --> 00:31:31.199
 to show him

00:31:31.199 --> 00:31:32.939
 as majestic

00:31:32.940 --> 00:31:35.220
 and so

00:31:35.220 --> 00:31:36.279
 this creation

00:31:36.279 --> 00:31:36.759
 doctrine

00:31:36.759 --> 00:31:37.340
 of the image

00:31:37.340 --> 00:31:37.940
 of God

00:31:37.940 --> 00:31:39.220
 even apart

00:31:39.220 --> 00:31:39.840
 from redemption

00:31:39.840 --> 00:31:40.360
 in Jesus

00:31:40.360 --> 00:31:41.440
 has massive

00:31:41.440 --> 00:31:42.180
 implications

00:31:42.180 --> 00:31:43.860
 for example

00:31:43.860 --> 00:31:44.460
 the horror

00:31:44.460 --> 00:31:45.559
 of unjustly

00:31:45.559 --> 00:31:46.120
 destroying

00:31:46.120 --> 00:31:46.820
 or harming

00:31:46.820 --> 00:31:47.880
 another human

00:31:47.880 --> 00:31:48.320
 being

00:31:48.320 --> 00:31:48.980
 in Genesis

00:31:48.980 --> 00:31:51.460
 9-6

00:31:51.460 --> 00:31:52.380
 whoever sheds

00:31:52.380 --> 00:31:52.700
 the blood

00:31:52.700 --> 00:31:53.019
 of man

00:31:53.019 --> 00:31:53.640
 by man

00:31:53.640 --> 00:31:54.440
 shall his

00:31:54.440 --> 00:31:55.140
 blood be shed

00:31:55.140 --> 00:31:55.779
 for in

00:31:55.779 --> 00:31:57.220
 the image

00:31:57.220 --> 00:31:58.180
 of God

00:31:58.180 --> 00:31:59.380
 has God

00:31:59.380 --> 00:32:00.100
 made

00:32:00.100 --> 00:32:00.940
 man

00:32:00.940 --> 00:32:02.140
 there's a sermon

00:32:02.140 --> 00:32:03.000
 there in and of

00:32:03.000 --> 00:32:03.500
 itself

00:32:03.500 --> 00:32:04.640
 to do with

00:32:04.640 --> 00:32:05.500
 capital punishment

00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:06.759
 abortion

00:32:06.759 --> 00:32:07.759
 and euthanasia

00:32:07.759 --> 00:32:08.440
 all there

00:32:08.440 --> 00:32:12.059
 and the point

00:32:12.059 --> 00:32:12.880
 there is

00:32:12.880 --> 00:32:14.000
 taking the life

00:32:14.000 --> 00:32:14.740
 of another man

00:32:14.740 --> 00:32:15.660
 is not

00:32:15.660 --> 00:32:18.620
 to show you

00:32:18.620 --> 00:32:20.519
 how invaluable

00:32:20.519 --> 00:32:21.279
 a human life

00:32:21.279 --> 00:32:21.500
 is

00:32:21.500 --> 00:32:22.059
 is to put

00:32:22.059 --> 00:32:22.500
 the value

00:32:22.500 --> 00:32:23.039
 of human life

00:32:23.039 --> 00:32:23.180
 as

00:32:23.180 --> 00:32:27.640
 there's only

00:32:27.640 --> 00:32:28.259
 one thing

00:32:28.259 --> 00:32:28.799
 that can be done

00:32:28.799 --> 00:32:29.299
 for a person

00:32:29.299 --> 00:32:29.740
 who deliberately

00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:30.259
 takes the life

00:32:30.259 --> 00:32:30.900
 of another person

00:32:30.900 --> 00:32:32.120
 that is

00:32:32.120 --> 00:32:32.519
 for their life

00:32:32.519 --> 00:32:33.019
 to be taken

00:32:33.019 --> 00:32:33.800
 now

00:32:33.800 --> 00:32:34.920
 that's the principle

00:32:34.920 --> 00:32:37.140
 trying to work out

