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 I'd be grateful if you grab your Bibles.

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 Also, if you've got the St. Paul's app,

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 that would be particularly useful for you this morning.

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 I've got lots of things to run through.

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 And if you don't have the St. Paul's app,

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 pen and paper will also do.

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 You just might want to just write down

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 heaps of different references as I go through.

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 Let me pray.

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 Gracious God,

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 Lord, every one of us are dealing with the issue of the fall

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 from Genesis 3,

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 where we have rejected your glory, your majesty,

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 your purpose for our lives and chosen it for ourselves.

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 One of the enormous consequences of that has been

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 throughout the history of your world from that moment,

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 prejudice in the heart towards other people.

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 Lord, we pray that that might be your conviction upon us this morning

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 as we look forward and towards in the coming weeks

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 of Christ being the solution to that.

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 So, Lord, give us tender hearts to ourselves, we pray.

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 In Jesus' name. Amen.

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 It was November 2005.

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 I was in Alice Springs,

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 the centre of our country here,

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 on the invitation of the Bible Society

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 to be the main speaker at event.

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 It was an event to raise awareness

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 for their ministry to remote areas of Australia

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 and in particular to Aboriginal communities

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 and the necessity for the word of God

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 to be translated into various languages

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 for those Aboriginal communities

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 that might have God's word in their own hand.

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 The plan was I would speak at an event

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 in an aircraft hangar

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 with the Bible Society plane behind me

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 on the Friday night.

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 Saturday was a free day to explore

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 and then Sunday I was to preach in a local church.

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 A friend of mine came along with me for the trip.

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 We, in fact, spent the Saturday

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 exploring many parts of the outback,

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 which in those days had no speed limits

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 and I didn't realise you could get a Corolla

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 up to 190 kilometres an hour,

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 but it turns out you can.

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 Then we came back, dropped off the hire car

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 and we spent the evening in the main part of Alice Springs

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 and then we walked back to our hotel.

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 It was pitch black along this pathway

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 which wove its way along the riverbank,

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 dry riverbank in Alice Springs.

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 We noticed as we were heading back to our hotel,

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 we were the only white guys around,

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 in fact, we were the only people around,

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 until we noticed a group of about 20 Indigenous Australians,

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 Aboriginals in the riverbank

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 drinking what it appeared to be drinking alcohol

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 and then we walked up, we noticed that

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 and the upper cross on the right-hand side

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 was more of a slummy area of Alice Springs

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 and we were noticing quite a lot of commotion,

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 a lot of yelling going on in that area.

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 And let me just pause there for a moment.

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 I think it's fair to say that in that moment,

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 both of us were a little bit nervous.

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 We were fully aware of our whiteness at that point,

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 if you like,

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 that this was a moment that both of us

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 had experienced previously.

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 It is fair to say that I grew up

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 marinating in a culture of prejudice towards Aboriginals,

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 even as I said last week,

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 that I still had friends who were Aboriginals.

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 It came, that prejudice came from the rhetoric of the culture,

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 but also my own negative experiences

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 at both school and in the workforce.

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 You could say my friend's experience was even more acute than mine.

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 He spent a good part of his childhood

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 growing up in a town in New South Wales called Walgett

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 and it's a very troubled place in terms of race relations.

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 So in this moment,

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 on this Saturday evening in 2005,

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 both of our prejudices came to the surface.

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 And as we walked along the path,

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 I said to him quietly,

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 do you see the group down on the left?

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 He said, yeah, I see them.

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 And then he said,

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 what about the one on the right

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 that's now coming out of the slum?

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 It's about 20 Aboriginals of all sorts of generations

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 coming out of the slum area.

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 And in that moment,

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 both of us came up with what we would call an escape plan.

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 What are we going to do if things deteriorate?

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 As both of us had personally experienced in the past.

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 We both experienced it.

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 We noticed that as we walked along the riverbank

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 that this group that was coming from the right

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 was going to intersect us on the pathway

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 unless we either started walking slower

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 or we started speeding up.

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 And we were sort of hoping on one level

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 that they would notice the two white guys.

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 Walking along in the pitch back in an area

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 that you don't see any of the white guys in Alice Springs.

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 And then they did see us.

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 And as it was very obvious,

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 as we approached,

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 this group was going to come to the,

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 almost hit us on the pathway.

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 And as we almost hit, as we crossed,

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 the lead elderly Aboriginal lady

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 put her arms out like that.

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 And she stopped the group.

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 And they all stopped,

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 all pulled up

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 and allowed us to walk through.

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 And as we walked through,

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 she said,

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 good evening, gentlemen.

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 We turned and said good evening

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 to her, to the group,

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 and walked on in silence

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 for about another 20 metres.

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 And my friend said to me,

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 how bad do I feel?

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 I went, yep, absolutely.

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 God used that moment

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 to expose something of the sin

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 of racial prejudice

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 that lurked in my heart.

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 And it did not escape my moment,

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 my attention,

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 even that night,

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 that the night before,

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 I was speaking at an aircraft carrier

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 with the Bible open,

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 imploring the people there

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 to put their resources and finances

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 behind gospel ministry

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 to remote communities in this country,

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 and prejudice lurked in my heart.

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 There was a disconnection

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 between what I knew

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 to be right and good

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 and part of God's purposes

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 and what still was lurking in my heart.

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 I was treated with more dignity

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 than what I afforded them in my mind

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 and in my heart in that moment.

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 And it was a long way

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 from my starting point last week

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 where I said all people

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 have one origins

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 by divine design.

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 And the implication of that last week

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 is the dignity,

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 the extreme dignity

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 of all human beings.

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 The creation doctrine,

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 the view of creation,

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 the Christian view of creation

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 does in contrast

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 with every other philosophical system

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 in our world,

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 in that sense.

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 And particularly,

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 the underlying system

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 that's operating in our society

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 at the moment

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 of atheistic evolutionary theory

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 that's broadly accepted as fact

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 in our secular society.

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 Charles Darwin's Origin of Species

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 gave rise to the separation

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 and the classification

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 of plant and animal species.

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 Enormously helpful in so many ways.

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 A breakthrough in so many ways.

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 Unfortunately,

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 it flowed over

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 into categorising humans

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 into a hierarchy

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 which arranged them

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 according to evolutionary advancement.

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 Now, that's not to say

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 racism didn't exist

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 before Charles Darwin's Origin of Species.

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 I'm not saying that.

