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 Let me invite you to take your copy of God's Word, which I hope you have with you today, and turn to Paul's letter to the church at Colossae.

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! It's the book of Colossians, chapter 3.

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 I remind you as we begin that this is God's Word to us, that it was written for His glory and for our good, and that we would all do well to listen to it in order to believe its promises and obey its commands.

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 As a way of introduction, just to be sure that everybody's on the same page together this morning, I'm going to remind you, this is a letter written by Paul.

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 It's one of his prison epistles. He was likely imprisoned in Rome. We don't know this for sure, but this is probably where he was at.

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 And he's writing to a church that he did not found. We believe that Epaphras founded it.

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 Again, we don't know this as fact, but it's largely accepted this is the case.

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 It's in that Epaphras became a believer, became a disciple of Christ upon visiting Paul in Ephesus.

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 He traveled back to his hometown of Colossae, and the church there was begun.

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 Colossae was a rather insignificant town.

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 That's of great encouragement to me that one of Paul's most beautifully theological books was written to a town that was fairly obscure.

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 Rome had recently moved the highway around Colossae and through Laodicea, and it was kind of falling into unimportance in the time.

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 And the encouragement to me in that is that there is no unimportant church.

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 The city itself may have been unimportant, but what was happening in this church mattered.

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 It grieved Paul as Epaphras has traveled to him and reported to him that there are some heresies encircling and within the church.

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 And Paul is then compelled to write this letter to them.

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 We don't know the exact nature of the heresies.

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 We can pick up on some clues in it as Paul teaches as he addresses unspecifically some of those heresies.

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 But as we've seen so far in the first two chapters, Paul is establishing, in large part, the major effort of the first two chapters,

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 is to develop a very clear Christology in the minds of the Colossian believers.

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 To be sure that they understand that Jesus is himself, the Son of God.

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 He is deity, and that his sacrifice on the cross was sufficient for their salvation.

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 That they are saved by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone.

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 There's no longer any need for a piling up of work to earn salvation.

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 But as he always does, as he turns from the doctrinal to the more practical, he gives application in his letters.

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 He says, now because of these great truths, because of what God has done on your behalf,

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 because of who you are in Christ, your life should begin to look this way.

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 And that's where we find ourselves in chapter 3.

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 He's beginning to unfold this for us.

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 Beginning of chapter 3, we're exhorted to, if we've been raised with Christ,

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 if we are in fact Christians, that we are to seek the things that are above.

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 That we're to set our minds on those things that are above, and not on the things that are on earth.

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 We've died to those things, and now we're meant to live to Christ.

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 And this text that we're kind of narrowing in on in these couple of weeks,

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 as Daniel came and read to us 5-17,

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 he begins to tell us some things that we're to put off,

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 our old self things, and things that we're to put on.

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 Things that we ought to be doing now as Christians.

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 Last week I showed you that the primary exhortation of 5-17 is found in the last part of verse 9,

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 and the first part of verse 10.

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 Seeing that, you have put off the old self with its practices,

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 and have put on the new self.

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 And we took as two points, we only developed point one last week,

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 what that is to put off the old self.

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 Stated in the negative, do not do these things any longer.

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 And then secondly, to put on the new self.

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 There, stated in the positive.

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 Instead of those things, rather, you should live in this way.

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 And to remind you of last week, to lead us up to our text today,

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 we're to put off the old self.

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 He says it again in verse 5 and in verse 8,

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 put to death therefore what is earthly in you.

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 He doesn't mean so literally, but figuratively.

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 Put to death those things.

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 Mortify your flesh.

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 In verse 8, but now you must put them all away.

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 And he gives us two lists.

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 These aren't exhaustive lists of all sin,

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 but they're very aimed lists.

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 They're very particular lists.

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 And those were sins of unrighteous love,

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 or misplaced or perverted love.

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 We saw those as sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, covetousness.

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 And then secondly, sins of unrighteous hate or wicked hate.

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 There are things in this world to hate rightly, properly, righteously,

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 but this is unrighteous hate he's talking about.

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 And we saw those to be anger, wrath, malice, slander, obscene talk, and deceit or lying.

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 And he gives us in that text two reasons that we should put sin to death.

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 Firstly, that sin brings God's judgment.

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 This is the thing that we invite upon ourselves when we sin.

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 Verse 6, on account of these, the wrath of God is coming.

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 Now, those who are found in Christ, have put on Christ,

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 are raised with Christ, using this language that he's used so far,

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 those sins have been bore in Christ's body.

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 That wrath of God for us has been poured out on him.

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 So that's not what Paul's saying.

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 He's saying if we're in Christ,

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 we ought not participate in these sins

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 because this is the reason that the world is being judged.

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 These sins are the reason that God's wrath is coming.

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 And those who are friends of God, children of God,

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 part of his kingdom, should have nothing to do.

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 With these things.

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 We should want nothing to do with it whatsoever.

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 No part in it at all.

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 And secondly, we should put sin to death

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 because sin is part of a believer's past.

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 Verse 7, Paul wrote,

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 In these you too once walked when you were living in them.

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 In the last part of verse 9,

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 seeing that you have put off the old self.

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 That's who you once were.

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 Your identity has changed completely now.

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 You're no longer children of wrath.

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 You're children of God.

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 And therefore should look different from the world.

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 And this morning, we're going to begin to look at the second exhortation of 5-17.

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 We're going to begin to look at it

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 because we're only going to look at verses 10 and 11.

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 And next week, I hope to tackle the rest through 17.

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 We'll see.

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 But that is, put on the new self.

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 Verse 10, I'll read to you again.

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 And have put on the new self,

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 which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator.

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 And I want you to notice a few things about this.

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 Let me see how many things.

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 Three things I want you to notice about verse 10.

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 Notice firstly that our sanctification is progressive.

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 Our sanctification is progressive.

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 It's beginning phrase in verse 10,

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 have put on the new self.

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 The have put on is a single Greek verb.

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 It's in the aorist tense,

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 which denotes a snapshot,

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 a picture of a completed event.

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 The English translation does a great job here

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 putting it in the past tense.

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 You have put on the new self.

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 Those of us who are found in Christ have been changed.

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 We have been set apart.

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 This is accomplished work.

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 It's already completed.

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 But note then the rest of the verse,

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 which is being renewed.

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 Here, this which is being renewed,

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 believe it or not,

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 it's all one verb in the Greek,

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 and it's in the present tense,

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 which portrays an event that is currently happening

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 with no respect to its completion whatsoever.

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 It's in process,

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 and it's going to continue to be processed.

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 So we've been set apart,

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 and we're continually being set apart.

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 As Christians, we have been redeemed.

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 We have been made new,

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 but yet we still have our flesh,

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 and we struggle with it,

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 but we're being made new and perfect

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 each and every day,

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 moving towards the high goal

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 of glorification in Christ.

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 That day when we shed our earthly bodies,

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 when we're set free from sin entirely,

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 and we're found perfect in Him forever.

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 It is as if to say,

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 you have put on the new self,

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 so put on the new self.

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 You've put it on,

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 so keep it on.

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 It's essentially what Paul is communicating

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 here in verse 10.

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 And we have a sure promise of help in this.

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 Philippians 1.6, Paul writes,

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 and I am sure of this,

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 that He who began a good work in you

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 will bring it to completion

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 at the day of Jesus Christ.

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 He began the work,

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 and He will complete the work.

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 And he writes this later in 2 Corinthians 4.16,

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 So we do not lose heart,

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 though our outer self is wasting away.

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 Our inner self is being renewed day by day.

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 As I get a bit older,

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 and for those of you who are guests,

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 I'm 35,

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 and I know that that's not old

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 in many people's perspective,

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 but I'm beginning to feel age

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 as the years come on.

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 And it's encouraging to me to know

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 that I'm being perfected in the spiritual sense

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 as I'm becoming less perfect

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 in the physical sense.

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 I mentioned the wedding earlier,

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 and yesterday I was changing a light bulb.

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 This one.

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 Nope, that one.

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 And all of the sound equipment

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 was hidden in the back corner.

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 It was all stuffed around.

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 I couldn't move anything.

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 So I decided to climb up on top of the bass amp

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 to change the light bulb,

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 and I fell off of it.

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 And took a huge chunk of skin out of my shin

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 on a music stand.

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 And I asked Wes if he was coming up later,

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 can you help me change the rest of the light bulbs later?

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 Because I just took a big fall.

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 And he said, are you okay?

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 And I said, yeah,

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 I just wish I wouldn't hurt myself

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 doing stupid things.

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 And I used to do cool things and get hurt,

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 and now it's just stupid things.

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 So praise God that I'm being renewed in spirit

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 day by day.

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 I'm being perfected,

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 and I'm working toward that

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 even as my body is wasting away.

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 The late William Hendrickson,

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 a 20th century New Testament scholar,

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 said this of this text today,

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 when a man is led through the waters of salvation,

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 they are ankle deep at first,

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 but as he progresses,

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 they become knee deep,

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 and they reach through the loins

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 and are finally impassable

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 except by swimming.

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 And he means that as a positive thing,

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 a good thing that we must swim in God's grace

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 in our understanding of the gospel.

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 2 Corinthians 3,

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 18,

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 another expression of this truth,

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 Paul says,

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 and we all with unveiled face,

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 beholding the glory of the Lord,

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 are being transformed into the same image

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 from one degree of glory to another,

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 for this comes from the Lord,

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 who is the Spirit.

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 So there's a progressive sanctification

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 for those of us who are found in Christ.

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 Set apart for a special purpose,

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 the glory of God,

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 and being made perfect in our lives.

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 Secondly,

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 notice the means of our renewal.

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 Notice the means of our renewal.

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 Just read to you in 2 Corinthians 3,

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 verse 18,

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 for this comes,

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 sanctification,

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 this process of being changed

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 from one image of glory to another,

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 this comes from the Lord,

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 who is the Spirit.

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 And we must ask the question,

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 how does the Spirit of God,

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 who exists within those

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 who have placed faith in Christ,

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 accomplish this?

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 What does He do?

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 And we talked about this at length last week,

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 but I want you to see it again

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 here in verse 10,

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 in knowledge.

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 This phrase,

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 in knowledge.

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 I gave you a slew of texts last week.

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 I would encourage you to go look it up

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 if you care to see this in greater depth.

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 But Romans 12, 2,

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 the first part of that says,

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 do not be conformed to this world,

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 but be transformed,

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 changed from degree of glory

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 to degree of glory

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 by the renewal of your mind.

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 Think differently.

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 You are a child of God.

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 Understand that truth.

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 You don't have to be intelligent

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 to be a Christian.

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 You don't have to be high-minded

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 to be a Christian.

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 But when you become a Christian,

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 it necessitates upon you

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 that you think.

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 And that you think about God.

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 You become a theologian

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 when you become a Christian.

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 You must know the truth.

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 We've been given God's revelation.

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 He came down to become an author.

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 He wrote us a book.

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 And beloved, we should know it.

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 This is the way that the Spirit changes us.

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 There's further case for this.

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 Colossians 3.16a.

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 Later on in our text,

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 let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly.

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 And then Paul writes in 2 Timothy 3.16-17.

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 I hope you're familiar with this verse.

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 All Scripture is breathed out by God

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 and it's profitable.

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 What is it used for?

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 It's profitable for teaching,

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 for reproof,

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 for correction,

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 and for training in righteousness.

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 And what's the result of that?

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 That the man of God may be complete,

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 equipped for every good work.

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 Our progressive sanctification

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 is carried about by the Spirit

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 in knowledge.

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 He uses the Word of God

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 to shape us.

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 And if you're not finding,

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 if you're in Christ

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 and you're not finding

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 that you're progressing in sanctification,

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 more than likely,

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 the diagnosis for you

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 is read your Scripture.

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 Know your Bible.

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 Invite God to work it in your life

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 by the power of the Spirit

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 that you may be changed

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 from one degree to the next.

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 Thirdly,

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 notice the end

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 or the goal

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 of our renewal.

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 This last little phrase,

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 is after the image

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 of its Creator.

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 Now,

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 its is referring back

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 to the new self.

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 The Creator of that

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 being Christ.

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 We are being made

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 to look more like Christ

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 or

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 we are not His.

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 We are being made

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 to look more like Christ

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 or

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 we are not His.

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 If you have put off

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 the old self

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 and put on the new self,

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 then there will be progress

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 for you

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 in godliness.

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 This is the great work

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 of God on our behalf.

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 Changing our hearts.

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 Regenerating us.

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 Taking the old dead us

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 and putting in us

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 a heart that beats

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 for Him.

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 You will progress

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 in godliness

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 if you are found

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 in Christ.

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 Now,

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 in verse 11,

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 Paul does,

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 upon first reading,

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 a very curious thing.

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 It doesn't follow

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 in my logic

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 and the way I think

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 that this is where

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 he would go next.

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 difficult a bit to go.

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 Verse 11

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 almost seems like

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 it stands alone.

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 Like it's like

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 Paul suddenly had

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 this random aside

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 and he thought

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 he would just

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 throw it in

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 for the fun.

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 Verse 11 reads,

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 Here,

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 there is not

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 Greek and Jew,

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 circumcised

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 and uncircumcised,

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 barbarian,

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 Scythian,

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 slave,

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 free,

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 but Christ is all

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 and in all.

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 Let me show you

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 the way in which

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 that doesn't

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 stand apart,

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 that it is in fact

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 logical and flows

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 in what he's

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 trying to say.

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 He has been talking

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 about these sins,

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 these particular sins,

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 these sins of

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 unrighteous love

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 or these sins of

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 unrighteous hate.

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 He's been talking

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 about these things

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 and all of these sins

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 are relational sins.

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 They have to do

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 with the way in which

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 we interact

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 with one another.

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 I believe he's

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 particularly talking

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 to the church.

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 The way in which

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 you interact with

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 each other

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 as Christian people.

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 Certainly we can

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 take the implications

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 out beyond

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 the borders

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 of our body,

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 but specifically

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 this is what

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 he's referring to.

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 And so he's

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 turning now

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 and saying

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 here is the

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 proper way

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 in which

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 you should live.

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 And he starts

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 with these

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 borders,

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 these barriers

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 that have been

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 put up

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 by people

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 of the day.

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 The way in which

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 they were so

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 obstinate toward

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 one another

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 around these

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 particular things.

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 So he begins

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 by breaking

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 those things

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 down.

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 And in the next

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 week we'll see

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 the way in which

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 they're meant

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 to love each other.

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 In spite of

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 your differences,

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 in spite of

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 your barriers,

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 you should live

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 this way

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 together.

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 This is a great

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 exhortation

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 for the church

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 today.

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 Ephesians 2

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 13-16

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 says this,

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 but now

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 in Christ

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 Jesus,

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 you who

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 once were

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 far off

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 have been

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 brought near

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 by the blood

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 of Christ.

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 For he himself

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 is our peace

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 who has made

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 us both one

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 and has broken

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 down in his

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 flesh the

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 dividing wall

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 of hostility,

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 the barriers

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 of hostility

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 between us

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 by abolishing

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 the law of

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 commandments

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 expressed in

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 ordinances

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 that he might

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 create in

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 himself one

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 new man

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 in place of

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 the two,

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 so making

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 peace.

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 It might

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 reconcile us

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 or bring us

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 back into

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 right relation

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 both to

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 God in

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 one body

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 through the

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 cross,

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 thereby killing

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 the hostility.

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 So the gospel

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 cuts the head

00:18:33.120 --> 00:18:33.820
 off the snake

00:18:33.820 --> 00:18:34.759
 of hostility.

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 It does away

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 with these

00:18:37.180 --> 00:18:38.320
 barriers that

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 are created

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 by men.

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 And they exist.

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 They're real.

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 They function

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 in our world.

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 We're going to

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 look at this

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 list of them

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 here and these

00:18:46.040 --> 00:18:47.400
 were barriers

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 to be sure.

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 Paul mentions

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 the dividing

00:18:50.820 --> 00:18:51.259
 wall.

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 These were

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 lines that

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 were not

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 crossed in

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 this day.

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 The closest

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 thing that I

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 can think of

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 in our

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 modern day

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 world is

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 India's

00:18:59.619 --> 00:19:00.579
 caste system.