00:32:37.140 --> 00:32:38.259
 how to do it

00:32:38.259 --> 00:32:38.960
 justly

00:32:38.960 --> 00:32:39.780
 that's another matter

00:32:39.780 --> 00:32:40.180
 all together

00:32:40.180 --> 00:32:40.780
 I won't kind of

00:32:40.780 --> 00:32:41.440
 get into that bit

00:32:41.440 --> 00:32:43.200
 the image of God

00:32:43.200 --> 00:32:44.540
 has massive implications

00:32:44.540 --> 00:32:45.720
 for the way we speak

00:32:45.720 --> 00:32:46.640
 to another human being

00:32:46.640 --> 00:32:48.060
 James chapter 3

00:32:48.060 --> 00:32:49.140
 with the tongue

00:32:49.140 --> 00:32:50.280
 we praise our Lord

00:32:50.280 --> 00:32:50.720
 and Father

00:32:50.720 --> 00:32:51.140
 and with it

00:32:51.140 --> 00:32:52.060
 we curse men

00:32:52.060 --> 00:32:53.120
 who have been made

00:32:53.120 --> 00:32:54.400
 in God's likeness

00:32:54.400 --> 00:32:57.160
 and he ends it there

00:32:57.160 --> 00:32:58.360
 with how can that be

00:32:58.359 --> 00:33:00.679
 you cannot speak

00:33:00.679 --> 00:33:01.299
 to another human being

00:33:01.299 --> 00:33:01.539
 like that

00:33:01.539 --> 00:33:02.079
 because of the image

00:33:02.079 --> 00:33:02.659
 of God

00:33:02.659 --> 00:33:04.579
 and both of those

00:33:04.579 --> 00:33:05.000
 arguments

00:33:05.000 --> 00:33:05.740
 are straight out

00:33:05.740 --> 00:33:06.240
 of creation

00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:06.719
 apart from

00:33:06.719 --> 00:33:07.079
 redemption

00:33:07.079 --> 00:33:07.659
 in Jesus

00:33:07.659 --> 00:33:09.779
 the image of God

00:33:09.779 --> 00:33:11.059
 has massive implications

00:33:11.059 --> 00:33:12.259
 for racial pride

00:33:12.259 --> 00:33:13.740
 and ethnocentricity

00:33:13.740 --> 00:33:15.000
 in Acts chapter 17

00:33:15.000 --> 00:33:16.339
 which is read out to us

00:33:16.339 --> 00:33:17.460
 Paul makes

00:33:17.460 --> 00:33:18.640
 the common origins

00:33:18.640 --> 00:33:19.539
 of human beings

00:33:19.539 --> 00:33:20.279
 the ground

00:33:20.279 --> 00:33:21.500
 of equality

00:33:21.500 --> 00:33:22.700
 and the end

00:33:22.700 --> 00:33:23.920
 of ethnic arrogance

00:33:23.920 --> 00:33:25.160
 Paul is here

00:33:25.160 --> 00:33:26.160
 he's in Athens

00:33:26.160 --> 00:33:26.700
 he's speaking

00:33:26.700 --> 00:33:27.859
 to the Athenians

00:33:27.859 --> 00:33:29.000
 and they were

00:33:29.000 --> 00:33:30.740
 very very proud people

00:33:30.740 --> 00:33:33.839
 they had two classes

00:33:33.839 --> 00:33:34.380
 of people

00:33:34.380 --> 00:33:35.640
 the Athenians

00:33:35.640 --> 00:33:37.160
 and everyone else

00:33:37.160 --> 00:33:38.160
 they were all

00:33:38.160 --> 00:33:39.259
 barbarians

00:33:39.259 --> 00:33:40.259
 that's what they regarded

00:33:40.259 --> 00:33:41.460
 cavemen sort of stuff

00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:42.400
 you know barbarians