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 But I do agree

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 with what Stephen Jay Gould

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 wrote on this issue

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 between the connection,

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 the connection between racism

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 and evolutionary theory.

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 Now, Gould was an evolutionary biologist himself

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 who significantly opposed creationism

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 and he hated Christianity.

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 Hated Christianity.

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 And he wrote,

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 biological arguments for racism

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 may have been common before 1850.

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 That is, before Darwin's Origin of Species.

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 But they increased by orders of magnitude

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 following the acceptance

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 of evolutionary theory

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 which he himself did.

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 And that's where I think the problem is.

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 As I said last week,

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 it is difficult to deliver

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 as our secular culture wants to do

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 on the equality of all people

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 when at the same time

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 you explain the differences

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 in terms of some people groups

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 being less evolved than others.

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 And as we saw last week,

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 the Bible knows nothing

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 of the hierarchy of races

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 as evolutionary theory does.

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 In fact, the biblical view is

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 there is one race.

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 One race.

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 The human race made in the image of God.

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 And yet, as I said last week,

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 while the Christian faith

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 has got enormous to contribute,

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 there's blockages here

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 for people accepting it

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 because of the failures

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 of the institutional church

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 over the years.

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 And one of the most serious

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 and damaging interpretations

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 of the Bible

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 on this whole issue of race

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 is in Genesis chapter 9.

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 So if you've got Genesis chapter 9,

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 go there quickly with me.

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 Genesis 9 verses 18 to 27.

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 It's at the end of Genesis 9.

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 As I said, Noah and his family

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 settling down into life

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 after the flood.

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 Noah plants a vineyard,

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 drinks a little bit too much

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 of the vino,

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 and ends up lying naked

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 in his tent.

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 His son Ham,

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 right, Ham,

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 sees his father's nakedness,

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 thinks it's a joke,

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 goes and tells his brothers

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 about it.

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 And when Noah finds out

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 what his youngest son has done,

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 he pronounces a curse

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 on Canaan,

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 who is Ham's youngest son.

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 So Genesis 9, 25.

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 Cursed be Canaan,

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 the lowest of slaves

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 he will be to his brothers.

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 He also said,

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 Blessed be the Lord,

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 the God of Shem.

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 May Canaan be the slave of Shem.

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 May God extend the territory

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 of Japheth.

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 May Japheth live

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 in the tents of Shem

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 and may Canaan be his slave.

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 Now throughout the last 20 centuries,

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 numerous Christians,

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 Jewish and Muslim writers

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 have connected the curse of Ham,

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 their curse of Canaan,

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 to black Africans in particular.

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 This text became the standard text

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 in defence of slavery in England,

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 the southern states of America

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 and apartheid in South Africa.

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 That is,

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 because they translated the name Ham

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 as black or burnt,

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 the curse was applicable

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 in their view for all black people.

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 They also concluded

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 that Ham's brother,

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 Japheth,

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 represented white people

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 and therefore God commands

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 the slavery

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 or the subjugation,

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 if you like,

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 of black people

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 by white people.

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 Now,

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 I won't go into all the details.

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 There's extensive details around this,

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 but simply to say,

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 you've got to do some fancy,

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 I mean some really fancy

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 dance work

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 with the text

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 to come to that kind of a conclusion.

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 I mean some really,

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 really fancy work.

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 But some people have done it

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 because I believe in the end

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 it has supported

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 a particular prejudice.

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 Now,

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 I'm glad we've got the Bible

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 and God's perspective

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 on the history of humanity

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 and the Bible does not relate

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 to our racial

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 or ethnic differences

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 in terms of lower life forms

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 or in terms of God

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 having favorites,

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 but in terms of sin.

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 As we read there

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 in Genesis 5,

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 our rejection of God.

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 You see,

00:14:52.979 --> 00:14:53.879
 on that night

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 in Alice Springs

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 in 2005,

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 my prejudice,

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 my sinful heart

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 was the problem.

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 Not the government,

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 not institutions.

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 My prejudice,

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 my sinful heart

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 was the problem.

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 But it doesn't just identify

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 sin as the core problem

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 of racial prejudice

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 and ethnocentricity.

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 Like in terms of the Bible

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 it doesn't just identify that,

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 but it also reveals

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 a solution for us

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 as we will pick up

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 in the next couple of weeks

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 as well.

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 You see,

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 the Bible sees the fracturing

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 of all relationships

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 due to the rejection

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 of God in Genesis 3.

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 I think it was fantastic

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 what Zoran said

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 when he got up here

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 and talks about his role

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 supporting God's work

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 of reordering

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 a disordered creation.

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 God did create order

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 out of chaos

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 and sin

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 in Genesis 3

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 made everything

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 back into chaos again.

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 That's the consequence

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 of sin.

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 A disordered

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 creator,

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 a creation.

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 Adam and Eve

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 were created

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 in God's image

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 to display

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 his majesty

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 and when they

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 rejected God

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 and his purpose

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 and wanted to make it

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 all about them,

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 everything broke.

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 And consequences

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 was that all relationships

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 were smashed.

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 Before sin,

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 they were both

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 naked

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 and felt

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 no shame.

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 No shame.

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 Naked

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 and no shame.

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 There was intimacy

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 and acceptance.

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 And neither of them,

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 I'm assuming,

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 were supermodels

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 or anything like that.

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 They felt no shame

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 for the other.

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 And as soon

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 as they rejected God,

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 they ran for clothes.

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 They hid

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 from God's presence.

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 A barrier

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 immediately went up

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 between Adam

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 and Eve.

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 Judgmentalism

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 came in

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 for the very first time.

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 Assessment

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 came in

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 for the very first time.

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 Shame

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 and self-preservation

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 kicked in.

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 From the moment

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 they reject God,

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 the unity of humans

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 in the image of God

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 became mirrored

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 by the unity

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 of sin.

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 Romans 1

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 is the Apostle Paul's

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 version of the fall

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 of humanity,

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 making clear

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 that all

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 of humanity

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 is contaminated

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 by sin.

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 It's an ugly picture

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 of sinful behavior.

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 Read it when you go home.

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 It's an ugly picture.

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 And then

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 he says

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 our unity

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 in this

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 is explicit

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 in Romans 3

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 23

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 all

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 have sinned

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 and fallen short

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 of the glory

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 of God.

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 You see

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 the Bible's picture

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 here is

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 that

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 the unity

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 that we have

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 as sinful

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 people

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 rejecting God

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 is not

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 because we

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 sin

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 but because

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 we're already

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 sinners

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 by nature.