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 And actually

00:19:01.319 --> 00:19:01.779
 as I began

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 to do some

00:19:02.180 --> 00:19:02.599
 research on

00:19:02.599 --> 00:19:02.940
 the caste

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 system,

00:19:03.279 --> 00:19:03.759
 it seems

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 much looser

00:19:04.819 --> 00:19:05.920
 than these

00:19:05.920 --> 00:19:06.700
 barriers were

00:19:06.700 --> 00:19:07.599
 in this day.

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 These were

00:19:08.180 --> 00:19:10.079
 strict things

00:19:10.079 --> 00:19:10.980
 that everyone

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 obeyed.

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 And he is

00:19:13.019 --> 00:19:13.799
 saying that

00:19:13.799 --> 00:19:14.480
 the gospel

00:19:14.480 --> 00:19:16.440
 destroys those

00:19:16.440 --> 00:19:16.799
 walls.

00:19:16.799 --> 00:19:17.839
 It changes

00:19:17.839 --> 00:19:19.399
 us in a

00:19:19.399 --> 00:19:20.559
 very peculiar

00:19:20.559 --> 00:19:22.399
 and wonderfully

00:19:22.399 --> 00:19:23.439
 God-glorifying

00:19:23.439 --> 00:19:24.619
 way in

00:19:24.619 --> 00:19:25.220
 this world.

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 So he

00:19:26.220 --> 00:19:26.720
 tells us

00:19:26.720 --> 00:19:27.299
 about some

00:19:27.299 --> 00:19:27.740
 varying

00:19:27.740 --> 00:19:28.679
 barriers.

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 Firstly,

00:19:29.759 --> 00:19:30.639
 the ethnic

00:19:30.639 --> 00:19:31.779
 barriers.

00:19:32.399 --> 00:19:32.759
 Greeks

00:19:32.759 --> 00:19:34.539
 and Jews.

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 These were

00:19:34.939 --> 00:19:35.819
 people groups.

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 Real people

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 groups that

00:19:37.179 --> 00:19:37.779
 really exist.

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 Bloodlines

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 that exist.

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 Greek and

00:19:40.199 --> 00:19:40.839
 Jew.

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 He talks

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 about religious

00:19:42.240 --> 00:19:42.720
 barriers.

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 Those who

00:19:43.179 --> 00:19:44.179
 were circumcised

00:19:44.180 --> 00:19:44.519
 and those

00:19:44.519 --> 00:19:44.900
 who were

00:19:44.900 --> 00:19:46.519
 uncircumcised.

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 You know

00:19:47.019 --> 00:19:47.720
 much of your

00:19:47.720 --> 00:19:48.180
 Bible or

00:19:48.180 --> 00:19:48.519
 history,

00:19:48.660 --> 00:19:48.860
 you know

00:19:48.860 --> 00:19:49.400
 that Jews

00:19:49.400 --> 00:19:50.940
 were commanded

00:19:50.940 --> 00:19:51.299
 to be

00:19:51.299 --> 00:19:51.900
 circumcised

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 and those

00:19:52.320 --> 00:19:53.080
 outside the

00:19:53.080 --> 00:19:53.660
 faith were

00:19:53.660 --> 00:19:54.420
 uncircumcised.

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 We would

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 typically refer

00:19:55.420 --> 00:19:55.680
 to these

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 people as

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 Gentiles.

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 I think

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 all of us,

00:19:59.640 --> 00:20:00.000
 unless somebody

00:20:00.000 --> 00:20:00.380
 who hears of

00:20:00.380 --> 00:20:01.519
 Jewish descent

00:20:01.519 --> 00:20:02.279
 ethnically,

00:20:02.880 --> 00:20:03.460
 are probably

00:20:03.460 --> 00:20:04.080
 counted in that

00:20:04.080 --> 00:20:04.340
 number.

00:20:04.440 --> 00:20:05.920
 The uncircumcised

00:20:05.920 --> 00:20:06.600
 that the gospel

00:20:06.600 --> 00:20:07.980
 advanced to.

00:20:08.080 --> 00:20:08.960
 We were able

00:20:08.960 --> 00:20:09.799
 to receive the

00:20:09.799 --> 00:20:10.200
 good news of

00:20:10.200 --> 00:20:11.000
 Jesus Christ.

00:20:11.200 --> 00:20:11.940
 What a blessed

00:20:11.940 --> 00:20:13.640
 thing that is.

00:20:14.180 --> 00:20:15.080
 These things,

00:20:15.180 --> 00:20:15.759
 these barriers

00:20:15.759 --> 00:20:16.900
 have been broken

00:20:16.900 --> 00:20:17.740
 down.

00:20:17.960 --> 00:20:18.700
 There's a very

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 serious level

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 of animosity

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 in this day

00:20:21.820 --> 00:20:22.580
 between Jews

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 and Greeks.

00:20:24.120 --> 00:20:24.900
 Gentiles is a

00:20:24.900 --> 00:20:26.160
 broader category.

00:20:26.740 --> 00:20:27.039
 They had

00:20:27.039 --> 00:20:28.720
 nothing to do

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 with one another.

00:20:30.460 --> 00:20:30.960
 Jewish people

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 refused to

00:20:32.759 --> 00:20:33.660
 enter into a

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 Gentile house.

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 Refused to

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 go into a

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 Gentile house.

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 You know why?

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 Because they

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 believed that

00:20:38.519 --> 00:20:39.880
 all Gentiles

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 aborted their

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 children and

00:20:41.940 --> 00:20:42.620
 put them down

00:20:42.620 --> 00:20:43.460
 the drains in

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 their homes.

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 And therefore

00:20:44.500 --> 00:20:45.000
 they couldn't

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 go in or

00:20:45.460 --> 00:20:45.740
 else they

00:20:45.740 --> 00:20:46.120
 would be

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 defiled.

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 Very severe

00:20:48.400 --> 00:20:49.440
 judgment cast.

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 Now some of

00:20:50.500 --> 00:20:50.960
 this maybe

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 happened,

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 but all of

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 them was the

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 Jewish

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 understanding.

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 They would

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 not eat a

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 meal or

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 purchase meat

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 that was

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 butchered by

00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:00.500
 a Gentile.

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 When they

00:21:01.340 --> 00:21:01.900
 returned to

00:21:01.900 --> 00:21:02.380
 Jerusalem,

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 it was the

00:21:03.340 --> 00:21:03.880
 practice.

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 Not occasionally,

00:21:04.980 --> 00:21:05.880
 but everyone

00:21:05.880 --> 00:21:06.860
 that was Jewish

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 when they

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 returned to

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 Jerusalem would

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 show their

00:21:08.880 --> 00:21:09.640
 disdain for

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 the Gentiles

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 by shaking the

00:21:11.259 --> 00:21:11.759
 dust off their

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 clothes and

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 sandals.

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 To shortly

00:21:14.200 --> 00:21:14.819
 be dirty back

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 up as they

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 continued in

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 Jerusalem.

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 It was a way

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 of saying we're

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 not even going

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 to carry

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 Gentile dust

00:21:20.019 --> 00:21:20.960
 into our

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 city.

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 They hated

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 them and the

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 Gentiles the

00:21:24.079 --> 00:21:24.360
 same.

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 They returned

00:21:24.920 --> 00:21:25.599
 the disdain

00:21:25.599 --> 00:21:26.579
 for one

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 another.

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 Do you

00:21:28.180 --> 00:21:28.640
 recall the

00:21:28.640 --> 00:21:29.220
 reluctance of

00:21:29.220 --> 00:21:29.640
 the apostles

00:21:29.640 --> 00:21:30.279
 to accept

00:21:30.279 --> 00:21:31.019
 Gentile believers?

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 It was a

00:21:32.120 --> 00:21:32.860
 difficult thing

00:21:32.860 --> 00:21:33.360
 for them to

00:21:33.360 --> 00:21:34.039
 get past,

00:21:34.120 --> 00:21:35.440
 understand the

00:21:35.440 --> 00:21:36.380
 gospel of

00:21:36.380 --> 00:21:36.620
 grace.

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 I would

00:21:36.880 --> 00:21:37.360
 encourage you to

00:21:37.360 --> 00:21:38.019
 read Acts 10

00:21:38.019 --> 00:21:38.440
 and 11.

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 You can read

00:21:39.099 --> 00:21:39.719
 about Peter's

00:21:39.719 --> 00:21:40.219
 vision, the

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 way that God

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 had to come

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 and give him

00:21:42.139 --> 00:21:43.559
 this vision and

00:21:43.559 --> 00:21:44.299
 then Peter goes

00:21:44.299 --> 00:21:44.759
 and sees

00:21:44.759 --> 00:21:45.659
 conversions and

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 spirit filling

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 of Gentiles and

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 then commends to

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 the rest of the

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 apostles that this

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 is right and

00:21:52.619 --> 00:21:53.779
 proper and a

00:21:53.779 --> 00:21:54.579
 work of God.

00:21:55.059 --> 00:21:56.439
 A great deal of

00:21:56.439 --> 00:21:57.399
 animosity between

00:21:57.399 --> 00:21:58.159
 one another.

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 And Paul is

00:21:58.679 --> 00:21:59.279
 saying that the

00:21:59.279 --> 00:22:00.779
 gospel destroys

00:22:00.779 --> 00:22:02.059
 that division.

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 The old man

00:22:04.079 --> 00:22:05.480
 held to these

00:22:05.480 --> 00:22:06.319
 things, the new

00:22:06.319 --> 00:22:07.319
 man thinks

00:22:07.319 --> 00:22:07.859
 nothing of

00:22:07.859 --> 00:22:08.679
 them any

00:22:08.679 --> 00:22:09.019
 longer.

00:22:09.799 --> 00:22:10.460
 He points out

00:22:10.460 --> 00:22:11.480
 cultural barriers.

00:22:11.919 --> 00:22:12.399
 He talks about

00:22:12.399 --> 00:22:13.939
 the barbarians

00:22:13.939 --> 00:22:14.720
 and the

00:22:14.720 --> 00:22:15.299
 Scythians.

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 The barbarian

00:22:16.079 --> 00:22:17.579
 was a broad

00:22:17.579 --> 00:22:18.419
 term for those

00:22:18.419 --> 00:22:19.460
 people, particularly

00:22:19.460 --> 00:22:20.839
 the Greeks and

00:22:20.839 --> 00:22:21.599
 the Jews who

00:22:21.599 --> 00:22:22.220
 tended to be a

00:22:22.220 --> 00:22:23.019
 very educated

00:22:23.019 --> 00:22:24.079
 people, to

00:22:24.079 --> 00:22:24.759
 speak of those

00:22:24.759 --> 00:22:25.240
 people who

00:22:25.240 --> 00:22:26.480
 were uneducated.

00:22:26.579 --> 00:22:26.899
 They were

00:22:26.899 --> 00:22:28.359
 inarticulate in

00:22:28.359 --> 00:22:29.399
 their speech.

00:22:29.480 --> 00:22:30.099
 In fact, the

00:22:30.099 --> 00:22:31.379
 term barbarian

00:22:31.379 --> 00:22:32.179
 comes from what

00:22:32.179 --> 00:22:34.960
 they jested that

00:22:34.960 --> 00:22:35.419
 they sounded

00:22:35.419 --> 00:22:35.939
 like, that they

00:22:35.939 --> 00:22:36.639
 just talked like

00:22:36.639 --> 00:22:37.299
 this, bar,

00:22:37.319 --> 00:22:38.439
 bar, bar, bar, bar.

00:22:38.500 --> 00:22:38.960
 They said nothing

00:22:38.960 --> 00:22:40.159
 intelligible at

00:22:40.159 --> 00:22:40.419
 all.

00:22:40.519 --> 00:22:41.059
 That's where this

00:22:41.059 --> 00:22:42.559
 phrase barbarian

00:22:42.559 --> 00:22:43.679
 comes from.

00:22:44.319 --> 00:22:44.960
 The most feared

00:22:44.960 --> 00:22:45.899
 of the barbarians

00:22:45.899 --> 00:22:46.740
 were the

00:22:46.740 --> 00:22:47.379
 Scythians.

00:22:47.480 --> 00:22:48.000
 This was actually

00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:49.339
 a people group.

00:22:49.899 --> 00:22:50.179
 The Jewish

00:22:50.179 --> 00:22:51.439
 historian Josephus

00:22:51.439 --> 00:22:52.240
 in Against

00:22:52.240 --> 00:22:53.279
 Apion wrote,

00:22:53.639 --> 00:22:54.200
 the Scythians

00:22:54.200 --> 00:22:55.220
 delight in

00:22:55.220 --> 00:22:55.980
 murdering people

00:22:55.980 --> 00:22:56.700
 and are little

00:22:56.700 --> 00:22:57.859
 better than

00:22:57.859 --> 00:22:59.200
 wild beasts.

00:22:59.659 --> 00:22:59.740
 Right?

00:22:59.980 --> 00:23:00.419
 Hated.

00:23:00.639 --> 00:23:01.220
 The way they

00:23:01.220 --> 00:23:02.059
 were as an

00:23:02.059 --> 00:23:04.220
 aggressive people

00:23:04.220 --> 00:23:05.879
 was hated by

00:23:05.880 --> 00:23:07.420
 the Jews and

00:23:07.420 --> 00:23:07.880
 the Greeks.

00:23:08.960 --> 00:23:09.780
 Paul speaks of

00:23:09.780 --> 00:23:11.000
 social barriers.

00:23:11.720 --> 00:23:12.840
 Slave and

00:23:12.840 --> 00:23:13.740
 free.

00:23:14.960 --> 00:23:15.620
 Slaves in this

00:23:15.620 --> 00:23:15.980
 day had

00:23:15.980 --> 00:23:17.300
 extremely low

00:23:17.300 --> 00:23:18.540
 social standing.

00:23:19.000 --> 00:23:19.720
 Less than

00:23:19.720 --> 00:23:20.480
 people.

00:23:20.600 --> 00:23:20.980
 Does that sound

00:23:20.980 --> 00:23:22.380
 familiar at all?

00:23:22.480 --> 00:23:23.300
 Aristotle records

00:23:23.300 --> 00:23:23.700
 that they were

00:23:23.700 --> 00:23:25.160
 considered living

00:23:25.160 --> 00:23:27.340
 tools to be

00:23:27.340 --> 00:23:28.620
 used and then

00:23:28.620 --> 00:23:29.580
 discarded.

00:23:29.880 --> 00:23:30.500
 And the gospel

00:23:30.500 --> 00:23:31.420
 here again

00:23:31.420 --> 00:23:32.660
 breaks this

00:23:32.660 --> 00:23:33.740
 down.

00:23:34.759 --> 00:23:35.279
 Paul writes

00:23:35.279 --> 00:23:35.800
 in Galatians

00:23:35.800 --> 00:23:36.420
 3.28,

00:23:36.540 --> 00:23:37.200
 there is neither

00:23:37.200 --> 00:23:37.640
 Jew nor

00:23:37.640 --> 00:23:38.000
 Greek.

00:23:38.380 --> 00:23:38.860
 There is neither

00:23:38.860 --> 00:23:39.980
 slave nor

00:23:39.980 --> 00:23:40.360
 free.

00:23:40.480 --> 00:23:41.000
 There is no

00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:41.620
 male and

00:23:41.620 --> 00:23:41.920
 female.

00:23:42.040 --> 00:23:42.600
 He adds yet

00:23:42.600 --> 00:23:43.560
 another social

00:23:43.560 --> 00:23:44.820
 barrier that's

00:23:44.820 --> 00:23:45.420
 been abolished

00:23:45.420 --> 00:23:46.140
 by the gospel.

00:23:46.140 --> 00:23:47.420
 For you are

00:23:47.420 --> 00:23:49.019
 all one in

00:23:49.019 --> 00:23:50.300
 Christ Jesus.

00:23:51.200 --> 00:23:51.660
 He says it

00:23:51.660 --> 00:23:52.040
 again in 1

00:23:52.040 --> 00:23:53.040
 Corinthians 12.13,

00:23:53.180 --> 00:23:53.840
 for in one

00:23:53.840 --> 00:23:54.500
 spirit we were

00:23:54.500 --> 00:23:55.040
 all baptized

00:23:55.040 --> 00:23:56.420
 into one body,

00:23:56.900 --> 00:23:57.820
 Jews or

00:23:57.820 --> 00:23:58.220
 Greeks,

00:23:58.660 --> 00:23:59.680
 slaves or

00:23:59.680 --> 00:24:00.120
 free,

00:24:00.119 --> 00:24:01.159
 and all

00:24:01.159 --> 00:24:01.539
 were made

00:24:01.539 --> 00:24:02.000
 to drink

00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:02.959
 of one

00:24:02.959 --> 00:24:03.759
 spirit.