00:33:42.400 --> 00:33:43.680
 that was everyone else

00:33:43.680 --> 00:33:45.140
 everyone else

00:33:45.140 --> 00:33:45.940
 was lower

00:33:45.940 --> 00:33:46.960
 than what they were

00:33:46.960 --> 00:33:48.039
 and Paul gets

00:33:48.039 --> 00:33:49.000
 one sermon

00:33:49.000 --> 00:33:50.340
 to this group

00:33:50.340 --> 00:33:52.000
 and what does he say

00:33:52.000 --> 00:33:52.380
 to them

00:33:52.380 --> 00:33:53.140
 I'll pick it up

00:33:53.140 --> 00:33:53.860
 in verse 24

00:33:53.860 --> 00:33:54.920
 the God who made

00:33:54.920 --> 00:33:55.420
 the world

00:33:55.420 --> 00:33:56.279
 and everything in it

00:33:56.279 --> 00:33:57.299
 is the Lord

00:33:57.299 --> 00:33:58.160
 of heaven and earth

00:33:58.160 --> 00:33:59.340
 and does not live

00:33:59.340 --> 00:33:59.759
 in temples

00:33:59.759 --> 00:34:00.860
 made by hands

00:34:00.860 --> 00:34:02.080
 and he is not

00:34:02.080 --> 00:34:03.500
 served by human hands

00:34:03.500 --> 00:34:04.360
 as if he needed

00:34:04.360 --> 00:34:04.940
 anything

00:34:04.940 --> 00:34:06.440
 because he himself

00:34:06.440 --> 00:34:07.980
 gives all men

00:34:07.980 --> 00:34:08.840
 life and breath

00:34:08.840 --> 00:34:09.720
 and everything else

00:34:09.720 --> 00:34:11.579
 from one man

00:34:11.579 --> 00:34:12.579
 he made

00:34:12.579 --> 00:34:14.480
 every nation

00:34:14.480 --> 00:34:15.699
 of men

00:34:15.699 --> 00:34:18.759
 why does he say that

00:34:18.759 --> 00:34:19.380
 I mean he could have

00:34:19.380 --> 00:34:20.119
 said a thousand things

00:34:20.119 --> 00:34:20.319
 to him

00:34:20.319 --> 00:34:21.079
 why does he say this

00:34:21.079 --> 00:34:22.259
 from one man

00:34:22.259 --> 00:34:23.579
 he made every nation

00:34:23.579 --> 00:34:23.920
 of men

00:34:23.920 --> 00:34:24.599
 that they should

00:34:24.599 --> 00:34:26.299
 inhabit the whole earth

00:34:26.299 --> 00:34:27.719
 and he determined

00:34:27.719 --> 00:34:29.400
 the time set for them

00:34:29.400 --> 00:34:30.960
 and the exact places

00:34:30.960 --> 00:34:32.179
 where they should live

00:34:32.179 --> 00:34:33.400
 see what he's doing

00:34:33.400 --> 00:34:34.219
 Paul walks in here

00:34:34.219 --> 00:34:34.980
 to these Athenians

00:34:34.980 --> 00:34:35.719
 and he says

00:34:35.719 --> 00:34:36.559
 you Athenians

00:34:36.559 --> 00:34:37.199
 you think you're

00:34:37.199 --> 00:34:38.079
 so special

00:34:38.079 --> 00:34:40.460
 you think

00:34:40.460 --> 00:34:40.900
 that you

00:34:40.900 --> 00:34:41.659
 have got

00:34:41.659 --> 00:34:42.420
 some unique

00:34:42.420 --> 00:34:42.980
 origin

00:34:42.980 --> 00:34:43.699
 they thought

00:34:43.699 --> 00:34:44.179
 they popped

00:34:44.179 --> 00:34:44.960
 out of the soil

00:34:44.960 --> 00:34:45.739
 like carrots

00:34:45.739 --> 00:34:47.980
 they weren't

00:34:47.980 --> 00:34:48.360
 connected

00:34:48.360 --> 00:34:49.380
 to anyone else

00:34:49.380 --> 00:34:53.500
 you think

00:34:53.500 --> 00:34:54.779
 that the barbarians

00:34:54.779 --> 00:34:55.559
 are so

00:34:55.559 --> 00:34:56.980
 inferior to you

00:34:56.980 --> 00:34:58.840
 I got something

00:34:58.840 --> 00:34:59.440
 to tell you

00:34:59.440 --> 00:35:01.400
 you and the barbarians

00:35:01.400 --> 00:35:02.159
 are you hate

00:35:02.159 --> 00:35:03.299
 you've got