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 One of the most

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 I think the Bible's

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 most important

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 passage on this issue

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 is Romans 5

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 verses 12

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 to 19.

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 Write that one down.

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 It explains

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 right there

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 that Adam's

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 sin

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 right at the

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 beginning

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 brought to

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 the entire

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 human race

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 that flows

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 from him

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 which is all

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 of us

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 both

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 sinful

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 natures

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 and

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 God's

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 judgment

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 and

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 condemnation

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 for it.

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 Every

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 single

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 human

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 being

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 from

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 Adam

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 is

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 connected

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 to his

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 sin

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 by nature.

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 We are

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 born

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 into this

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 world

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 with sinful

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 natures

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 that trace

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 back to

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 Adam's

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 sin.

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 So

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 Romans 5

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 12

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 sin

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 came into

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 the world

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 through one

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 man

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 and death

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 through sin

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 and so

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 death

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 spread to

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 all

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 people

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 because

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 all

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 sinned.

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 We are

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 born

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 with inner

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 lives

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 that are

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 directed

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 towards

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 ourselves

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 and what

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 we want

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 and not

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 directed

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 towards God

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 and what

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 he wants.

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 and because

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 we have

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 inner

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 lives

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 bent

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 away

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 from

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 God

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 and as

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 the

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 great

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 church

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 reformer

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 Martin

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 Luther

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 said

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 a German

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 theologian

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 said

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 we are

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 curvedly

00:19:33.440 --> 00:19:33.960
 into

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 ourselves.

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 Our

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 sinful

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 nature

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 means we

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 are curved

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 in

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 towards

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 ourselves

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 and

00:19:44.680 --> 00:19:45.039
 because

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 we are

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 curved in

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 towards

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 ourselves

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 right from

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 the moment

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 of conception

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 when we

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 are old

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 enough to

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 know right

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 from wrong

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 we act

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 in sinful

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 ways.

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 We sin

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 because we

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 are already

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 sinners.

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 Perhaps a

00:20:01.019 --> 00:20:01.799
 helpful way

00:20:01.799 --> 00:20:02.080
 to think

00:20:02.080 --> 00:20:02.539
 about that

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 would be

00:20:03.120 --> 00:20:04.860
 an apple

00:20:04.860 --> 00:20:05.160
 tree,

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 not specifically

00:20:06.200 --> 00:20:06.420
 an apple

00:20:06.420 --> 00:20:06.559
 tree,

00:20:06.640 --> 00:20:06.900
 pick on

00:20:06.900 --> 00:20:07.460
 any fruit

00:20:07.460 --> 00:20:07.779
 tree if

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 you like.

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 Ask yourself

00:20:10.740 --> 00:20:11.299
 the question

00:20:11.299 --> 00:20:12.700
 whether a

00:20:12.700 --> 00:20:13.100
 tree

00:20:13.100 --> 00:20:13.779
 produces,

00:20:14.059 --> 00:20:14.400
 an apple

00:20:14.400 --> 00:20:14.920
 tree produces

00:20:14.920 --> 00:20:15.700
 apples because

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 it's an

00:20:16.200 --> 00:20:17.200
 apple tree

00:20:17.200 --> 00:20:18.779
 or does

00:20:18.779 --> 00:20:19.480
 the tree

00:20:19.480 --> 00:20:20.400
 become an

00:20:20.400 --> 00:20:20.900
 apple tree

00:20:20.900 --> 00:20:21.200
 when it

00:20:21.200 --> 00:20:21.740
 first produces

00:20:21.740 --> 00:20:22.120
 an apple?

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 That's not

00:20:27.759 --> 00:20:28.059
 a chicken

00:20:28.059 --> 00:20:28.420
 and egg

00:20:28.420 --> 00:20:28.740
 thing,

00:20:28.980 --> 00:20:29.299
 all right?

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 Talking about

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 its very

00:20:31.019 --> 00:20:31.480
 nature.

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 The reality

00:20:32.519 --> 00:20:33.019
 is an

00:20:33.019 --> 00:20:33.420
 apple tree

00:20:33.420 --> 00:20:33.779
 can grow

00:20:33.779 --> 00:20:34.299
 for many

00:20:34.299 --> 00:20:35.039
 many years

00:20:35.039 --> 00:20:35.579
 before it

00:20:35.579 --> 00:20:35.960
 produces

00:20:35.960 --> 00:20:36.819
 its first

00:20:36.819 --> 00:20:37.740
 fruit and

00:20:37.740 --> 00:20:37.980
 when it

00:20:37.980 --> 00:20:38.579
 does finally

00:20:38.579 --> 00:20:39.380
 produce apples

00:20:39.380 --> 00:20:40.019
 we'd say

00:20:40.019 --> 00:20:41.180
 that tree

00:20:41.180 --> 00:20:42.220
 is producing

00:20:42.220 --> 00:20:42.980
 fruit in

00:20:42.980 --> 00:20:43.400
 accordance

00:20:43.400 --> 00:20:43.960
 with its

00:20:43.960 --> 00:20:44.759
 nature.

00:20:47.559 --> 00:20:48.620
 Psalm 51

00:20:48.620 --> 00:20:49.319
 5,

00:20:49.480 --> 00:20:50.220
 surely I

00:20:50.220 --> 00:20:50.640
 was sinful

00:20:50.640 --> 00:20:51.220
 at birth,

00:20:51.339 --> 00:20:51.740
 sinful from

00:20:51.740 --> 00:20:52.220
 the time

00:20:52.220 --> 00:20:52.700
 my mother

00:20:52.700 --> 00:20:53.200
 conceived

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 me.

00:20:54.259 --> 00:20:54.720
 We are

00:20:54.720 --> 00:20:55.440
 sinners by

00:20:55.440 --> 00:20:56.779
 nature who

00:20:56.779 --> 00:20:57.779
 show themselves

00:20:57.779 --> 00:20:58.180
 to be

00:20:58.180 --> 00:20:59.480
 sinners by

00:20:59.480 --> 00:21:00.180
 choice.

00:21:02.400 --> 00:21:02.680
 Now,

00:21:03.079 --> 00:21:03.660
 everyone who

00:21:03.660 --> 00:21:03.960
 is a

00:21:03.960 --> 00:21:05.200
 parent knows

00:21:05.200 --> 00:21:05.759
 this to be

00:21:05.759 --> 00:21:07.000
 true from

00:21:07.000 --> 00:21:07.779
 experience.