00:24:04.199 --> 00:24:04.959
 All of these

00:24:04.959 --> 00:24:05.639
 differences that

00:24:05.639 --> 00:24:06.359
 we have are

00:24:06.359 --> 00:24:07.299
 no longer of

00:24:07.299 --> 00:24:08.039
 any importance

00:24:08.039 --> 00:24:08.919
 whatsoever because

00:24:08.919 --> 00:24:10.299
 now we have

00:24:10.299 --> 00:24:11.639
 Christ.

00:24:12.339 --> 00:24:13.079
 The gospel of

00:24:13.079 --> 00:24:13.939
 Jesus destroys

00:24:13.939 --> 00:24:14.739
 them, breaks

00:24:14.739 --> 00:24:15.279
 them down,

00:24:15.599 --> 00:24:16.019
 ethnic,

00:24:16.459 --> 00:24:16.959
 religious,

00:24:17.459 --> 00:24:17.839
 cultural,

00:24:18.099 --> 00:24:18.899
 and social,

00:24:19.039 --> 00:24:19.819
 abolishes them

00:24:19.819 --> 00:24:21.279
 altogether because

00:24:21.279 --> 00:24:22.679
 it's phrased at

00:24:22.679 --> 00:24:23.319
 the end of verse

00:24:23.319 --> 00:24:25.019
 11, Christ is

00:24:25.019 --> 00:24:27.039
 all and in

00:24:27.039 --> 00:24:27.959
 all.

00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:29.299
 Christ is

00:24:29.299 --> 00:24:30.279
 all and

00:24:30.279 --> 00:24:31.360
 he is in

00:24:31.360 --> 00:24:31.600
 all.

00:24:31.660 --> 00:24:32.059
 And I believe

00:24:32.059 --> 00:24:32.440
 what Paul is

00:24:32.440 --> 00:24:32.940
 trying to say

00:24:32.940 --> 00:24:33.640
 is that Christ

00:24:33.640 --> 00:24:35.079
 is everything.

00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:36.059
 He is the

00:24:36.059 --> 00:24:37.680
 great equalizer.

00:24:38.059 --> 00:24:38.860
 If we have

00:24:38.860 --> 00:24:39.759
 Christ then we

00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:40.240
 have the

00:24:40.240 --> 00:24:41.460
 greatest thing

00:24:41.460 --> 00:24:42.180
 in common

00:24:42.180 --> 00:24:42.600
 that we could

00:24:42.600 --> 00:24:43.340
 possibly have

00:24:43.340 --> 00:24:43.720
 in common.

00:24:43.920 --> 00:24:44.620
 All of a sudden

00:24:44.620 --> 00:24:45.240
 all of the

00:24:45.240 --> 00:24:45.920
 differences between

00:24:45.920 --> 00:24:46.400
 us become

00:24:46.400 --> 00:24:47.240
 entirely

00:24:47.240 --> 00:24:48.259
 insignificant

00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:49.340
 because we

00:24:49.340 --> 00:24:50.140
 have

00:24:50.140 --> 00:24:51.539
 Christ.

00:24:52.579 --> 00:24:53.460
 We are so

00:24:53.460 --> 00:24:54.519
 apt as

00:24:54.519 --> 00:24:55.620
 people to

00:24:55.620 --> 00:24:56.140
 be a number

00:24:56.140 --> 00:24:56.700
 of things,

00:24:56.759 --> 00:24:57.200
 to define

00:24:57.200 --> 00:24:58.100
 ourselves in

00:24:58.100 --> 00:24:58.480
 a number

00:24:58.480 --> 00:24:59.460
 of ways,

00:24:59.480 --> 00:25:00.019
 to add up

00:25:00.019 --> 00:25:00.720
 a list of

00:25:00.720 --> 00:25:01.120
 things and

00:25:01.120 --> 00:25:01.799
 somewhere in

00:25:01.799 --> 00:25:02.559
 that list of

00:25:02.559 --> 00:25:03.360
 things that I

00:25:03.360 --> 00:25:04.240
 am I place

00:25:04.240 --> 00:25:05.019
 Christian.

00:25:05.720 --> 00:25:06.700
 Oh, oh and

00:25:06.700 --> 00:25:07.440
 I'm a disciple

00:25:07.440 --> 00:25:08.759
 of Christ.

00:25:09.660 --> 00:25:10.340
 If you are in

00:25:10.340 --> 00:25:11.259
 Christ you are a

00:25:11.259 --> 00:25:12.720
 Christian first.

00:25:13.500 --> 00:25:14.259
 Great difference

00:25:14.259 --> 00:25:15.039
 between people in

00:25:15.039 --> 00:25:15.680
 this world are

00:25:15.680 --> 00:25:16.680
 those who are

00:25:16.680 --> 00:25:17.480
 enemies of God

00:25:17.480 --> 00:25:17.900
 and those who

00:25:17.900 --> 00:25:18.840
 are friends of

00:25:18.840 --> 00:25:19.420
 God, those who

00:25:19.420 --> 00:25:20.220
 are outside of

00:25:20.220 --> 00:25:21.140
 Christ and those

00:25:21.140 --> 00:25:22.200
 who are in

00:25:22.200 --> 00:25:22.480
 Christ.

00:25:22.559 --> 00:25:22.900
 This should be

00:25:22.900 --> 00:25:23.980
 the first thing

00:25:23.980 --> 00:25:24.860
 that we list,

00:25:24.920 --> 00:25:25.840
 the first way

00:25:25.839 --> 00:25:26.699
 that we think

00:25:26.699 --> 00:25:27.419
 about ourselves.

00:25:27.740 --> 00:25:28.459
 I am Nathan

00:25:28.459 --> 00:25:29.519
 and I am a

00:25:29.519 --> 00:25:31.019
 Christian and

00:25:31.019 --> 00:25:32.119
 I do this or

00:25:32.119 --> 00:25:33.220
 I do that.

00:25:33.480 --> 00:25:34.119
 I am married,

00:25:34.220 --> 00:25:35.259
 I have children,

00:25:35.399 --> 00:25:35.639
 etc.

00:25:36.039 --> 00:25:36.399
 etc.

00:25:36.659 --> 00:25:36.980
 etc.

00:25:36.980 --> 00:25:37.359
 I am a

00:25:37.359 --> 00:25:38.419
 Christian first.

00:25:38.659 --> 00:25:38.959
 It should

00:25:38.959 --> 00:25:40.619
 invade all

00:25:40.619 --> 00:25:42.299
 of who I

00:25:42.299 --> 00:25:42.639
 am.

00:25:43.619 --> 00:25:44.220
 We are so

00:25:44.220 --> 00:25:45.220
 apt to

00:25:45.220 --> 00:25:45.740
 segment

00:25:45.740 --> 00:25:47.039
 ourselves off

00:25:47.039 --> 00:25:47.659
 as Christian

00:25:47.659 --> 00:25:48.079
 people.

00:25:48.179 --> 00:25:48.480
 Beloved,

00:25:48.579 --> 00:25:48.939
 this should

00:25:48.939 --> 00:25:49.779
 not be so

00:25:49.779 --> 00:25:50.720
 with us.

00:25:50.980 --> 00:25:51.679
 We're drawn

00:25:51.679 --> 00:25:52.399
 together by

00:25:52.399 --> 00:25:53.240
 affinities and

00:25:53.240 --> 00:25:53.740
 I think the

00:25:53.740 --> 00:25:54.279
 great issue

00:25:54.279 --> 00:25:54.899
 there is

00:25:54.899 --> 00:25:55.299
 because we

00:25:55.299 --> 00:25:55.899
 don't talk

00:25:55.899 --> 00:25:56.420
 about Jesus

00:25:56.420 --> 00:25:57.139
 Christ as

00:25:57.139 --> 00:25:57.559
 much as we

00:25:57.559 --> 00:25:57.799
 should.

00:25:57.899 --> 00:25:58.299
 We don't

00:25:58.299 --> 00:25:58.720
 talk about

00:25:58.720 --> 00:25:58.980
 the thing

00:25:58.980 --> 00:25:59.339
 we have

00:25:59.339 --> 00:25:59.759
 in common

00:25:59.759 --> 00:26:00.440
 and share

00:26:00.440 --> 00:26:00.740
 in that

00:26:00.740 --> 00:26:01.139
 enough,

00:26:01.279 --> 00:26:01.559
 but we

00:26:01.559 --> 00:26:01.859
 want to

00:26:01.859 --> 00:26:02.299
 talk about

00:26:02.299 --> 00:26:02.779
 whatever

00:26:02.779 --> 00:26:03.420
 sports we're

00:26:03.420 --> 00:26:03.759
 into,

00:26:04.420 --> 00:26:05.299
 our favorite

00:26:05.299 --> 00:26:05.899
 team,

00:26:06.559 --> 00:26:07.500
 our gardens,

00:26:07.980 --> 00:26:08.359
 what we're

00:26:08.359 --> 00:26:08.759
 doing on

00:26:08.759 --> 00:26:09.500
 our house,

00:26:09.899 --> 00:26:10.579
 our children.

00:26:11.660 --> 00:26:11.960
 We should

00:26:11.960 --> 00:26:12.379
 be talking

00:26:12.379 --> 00:26:13.099
 about Christ

00:26:13.099 --> 00:26:13.599
 more than

00:26:13.599 --> 00:26:13.940
 those things.

00:26:13.980 --> 00:26:14.180
 We could

00:26:14.180 --> 00:26:14.480
 talk about

00:26:14.480 --> 00:26:14.879
 those things,

00:26:15.339 --> 00:26:15.799
 but more

00:26:15.799 --> 00:26:16.200
 than those

00:26:16.200 --> 00:26:16.500
 things,

00:26:16.559 --> 00:26:16.759
 and we

00:26:16.759 --> 00:26:17.359
 should see

00:26:17.359 --> 00:26:17.720
 what we

00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:19.160
 share in

00:26:19.160 --> 00:26:19.519
 common.

00:26:20.059 --> 00:26:20.500
 We should

00:26:20.500 --> 00:26:21.160
 so love

00:26:21.160 --> 00:26:21.700
 Jesus that

00:26:21.700 --> 00:26:22.099
 we want to

00:26:22.099 --> 00:26:22.799
 see the way

00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:23.319
 in which he's

00:26:23.319 --> 00:26:23.920
 working in

00:26:23.920 --> 00:26:24.500
 other people's

00:26:24.500 --> 00:26:24.740
 lives.

00:26:24.840 --> 00:26:25.120
 We should

00:26:25.120 --> 00:26:25.980
 hunger for

00:26:25.980 --> 00:26:26.300
 that,

00:26:26.500 --> 00:26:27.039
 to say to

00:26:27.039 --> 00:26:27.640
 other people,

00:26:27.820 --> 00:26:28.480
 how is the

00:26:28.480 --> 00:26:29.519
 Lord working

00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:30.380
 and changing

00:26:30.380 --> 00:26:31.019
 you?

00:26:31.480 --> 00:26:32.019
 I need to

00:26:32.019 --> 00:26:32.640
 see a fresh

00:26:32.640 --> 00:26:33.279
 picture of

00:26:33.279 --> 00:26:34.240
 grace today.

00:26:34.539 --> 00:26:35.180
 Sometimes I

00:26:35.180 --> 00:26:35.640
 fail to

00:26:35.640 --> 00:26:36.039
 believe the

00:26:36.039 --> 00:26:37.080
 gospel in

00:26:37.080 --> 00:26:37.680
 my activity,

00:26:37.800 --> 00:26:38.539
 in my day.

00:26:38.700 --> 00:26:39.300
 I fail to

00:26:39.300 --> 00:26:39.820
 remember that

00:26:39.820 --> 00:26:40.560
 it has power

00:26:40.560 --> 00:26:41.560
 to change me

00:26:41.560 --> 00:26:42.120
 because I

00:26:42.120 --> 00:26:42.920
 stop looking

00:26:42.920 --> 00:26:43.580
 at the way

00:26:43.580 --> 00:26:44.000
 in which it's

00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:44.680
 working in

00:26:44.680 --> 00:26:45.240
 other people's

00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:45.620
 lives.

00:26:46.620 --> 00:26:47.400
 We divide

00:26:47.400 --> 00:26:47.900
 ourselves up

00:26:47.900 --> 00:26:48.240
 by the

00:26:48.240 --> 00:26:49.720
 stupidest of

00:26:49.720 --> 00:26:50.160
 things.

00:26:51.800 --> 00:26:52.320
 This is why

00:26:52.320 --> 00:26:53.100
 I am against

00:26:53.099 --> 00:26:53.959
 affinity-based

00:26:53.959 --> 00:26:54.359
 churches.

00:26:54.619 --> 00:26:55.459
 They infuriate

00:26:55.459 --> 00:26:56.679
 me that we

00:26:56.679 --> 00:26:57.279
 target a

00:26:57.279 --> 00:26:58.339
 particular hobby

00:26:58.339 --> 00:26:59.659
 in order to

00:26:59.659 --> 00:27:00.679
 build a

00:27:00.679 --> 00:27:01.579
 church around

00:27:01.579 --> 00:27:02.839
 a hobby.

00:27:03.319 --> 00:27:03.859
 It makes

00:27:03.859 --> 00:27:04.599
 no sense to

00:27:04.599 --> 00:27:05.299
 me whatsoever.

00:27:06.039 --> 00:27:06.619
 I'm okay with

00:27:06.619 --> 00:27:07.119
 hanging out with

00:27:07.119 --> 00:27:07.599
 people that like

00:27:07.599 --> 00:27:08.199
 to do stuff I

00:27:08.199 --> 00:27:09.179
 like in order to

00:27:09.179 --> 00:27:09.740
 share the gospel

00:27:09.740 --> 00:27:10.279
 with them,

00:27:10.679 --> 00:27:11.359
 but to do

00:27:11.359 --> 00:27:12.039
 everything you

00:27:12.039 --> 00:27:12.719
 do in order to

00:27:12.719 --> 00:27:13.259
 attract a

00:27:13.259 --> 00:27:14.439
 particular little

00:27:14.439 --> 00:27:15.199
 segment of

00:27:15.199 --> 00:27:15.659
 society,

00:27:15.799 --> 00:27:16.539
 I think,

00:27:17.139 --> 00:27:17.439
 it's my

00:27:17.439 --> 00:27:17.759
 opinion,

00:27:18.279 --> 00:27:18.779
 is sin.

00:27:18.779 --> 00:27:20.559
 people.

00:27:20.980 --> 00:27:22.859
 Our evangelism,

00:27:23.180 --> 00:27:23.980
 the way in

00:27:23.980 --> 00:27:24.319
 which we go

00:27:24.319 --> 00:27:24.680
 out into the

00:27:24.680 --> 00:27:24.980
 world should

00:27:24.980 --> 00:27:25.480
 be entirely

00:27:25.480 --> 00:27:26.160
 indiscriminate.

00:27:26.940 --> 00:27:27.440
 Entirely.

00:27:27.700 --> 00:27:28.440
 Because we

00:27:28.440 --> 00:27:29.420
 see people.

00:27:29.500 --> 00:27:29.859
 The great

00:27:29.859 --> 00:27:30.359
 thing that we

00:27:30.359 --> 00:27:30.740
 have in

00:27:30.740 --> 00:27:31.339
 common apart

00:27:31.339 --> 00:27:31.819
 from Christ

00:27:31.819 --> 00:27:32.139
 is our

00:27:32.139 --> 00:27:32.559
 sin.

00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:33.680
 People need

00:27:33.680 --> 00:27:34.299
 salvation.

00:27:35.019 --> 00:27:35.559
 Everyone is

00:27:35.559 --> 00:27:36.119
 headed without

00:27:36.119 --> 00:27:36.639
 Jesus to

00:27:36.639 --> 00:27:36.940
 eternal

00:27:36.940 --> 00:27:37.460
 destruction.