00:35:03.299 --> 00:35:04.460
 the same daddy

00:35:04.460 --> 00:35:10.159
 and God decides

00:35:10.159 --> 00:35:10.720
 where you're going

00:35:10.720 --> 00:35:11.340
 to end up

00:35:11.340 --> 00:35:13.019
 and God decides

00:35:13.019 --> 00:35:13.860
 how you're going

00:35:13.860 --> 00:35:14.340
 to look

00:35:14.340 --> 00:35:15.320
 and he's going

00:35:15.320 --> 00:35:15.940
 to decide

00:35:15.940 --> 00:35:16.820
 the way you're

00:35:16.820 --> 00:35:17.400
 going to talk

00:35:17.400 --> 00:35:20.860
 you're all connected

00:35:20.860 --> 00:35:25.360
 what's God's goal

00:35:25.360 --> 00:35:26.000
 in making all

00:35:26.000 --> 00:35:26.659
 this diversity

00:35:26.659 --> 00:35:27.420
 God did this

00:35:27.420 --> 00:35:27.860
 so that men

00:35:27.860 --> 00:35:28.559
 would seek him

00:35:28.559 --> 00:35:29.059
 and perhaps

00:35:29.059 --> 00:35:29.780
 reach out for him

00:35:29.780 --> 00:35:30.500
 and find him

00:35:30.500 --> 00:35:32.039
 just like

00:35:32.039 --> 00:35:33.860
 W.H. Auden did

00:35:33.860 --> 00:35:37.300
 though he is not

00:35:37.300 --> 00:35:38.039
 far from each

00:35:38.039 --> 00:35:38.360
 of us

00:35:38.360 --> 00:35:39.000
 for in him

00:35:39.000 --> 00:35:39.460
 we live

00:35:39.460 --> 00:35:39.920
 we move

00:35:39.920 --> 00:35:40.460
 and have our

00:35:40.460 --> 00:35:40.800
 being

00:35:40.800 --> 00:35:41.519
 and some

00:35:41.519 --> 00:35:41.840
 of our

00:35:41.840 --> 00:35:42.920
 own poets

00:35:42.920 --> 00:35:43.380
 have said

00:35:43.380 --> 00:35:44.539
 we are his

00:35:44.539 --> 00:35:45.180
 offspring

00:35:45.180 --> 00:35:46.180
 a glance

00:35:46.180 --> 00:35:47.180
 against the

00:35:47.180 --> 00:35:47.820
 claims of

00:35:47.820 --> 00:35:49.260
 racial superiority

00:35:49.260 --> 00:35:50.420
 Paul here

00:35:50.420 --> 00:35:51.099
 asserts the

00:35:51.099 --> 00:35:52.000
 unity of

00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:52.780
 all people

00:35:52.780 --> 00:35:53.480
 it is

00:35:53.480 --> 00:35:54.160
 fundamental

00:35:54.160 --> 00:35:55.000
 to his

00:35:55.000 --> 00:35:55.480
 theology

00:35:55.480 --> 00:35:57.019
 he's using

00:35:57.019 --> 00:35:57.700
 this theology

00:35:57.700 --> 00:35:58.160
 here to

00:35:58.160 --> 00:35:58.640
 undermine

00:35:58.640 --> 00:35:59.380
 pride

00:35:59.380 --> 00:36:00.400
 and arrogance

00:36:00.400 --> 00:36:01.320
 and segregation

00:36:01.320 --> 00:36:02.380
 and superiority

00:36:02.380 --> 00:36:03.440
 and oppression

00:36:03.440 --> 00:36:04.579
 and instead

00:36:04.579 --> 00:36:05.420
 to turn it

00:36:05.420 --> 00:36:05.860
 around

00:36:05.860 --> 00:36:07.260
 see the

00:36:07.260 --> 00:36:07.920
 common origins

00:36:07.920 --> 00:36:08.340
 of all

00:36:08.340 --> 00:36:08.800
 people

00:36:08.800 --> 00:36:10.260
 the unity

00:36:10.260 --> 00:36:10.599
 of all

00:36:10.599 --> 00:36:10.820
 people

00:36:10.820 --> 00:36:11.519
 and especially

00:36:11.519 --> 00:36:12.000
 the unity

00:36:12.000 --> 00:36:12.280
 of all

00:36:12.280 --> 00:36:12.619
 people

00:36:12.619 --> 00:36:13.880
 under God

00:36:13.880 --> 00:36:15.619
 God wants

00:36:15.619 --> 00:36:16.139
 all people

00:36:16.139 --> 00:36:17.000
 to be unified

00:36:17.000 --> 00:36:17.980
 in their

00:36:17.980 --> 00:36:18.639
 seeking of him