00:21:08.700 --> 00:21:10.059
 I didn't

00:21:10.059 --> 00:21:10.779
 have to teach

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 my children,

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 I've not had

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 to teach one

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 of them to

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 say no,

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 to disobey my

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 directives,

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 to throw

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 food on

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 the floor,

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 to pinch,

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 to poke

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 out the

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 tongue,

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 to throw

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 themselves on

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 the floor

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 to kick

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 and scream.

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 Didn't have

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 to teach

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 any of

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 them,

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 although

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 there have

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 been times

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 when I've

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 joined them

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 in the

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 throwing

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 myself on

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 the floor

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 kicking and

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 screaming

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 thing.

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 Didn't teach

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 them any

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 of those

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 things,

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 and if

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 those of you

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 are prejudiced,

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 neither did

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 that,

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 so it didn't

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 come from

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 her either.

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 they did

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 get it

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 from me,

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 but didn't

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 teach it.

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 Same as

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 my parents

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 didn't teach

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 me any of

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 those things,

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 but I did

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 get it

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 from them.

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 I, like

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 my parents

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 before me,

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 have spent

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 my time

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 trying to

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 correct that

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 which comes

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 by nature.

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 There is a

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 solidarity in

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 being created

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 in the image

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 of God

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 for the glory

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 of God,

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 and solidarity

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 in all of

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 us falling

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 short of

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 God's glory

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 because of

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 our sin.

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 And we

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 see this

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 solidarity

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 in sin

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 and its

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 consequences

00:22:24.059 --> 00:22:25.460
 being played

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 out in

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 this racial

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 ethnocentricity

00:22:29.259 --> 00:22:30.380
 terms in

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 Genesis chapter

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 10 and

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 11.

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 So if you've

00:22:33.220 --> 00:22:33.519
 got your

00:22:33.519 --> 00:22:33.900
 Bibles,

00:22:34.359 --> 00:22:34.920
 flick there

00:22:34.920 --> 00:22:35.940
 fairly quick.

00:22:37.299 --> 00:22:38.380
 Genesis chapter

00:22:38.380 --> 00:22:40.359
 10 is

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 the so-called

00:22:41.939 --> 00:22:42.939
 table of

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 nations.

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 And Genesis

00:22:44.919 --> 00:22:45.779
 chapter 10,

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 the one point

00:22:46.659 --> 00:22:47.459
 that Genesis

00:22:47.459 --> 00:22:48.139
 chapter 10

00:22:48.139 --> 00:22:48.519
 makes,

00:22:48.839 --> 00:22:49.099
 or the one

00:22:49.099 --> 00:22:49.519
 point I can

00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:49.899
 find in

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 any way

00:22:50.159 --> 00:22:50.339
 that it

00:22:50.339 --> 00:22:50.539
 makes,

00:22:51.019 --> 00:22:51.599
 is that it

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 stresses

00:22:52.199 --> 00:22:53.419
 the common

00:22:53.419 --> 00:22:54.519
 origins of

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 all people.

00:22:56.379 --> 00:22:56.839
 That's what

00:22:56.839 --> 00:22:57.419
 Genesis 10

00:22:57.419 --> 00:22:57.759
 does,

00:22:57.959 --> 00:22:58.599
 the common

00:22:58.599 --> 00:22:59.299
 origins of

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 all people.

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 And the

00:23:00.719 --> 00:23:01.439
 relationship

00:23:01.439 --> 00:23:02.619
 between Genesis

00:23:02.619 --> 00:23:03.419
 10 and

00:23:03.419 --> 00:23:04.879
 11 is

00:23:04.879 --> 00:23:05.759
 also very

00:23:05.759 --> 00:23:06.299
 significant

00:23:06.299 --> 00:23:07.680
 because the

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 generational

00:23:08.460 --> 00:23:09.559
 account of

00:23:09.559 --> 00:23:10.039
 the common

00:23:10.039 --> 00:23:10.919
 origins of

00:23:10.919 --> 00:23:11.680
 all people

00:23:11.680 --> 00:23:12.839
 in the

00:23:12.839 --> 00:23:13.819
 original language

00:23:13.819 --> 00:23:15.119
 begins at

00:23:15.119 --> 00:23:15.899
 chapter 10

00:23:15.899 --> 00:23:16.879
 verse 1

00:23:16.879 --> 00:23:17.799
 and it

00:23:17.799 --> 00:23:19.419
 ends at

00:23:19.419 --> 00:23:20.119
 chapter 11

00:23:20.119 --> 00:23:21.180
 verse 9.

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 That is,

00:23:23.859 --> 00:23:24.960
 the Tower of

00:23:24.960 --> 00:23:25.659
 Babel account

00:23:25.659 --> 00:23:26.740
 in chapter 11

00:23:26.740 --> 00:23:28.539
 explains how

00:23:28.539 --> 00:23:29.899
 and why people

00:23:29.899 --> 00:23:30.839
 spread out

00:23:30.839 --> 00:23:31.559
 and fill the

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 earth with

00:23:32.399 --> 00:23:32.859
 all their

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 different languages.

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 even though

00:23:35.880 --> 00:23:36.880
 we have a

00:23:36.880 --> 00:23:37.519
 common origin.

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 It reveals

00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:41.299
 that the

00:23:41.299 --> 00:23:41.900
 division

00:23:41.900 --> 00:23:42.819
 into

00:23:42.819 --> 00:23:43.539
 different

00:23:43.539 --> 00:23:43.960
 people

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 groups

00:23:44.319 --> 00:23:44.519
 with

00:23:44.519 --> 00:23:44.880
 different

00:23:44.880 --> 00:23:45.360
 languages

00:23:45.360 --> 00:23:46.640
 was a

00:23:46.640 --> 00:23:47.400
 consequence

00:23:47.400 --> 00:23:48.880
 of sin.

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 Verse 4,

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 come,

00:23:54.660 --> 00:23:55.440
 let us

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 build,

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 let us

00:23:57.799 --> 00:23:58.480
 build a

00:23:58.480 --> 00:23:58.860
 city,

00:23:59.799 --> 00:24:00.220
 build

00:24:00.220 --> 00:24:00.559
 ourselves

00:24:00.559 --> 00:24:01.140
 a city

00:24:01.140 --> 00:24:01.519
 with a

00:24:01.519 --> 00:24:02.039
 tower that

00:24:02.039 --> 00:24:02.960
 reaches to

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 the heavens

00:24:03.500 --> 00:24:05.819
 purpose,

00:24:06.220 --> 00:24:07.240
 so that

00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:08.299
 we may

00:24:08.299 --> 00:24:08.960
 make a

00:24:08.960 --> 00:24:09.500
 name for

00:24:09.500 --> 00:24:10.220
 ourselves

00:24:10.220 --> 00:24:11.119
 and not

00:24:11.119 --> 00:24:11.720
 be scattered

00:24:11.720 --> 00:24:12.319
 over the

00:24:12.319 --> 00:24:12.920
 whole face

00:24:12.920 --> 00:24:13.200
 of the

00:24:13.200 --> 00:24:13.559
 earth.