00:27:38.319 --> 00:27:38.720
 There's the

00:27:38.720 --> 00:27:39.039
 affinity.

00:27:39.839 --> 00:27:40.059
 What do

00:27:40.059 --> 00:27:40.480
 they need?

00:27:40.899 --> 00:27:41.660
 The gospel.

00:27:42.740 --> 00:27:43.440
 This is how

00:27:43.440 --> 00:27:44.420
 we should

00:27:44.420 --> 00:27:45.139
 build our

00:27:45.139 --> 00:27:45.460
 churches.

00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:46.619
 Now it

00:27:46.619 --> 00:27:47.720
 happens that

00:27:47.720 --> 00:27:48.579
 we gather

00:27:48.579 --> 00:27:48.880
 around

00:27:48.880 --> 00:27:49.200
 affinity.

00:27:49.299 --> 00:27:49.460
 There are

00:27:49.460 --> 00:27:49.779
 a lot of

00:27:49.779 --> 00:27:50.279
 college students

00:27:50.279 --> 00:27:50.480
 in our

00:27:50.480 --> 00:27:50.980
 congregation,

00:27:51.339 --> 00:27:51.600
 are there

00:27:51.600 --> 00:27:51.900
 not?

00:27:52.380 --> 00:27:52.880
 But that's

00:27:52.880 --> 00:27:53.500
 based on

00:27:53.500 --> 00:27:54.059
 relationship,

00:27:54.420 --> 00:27:54.680
 based on

00:27:54.680 --> 00:27:55.160
 people you

00:27:55.160 --> 00:27:55.480
 know,

00:27:55.579 --> 00:27:55.799
 and who

00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:56.420
 you invite,

00:27:56.559 --> 00:27:56.759
 and who

00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:57.259
 you're sharing

00:27:57.259 --> 00:27:58.120
 your faith

00:27:58.120 --> 00:27:58.339
 with.

00:27:58.400 --> 00:27:58.940
 That is

00:27:58.940 --> 00:27:59.660
 good,

00:27:59.779 --> 00:28:00.240
 and fine,

00:28:00.660 --> 00:28:01.279
 and acceptable,

00:28:01.620 --> 00:28:02.420
 but when we

00:28:02.420 --> 00:28:03.920
 narrow our

00:28:03.920 --> 00:28:04.519
 reach,

00:28:05.400 --> 00:28:06.279
 I think it's

00:28:06.279 --> 00:28:06.480
 sin.

00:28:07.400 --> 00:28:08.079
 Christ is

00:28:08.079 --> 00:28:08.519
 all,

00:28:09.240 --> 00:28:09.880
 and he's

00:28:09.880 --> 00:28:10.720
 in all,

00:28:10.880 --> 00:28:11.279
 the great

00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:11.900
 equalizer,

00:28:11.980 --> 00:28:12.380
 the great

00:28:12.380 --> 00:28:13.519
 thing that

00:28:13.519 --> 00:28:14.059
 we have

00:28:14.059 --> 00:28:15.500
 in common.

00:28:16.319 --> 00:28:16.700
 Back in

00:28:16.700 --> 00:28:16.940
 the beginning

00:28:16.940 --> 00:28:17.559
 of verse 11,

00:28:17.559 --> 00:28:18.159
 Paul says,

00:28:18.639 --> 00:28:19.399
 here there

00:28:19.399 --> 00:28:20.919
 is not.

00:28:21.039 --> 00:28:21.359
 And this

00:28:21.359 --> 00:28:22.379
 here refers

00:28:22.379 --> 00:28:22.980
 back to

00:28:22.980 --> 00:28:23.599
 verse 10,

00:28:23.679 --> 00:28:24.159
 to the new

00:28:24.159 --> 00:28:24.599
 self.

00:28:24.839 --> 00:28:25.240
 This new

00:28:25.240 --> 00:28:25.700
 self that's

00:28:25.700 --> 00:28:26.359
 being renewed

00:28:26.359 --> 00:28:27.379
 in the image

00:28:27.379 --> 00:28:27.879
 of its

00:28:27.879 --> 00:28:28.700
 creator.

00:28:29.539 --> 00:28:30.460
 The NASB

00:28:30.460 --> 00:28:31.000
 version,

00:28:31.099 --> 00:28:31.519
 I think,

00:28:31.599 --> 00:28:32.059
 renders this

00:28:32.059 --> 00:28:32.559
 well to

00:28:32.559 --> 00:28:32.819
 help us

00:28:32.819 --> 00:28:33.339
 understand,

00:28:33.799 --> 00:28:34.079
 says,

00:28:34.539 --> 00:28:35.179
 a renewal

00:28:35.179 --> 00:28:36.659
 in which

00:28:36.659 --> 00:28:37.440
 there is

00:28:37.440 --> 00:28:38.200
 no distinction

00:28:38.200 --> 00:28:39.259
 between

00:28:39.259 --> 00:28:41.039
 these varying

00:28:41.039 --> 00:28:41.980
 barriers.

00:28:42.079 --> 00:28:42.539
 A renewal

00:28:42.539 --> 00:28:42.899
 in which

00:28:42.899 --> 00:28:43.440
 there is

00:28:43.440 --> 00:28:44.200
 no distinction

00:28:44.200 --> 00:28:44.619
 between.

00:28:44.619 --> 00:28:45.219
 It does

00:28:45.219 --> 00:28:45.719
 not

00:28:45.719 --> 00:28:46.839
 belong

00:28:46.839 --> 00:28:48.039
 amidst

00:28:48.039 --> 00:28:48.839
 the people

00:28:48.839 --> 00:28:50.279
 of God.

00:28:51.079 --> 00:28:51.639
 So this

00:28:51.639 --> 00:28:52.059
 is what he

00:28:52.059 --> 00:28:53.739
 says should

00:28:53.739 --> 00:28:54.659
 not cause

00:28:54.659 --> 00:28:55.019
 conflict.

00:28:55.119 --> 00:28:55.559
 There should

00:28:55.559 --> 00:28:56.219
 not be

00:28:56.219 --> 00:28:57.059
 barriers

00:28:57.059 --> 00:28:57.699
 between

00:28:57.699 --> 00:28:58.579
 these

00:28:58.579 --> 00:28:59.079
 things,

00:28:59.219 --> 00:28:59.439
 these

00:28:59.439 --> 00:28:59.979
 ethnic,

00:29:00.139 --> 00:29:00.539
 religious,

00:29:00.779 --> 00:29:01.219
 cultural,

00:29:01.699 --> 00:29:02.679
 social barriers.

00:29:02.899 --> 00:29:03.359
 These are

00:29:03.359 --> 00:29:04.139
 realities,

00:29:04.379 --> 00:29:05.299
 real things,

00:29:05.479 --> 00:29:06.179
 real barriers

00:29:06.179 --> 00:29:06.699
 that should be

00:29:06.699 --> 00:29:07.239
 abolished by

00:29:07.239 --> 00:29:07.699
 the gospel.

00:29:07.700 --> 00:29:08.480
 But I want

00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:08.960
 you to also

00:29:08.960 --> 00:29:09.420
 see this

00:29:09.420 --> 00:29:10.920
 morning what

00:29:10.920 --> 00:29:11.640
 he doesn't

00:29:11.640 --> 00:29:12.100
 say,

00:29:12.779 --> 00:29:13.500
 what he

00:29:13.500 --> 00:29:14.519
 doesn't talk

00:29:14.519 --> 00:29:14.759
 about.

00:29:14.860 --> 00:29:15.660
 Sometimes the

00:29:15.660 --> 00:29:16.400
 silence of the

00:29:16.400 --> 00:29:17.940
 scripture screams

00:29:17.940 --> 00:29:18.799
 something to

00:29:18.799 --> 00:29:19.080
 us.

00:29:19.160 --> 00:29:19.460
 And in this

00:29:19.460 --> 00:29:20.340
 case, I think

00:29:20.340 --> 00:29:20.759
 we need to

00:29:20.759 --> 00:29:21.460
 see that he

00:29:21.460 --> 00:29:21.960
 does not

00:29:21.960 --> 00:29:22.940
 talk about

00:29:22.940 --> 00:29:24.140
 race.

00:29:25.220 --> 00:29:25.759
 He does

00:29:25.759 --> 00:29:26.759
 not mention

00:29:26.759 --> 00:29:27.860
 race.

00:29:28.019 --> 00:29:28.640
 Not because

00:29:28.640 --> 00:29:29.400
 race is not

00:29:29.400 --> 00:29:29.960
 abolished by

00:29:29.960 --> 00:29:30.360
 Christ,

00:29:30.620 --> 00:29:31.120
 not because

00:29:31.120 --> 00:29:32.519
 it didn't

00:29:32.519 --> 00:29:32.840
 have the

00:29:32.840 --> 00:29:33.539
 power to

00:29:33.539 --> 00:29:34.039
 do so,

00:29:34.039 --> 00:29:34.700
 but because

00:29:34.700 --> 00:29:36.019
 race does

00:29:36.019 --> 00:29:37.580
 not exist.

00:29:37.700 --> 00:29:40.740
 race is

00:29:40.740 --> 00:29:41.840
 not a

00:29:41.840 --> 00:29:42.400
 real

00:29:42.400 --> 00:29:43.759
 thing.

00:29:44.559 --> 00:29:45.200
 Before your

00:29:45.200 --> 00:29:46.059
 head explodes,

00:29:48.180 --> 00:29:48.819
 racism

00:29:48.819 --> 00:29:49.840
 certainly

00:29:49.840 --> 00:29:50.340
 exists.

00:29:51.240 --> 00:29:51.860
 Racism is

00:29:51.860 --> 00:29:52.559
 a thing

00:29:52.559 --> 00:29:52.940
 that's been

00:29:52.940 --> 00:29:53.519
 created.

00:29:53.700 --> 00:29:54.539
 It exists,

00:29:54.880 --> 00:29:55.519
 but race

00:29:55.519 --> 00:29:56.559
 does not.

00:29:56.660 --> 00:29:56.880
 And I'll

00:29:56.880 --> 00:29:57.160
 tell you,

00:29:57.240 --> 00:29:57.720
 as I go

00:29:57.720 --> 00:29:58.080
 on to prove

00:29:58.080 --> 00:29:58.340
 this to

00:29:58.340 --> 00:29:58.480
 you,

00:29:58.759 --> 00:29:59.740
 that reality

00:29:59.740 --> 00:30:00.740
 makes racism

00:30:00.740 --> 00:30:01.860
 extremely

00:30:01.860 --> 00:30:02.779
 ridiculous.

00:30:03.700 --> 00:30:03.980
 It's

00:30:03.980 --> 00:30:04.539
 childish.

00:30:05.160 --> 00:30:05.700
 It's

00:30:05.700 --> 00:30:06.620
 stupid.

00:30:07.700 --> 00:30:08.240
 And we

00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:08.819
 have men

00:30:08.819 --> 00:30:09.120
 in some

00:30:09.120 --> 00:30:09.340
 of the

00:30:09.340 --> 00:30:09.759
 highest

00:30:09.759 --> 00:30:10.700
 offices in

00:30:10.700 --> 00:30:11.319
 our country

00:30:11.319 --> 00:30:12.840
 that act

00:30:12.840 --> 00:30:13.140
 as if

00:30:13.140 --> 00:30:13.920
 everything

00:30:13.920 --> 00:30:14.940
 hangs and

00:30:14.940 --> 00:30:15.680
 depends on

00:30:15.680 --> 00:30:16.360
 this reality

00:30:16.360 --> 00:30:16.900
 of race

00:30:16.900 --> 00:30:17.360
 and it

00:30:17.360 --> 00:30:18.059
 doesn't

00:30:18.059 --> 00:30:19.500
 exist.

00:30:20.340 --> 00:30:20.980
 I'd encourage

00:30:20.980 --> 00:30:21.380
 you to stop

00:30:21.380 --> 00:30:22.220
 listening to

00:30:22.220 --> 00:30:22.740
 such men.

00:30:24.180 --> 00:30:24.500
 Ethnic,

00:30:24.620 --> 00:30:24.880
 religious,

00:30:25.059 --> 00:30:25.400
 cultural,

00:30:25.600 --> 00:30:26.819
 social barriers

00:30:26.819 --> 00:30:27.759
 have a

00:30:27.759 --> 00:30:29.140
 basis in

00:30:29.140 --> 00:30:29.580
 reality.

00:30:30.720 --> 00:30:31.980
 Race is

00:30:31.980 --> 00:30:32.580
 based on

00:30:32.580 --> 00:30:33.279
 features.

00:30:33.279 --> 00:30:33.420
 characters.

00:30:33.859 --> 00:30:34.139
 It's

00:30:34.139 --> 00:30:34.759
 based on

00:30:34.759 --> 00:30:35.879
 appearances

00:30:35.879 --> 00:30:36.740
 most

00:30:36.740 --> 00:30:37.639
 prominently

00:30:37.639 --> 00:30:39.480
 on skin

00:30:39.480 --> 00:30:39.839
 color.

00:30:40.339 --> 00:30:40.440
 Now,

00:30:40.500 --> 00:30:40.680
 I'm not

00:30:40.680 --> 00:30:41.019
 going to

00:30:41.019 --> 00:30:41.799
 deal for

00:30:41.799 --> 00:30:42.139
 a long

00:30:42.139 --> 00:30:42.619
 time with

00:30:42.619 --> 00:30:43.319
 this because

00:30:43.319 --> 00:30:43.700
 we just

00:30:43.700 --> 00:30:43.980
 don't have

00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:44.220
 time.

00:30:44.299 --> 00:30:44.539
 I owe

00:30:44.539 --> 00:30:44.879
 you guys

00:30:44.879 --> 00:30:45.200
 a shorter

00:30:45.200 --> 00:30:45.539
 sermon.

00:30:45.680 --> 00:30:46.019
 I'm aware

00:30:46.019 --> 00:30:46.420
 of that.

00:30:47.200 --> 00:30:47.660
 There's

00:30:47.660 --> 00:30:48.180
 more to

00:30:48.180 --> 00:30:48.539
 be said

00:30:48.539 --> 00:30:49.220
 about this,

00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:50.200
 but I

00:30:50.200 --> 00:30:50.519
 hope this

00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:50.819
 will start

00:30:50.819 --> 00:30:51.440
 a conversation

00:30:51.440 --> 00:30:52.259
 concerning it.

00:30:53.559 --> 00:30:53.980
 Anthropologists

00:30:53.980 --> 00:30:54.720
 have agreed

00:30:54.720 --> 00:30:55.819
 for centuries,

00:30:56.139 --> 00:30:56.700
 centuries,

00:30:57.200 --> 00:30:57.879
 that race

00:30:57.879 --> 00:30:58.859
 is socially

00:30:58.859 --> 00:30:59.839
 constructed,

00:30:59.940 --> 00:31:00.279
 and that is

00:31:00.279 --> 00:31:00.660
 to say that

00:31:00.660 --> 00:31:01.279
 we invented

00:31:01.279 --> 00:31:01.539
 it,

00:31:01.539 --> 00:31:02.299
 that we

00:31:02.299 --> 00:31:02.960
 made it

00:31:02.960 --> 00:31:03.420
 up to

00:31:03.420 --> 00:31:04.299
 serve our

00:31:04.299 --> 00:31:04.579
 ends.

00:31:04.920 --> 00:31:05.359
 Listen to

00:31:05.359 --> 00:31:05.659
 this.

00:31:06.460 --> 00:31:06.940
 This is an

00:31:06.940 --> 00:31:07.420
 article written

00:31:07.420 --> 00:31:07.700
 by the

00:31:07.700 --> 00:31:08.000
 American

00:31:08.000 --> 00:31:08.599
 Anthropological

00:31:08.599 --> 00:31:09.220
 Association,

00:31:09.579 --> 00:31:09.920
 and this

00:31:09.920 --> 00:31:10.180
 is their

00:31:10.180 --> 00:31:11.019
 statement on,

00:31:11.039 --> 00:31:11.339
 and I love

00:31:11.339 --> 00:31:11.539
 that they

00:31:11.539 --> 00:31:12.039
 do this,

00:31:12.579 --> 00:31:13.099
 quote-unquote

00:31:13.099 --> 00:31:13.759
 race.