00:36:18.639 --> 00:36:19.039
 through the

00:36:19.039 --> 00:36:19.519
 Lord Jesus

00:36:19.519 --> 00:36:20.320
 so my point

00:36:20.320 --> 00:36:20.700
 today

00:36:20.700 --> 00:36:21.519
 is that the

00:36:21.519 --> 00:36:22.280
 Christian doctrine

00:36:22.280 --> 00:36:22.800
 of creation

00:36:22.800 --> 00:36:23.639
 itself

00:36:23.639 --> 00:36:25.340
 apart from

00:36:25.340 --> 00:36:25.720
 redemption

00:36:25.720 --> 00:36:26.679
 in Jesus

00:36:26.679 --> 00:36:28.159
 makes a

00:36:28.159 --> 00:36:29.220
 very significant

00:36:29.220 --> 00:36:29.920
 contribution

00:36:29.920 --> 00:36:30.420
 to dealing

00:36:30.420 --> 00:36:31.200
 with racism

00:36:31.199 --> 00:36:32.279
 and ethnic

00:36:32.279 --> 00:36:32.719
 pride

00:36:32.719 --> 00:36:33.500
 God

00:36:33.500 --> 00:36:34.339
 himself

00:36:34.339 --> 00:36:35.319
 this is what

00:36:35.319 --> 00:36:35.539
 we're going

00:36:35.539 --> 00:36:35.879
 to look at

00:36:35.879 --> 00:36:36.399
 more as we

00:36:36.399 --> 00:36:36.719
 go in the

00:36:36.719 --> 00:36:36.919
 weeks

00:36:36.919 --> 00:36:37.839
 God himself

00:36:37.839 --> 00:36:39.199
 affirms it

00:36:39.199 --> 00:36:40.199
 by coming

00:36:40.199 --> 00:36:40.819
 to his

00:36:40.819 --> 00:36:41.239
 creation

00:36:41.239 --> 00:36:41.539
 in the

00:36:41.539 --> 00:36:42.019
 person of

00:36:42.019 --> 00:36:42.259
 Jesus

00:36:42.259 --> 00:36:42.779
 Christ

00:36:42.779 --> 00:36:44.519
 the image

00:36:44.519 --> 00:36:45.139
 bearer of

00:36:45.139 --> 00:36:45.579
 the father

00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:46.279
 in such a way

00:36:46.279 --> 00:36:46.759
 that he says

00:36:46.759 --> 00:36:47.299
 you see me

00:36:47.299 --> 00:36:47.919
 you see God

00:36:47.919 --> 00:36:48.899
 he is the

00:36:48.899 --> 00:36:49.500
 image bearer

00:36:49.500 --> 00:36:50.000
 of the father

00:36:50.000 --> 00:36:51.119
 he goes to

00:36:51.119 --> 00:36:51.659
 the cross

00:36:51.659 --> 00:36:52.779
 to right

00:36:52.779 --> 00:36:54.099
 all of

00:36:54.099 --> 00:36:54.519
 our

00:36:54.519 --> 00:36:55.519
 wrongs

00:36:55.519 --> 00:36:56.879
 to bring us

00:36:56.879 --> 00:36:57.599
 together in

00:36:57.599 --> 00:36:57.980
 unity

00:36:57.980 --> 00:36:59.460
 but that's

00:36:59.460 --> 00:36:59.760
 for another

00:36:59.760 --> 00:37:00.159
 day

00:37:00.159 --> 00:37:01.280
 friends

00:37:01.280 --> 00:37:02.300
 for us

00:37:02.300 --> 00:37:02.800
 right now

00:37:02.800 --> 00:37:03.460
 really simply

00:37:03.460 --> 00:37:04.139
 the diversity

00:37:04.139 --> 00:37:04.519
 at St.

00:37:04.519 --> 00:37:04.800
 Paul's

00:37:04.800 --> 00:37:05.480
 is really

00:37:05.480 --> 00:37:07.039
 really obvious

00:37:07.039 --> 00:37:07.880
 there is

00:37:07.880 --> 00:37:08.679
 always a

00:37:08.679 --> 00:37:09.059
 threat that

00:37:09.059 --> 00:37:09.840
 this diversity

00:37:09.840 --> 00:37:10.679
 could fracture

00:37:10.679 --> 00:37:11.760
 us rather

00:37:11.760 --> 00:37:12.240
 than create

00:37:12.240 --> 00:37:13.000
 a marvellous

00:37:13.000 --> 00:37:14.000
 gospel unity

00:37:14.000 --> 00:37:15.579
 St.

00:37:15.659 --> 00:37:16.079
 Paul's

00:37:16.079 --> 00:37:16.920
 mission statement

00:37:16.920 --> 00:37:17.539
 says it

00:37:17.539 --> 00:37:18.579
 exists to

00:37:18.579 --> 00:37:19.340