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 The

00:24:18.700 --> 00:24:19.180
 Tower of

00:24:19.180 --> 00:24:19.640
 Babel

00:24:19.640 --> 00:24:21.259
 is a

00:24:21.259 --> 00:24:22.440
 collective

00:24:22.440 --> 00:24:23.799
 attempt by

00:24:23.799 --> 00:24:24.599
 humanity

00:24:24.599 --> 00:24:26.339
 to do

00:24:26.339 --> 00:24:27.000
 what Adam

00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:27.359
 and Eve

00:24:27.359 --> 00:24:28.000
 attempted to

00:24:28.000 --> 00:24:28.579
 do in

00:24:28.579 --> 00:24:29.380
 the Garden

00:24:29.380 --> 00:24:29.759
 of Eden

00:24:29.759 --> 00:24:30.660
 in Genesis

00:24:30.660 --> 00:24:31.099
 3.

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 God

00:24:32.099 --> 00:24:33.099
 and

00:24:33.099 --> 00:24:36.519
 make a

00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:37.779
 name for

00:24:37.779 --> 00:24:38.619
 ourselves.

00:24:39.519 --> 00:24:40.000
 Let's do

00:24:40.000 --> 00:24:40.439
 it together.

00:24:40.579 --> 00:24:40.859
 We've got

00:24:40.859 --> 00:24:41.579
 numbers now.

00:24:41.659 --> 00:24:41.939
 Let's do

00:24:41.939 --> 00:24:42.339
 it together.

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 And God's

00:24:45.379 --> 00:24:46.259
 judgment on

00:24:46.259 --> 00:24:46.959
 them was to

00:24:46.959 --> 00:24:47.719
 forever hinder

00:24:47.719 --> 00:24:48.419
 their working

00:24:48.419 --> 00:24:48.879
 together.

00:24:49.379 --> 00:24:50.199
 He scatters

00:24:50.199 --> 00:24:50.399
 them,

00:24:50.819 --> 00:24:51.719
 confuses their

00:24:51.719 --> 00:24:52.919
 language as

00:24:52.919 --> 00:24:53.699
 an act of

00:24:53.699 --> 00:24:54.299
 judgment.

00:24:54.299 --> 00:24:54.419
 judgment.

00:24:55.579 --> 00:24:55.819
 And so

00:24:55.819 --> 00:24:56.740
 taken together,

00:24:57.339 --> 00:24:58.240
 Genesis 10

00:24:58.240 --> 00:24:59.980
 reveals our

00:24:59.980 --> 00:25:01.079
 unity as

00:25:01.079 --> 00:25:02.099
 one blood

00:25:02.099 --> 00:25:03.440
 together under

00:25:03.440 --> 00:25:04.639
 God's

00:25:04.639 --> 00:25:05.680
 blessing.

00:25:06.339 --> 00:25:08.039
 And Genesis

00:25:08.039 --> 00:25:09.519
 11, our

00:25:09.519 --> 00:25:10.799
 diversity into

00:25:10.799 --> 00:25:11.759
 many languages

00:25:11.759 --> 00:25:12.339
 and groups

00:25:12.339 --> 00:25:13.519
 under God's

00:25:13.519 --> 00:25:14.159
 judgment.

00:25:14.160 --> 00:25:14.279
 judgment.

00:25:15.279 --> 00:25:16.200
 And the

00:25:16.200 --> 00:25:16.740
 foundational

00:25:16.740 --> 00:25:17.920
 problem here

00:25:17.920 --> 00:25:18.900
 is the

00:25:18.900 --> 00:25:19.700
 human heart

00:25:19.700 --> 00:25:20.160
 that wants

00:25:20.160 --> 00:25:20.680
 to reject

00:25:20.680 --> 00:25:21.160
 God.

00:25:23.480 --> 00:25:24.460
 The Bible

00:25:24.460 --> 00:25:25.240
 doesn't just

00:25:25.240 --> 00:25:26.380
 tell us

00:25:26.380 --> 00:25:27.800
 why we have

00:25:27.800 --> 00:25:28.500
 racism and

00:25:28.500 --> 00:25:29.380
 ethnic pride,

00:25:29.980 --> 00:25:31.100
 it also gives

00:25:31.100 --> 00:25:31.800
 us a solution

00:25:31.800 --> 00:25:32.519
 to it too.

00:25:34.860 --> 00:25:35.340
 Genesis

00:25:35.340 --> 00:25:36.400
 10 and

00:25:36.400 --> 00:25:37.000
 11

00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:40.160
 sets the

00:25:40.160 --> 00:25:40.740
 stage

00:25:40.740 --> 00:25:42.259
 for the

00:25:42.259 --> 00:25:42.920
 great

00:25:42.920 --> 00:25:46.200
 plan of

00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:46.759
 redemption

00:25:46.759 --> 00:25:47.600
 that begins

00:25:47.600 --> 00:25:48.259
 in Genesis

00:25:48.259 --> 00:25:48.740
 12.

00:25:48.940 --> 00:25:49.759
 It's the

00:25:49.759 --> 00:25:50.860
 hinge of

00:25:50.860 --> 00:25:51.300
 the Bible

00:25:51.300 --> 00:25:51.740
 that holds

00:25:51.740 --> 00:25:52.100
 the Bible

00:25:52.100 --> 00:25:52.380
 again.

00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:52.840
 In Genesis

00:25:52.840 --> 00:25:53.480
 12, it's

00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:53.920
 the promise

00:25:53.920 --> 00:25:54.580
 to Abraham.