00:31:14.440 --> 00:31:15.039
 Every time

00:31:15.039 --> 00:31:15.339
 they say

00:31:15.339 --> 00:31:15.539
 it in

00:31:15.539 --> 00:31:15.940
 this article,

00:31:16.119 --> 00:31:16.940
 it's race.

00:31:17.500 --> 00:31:17.899
 Here we

00:31:17.899 --> 00:31:18.039
 go.

00:31:18.700 --> 00:31:19.159
 Historical

00:31:19.159 --> 00:31:19.839
 research has

00:31:19.839 --> 00:31:20.319
 shown that

00:31:20.319 --> 00:31:20.879
 the idea

00:31:20.879 --> 00:31:22.079
 of race

00:31:22.079 --> 00:31:23.159
 has always

00:31:23.159 --> 00:31:23.940
 carried more

00:31:23.940 --> 00:31:24.819
 meanings than

00:31:24.819 --> 00:31:25.420
 mere physical

00:31:25.420 --> 00:31:25.839
 differences.

00:31:26.039 --> 00:31:26.440
 Indeed,

00:31:26.980 --> 00:31:27.399
 physical

00:31:27.399 --> 00:31:28.299
 variations in

00:31:28.299 --> 00:31:28.619
 the human

00:31:28.619 --> 00:31:29.440
 species have

00:31:29.440 --> 00:31:30.099
 no meaning

00:31:30.099 --> 00:31:30.960
 except the

00:31:30.960 --> 00:31:31.840
 social ones

00:31:31.840 --> 00:31:32.920
 that humans

00:31:32.920 --> 00:31:33.600
 put on

00:31:33.600 --> 00:31:33.840
 them.

00:31:34.579 --> 00:31:34.880
 Today,

00:31:35.019 --> 00:31:35.500
 scholars in

00:31:35.500 --> 00:31:35.940
 many fields

00:31:35.940 --> 00:31:36.740
 argue that

00:31:36.740 --> 00:31:37.380
 race,

00:31:37.860 --> 00:31:38.279
 as it is

00:31:38.279 --> 00:31:38.880
 understood in

00:31:38.880 --> 00:31:39.180
 the United

00:31:39.180 --> 00:31:39.500
 States of

00:31:39.500 --> 00:31:39.819
 America,

00:31:40.000 --> 00:31:40.360
 was a

00:31:40.360 --> 00:31:40.819
 social

00:31:40.819 --> 00:31:41.640
 mechanism

00:31:41.640 --> 00:31:42.680
 invented

00:31:42.680 --> 00:31:43.180
 during the

00:31:43.180 --> 00:31:43.880
 18th century

00:31:43.880 --> 00:31:44.460
 to refer

00:31:44.460 --> 00:31:45.019
 to those

00:31:45.019 --> 00:31:45.759
 populations

00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:46.140
 brought

00:31:46.140 --> 00:31:46.640
 together

00:31:46.640 --> 00:31:47.200
 in

00:31:47.200 --> 00:31:47.539
 colonial

00:31:47.539 --> 00:31:48.019
 America.

00:31:48.559 --> 00:31:48.759
 The

00:31:48.759 --> 00:31:49.240
 English

00:31:49.240 --> 00:31:49.819
 and other

00:31:49.819 --> 00:31:50.160
 European

00:31:50.160 --> 00:31:50.539
 settlers,

00:31:51.120 --> 00:31:51.279
 the

00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:51.660
 conquered

00:31:51.660 --> 00:31:52.079
 Indian

00:31:52.079 --> 00:31:52.579
 peoples,

00:31:52.579 --> 00:31:53.420
 and those

00:31:53.420 --> 00:31:54.180
 peoples of

00:31:54.180 --> 00:31:54.799
 Africa

00:31:54.799 --> 00:31:55.880
 brought in

00:31:55.880 --> 00:31:56.460
 to provide

00:31:56.460 --> 00:31:57.740
 slave labor,

00:31:58.100 --> 00:31:59.240
 created race

00:31:59.240 --> 00:31:59.740
 in order to

00:31:59.740 --> 00:32:00.440
 perpetuate

00:32:00.440 --> 00:32:01.360
 the things

00:32:01.360 --> 00:32:01.660
 they were

00:32:01.660 --> 00:32:02.299
 trying to

00:32:02.299 --> 00:32:02.779
 accomplish.

00:32:02.900 --> 00:32:03.220
 Further in

00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:03.600
 the article,

00:32:04.180 --> 00:32:05.580
 race thus

00:32:05.580 --> 00:32:06.559
 evolved as

00:32:06.559 --> 00:32:07.340
 a worldview,

00:32:08.000 --> 00:32:08.900
 a body of

00:32:08.900 --> 00:32:09.880
 prejudgments

00:32:09.880 --> 00:32:10.779
 that distorts

00:32:10.779 --> 00:32:11.440
 our ideas

00:32:11.440 --> 00:32:12.019
 about human

00:32:12.019 --> 00:32:12.840
 differences and

00:32:12.840 --> 00:32:13.460
 group behavior.

00:32:14.279 --> 00:32:15.080
 Racial beliefs

00:32:15.080 --> 00:32:16.200
 constitute myths

00:32:16.200 --> 00:32:16.620
 about the

00:32:16.620 --> 00:32:17.200
 diversity in

00:32:17.200 --> 00:32:17.480
 the human

00:32:17.480 --> 00:32:18.519
 species and

00:32:18.519 --> 00:32:18.860
 about the

00:32:18.860 --> 00:32:19.740
 abilities and

00:32:19.740 --> 00:32:20.500
 behavior of

00:32:20.500 --> 00:32:22.180
 people homogenized

00:32:22.180 --> 00:32:23.299
 into racial

00:32:23.299 --> 00:32:24.299
 categories.

00:32:25.279 --> 00:32:25.779
 The myths

00:32:25.779 --> 00:32:27.000
 fused behavior

00:32:27.000 --> 00:32:27.640
 and physical

00:32:27.640 --> 00:32:28.600
 features together

00:32:28.599 --> 00:32:29.299
 in the public

00:32:29.299 --> 00:32:29.779
 mind,

00:32:30.219 --> 00:32:31.019
 impeding our

00:32:31.019 --> 00:32:31.740
 comprehension

00:32:31.740 --> 00:32:32.719
 of both

00:32:32.719 --> 00:32:33.399
 biological

00:32:33.399 --> 00:32:34.319
 variations and

00:32:34.319 --> 00:32:35.139
 cultural behavior,

00:32:35.719 --> 00:32:36.480
 implying that

00:32:36.480 --> 00:32:37.219
 both are

00:32:37.219 --> 00:32:37.740
 genetically

00:32:37.740 --> 00:32:38.379
 determined.

00:32:39.459 --> 00:32:40.199
 Racial myths

00:32:40.199 --> 00:32:40.779
 bear no

00:32:40.779 --> 00:32:41.539
 relationship to

00:32:41.539 --> 00:32:42.179
 the reality of

00:32:42.179 --> 00:32:43.000
 human capabilities

00:32:43.000 --> 00:32:44.139
 or behavior.

00:32:44.779 --> 00:32:45.139
 Scientists

00:32:45.139 --> 00:32:45.899
 today find

00:32:45.899 --> 00:32:46.599
 that reliance

00:32:46.599 --> 00:32:47.240
 on such

00:32:47.240 --> 00:32:48.259
 folk beliefs

00:32:48.259 --> 00:32:49.000
 about human

00:32:49.000 --> 00:32:49.799
 differences in

00:32:49.799 --> 00:32:50.839
 research has

00:32:50.839 --> 00:32:51.679
 led to

00:32:51.679 --> 00:32:52.319
 countless

00:32:52.319 --> 00:32:53.179
 errors.

00:32:53.879 --> 00:32:54.159
 I'm going to

00:32:54.159 --> 00:32:54.659
 sum that up for

00:32:54.659 --> 00:32:55.299
 you in my

00:32:55.299 --> 00:32:55.939
 terminology in

00:32:55.939 --> 00:32:56.639
 case you lost

00:32:56.640 --> 00:32:57.660
 me in that

00:32:57.660 --> 00:32:58.120
 language.

00:32:58.460 --> 00:32:58.860
 What they're

00:32:58.860 --> 00:32:59.980
 saying is that

00:32:59.980 --> 00:33:00.860
 race has been

00:33:00.860 --> 00:33:02.280
 socially constructed

00:33:02.280 --> 00:33:03.000
 in order to

00:33:03.000 --> 00:33:04.680
 perpetuate ideas

00:33:04.680 --> 00:33:05.860
 about people who

00:33:05.860 --> 00:33:07.280
 look different

00:33:07.280 --> 00:33:08.520
 and that the

00:33:08.520 --> 00:33:09.280
 appearance of

00:33:09.280 --> 00:33:10.080
 people has

00:33:10.080 --> 00:33:11.400
 nothing to do

00:33:11.400 --> 00:33:12.020
 with their

00:33:12.020 --> 00:33:13.660
 ability as

00:33:13.660 --> 00:33:13.960
 people.

00:33:14.080 --> 00:33:14.500
 But we have

00:33:14.500 --> 00:33:15.180
 tied the two

00:33:15.180 --> 00:33:15.860
 together and

00:33:15.860 --> 00:33:16.620
 invented this

00:33:16.620 --> 00:33:17.620
 thing which I

00:33:17.620 --> 00:33:18.200
 am calling

00:33:18.200 --> 00:33:19.320
 racism.

00:33:19.780 --> 00:33:20.740
 We categorize

00:33:20.740 --> 00:33:21.680
 people in

00:33:21.680 --> 00:33:22.880
 this way.

00:33:22.880 --> 00:33:25.180
 A very

00:33:25.180 --> 00:33:26.060
 severe example

00:33:26.060 --> 00:33:27.240
 of this

00:33:27.240 --> 00:33:27.880
 working out

00:33:27.880 --> 00:33:28.200
 in our

00:33:28.200 --> 00:33:29.440
 world with

00:33:29.440 --> 00:33:30.240
 a tragic

00:33:30.240 --> 00:33:32.980
 outcome is

00:33:32.980 --> 00:33:33.720
 the 1994

00:33:33.720 --> 00:33:34.880
 Rwandan

00:33:34.880 --> 00:33:35.260
 genocide.

00:33:36.380 --> 00:33:36.880
 I hope you're

00:33:36.880 --> 00:33:37.340
 familiar with

00:33:37.340 --> 00:33:37.460
 this.

00:33:37.520 --> 00:33:37.860
 I hope you

00:33:37.860 --> 00:33:38.920
 are paying

00:33:38.920 --> 00:33:39.520
 attention to

00:33:39.520 --> 00:33:40.320
 the news and

00:33:40.320 --> 00:33:41.420
 seeing these

00:33:41.420 --> 00:33:41.920
 types of

00:33:41.920 --> 00:33:42.220
 events.

00:33:42.320 --> 00:33:42.820
 In 1994

00:33:42.820 --> 00:33:43.580
 in an

00:33:43.580 --> 00:33:43.960
 approximately

00:33:43.960 --> 00:33:44.640
 100-day

00:33:44.640 --> 00:33:45.460
 period from

00:33:45.460 --> 00:33:46.320
 April 7th to

00:33:46.320 --> 00:33:46.960
 mid-July,

00:33:48.160 --> 00:33:48.660
 an estimated

00:33:48.660 --> 00:33:49.800
 500,000 to

00:33:49.800 --> 00:33:50.360
 a million

00:33:50.360 --> 00:33:50.900
 Rwandans

00:33:50.900 --> 00:33:51.360
 were killed.

00:33:51.359 --> 00:33:52.339
 It is tragic

00:33:52.339 --> 00:33:53.039
 to me that

00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:53.639
 we have to

00:33:53.639 --> 00:33:54.159
 estimate it,

00:33:54.179 --> 00:33:54.399
 that we don't

00:33:54.399 --> 00:33:55.039
 even know

00:33:55.039 --> 00:33:55.859
 the real

00:33:55.859 --> 00:33:56.799
 number of

00:33:56.799 --> 00:33:57.179
 people that

00:33:57.179 --> 00:33:58.279
 were slaughtered

00:33:58.279 --> 00:33:58.819
 in this

00:33:58.819 --> 00:34:00.579
 genocide.

00:34:01.599 --> 00:34:02.079
 The mass

00:34:02.079 --> 00:34:02.839
 slaughter of

00:34:02.839 --> 00:34:05.259
 Tutsi were

00:34:05.259 --> 00:34:06.359
 genocide by

00:34:06.359 --> 00:34:07.479
 the Hutu in

00:34:07.479 --> 00:34:08.259
 Rwanda.

00:34:08.519 --> 00:34:08.839
 Now to give

00:34:08.839 --> 00:34:09.159
 you just a

00:34:09.159 --> 00:34:09.579
 little background

00:34:09.579 --> 00:34:10.039
 history,

00:34:10.400 --> 00:34:10.819
 the Hutu were

00:34:10.819 --> 00:34:11.239
 the people that

00:34:11.239 --> 00:34:12.500
 were indigenous

00:34:12.500 --> 00:34:13.359
 to the land

00:34:13.359 --> 00:34:14.059
 of Rwanda.

00:34:14.400 --> 00:34:14.799
 The Tutsi

00:34:14.799 --> 00:34:15.619
 migrated from

00:34:15.619 --> 00:34:16.759
 Ethiopia in

00:34:16.759 --> 00:34:17.339
 the 14th

00:34:17.339 --> 00:34:17.559
 century.

00:34:17.779 --> 00:34:18.119
 Interestingly,

00:34:18.359 --> 00:34:18.699
 the Tutsi

00:34:18.699 --> 00:34:19.119
 were originally

00:34:19.119 --> 00:34:19.599
 called the

00:34:19.599 --> 00:34:20.039
 Kushites.

00:34:20.339 --> 00:34:20.480
 Anybody

00:34:20.480 --> 00:34:20.859
 remember in

00:34:20.859 --> 00:34:21.159
 the scripture

00:34:21.159 --> 00:34:21.599
 someone who

00:34:21.599 --> 00:34:21.879
 married a

00:34:21.879 --> 00:34:22.179
 Kushite?

00:34:23.199 --> 00:34:23.719
 Moses.

00:34:24.599 --> 00:34:25.339
 Moses were

00:34:25.339 --> 00:34:26.039
 married to

00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:27.460
 a black

00:34:27.460 --> 00:34:27.779
 woman,

00:34:27.899 --> 00:34:28.279
 quote unquote

00:34:28.279 --> 00:34:29.319
 black woman.

00:34:30.079 --> 00:34:30.339
 But the

00:34:30.339 --> 00:34:30.940
 Tutsi migrated

00:34:30.940 --> 00:34:31.379
 from Ethiopia

00:34:31.379 --> 00:34:32.139
 in the 14th

00:34:32.139 --> 00:34:32.379
 century.

00:34:32.579 --> 00:34:33.719
 So 500

00:34:33.719 --> 00:34:35.219
 years have

00:34:35.219 --> 00:34:35.759
 passed.

00:34:36.619 --> 00:34:37.500
 Rwanda is

00:34:37.500 --> 00:34:38.480
 a nation

00:34:38.480 --> 00:34:39.379
 state.

00:34:40.299 --> 00:34:40.480
 It was

00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:40.879
 taken over

00:34:40.879 --> 00:34:41.500
 by Germany

00:34:41.500 --> 00:34:42.679
 after World

00:34:42.679 --> 00:34:43.299
 War I was

00:34:43.299 --> 00:34:43.739
 given to

00:34:43.739 --> 00:34:44.059
 Belgium.

00:34:44.699 --> 00:34:45.039
 This is

00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:45.319
 kind of the

00:34:45.319 --> 00:34:45.659
 background.

00:34:45.759 --> 00:34:45.980
 This has

00:34:45.980 --> 00:34:46.440
 become a

00:34:46.440 --> 00:34:46.899
 people,

00:34:47.339 --> 00:34:48.239
 the Rwandan

00:34:48.239 --> 00:34:48.899
 people.

00:34:49.500 --> 00:34:49.639
 This has

00:34:49.639 --> 00:34:49.940
 happened.

00:34:49.940 --> 00:34:50.579
 But in

00:34:50.579 --> 00:34:51.059
 order to

00:34:51.059 --> 00:34:52.000
 segregate

00:34:52.000 --> 00:34:52.320
 them,

00:34:52.579 --> 00:34:53.240
 many of

00:34:53.240 --> 00:34:54.280
 the Tutsis

00:34:54.280 --> 00:34:55.280
 had risen

00:34:55.280 --> 00:34:55.679
 up.