 know Jesus

00:37:19.340 --> 00:37:20.480
 treasure Jesus

00:37:20.480 --> 00:37:21.300
 and represent

00:37:21.300 --> 00:37:22.599
 Jesus for

00:37:22.599 --> 00:37:24.320
 God's glory

00:37:24.320 --> 00:37:25.880
 and the joy

00:37:25.880 --> 00:37:27.019
 of all

00:37:27.019 --> 00:37:28.000
 people

00:37:28.000 --> 00:37:29.240
 the all

00:37:29.240 --> 00:37:29.720
 people

00:37:29.720 --> 00:37:31.200
 is deliberate

00:37:31.200 --> 00:37:34.079
 our mission

00:37:34.079 --> 00:37:34.860
 statement is

00:37:34.860 --> 00:37:35.420
 represented

00:37:35.420 --> 00:37:36.140
 visibly

00:37:36.140 --> 00:37:37.519
 in our

00:37:37.519 --> 00:37:37.880
 church

00:37:37.880 --> 00:37:38.380
 logo

00:37:38.380 --> 00:37:40.519
 it

00:37:40.519 --> 00:37:41.079
 represents

00:37:41.079 --> 00:37:41.900
 a racial

00:37:41.900 --> 00:37:42.519
 diversity

00:37:42.519 --> 00:37:43.300
 people from

00:37:43.300 --> 00:37:44.360
 every tribe

00:37:44.360 --> 00:37:45.420
 and language

00:37:45.420 --> 00:37:45.860
 and people

00:37:45.860 --> 00:37:46.420
 and nation

00:37:46.420 --> 00:37:47.300
 at all

00:37:47.300 --> 00:37:48.119
 different stages

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 of being

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 united together

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 around

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 Jesus

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 so we're

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 going to get

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 to Jesus

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 around

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 Jesus

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 that is

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 our mission

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 it's our

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 mission now

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 because that

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 is our

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 future

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 together

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 for all of

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 eternity

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 but that's

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 week five

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 let me pray

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 and

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 exactly

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 so we pray

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 we pray

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 we pat

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 remember

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 we pray

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 we pray

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 we pray

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 we had

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 our

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 我enti

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 rib