00:25:55.500 --> 00:25:55.779
 The Lord

00:25:55.779 --> 00:25:56.200
 said to

00:25:56.200 --> 00:25:56.480
 Abraham,

00:25:57.300 --> 00:25:57.759
 leave your

00:25:57.759 --> 00:25:58.160
 country,

00:25:59.259 --> 00:25:59.759
 your people,

00:25:59.880 --> 00:26:00.440
 your father's

00:26:00.440 --> 00:26:00.680
 house,

00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:01.240
 or to go to

00:26:01.240 --> 00:26:01.539
 the land,

00:26:01.580 --> 00:26:02.019
 I will show

00:26:02.019 --> 00:26:02.560
 you, I

00:26:02.560 --> 00:26:02.940
 will make

00:26:02.940 --> 00:26:03.380
 you into a

00:26:03.380 --> 00:26:04.000
 great nation

00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:04.420
 and I will

00:26:04.420 --> 00:26:05.019
 bless you,

00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:05.840
 I will make

00:26:05.840 --> 00:26:06.220
 your name

00:26:06.220 --> 00:26:07.019
 great and

00:26:07.019 --> 00:26:07.560
 you will be

00:26:07.560 --> 00:26:08.060
 a blessing.

00:26:08.580 --> 00:26:09.100
 I will

00:26:09.100 --> 00:26:10.300
 bless those

00:26:10.300 --> 00:26:10.820
 who bless

00:26:10.820 --> 00:26:11.380
 you and

00:26:11.380 --> 00:26:12.000
 whoever curses

00:26:12.000 --> 00:26:12.440
 you I will

00:26:12.440 --> 00:26:12.820
 curse,

00:26:12.920 --> 00:26:14.140
 and all

00:26:14.140 --> 00:26:15.880
 peoples on

00:26:15.880 --> 00:26:16.960
 earth will

00:26:16.960 --> 00:26:17.620
 be blessed

00:26:17.620 --> 00:26:19.160
 through you.

00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:22.640
 Tower of

00:26:22.640 --> 00:26:23.060
 Babel, let's

00:26:23.060 --> 00:26:23.519
 make a great

00:26:23.519 --> 00:26:23.940
 name for

00:26:23.940 --> 00:26:24.500
 ourselves.

00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:26.060
 Let's

00:26:26.060 --> 00:26:26.960
 storm depose

00:26:26.960 --> 00:26:27.480
 God.

00:26:28.060 --> 00:26:28.279
 Genesis

00:26:28.279 --> 00:26:29.100
 12, God

00:26:29.100 --> 00:26:29.500
 says, no

00:26:29.500 --> 00:26:30.060
 Abraham, I'll

00:26:30.060 --> 00:26:31.259
 make a great

00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:31.700
 name out of

00:26:31.700 --> 00:26:33.519
 you and

00:26:33.519 --> 00:26:34.259
 through you

00:26:34.259 --> 00:26:34.600
 and your

00:26:34.600 --> 00:26:35.160
 great name,

00:26:35.240 --> 00:26:35.840
 all nations

00:26:35.840 --> 00:26:36.340
 of the world

00:26:36.340 --> 00:26:36.620
 will be

00:26:36.620 --> 00:26:37.039
 blessed.

00:26:37.720 --> 00:26:38.060
 God's

00:26:38.060 --> 00:26:38.380
 call on

00:26:38.380 --> 00:26:38.960
 Abraham here

00:26:38.960 --> 00:26:39.440
 is a

00:26:39.440 --> 00:26:40.180
 direct

00:26:40.180 --> 00:26:41.140
 response to

00:26:41.140 --> 00:26:41.800
 the disastrous

00:26:41.799 --> 00:26:42.500
 situation

00:26:42.500 --> 00:26:43.220
 described in

00:26:43.220 --> 00:26:43.779
 Genesis 3

00:26:43.779 --> 00:26:44.200
 to 11.

00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:45.319
 This is the

00:26:45.319 --> 00:26:46.000
 turning point

00:26:46.000 --> 00:26:46.319
 of the

00:26:46.319 --> 00:26:46.839
 Bible that

00:26:46.839 --> 00:26:47.419
 drives the

00:26:47.419 --> 00:26:48.240
 rest of the

00:26:48.240 --> 00:26:48.500
 biblical

00:26:48.500 --> 00:26:49.019
 narrative.

00:26:49.019 --> 00:26:49.899
 This is the

00:26:49.899 --> 00:26:50.859
 introduction to

00:26:50.859 --> 00:26:51.379
 God's

00:26:51.379 --> 00:26:53.240
 spectacular plan

00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:53.799
 of redemption

00:26:53.799 --> 00:26:54.359
 for all

00:26:54.359 --> 00:26:55.259
 people, a

00:26:55.259 --> 00:26:55.720
 plan that

00:26:55.720 --> 00:26:56.460
 culminates in

00:26:56.460 --> 00:26:56.859
 Jesus.

00:27:00.079 --> 00:27:01.159
 God's focus

00:27:01.159 --> 00:27:02.099
 on Abraham in

00:27:02.099 --> 00:27:02.960
 this moment is

00:27:02.960 --> 00:27:03.799
 not exclusive,

00:27:03.799 --> 00:27:07.359
 but to use

00:27:07.359 --> 00:27:07.980
 this one

00:27:07.980 --> 00:27:10.399
 individual and

00:27:10.399 --> 00:27:11.379
 his descendants

00:27:11.379 --> 00:27:13.480
 to bless the

00:27:13.480 --> 00:27:14.680
 entire world.

00:27:14.980 --> 00:27:15.619
 The purpose of

00:27:15.619 --> 00:27:16.579
 God in

00:27:16.579 --> 00:27:17.700
 choosing Israel

00:27:17.700 --> 00:27:18.639
 was to

00:27:18.639 --> 00:27:19.480
 witness to

00:27:19.480 --> 00:27:20.279
 the universal

00:27:20.279 --> 00:27:21.200
 power and

00:27:21.200 --> 00:27:22.119
 love of God

00:27:22.119 --> 00:27:23.079
 for all

00:27:23.079 --> 00:27:23.519
 people.

00:27:25.339 --> 00:27:26.180
 Even in the

00:27:26.180 --> 00:27:26.819
 Old Testament

00:27:26.819 --> 00:27:27.919
 you see that

00:27:27.919 --> 00:27:29.099
 again and

00:27:29.099 --> 00:27:29.759
 again and

00:27:29.759 --> 00:27:31.019
 again, God's

00:27:31.019 --> 00:27:32.059
 plans for all

00:27:32.059 --> 00:27:33.379
 the nations is

00:27:33.379 --> 00:27:34.259
 amazing in its

00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:34.839
 scope and its

00:27:34.839 --> 00:27:35.179
 vision.