00:34:55.780 --> 00:34:56.079
 They were

00:34:56.079 --> 00:34:56.639
 in a lot

00:34:56.639 --> 00:34:56.860
 of the

00:34:56.860 --> 00:34:57.139
 ruling

00:34:57.139 --> 00:34:57.639
 places.

00:34:58.200 --> 00:34:58.420
 But in

00:34:58.420 --> 00:34:58.659
 order to

00:34:58.659 --> 00:34:59.280
 continue to

00:34:59.280 --> 00:34:59.880
 perpetuate

00:34:59.880 --> 00:35:00.099
 that,

00:35:00.159 --> 00:35:00.380
 to keep

00:35:00.380 --> 00:35:00.800
 that going,

00:35:00.980 --> 00:35:01.260
 Belgium

00:35:01.260 --> 00:35:01.920
 brought coffee

00:35:01.920 --> 00:35:02.340
 production.

00:35:02.659 --> 00:35:03.000
 They needed

00:35:03.000 --> 00:35:03.940
 a large

00:35:03.940 --> 00:35:04.720
 class of

00:35:04.720 --> 00:35:05.099
 workers.

00:35:05.740 --> 00:35:06.000
 They

00:35:06.000 --> 00:35:06.460
 divided

00:35:06.460 --> 00:35:06.679
 them.

00:35:06.820 --> 00:35:07.000
 You know

00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:07.220
 how they

00:35:07.220 --> 00:35:07.539
 divided

00:35:07.539 --> 00:35:07.700
 them?

00:35:08.159 --> 00:35:08.619
 They set

00:35:08.619 --> 00:35:09.280
 a standard

00:35:09.280 --> 00:35:09.840
 for what

00:35:09.840 --> 00:35:10.880
 qualified you

00:35:10.880 --> 00:35:11.420
 as a

00:35:11.420 --> 00:35:11.940
 Tutsi and

00:35:11.940 --> 00:35:12.740
 what qualified

00:35:12.740 --> 00:35:13.659
 you as

00:35:13.659 --> 00:35:14.360
 a Hutu.

00:35:14.500 --> 00:35:14.880
 They took

00:35:14.880 --> 00:35:15.599
 measurements.

00:35:15.599 --> 00:35:16.799
 they required

00:35:16.799 --> 00:35:17.319
 people to

00:35:17.319 --> 00:35:18.900
 be cataloged.

00:35:19.099 --> 00:35:19.360
 They took

00:35:19.360 --> 00:35:19.980
 measurements of

00:35:19.980 --> 00:35:20.360
 their head

00:35:20.360 --> 00:35:20.779
 size and

00:35:20.779 --> 00:35:21.199
 their nose

00:35:21.199 --> 00:35:21.599
 size and

00:35:21.599 --> 00:35:22.179
 their height.

00:35:23.360 --> 00:35:23.920
 The Tutsis

00:35:23.920 --> 00:35:24.739
 were believed,

00:35:24.900 --> 00:35:25.099
 it was

00:35:25.099 --> 00:35:25.799
 postulated,

00:35:26.219 --> 00:35:26.699
 that because

00:35:26.699 --> 00:35:26.980
 they were

00:35:26.980 --> 00:35:28.259
 from Ethiopia

00:35:28.259 --> 00:35:28.679
 that they

00:35:28.679 --> 00:35:29.599
 were more

00:35:29.599 --> 00:35:31.460
 European and

00:35:31.460 --> 00:35:32.559
 therefore were

00:35:32.559 --> 00:35:33.319
 more excellent

00:35:33.319 --> 00:35:34.839
 than the

00:35:34.839 --> 00:35:35.179
 Hutu.

00:35:35.699 --> 00:35:35.980
 These people

00:35:35.980 --> 00:35:36.239
 had lived

00:35:36.239 --> 00:35:36.619
 together for

00:35:36.619 --> 00:35:37.900
 500 years.

00:35:38.619 --> 00:35:39.420
 It had no

00:35:39.420 --> 00:35:40.420
 real basis of

00:35:40.420 --> 00:35:41.179
 ethnicity any

00:35:41.179 --> 00:35:41.380
 longer.

00:35:41.480 --> 00:35:41.739
 They were

00:35:41.739 --> 00:35:43.239
 Rwandans and

00:35:43.239 --> 00:35:43.619
 yet they were

00:35:43.619 --> 00:35:44.920
 divided along

00:35:44.920 --> 00:35:45.699
 these lines of

00:35:45.699 --> 00:35:46.719
 measurements.

00:35:47.980 --> 00:35:48.719
 So socially

00:35:48.719 --> 00:35:49.219
 constructed,

00:35:49.259 --> 00:35:49.639
 you see what

00:35:49.639 --> 00:35:49.980
 I'm saying?

00:35:50.039 --> 00:35:50.799
 They created

00:35:50.799 --> 00:35:52.299
 two races based

00:35:52.299 --> 00:35:53.179
 on appearance,

00:35:53.759 --> 00:35:54.279
 two races,

00:35:54.519 --> 00:35:55.039
 and the end

00:35:55.039 --> 00:35:55.699
 result of that

00:35:55.699 --> 00:35:56.400
 was a great

00:35:56.400 --> 00:35:57.259
 hatred for

00:35:57.259 --> 00:35:57.659
 one another

00:35:57.659 --> 00:35:58.139
 that ended

00:35:58.139 --> 00:35:58.759
 in this

00:35:58.759 --> 00:35:59.139
 mass,

00:35:59.259 --> 00:36:00.539
 mass genocide.

00:36:01.679 --> 00:36:02.159
 Severe

00:36:02.159 --> 00:36:02.960
 example for

00:36:02.960 --> 00:36:03.339
 sure.

00:36:04.319 --> 00:36:04.500
 But do you

00:36:04.500 --> 00:36:05.059
 not see the

00:36:05.059 --> 00:36:05.480
 way those

00:36:05.480 --> 00:36:06.139
 same types

00:36:06.139 --> 00:36:06.539
 of things

00:36:06.539 --> 00:36:06.819
 are at

00:36:06.819 --> 00:36:08.039
 work in

00:36:08.039 --> 00:36:09.019
 our nation?

00:36:10.139 --> 00:36:10.539
 So what

00:36:10.539 --> 00:36:10.779
 does the

00:36:10.779 --> 00:36:11.139
 Bible have

00:36:11.139 --> 00:36:11.579
 to say about

00:36:11.579 --> 00:36:11.900
 race?

00:36:11.900 --> 00:36:13.780
 Number one,

00:36:14.660 --> 00:36:15.139
 the Bible

00:36:15.139 --> 00:36:15.960
 correlates

00:36:15.960 --> 00:36:17.880
 Adam as

00:36:17.880 --> 00:36:18.579
 the head of

00:36:18.579 --> 00:36:19.160
 the physical

00:36:19.160 --> 00:36:20.660
 humanity and

00:36:20.660 --> 00:36:21.619
 Jesus Christ

00:36:21.619 --> 00:36:22.920
 as the head

00:36:22.920 --> 00:36:24.099
 of the spiritual

00:36:24.099 --> 00:36:24.660
 humanity.

00:36:25.139 --> 00:36:26.240
 We have one

00:36:26.240 --> 00:36:27.539
 descendant in

00:36:27.539 --> 00:36:27.880
 Adam.

00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:28.800
 We are the

00:36:28.800 --> 00:36:30.180
 human race.

00:36:30.280 --> 00:36:30.720
 We all have

00:36:30.720 --> 00:36:31.400
 the same

00:36:31.400 --> 00:36:32.039
 great,

00:36:32.039 --> 00:36:32.539
 great,

00:36:32.660 --> 00:36:32.920
 great,

00:36:33.039 --> 00:36:34.380
 great grandfather.

00:36:36.420 --> 00:36:36.980
 Noah,

00:36:37.180 --> 00:36:37.720
 if you prefer.

00:36:39.200 --> 00:36:39.720
 And Jesus

00:36:39.720 --> 00:36:40.400
 Christ is the

00:36:40.400 --> 00:36:40.980
 head of the

00:36:40.980 --> 00:36:41.400
 spiritual

00:36:41.400 --> 00:36:42.019
 humanity.

00:36:42.400 --> 00:36:42.780
 Read Romans

00:36:42.780 --> 00:36:43.179
 5,

00:36:43.380 --> 00:36:43.920
 1 Corinthians

00:36:43.920 --> 00:36:44.360
 15,

00:36:44.480 --> 00:36:45.139
 20-22

00:36:45.139 --> 00:36:45.440
 says,

00:36:45.440 --> 00:36:45.960
 But in

00:36:45.960 --> 00:36:46.260
 fact,

00:36:46.380 --> 00:36:46.960
 Christ has

00:36:46.960 --> 00:36:47.079
 been

00:36:47.079 --> 00:36:47.440
 raided from

00:36:47.440 --> 00:36:47.780
 the dead,

00:36:48.119 --> 00:36:48.599
 the first

00:36:48.599 --> 00:36:49.099
 fruits of

00:36:49.099 --> 00:36:49.940
 those who

00:36:49.940 --> 00:36:50.340
 have fallen

00:36:50.340 --> 00:36:50.800
 asleep.

00:36:51.199 --> 00:36:51.900
 For as by

00:36:51.900 --> 00:36:52.559
 a man came

00:36:52.559 --> 00:36:52.900
 death,

00:36:53.000 --> 00:36:53.599
 by a man

00:36:53.599 --> 00:36:54.460
 came also

00:36:54.460 --> 00:36:55.159
 the resurrection

00:36:55.159 --> 00:36:56.400
 of the dead.

00:36:56.659 --> 00:36:58.000
 For as in

00:36:58.000 --> 00:36:58.719
 Adam all

00:36:58.719 --> 00:36:59.099
 die,

00:36:59.240 --> 00:37:00.380
 so also in

00:37:00.380 --> 00:37:00.980
 Christ shall

00:37:00.980 --> 00:37:01.440
 all be

00:37:01.440 --> 00:37:02.800
 made alive.

00:37:02.960 --> 00:37:03.440
 You're seeing

00:37:03.440 --> 00:37:04.079
 the connectivity

00:37:04.079 --> 00:37:04.400
 there.

00:37:04.500 --> 00:37:04.840
 The scriptures

00:37:04.840 --> 00:37:05.579
 support the

00:37:05.579 --> 00:37:06.199
 idea that we

00:37:06.199 --> 00:37:06.960
 have a

00:37:06.960 --> 00:37:08.679
 single source

00:37:08.679 --> 00:37:10.159
 for who we

00:37:10.159 --> 00:37:10.639
 are as

00:37:10.639 --> 00:37:10.940
 people.

00:37:12.279 --> 00:37:12.759
 Secondly,

00:37:12.879 --> 00:37:13.259
 the Bible

00:37:13.259 --> 00:37:14.339
 makes the

00:37:14.339 --> 00:37:15.279
 common origin

00:37:15.279 --> 00:37:16.059
 of humanity

00:37:16.059 --> 00:37:17.179
 God.

00:37:17.259 --> 00:37:17.659
 It goes a

00:37:17.659 --> 00:37:18.500
 bit higher

00:37:18.500 --> 00:37:19.059
 and above

00:37:19.059 --> 00:37:19.319
 that.

00:37:19.419 --> 00:37:20.319
 Acts 17,

00:37:20.699 --> 00:37:22.000
 24-26,

00:37:22.259 --> 00:37:22.619
 this is

00:37:22.619 --> 00:37:23.599
 Paul preaching.

00:37:23.719 --> 00:37:24.039
 He says,

00:37:24.039 --> 00:37:24.539
 the God

00:37:24.539 --> 00:37:25.179
 who made

00:37:25.179 --> 00:37:25.739
 the world

00:37:25.739 --> 00:37:26.659
 and everything

00:37:26.659 --> 00:37:27.279
 in it,

00:37:27.679 --> 00:37:28.259
 being Lord

00:37:28.259 --> 00:37:28.820
 of heaven

00:37:28.820 --> 00:37:29.460
 and earth,

00:37:29.599 --> 00:37:30.159
 does not

00:37:30.159 --> 00:37:30.599
 live in

00:37:30.599 --> 00:37:31.179
 temples made

00:37:31.179 --> 00:37:31.800
 by man,

00:37:32.179 --> 00:37:32.579
 nor is he

00:37:32.579 --> 00:37:33.239
 served by

00:37:33.239 --> 00:37:33.860
 human hands

00:37:33.860 --> 00:37:34.239
 as though he

00:37:34.239 --> 00:37:34.880
 needed anything,

00:37:34.980 --> 00:37:35.360
 since he

00:37:35.360 --> 00:37:36.480
 himself gives

00:37:36.480 --> 00:37:37.000
 to all

00:37:37.000 --> 00:37:38.179
 mankind life

00:37:38.179 --> 00:37:39.179
 and breath

00:37:39.179 --> 00:37:40.139
 and everything.

00:37:40.779 --> 00:37:41.119
 And he

00:37:41.119 --> 00:37:41.719
 made from

00:37:41.719 --> 00:37:42.460
 one man

00:37:42.460 --> 00:37:43.440
 every nation

00:37:43.440 --> 00:37:43.980
 of mankind

00:37:43.980 --> 00:37:44.960
 to live on

00:37:44.960 --> 00:37:45.699
 all the face

00:37:45.699 --> 00:37:46.199
 of the earth,

00:37:46.500 --> 00:37:47.059
 having determined

00:37:47.059 --> 00:37:47.460
 a lot of

00:37:47.460 --> 00:37:47.980
 periods and

00:37:47.980 --> 00:37:48.480
 the boundaries

00:37:48.480 --> 00:37:49.639
 of their

00:37:49.639 --> 00:37:50.259
 dwelling place.

00:37:50.639 --> 00:37:51.340
 So Paul

00:37:51.340 --> 00:37:51.920
 then draws

00:37:51.920 --> 00:37:52.420
 the proper

00:37:52.420 --> 00:37:52.880
 distinction

00:37:52.880 --> 00:37:53.239
 between

00:37:53.239 --> 00:37:53.960
 nation,

00:37:54.559 --> 00:37:55.079
 ethnicity,

00:37:55.840 --> 00:37:56.320
 but he

00:37:56.320 --> 00:37:56.759
 draws us

00:37:56.759 --> 00:37:57.320
 all up

00:37:57.320 --> 00:37:57.800
 to God.

00:37:57.880 --> 00:37:58.139
 We have

00:37:58.139 --> 00:37:58.699
 a single

00:37:58.699 --> 00:37:59.460
 origin

00:37:59.460 --> 00:38:00.199
 of our

00:38:00.199 --> 00:38:00.699
 humanity.

00:38:01.000 --> 00:38:01.360
 God

00:38:01.360 --> 00:38:02.300
 through

00:38:02.300 --> 00:38:02.679
 Adam

00:38:02.679 --> 00:38:03.380
 and now

00:38:03.380 --> 00:38:03.599
 our

00:38:03.599 --> 00:38:03.940
 spiritual

00:38:03.940 --> 00:38:04.420
 reality

00:38:04.420 --> 00:38:05.259
 in

00:38:05.259 --> 00:38:05.800
 Christ.

00:38:06.440 --> 00:38:06.920
 The Bible

00:38:06.920 --> 00:38:07.179
 speaks

00:38:07.179 --> 00:38:07.599
 clearly

00:38:07.599 --> 00:38:07.940
 that this

00:38:07.940 --> 00:38:08.320
 race

00:38:08.320 --> 00:38:08.980
 does

00:38:08.980 --> 00:38:09.800
 not

00:38:09.800 --> 00:38:11.360
 exist.

00:38:12.539 --> 00:38:12.840
 And in

00:38:12.840 --> 00:38:13.079
 light of

00:38:13.079 --> 00:38:13.219
 this,

00:38:13.340 --> 00:38:13.659
 genetic

00:38:13.659 --> 00:38:14.199
 differences

00:38:14.199 --> 00:38:14.559
 in our

00:38:14.559 --> 00:38:15.019
 appearance

00:38:15.019 --> 00:38:15.340
 is

00:38:15.340 --> 00:38:16.519
 absolutely

00:38:16.519 --> 00:38:17.800
 trivial.

00:38:18.559 --> 00:38:18.820
 It has

00:38:18.820 --> 00:38:19.800
 no meaning

00:38:19.800 --> 00:38:20.699
 whatsoever

00:38:20.699 --> 00:38:21.579
 unless

00:38:21.579 --> 00:38:22.900
 we give

00:38:22.900 --> 00:38:23.139
 it

00:38:23.139 --> 00:38:24.019
 meaning.

00:38:25.019 --> 00:38:25.379
 So what's

00:38:25.379 --> 00:38:25.900
 the application

00:38:25.900 --> 00:38:27.039
 of this?

00:38:27.659 --> 00:38:28.179
 Firstly,

00:38:28.839 --> 00:38:29.199
 do not be

00:38:29.199 --> 00:38:29.739
 made to

00:38:29.739 --> 00:38:30.400
 feel guilty

00:38:30.400 --> 00:38:31.359
 for the

00:38:31.359 --> 00:38:31.739
 color of

00:38:31.739 --> 00:38:32.299
 your skin

00:38:32.299 --> 00:38:33.759
 or for

00:38:33.759 --> 00:38:34.259
 your ethnicity.

00:38:35.219 --> 00:38:35.779
 Do not

00:38:35.779 --> 00:38:36.480
 find yourself

00:38:36.480 --> 00:38:37.259
 lumped in a

00:38:37.259 --> 00:38:37.739
 group in

00:38:37.739 --> 00:38:38.099
 that way.

00:38:38.259 --> 00:38:39.379
 Refuse to

00:38:39.379 --> 00:38:40.219
 be put in

00:38:40.219 --> 00:38:40.559
 a group.

00:38:40.960 --> 00:38:41.480
 Introduce

00:38:41.480 --> 00:38:42.039
 yourself to

00:38:42.039 --> 00:38:42.920
 somebody by

00:38:42.920 --> 00:38:43.659
 your first

00:38:43.659 --> 00:38:44.159
 name.

00:38:44.539 --> 00:38:44.839
 Hi,

00:38:45.039 --> 00:38:45.900
 I'm Nathan.

00:38:46.619 --> 00:38:47.059
 I'm a

00:38:47.059 --> 00:38:47.339
 Christian.

00:38:47.340 --> 00:38:49.140
 know me

00:38:49.140 --> 00:38:49.380
 for

00:38:49.380 --> 00:38:49.980
 me.

00:38:51.860 --> 00:38:52.519
 When we

00:38:52.519 --> 00:38:52.840
 get little

00:38:52.840 --> 00:38:53.519
 survey forms

00:38:53.519 --> 00:38:54.140
 on everything,

00:38:54.280 --> 00:38:54.780
 everything you

00:38:54.780 --> 00:38:55.340
 go fill out

00:38:55.340 --> 00:38:55.840
 wants to

00:38:55.840 --> 00:38:56.140
 know what

00:38:56.140 --> 00:38:56.700
 race you

00:38:56.700 --> 00:38:56.980
 are.

00:38:57.700 --> 00:38:57.940
 If you

00:38:57.940 --> 00:38:58.360
 don't have

00:38:58.360 --> 00:38:58.680
 to check

00:38:58.680 --> 00:38:59.140
 something,

00:38:59.620 --> 00:39:00.200
 do nothing.

00:39:01.160 --> 00:39:01.700
 It's a

00:39:01.700 --> 00:39:02.620
 stupid question.

00:39:03.740 --> 00:39:04.400
 If you

00:39:04.400 --> 00:39:05.039
 have to,

00:39:05.480 --> 00:39:06.220
 do other.

00:39:07.640 --> 00:39:08.360
 And if you

00:39:08.360 --> 00:39:08.840
 have to fill

00:39:08.840 --> 00:39:09.420
 something into

00:39:09.420 --> 00:39:09.940
 the line,

00:39:10.240 --> 00:39:11.400
 put in a,

00:39:11.760 --> 00:39:12.120
 which stands

00:39:12.120 --> 00:39:12.500
 for not

00:39:12.500 --> 00:39:12.940
 applicable.

00:39:13.680 --> 00:39:14.579
 This is a

00:39:14.579 --> 00:39:15.840
 stupid question.

00:39:15.840 --> 00:39:16.840
 It doesn't

00:39:16.840 --> 00:39:17.539
 exist.

00:39:17.800 --> 00:39:18.220
 We should

00:39:18.220 --> 00:39:18.880
 not be

00:39:18.880 --> 00:39:19.760
 dealing with

00:39:19.760 --> 00:39:19.900
 it.

00:39:20.039 --> 00:39:20.500
 Don't feel

00:39:20.500 --> 00:39:21.519
 guilty for

00:39:21.519 --> 00:39:21.860
 the color of

00:39:21.860 --> 00:39:22.200
 your skin

00:39:22.200 --> 00:39:22.920
 or your

00:39:22.920 --> 00:39:23.500
 ethnicity.

00:39:23.700 --> 00:39:24.260
 God made

00:39:24.260 --> 00:39:24.840
 us all

00:39:24.840 --> 00:39:25.900
 beautiful.

00:39:26.160 --> 00:39:26.400
 What a

00:39:26.400 --> 00:39:26.740
 wonderful

00:39:26.740 --> 00:39:27.559
 expression of

00:39:27.559 --> 00:39:27.880
 God's

00:39:27.880 --> 00:39:28.400
 creativity

00:39:28.400 --> 00:39:28.800
 that we

00:39:28.800 --> 00:39:29.019
 have

00:39:29.019 --> 00:39:29.519
 different

00:39:29.519 --> 00:39:30.300
 tones

00:39:30.300 --> 00:39:31.300
 of skin,

00:39:31.660 --> 00:39:32.059
 different

00:39:32.059 --> 00:39:32.860
 hair.

00:39:33.059 --> 00:39:33.820
 How wonderful

00:39:33.820 --> 00:39:34.200
 that is.

00:39:34.240 --> 00:39:34.539
 It should

00:39:34.539 --> 00:39:36.240
 be grasped

00:39:36.240 --> 00:39:37.160
 and appreciated

00:39:37.160 --> 00:39:38.240
 and enjoyed.

00:39:39.480 --> 00:39:40.240
 Ignore those,

00:39:40.280 --> 00:39:40.620
 as I said

00:39:40.620 --> 00:39:40.880
 before,

00:39:40.920 --> 00:39:41.420
 who constantly

00:39:41.420 --> 00:39:42.100
 talk about

00:39:42.100 --> 00:39:42.460
 race.

00:39:42.980 --> 00:39:43.320
 You can

00:39:43.320 --> 00:39:43.840
 rattle some

00:39:43.840 --> 00:39:44.260
 people off

00:39:44.260 --> 00:39:44.440
 in your

00:39:44.440 --> 00:39:44.680
 head.

00:39:44.880 --> 00:39:45.240
 I'll do it

00:39:45.240 --> 00:39:45.500
 for you

00:39:45.500 --> 00:39:45.820
 later.

00:39:45.840 --> 00:39:46.620
 if you

00:39:46.620 --> 00:39:47.100
 would like.

00:39:47.400 --> 00:39:47.840
 Ignore

00:39:47.840 --> 00:39:48.140
 them.

00:39:48.660 --> 00:39:48.960
 Ignore

00:39:48.960 --> 00:39:49.180
 them.

00:39:49.820 --> 00:39:50.200
 Secondly,

00:39:51.019 --> 00:39:51.579
 do not

00:39:51.579 --> 00:39:52.160
 ignore that

00:39:52.160 --> 00:39:52.820
 racism

00:39:52.820 --> 00:39:53.519
 exists.

00:39:53.600 --> 00:39:54.180
 It does.

00:39:54.280 --> 00:39:55.280
 It's at work

00:39:55.280 --> 00:39:55.620
 in our

00:39:55.620 --> 00:39:56.600
 world that

00:39:56.600 --> 00:39:57.000
 ethnic,

00:39:57.200 --> 00:39:57.460
 religious,

00:39:57.640 --> 00:39:57.940
 cultural,

00:39:57.940 --> 00:39:58.559
 and social

00:39:58.559 --> 00:39:59.360
 issues do

00:39:59.360 --> 00:40:00.000
 exist.

00:40:00.140 --> 00:40:00.280
 Don't

00:40:00.280 --> 00:40:00.640
 dismiss.

00:40:00.880 --> 00:40:01.059
 Don't

00:40:01.059 --> 00:40:01.660
 act like

00:40:01.660 --> 00:40:02.340
 live in

00:40:02.340 --> 00:40:02.920
 la-la land,

00:40:02.980 --> 00:40:03.260
 like none

00:40:03.260 --> 00:40:03.460
 of these

00:40:03.460 --> 00:40:03.760
 things are

00:40:03.760 --> 00:40:04.360
 realities in

00:40:04.360 --> 00:40:04.640
 the world.

00:40:04.720 --> 00:40:04.880
 If we're

00:40:04.880 --> 00:40:05.500
 to love

00:40:05.500 --> 00:40:06.280
 people well,

00:40:06.600 --> 00:40:07.100
 we cannot

00:40:07.100 --> 00:40:07.800
 ignore their

00:40:07.800 --> 00:40:08.360
 experiences.

00:40:08.800 --> 00:40:08.960
 We have

00:40:08.960 --> 00:40:09.519
 to recognize

00:40:09.519 --> 00:40:09.820
 that there's

00:40:09.820 --> 00:40:10.400
 a truth

00:40:10.400 --> 00:40:11.039
 to their

00:40:11.039 --> 00:40:11.760
 experience.

00:40:11.980 --> 00:40:12.300
 We must

00:40:12.300 --> 00:40:13.280
 recognize the

00:40:13.280 --> 00:40:13.920
 challenges they

00:40:13.920 --> 00:40:14.440
 face and

00:40:14.440 --> 00:40:14.900
 the hurts

00:40:14.900 --> 00:40:15.440
 that they

00:40:15.440 --> 00:40:15.980
 experience.

00:40:16.119 --> 00:40:16.260
 Don't

00:40:16.260 --> 00:40:16.820
 dismiss

00:40:16.820 --> 00:40:17.720
 racism,

00:40:18.079 --> 00:40:19.000
 just dismiss

00:40:19.000 --> 00:40:20.840
 race.

00:40:20.960 --> 00:40:21.320
 Thirdly,

00:40:21.420 --> 00:40:21.940
 talk about

00:40:21.940 --> 00:40:22.559
 those ethnic,

00:40:22.760 --> 00:40:23.079
 religious,

00:40:23.420 --> 00:40:23.700
 cultural,

00:40:23.760 --> 00:40:24.099
 and social

00:40:24.099 --> 00:40:24.519
 issues.

00:40:24.920 --> 00:40:25.480
 Talk about

00:40:25.480 --> 00:40:25.619
 them.

00:40:25.680 --> 00:40:25.860
 As the

00:40:25.860 --> 00:40:26.079
 church,

00:40:26.180 --> 00:40:26.500
 we should

00:40:26.500 --> 00:40:27.300
 be engaging

00:40:27.300 --> 00:40:27.559
 them.

00:40:27.680 --> 00:40:28.280
 As those

00:40:28.280 --> 00:40:28.519
 who have

00:40:28.519 --> 00:40:28.920
 had these

00:40:28.920 --> 00:40:29.340
 barriers

00:40:29.340 --> 00:40:30.079
 torn down

00:40:30.079 --> 00:40:30.780
 for us,

00:40:30.900 --> 00:40:31.340
 we should

00:40:31.340 --> 00:40:32.019
 be the

00:40:32.019 --> 00:40:32.519
 most

00:40:32.519 --> 00:40:33.039
 enlightened

00:40:33.039 --> 00:40:33.500
 people.

00:40:33.880 --> 00:40:34.180
 We should

00:40:34.180 --> 00:40:34.460
 be the

00:40:34.460 --> 00:40:34.700
 most

00:40:34.700 --> 00:40:35.700
 understanding

00:40:35.699 --> 00:40:36.500
 of how

00:40:36.500 --> 00:40:37.960
 the common

00:40:37.960 --> 00:40:38.779
 struggle of

00:40:38.779 --> 00:40:39.299
 man in

00:40:39.299 --> 00:40:40.059
 sin and

00:40:40.059 --> 00:40:40.480
 the common

00:40:40.480 --> 00:40:41.139
 grace we

00:40:41.139 --> 00:40:41.819
 have in

00:40:41.819 --> 00:40:42.219
 Christ.

00:40:42.339 --> 00:40:42.599
 We should

00:40:42.599 --> 00:40:42.839
 be the

00:40:42.839 --> 00:40:43.039
 most

00:40:43.039 --> 00:40:43.759
 clear-headed.

00:40:43.859 --> 00:40:44.279
 We should

00:40:44.279 --> 00:40:45.079
 be talking

00:40:45.079 --> 00:40:45.599
 about these

00:40:45.599 --> 00:40:46.019
 things and

00:40:46.019 --> 00:40:46.419
 engaging

00:40:46.419 --> 00:40:47.359
 these issues.

00:40:47.639 --> 00:40:48.239
 But just

00:40:48.239 --> 00:40:48.879
 stop talking

00:40:48.879 --> 00:40:49.599
 about race.

00:40:50.199 --> 00:40:50.799
 Just stop

00:40:50.799 --> 00:40:51.299
 doing it

00:40:51.299 --> 00:40:52.480
 all together.

00:40:52.960 --> 00:40:53.239
 I would

00:40:53.239 --> 00:40:54.219
 strongly

00:40:54.219 --> 00:40:54.939
 encourage you

00:40:54.939 --> 00:40:55.619
 to do so.

00:40:55.679 --> 00:40:55.939
 To quit

00:40:55.939 --> 00:40:56.679
 categorizing

00:40:56.679 --> 00:40:57.299
 people so

00:40:57.299 --> 00:40:58.399
 readily in

00:40:58.399 --> 00:40:58.799
 that way.

00:40:58.919 --> 00:40:59.319
 Join with

00:40:59.319 --> 00:40:59.899
 Paul as he

00:40:59.899 --> 00:41:00.219
 says in

00:41:00.219 --> 00:41:00.699
 2 Corinthians

00:41:00.699 --> 00:41:01.819
 5.16

00:41:01.819 --> 00:41:02.359
 From now

00:41:02.359 --> 00:41:02.739
 on,

00:41:03.099 --> 00:41:03.500
 therefore,

00:41:04.079 --> 00:41:04.799
 we regard

00:41:04.799 --> 00:41:05.759
 no one

00:41:05.759 --> 00:41:06.239
 according

00:41:06.239 --> 00:41:07.279
 to the

00:41:07.279 --> 00:41:07.719
 flesh.

00:41:08.179 --> 00:41:08.419
 What does

00:41:08.419 --> 00:41:08.639
 he mean?

00:41:08.679 --> 00:41:09.219
 We look at

00:41:09.219 --> 00:41:09.799
 people's

00:41:09.799 --> 00:41:10.399
 spirits.

00:41:10.679 --> 00:41:10.960
 We see

00:41:10.960 --> 00:41:11.419
 people as

00:41:11.419 --> 00:41:11.960
 eternal

00:41:11.960 --> 00:41:13.179
 beings and

00:41:13.179 --> 00:41:13.579
 we treat

00:41:13.579 --> 00:41:14.879
 them as

00:41:14.879 --> 00:41:15.339
 such.

00:41:15.819 --> 00:41:16.359
 To give

00:41:16.359 --> 00:41:16.539
 you an

00:41:16.539 --> 00:41:16.939
 example of

00:41:16.939 --> 00:41:17.119
 this,

00:41:17.179 --> 00:41:17.379
 I think

00:41:17.379 --> 00:41:17.699
 some of

00:41:17.699 --> 00:41:18.000
 you in

00:41:18.000 --> 00:41:18.359
 our church

00:41:18.359 --> 00:41:18.899
 know who

00:41:18.899 --> 00:41:19.239
 William

00:41:19.239 --> 00:41:19.919
 Hollis is.

00:41:20.899 --> 00:41:21.960
 I stole

00:41:21.960 --> 00:41:22.279
 this off

00:41:22.279 --> 00:41:22.579
 the fridge

00:41:22.579 --> 00:41:23.099
 this morning.