00:27:36.200 --> 00:27:37.679
 This God, the

00:27:37.679 --> 00:27:38.200
 God of the

00:27:38.200 --> 00:27:39.500
 Bible, is not a

00:27:39.500 --> 00:27:41.960
 racist in any

00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:42.399
 sense.

00:27:43.240 --> 00:27:43.919
 He does not

00:27:43.919 --> 00:27:45.139
 have favorites in

00:27:45.139 --> 00:27:46.059
 any sense.

00:27:47.039 --> 00:27:48.319
 The choosing of

00:27:48.319 --> 00:27:50.299
 Israel was not

00:27:50.299 --> 00:27:51.839
 for ethnocentric

00:27:51.839 --> 00:27:53.319
 purposes, but for

00:27:53.319 --> 00:27:54.299
 universal redemption.

00:27:54.299 --> 00:27:58.940
 But Israel,

00:27:59.720 --> 00:28:00.200
 oh,

00:28:00.879 --> 00:28:01.839
 curvedly in on

00:28:01.839 --> 00:28:02.579
 itself with its

00:28:02.579 --> 00:28:02.960
 heart,

00:28:03.559 --> 00:28:05.240
 failed consistently

00:28:05.240 --> 00:28:06.139
 in living for that

00:28:06.139 --> 00:28:06.579
 purpose.

00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:07.680
 They took the

00:28:07.680 --> 00:28:08.119
 role,

00:28:09.839 --> 00:28:10.399
 ultimately,

00:28:10.639 --> 00:28:10.940
 of being

00:28:10.940 --> 00:28:11.579
 racially,

00:28:12.079 --> 00:28:12.419
 morally

00:28:12.419 --> 00:28:13.159
 superior.

00:28:15.180 --> 00:28:15.799
 They

00:28:15.799 --> 00:28:16.480
 consistently

00:28:16.480 --> 00:28:17.139
 forgot the

00:28:17.139 --> 00:28:17.740
 reason God

00:28:17.740 --> 00:28:18.359
 chose them.

00:28:19.180 --> 00:28:19.700
 And it was

00:28:19.700 --> 00:28:20.619
 still the case

00:28:20.619 --> 00:28:21.940
 when Jesus

00:28:21.940 --> 00:28:22.460
 enters the

00:28:22.460 --> 00:28:22.980
 scene in the

00:28:22.980 --> 00:28:23.539
 New Testament.

00:28:24.299 --> 00:28:28.279
 But with

00:28:28.279 --> 00:28:28.899
 his coming,

00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:30.819
 the coming

00:28:30.819 --> 00:28:31.519
 of God

00:28:31.519 --> 00:28:32.379
 himself in

00:28:32.379 --> 00:28:33.259
 human flesh,

00:28:34.919 --> 00:28:36.359
 with him

00:28:36.359 --> 00:28:37.460
 coming, a

00:28:37.460 --> 00:28:38.139
 radically new

00:28:38.139 --> 00:28:38.559
 way of

00:28:38.559 --> 00:28:39.319
 defining what

00:28:39.319 --> 00:28:39.940
 the people of

00:28:39.940 --> 00:28:40.879
 God is,

00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:43.299
 arrives, namely

00:28:43.299 --> 00:28:44.839
 faith in

00:28:44.839 --> 00:28:45.259
 him.

00:28:46.220 --> 00:28:47.059
 Faith in

00:28:47.059 --> 00:28:48.000
 Jesus trumps

00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:49.299
 ethnicity and

00:28:49.299 --> 00:28:49.700
 heritage.

00:28:50.659 --> 00:28:51.240
 And over and

00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:51.859
 over again, you

00:28:51.859 --> 00:28:52.839
 see this in the

00:28:52.839 --> 00:28:53.379
 Gospels.

00:28:53.380 --> 00:28:54.780
 story of the

00:28:54.780 --> 00:28:55.540
 good Samaritan,

00:28:55.680 --> 00:28:56.240
 Luke 10,

00:28:57.060 --> 00:28:57.680
 the healing of

00:28:57.680 --> 00:28:58.340
 the ten lepers,

00:28:58.420 --> 00:28:59.020
 and only the

00:28:59.020 --> 00:29:00.320
 foreigner is the

00:29:00.320 --> 00:29:01.220
 one who comes

00:29:01.220 --> 00:29:02.380
 back with humble

00:29:02.380 --> 00:29:03.500
 gratitude in Luke

00:29:03.500 --> 00:29:03.960
 17.

00:29:04.460 --> 00:29:05.700
 The healing of the

00:29:05.700 --> 00:29:06.700
 Syriaphonician's

00:29:06.700 --> 00:29:07.600
 daughter in Mark

00:29:07.600 --> 00:29:09.060
 7, the worshipping

00:29:09.060 --> 00:29:09.920
 of the wise men

00:29:09.920 --> 00:29:10.840
 from the east in

00:29:10.840 --> 00:29:12.560
 Matthew 2, and in

00:29:12.560 --> 00:29:13.780
 Luke 4, as we just

00:29:13.780 --> 00:29:14.700
 had read out to us

00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:16.420
 by Flora, Jesus

00:29:16.420 --> 00:29:18.320
 tells a story taken

00:29:18.320 --> 00:29:20.480
 from 1 Kings 17 in

00:29:20.480 --> 00:29:21.160
 the Old Testament.

00:29:21.160 --> 00:29:22.279
 It's a story about

00:29:22.279 --> 00:29:23.820
 God's passing over

00:29:23.820 --> 00:29:25.300
 all the ethnic

00:29:25.300 --> 00:29:26.320
 Jews to bring a

00:29:26.320 --> 00:29:27.660
 miraculous blessing

00:29:27.660 --> 00:29:29.540
 to a foreign

00:29:29.540 --> 00:29:30.640
 Gentile from the

00:29:30.640 --> 00:29:31.800
 land of Phoenicia.

00:29:32.779 --> 00:29:33.600
 And the second

00:29:33.600 --> 00:29:35.700
 story from 2 Kings 5,

00:29:35.779 --> 00:29:36.740
 again, the point

00:29:36.740 --> 00:29:38.500
 is, of all the

00:29:38.500 --> 00:29:39.560
 people in the

00:29:39.560 --> 00:29:40.840
 world that God

00:29:40.840 --> 00:29:41.960
 might have chosen

00:29:41.960 --> 00:29:43.300
 to heal of

00:29:43.300 --> 00:29:44.360
 leprosy, he

00:29:44.360 --> 00:29:45.640
 chooses a foreign

00:29:45.640 --> 00:29:47.560
 king, a Syrian,

00:29:47.559 --> 00:29:48.859
 not a Jew.