00:41:25.719 --> 00:41:26.139
 It's

00:41:26.139 --> 00:41:26.419
 okay.

00:41:26.420 --> 00:41:30.760
 I don't

00:41:30.760 --> 00:41:30.900
 know,

00:41:30.980 --> 00:41:31.300
 you probably

00:41:31.300 --> 00:41:31.740
 can't see

00:41:31.740 --> 00:41:32.119
 this.

00:41:32.380 --> 00:41:32.539
 It's

00:41:32.539 --> 00:41:33.079
 oversight on

00:41:33.079 --> 00:41:33.519
 my part.

00:41:34.320 --> 00:41:34.740
 Probably the

00:41:34.740 --> 00:41:35.119
 fact that you

00:41:35.119 --> 00:41:35.599
 can't see

00:41:35.599 --> 00:41:36.119
 William tells

00:41:36.119 --> 00:41:36.440
 you a few

00:41:36.440 --> 00:41:36.900
 things about

00:41:36.900 --> 00:41:37.680
 William in

00:41:37.680 --> 00:41:38.139
 this picture.

00:41:38.680 --> 00:41:39.180
 It's a dark

00:41:39.180 --> 00:41:39.500
 picture.

00:41:40.639 --> 00:41:41.260
 This is my

00:41:41.260 --> 00:41:41.740
 friend William

00:41:41.740 --> 00:41:42.119
 Hollis.

00:41:42.639 --> 00:41:43.200
 Many of you

00:41:43.200 --> 00:41:44.220
 know him in

00:41:44.220 --> 00:41:44.559
 the room.

00:41:45.480 --> 00:41:45.760
 And if I

00:41:45.760 --> 00:41:46.200
 were to

00:41:46.200 --> 00:41:47.820
 describe William

00:41:47.820 --> 00:41:48.099
 Hollis,

00:41:48.159 --> 00:41:48.420
 if I were to

00:41:48.420 --> 00:41:48.940
 tell you about

00:41:48.940 --> 00:41:49.460
 my friend

00:41:49.460 --> 00:41:49.960
 William Hollis,

00:41:50.119 --> 00:41:50.480
 what our

00:41:50.480 --> 00:41:50.960
 culture is

00:41:50.960 --> 00:41:51.300
 going to tend

00:41:51.300 --> 00:41:51.740
 to do is

00:41:51.740 --> 00:41:51.980
 say,

00:41:52.280 --> 00:41:52.780
 I've got a

00:41:52.780 --> 00:41:53.180
 friend named

00:41:53.180 --> 00:41:53.480
 Will.

00:41:53.800 --> 00:41:54.740
 He's black.

00:41:56.420 --> 00:41:56.820
 And I have

00:41:56.820 --> 00:41:57.420
 just put Will

00:41:57.420 --> 00:41:58.300
 in a category.

00:41:59.000 --> 00:41:59.820
 I have placed

00:41:59.820 --> 00:42:00.700
 him off for

00:42:00.700 --> 00:42:01.320
 whatever the

00:42:01.320 --> 00:42:02.320
 preconceived notions

00:42:02.320 --> 00:42:02.900
 may be for the

00:42:02.900 --> 00:42:03.260
 person I'm

00:42:03.260 --> 00:42:03.619
 telling them

00:42:03.619 --> 00:42:03.840
 about.

00:42:04.019 --> 00:42:04.300
 I have

00:42:04.300 --> 00:42:05.320
 categorized him

00:42:05.320 --> 00:42:05.980
 in a way that

00:42:05.980 --> 00:42:06.599
 is entirely

00:42:06.599 --> 00:42:08.260
 unfair to

00:42:08.260 --> 00:42:08.599
 him.

00:42:08.880 --> 00:42:09.619
 I have

00:42:09.619 --> 00:42:10.340
 supported this

00:42:10.340 --> 00:42:11.599
 idea of

00:42:11.599 --> 00:42:12.240
 race because

00:42:12.240 --> 00:42:12.840
 I've connected

00:42:12.840 --> 00:42:13.579
 the way he

00:42:13.579 --> 00:42:14.940
 looks to a

00:42:14.940 --> 00:42:15.420
 bunch of

00:42:15.420 --> 00:42:16.360
 behavior and

00:42:16.360 --> 00:42:16.920
 preconceived

00:42:16.920 --> 00:42:17.460
 notions that

00:42:17.460 --> 00:42:17.599
 people,

00:42:17.700 --> 00:42:18.240
 good or

00:42:18.240 --> 00:42:18.740
 bad,

00:42:19.200 --> 00:42:19.500
 that they

00:42:19.500 --> 00:42:20.220
 may have.

00:42:21.460 --> 00:42:22.180
 Rather than

00:42:22.180 --> 00:42:22.559
 saying,

00:42:22.960 --> 00:42:24.159
 this is my

00:42:24.159 --> 00:42:24.579
 friend William

00:42:24.579 --> 00:42:24.940
 Hollis,

00:42:24.960 --> 00:42:25.260
 let me tell

00:42:25.260 --> 00:42:25.500
 you a bit

00:42:25.500 --> 00:42:26.220
 about who

00:42:26.219 --> 00:42:26.639
 he is.

00:42:26.699 --> 00:42:27.219
 He's a

00:42:27.219 --> 00:42:27.739
 disciple of

00:42:27.739 --> 00:42:28.279
 Jesus Christ.

00:42:28.379 --> 00:42:28.779
 He loves

00:42:28.779 --> 00:42:29.079
 the Lord.

00:42:29.159 --> 00:42:29.539
 I am so

00:42:29.539 --> 00:42:30.159
 incredibly

00:42:30.159 --> 00:42:31.219
 encouraged by

00:42:31.219 --> 00:42:31.539
 William.

00:42:32.000 --> 00:42:32.379
 He's the

00:42:32.379 --> 00:42:32.839
 husband of

00:42:32.839 --> 00:42:33.179
 Beverly.

00:42:33.359 --> 00:42:34.039
 He loves

00:42:34.039 --> 00:42:34.759
 Beverly.

00:42:35.179 --> 00:42:35.500
 He's the

00:42:35.500 --> 00:42:36.079
 father of

00:42:36.079 --> 00:42:36.539
 Jaden,

00:42:36.639 --> 00:42:37.419
 the one that

00:42:37.419 --> 00:42:37.639
 we have

00:42:37.639 --> 00:42:38.159
 this announcement

00:42:38.159 --> 00:42:39.039
 for.

00:42:39.439 --> 00:42:39.739
 He's a

00:42:39.739 --> 00:42:40.179
 former member

00:42:40.179 --> 00:42:40.500
 of our

00:42:40.500 --> 00:42:40.859
 fellowship.

00:42:41.000 --> 00:42:41.199
 He used

00:42:41.199 --> 00:42:41.579
 to go to

00:42:41.579 --> 00:42:42.079
 North Georgia

00:42:42.079 --> 00:42:42.419
 and he was

00:42:42.419 --> 00:42:42.719
 a member

00:42:42.719 --> 00:42:43.399
 of our

00:42:43.399 --> 00:42:43.959
 church here.

00:42:44.879 --> 00:42:45.459
 He serves

00:42:45.459 --> 00:42:46.039
 our country

00:42:46.039 --> 00:42:46.899
 in the

00:42:46.899 --> 00:42:47.179
 U.S.

00:42:47.259 --> 00:42:47.519
 Army.

00:42:48.679 --> 00:42:48.980
 Then you

00:42:48.980 --> 00:42:49.359
 may ask,

00:42:49.480 --> 00:42:49.799
 what does

00:42:49.799 --> 00:42:50.339
 William look

00:42:50.339 --> 00:42:50.719
 like?

00:42:51.799 --> 00:42:52.039
 It's a

00:42:52.039 --> 00:42:52.659
 fair question,

00:42:52.879 --> 00:42:53.079
 right?

00:42:53.279 --> 00:42:53.519
 Oh,

00:42:53.959 --> 00:42:54.419
 it sounds

00:42:54.419 --> 00:42:54.919
 familiar to

00:42:54.919 --> 00:42:55.019
 me.

00:42:55.019 --> 00:42:55.360
 What does

00:42:55.360 --> 00:42:56.340
 he look

00:42:56.340 --> 00:42:56.719
 like?

00:42:57.719 --> 00:42:58.360
 I would

00:42:58.360 --> 00:42:58.699
 say to

00:42:58.699 --> 00:42:58.960
 you,

00:42:59.199 --> 00:42:59.599
 not that

00:42:59.599 --> 00:42:59.840
 he's

00:42:59.840 --> 00:43:00.480
 black,

00:43:01.320 --> 00:43:01.639
 he has a

00:43:01.639 --> 00:43:01.800
 dark

00:43:01.800 --> 00:43:02.340
 complexion,

00:43:03.039 --> 00:43:03.719
 black hair

00:43:03.719 --> 00:43:04.880
 and brown

00:43:04.880 --> 00:43:05.199
 eyes.

00:43:05.199 --> 00:43:07.219
 This is

00:43:07.219 --> 00:43:07.579
 the way we

00:43:07.579 --> 00:43:07.799
 should be

00:43:07.799 --> 00:43:08.779
 talking about

00:43:08.779 --> 00:43:09.279
 one another.

00:43:10.119 --> 00:43:10.279
 We have to

00:43:10.279 --> 00:43:10.619
 be very

00:43:10.619 --> 00:43:11.639
 careful with

00:43:11.639 --> 00:43:12.279
 our language

00:43:12.279 --> 00:43:12.839
 and our

00:43:12.839 --> 00:43:13.299
 word because

00:43:13.299 --> 00:43:13.679
 they carry

00:43:13.679 --> 00:43:14.239
 with them

00:43:14.239 --> 00:43:15.119
 weight and

00:43:15.119 --> 00:43:15.359
 we are

00:43:15.359 --> 00:43:16.119
 unknowingly

00:43:16.119 --> 00:43:16.879
 perpetuating

00:43:16.879 --> 00:43:17.500
 in so many

00:43:17.500 --> 00:43:18.779
 ways unhealthy

00:43:18.779 --> 00:43:19.819
 behavior in

00:43:19.819 --> 00:43:20.299
 our church.

00:43:20.899 --> 00:43:21.379
 Talk about

00:43:21.379 --> 00:43:21.599
 ethnic,

00:43:21.699 --> 00:43:21.899
 religious,

00:43:22.000 --> 00:43:22.199
 cultural,

00:43:22.279 --> 00:43:22.739
 social issues,

00:43:22.819 --> 00:43:23.339
 but stop

00:43:23.339 --> 00:43:24.339
 talking about

00:43:24.339 --> 00:43:25.599
 race.

00:43:25.939 --> 00:43:26.199
 There's a

00:43:26.199 --> 00:43:26.879
 reality to

00:43:26.879 --> 00:43:27.199
 culture.

00:43:27.299 --> 00:43:27.480
 There's a

00:43:27.480 --> 00:43:27.980
 reality to

00:43:27.980 --> 00:43:28.739
 ethnicities,

00:43:29.319 --> 00:43:29.839
 not race.

00:43:29.840 --> 00:43:31.400
 fourthly and

00:43:31.400 --> 00:43:31.680
 lastly,

00:43:33.260 --> 00:43:34.200
 love people

00:43:34.200 --> 00:43:34.800
 with the

00:43:34.800 --> 00:43:35.600
 gospel of

00:43:35.600 --> 00:43:36.420
 Jesus Christ

00:43:36.420 --> 00:43:38.200
 indiscriminately.

00:43:39.460 --> 00:43:40.019
 Indiscriminately.

00:43:40.740 --> 00:43:41.180
 Beloved, we

00:43:41.180 --> 00:43:42.640
 should long for

00:43:42.640 --> 00:43:43.340
 a church that

00:43:43.340 --> 00:43:44.019
 is diverse.

00:43:45.000 --> 00:43:45.340
 It should be

00:43:45.340 --> 00:43:46.240
 something that's

00:43:46.240 --> 00:43:47.280
 close to our

00:43:47.280 --> 00:43:48.100
 hearts that we

00:43:48.100 --> 00:43:48.760
 want to see

00:43:48.760 --> 00:43:49.140
 happen.

00:43:49.340 --> 00:43:50.180
 Not so that we

00:43:50.180 --> 00:43:50.660
 can go around

00:43:50.660 --> 00:43:51.460
 telling people that

00:43:51.460 --> 00:43:52.600
 we have people of

00:43:52.600 --> 00:43:53.800
 different race in

00:43:53.800 --> 00:43:54.140
 our church.

00:43:54.220 --> 00:43:54.820
 This is not the

00:43:54.820 --> 00:43:56.000
 goal of this

00:43:56.000 --> 00:43:56.920
 longing, but

00:43:56.920 --> 00:43:57.280
 that we can

00:43:57.280 --> 00:43:57.920
 see the way

00:43:57.920 --> 00:43:58.519
 that God

00:43:58.519 --> 00:43:59.539
 works in

00:43:59.539 --> 00:44:01.420
 varying situations.

00:44:01.820 --> 00:44:02.260
 That we can

00:44:02.260 --> 00:44:03.059
 see those

00:44:03.059 --> 00:44:04.180
 barriers, those

00:44:04.180 --> 00:44:05.159
 walls torn

00:44:05.159 --> 00:44:05.400
 down.

00:44:05.480 --> 00:44:05.960
 Now, we live

00:44:05.960 --> 00:44:06.539
 in a place,

00:44:07.320 --> 00:44:08.139
 the county that

00:44:08.139 --> 00:44:08.840
 we're located

00:44:08.840 --> 00:44:10.400
 in, if you

00:44:10.400 --> 00:44:11.099
 want to throw

00:44:11.099 --> 00:44:12.380
 Hall County

00:44:12.380 --> 00:44:13.059
 into the mix

00:44:13.059 --> 00:44:13.500
 of that,

00:44:13.740 --> 00:44:14.220
 that is like

00:44:14.220 --> 00:44:15.760
 92%.

00:44:15.760 --> 00:44:17.340
 I'm going to

00:44:17.340 --> 00:44:17.740
 quote my

00:44:17.740 --> 00:44:17.960
 finger,

00:44:18.099 --> 00:44:18.840
 Caucasian.

00:44:19.220 --> 00:44:19.639
 It's not even

00:44:19.639 --> 00:44:20.220
 language I like

00:44:20.220 --> 00:44:20.720
 to use,

00:44:20.760 --> 00:44:20.960
 right?

00:44:21.139 --> 00:44:22.280
 Of European

00:44:22.280 --> 00:44:23.900
 descent.

00:44:26.200 --> 00:44:26.599
 Stupid.

00:44:26.920 --> 00:44:29.579
 So, are we

00:44:29.579 --> 00:44:30.099
 all going to

00:44:30.099 --> 00:44:30.519
 tend to be

00:44:30.519 --> 00:44:31.200
 fair-skinned?

00:44:31.760 --> 00:44:32.159
 Probably.

00:44:32.880 --> 00:44:33.639
 Probably, because

00:44:33.639 --> 00:44:34.039
 of where we

00:44:34.039 --> 00:44:34.360
 live.

00:44:35.019 --> 00:44:35.280
 But it's

00:44:35.280 --> 00:44:35.579
 something we

00:44:35.579 --> 00:44:36.019
 should long

00:44:36.019 --> 00:44:36.280
 to be

00:44:36.280 --> 00:44:36.619
 different.

00:44:37.180 --> 00:44:37.559
 We should

00:44:37.559 --> 00:44:38.099
 want to

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 have diversity

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 in our

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 church.

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 And I don't

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 think that we

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 need to go

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 seeking it

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 out.

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 I don't

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 think we

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 need to

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 target people

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 that look

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 different than

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 us.

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 But as we

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 see the

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 opportunity,

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 we should

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 love people

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 with the

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 gospel

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 indiscriminately.

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 We should

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 just extend

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 it to

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 everybody

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 because we're

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 all human

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 and we all

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 have sin

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 and we all

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 have destruction

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 that's due

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 it.

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 And we

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 all need

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 Christ.

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 John 3.16

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 says this,

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 For God so

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 loved the

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 world that

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 he gave his

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 only Son,

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 that whoever

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 believes in

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 him should

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 not perish

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 but have

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 eternal life.

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 For Christ

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 is all

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 and he's in

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 all.

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 Let's pray

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 together.

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