00:29:53.679 --> 00:29:54.799
 And so when they

00:29:54.799 --> 00:29:55.759
 heard Jesus tell

00:29:55.759 --> 00:29:58.220
 that story, what

00:29:58.220 --> 00:29:59.419
 did they do to

00:29:59.419 --> 00:29:59.700
 him?

00:30:02.419 --> 00:30:03.500
 In that very

00:30:03.500 --> 00:30:04.200
 moment, they

00:30:04.200 --> 00:30:04.960
 attempted to kill

00:30:04.960 --> 00:30:05.259
 him.

00:30:08.519 --> 00:30:10.319
 Ethnic pride ran

00:30:10.319 --> 00:30:10.720
 deep.

00:30:10.720 --> 00:30:13.220
 And the point

00:30:13.220 --> 00:30:14.140
 that Jesus was

00:30:14.140 --> 00:30:16.559
 making is that

00:30:16.559 --> 00:30:17.400
 he is the

00:30:17.400 --> 00:30:17.860
 end of

00:30:17.860 --> 00:30:18.920
 ethnocentricity

00:30:18.920 --> 00:30:19.860
 and racial

00:30:19.860 --> 00:30:20.319
 pride.

00:30:20.940 --> 00:30:21.860
 He says that

00:30:21.860 --> 00:30:22.600
 he has come

00:30:22.600 --> 00:30:23.620
 to redeem

00:30:23.620 --> 00:30:24.259
 people from

00:30:24.259 --> 00:30:24.880
 every ethnic

00:30:24.880 --> 00:30:25.519
 group, not

00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:26.120
 just one

00:30:26.120 --> 00:30:27.960
 or a few.

00:30:29.059 --> 00:30:29.799
 God's plan

00:30:29.799 --> 00:30:30.339
 of redemption,

00:30:30.600 --> 00:30:31.079
 which starts

00:30:31.079 --> 00:30:31.360
 with the

00:30:31.360 --> 00:30:31.920
 promise of

00:30:31.920 --> 00:30:33.100
 Abraham, finds

00:30:33.100 --> 00:30:33.779
 his fulfillment

00:30:33.779 --> 00:30:35.460
 in the life,

00:30:35.579 --> 00:30:36.039
 the ministry,

00:30:36.180 --> 00:30:36.519
 the death,

00:30:36.579 --> 00:30:37.299
 the resurrection

00:30:37.299 --> 00:30:38.819
 of Jesus

00:30:38.819 --> 00:30:39.460
 Christ.

00:30:40.220 --> 00:30:40.700
 And we're

00:30:40.700 --> 00:30:41.019
 going to talk

00:30:41.019 --> 00:30:41.599
 more about

00:30:41.599 --> 00:30:42.720
 on that next

00:30:42.720 --> 00:30:43.139
 week.

00:30:43.599 --> 00:30:44.559
 But for now,

00:30:44.680 --> 00:30:45.180
 let me give you

00:30:45.180 --> 00:30:45.759
 a taster.

00:30:45.899 --> 00:30:46.619
 Galatians 3

00:30:46.619 --> 00:30:47.339
 verses 13

00:30:47.339 --> 00:30:48.000
 and 14.

00:30:48.639 --> 00:30:49.539
 Christ redeemed

00:30:49.539 --> 00:30:50.079
 us from the

00:30:50.079 --> 00:30:50.659
 curse of the

00:30:50.659 --> 00:30:51.819
 law by

00:30:51.819 --> 00:30:52.740
 becoming a

00:30:52.740 --> 00:30:54.200
 curse for

00:30:54.200 --> 00:30:54.700
 us.

00:30:55.220 --> 00:30:55.740
 For it is

00:30:55.740 --> 00:30:56.059
 written,

00:30:56.799 --> 00:30:57.319
 cursed is

00:30:57.319 --> 00:30:58.079
 everyone who

00:30:58.079 --> 00:30:58.480
 is hung on

00:30:58.480 --> 00:30:58.960
 a tree.

00:30:59.680 --> 00:31:00.220
 That is,

00:31:00.639 --> 00:31:01.200
 he redeemed

00:31:01.200 --> 00:31:02.059
 us by his

00:31:02.059 --> 00:31:02.680
 death on the

00:31:02.680 --> 00:31:02.980
 cross.

00:31:03.039 --> 00:31:03.399
 And then it

00:31:03.399 --> 00:31:04.200
 continues on.

00:31:04.579 --> 00:31:05.379
 He redeemed

00:31:05.379 --> 00:31:07.099
 us in order

00:31:07.099 --> 00:31:07.599
 that the

00:31:07.599 --> 00:31:08.719
 blessing given

00:31:08.719 --> 00:31:09.839
 to Abraham

00:31:09.839 --> 00:31:11.819
 might come

00:31:11.819 --> 00:31:12.339
 to the

00:31:12.339 --> 00:31:13.240
 Gentiles

00:31:13.240 --> 00:31:14.599
 through Christ

00:31:14.599 --> 00:31:15.000
 Jesus.

00:31:16.919 --> 00:31:18.159
 The plan

00:31:18.159 --> 00:31:18.919
 of Abraham

00:31:18.919 --> 00:31:19.779
 gets worked

00:31:19.779 --> 00:31:20.500
 out in

00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:21.519
 Christ and

00:31:21.519 --> 00:31:22.119
 his death

00:31:22.119 --> 00:31:22.459
 on the

00:31:22.459 --> 00:31:22.899
 cross.

00:31:23.459 --> 00:31:23.579
 With

00:31:23.579 --> 00:31:24.039
 Abraham,

00:31:24.240 --> 00:31:24.839
 God set

00:31:24.839 --> 00:31:25.839
 in motion

00:31:25.839 --> 00:31:26.539
 a plan

00:31:26.539 --> 00:31:27.299
 of redemption

00:31:27.299 --> 00:31:28.779
 that overturns

00:31:28.779 --> 00:31:29.839
 every curse

00:31:29.839 --> 00:31:31.199
 for everyone

00:31:31.199 --> 00:31:33.099
 who receives

00:31:33.099 --> 00:31:33.519
 the blessing

00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:34.099
 of Abraham.

00:31:35.639 --> 00:31:36.139
 And that

00:31:36.139 --> 00:31:36.659
 blessing

00:31:36.660 --> 00:31:37.880
 is the

00:31:37.880 --> 00:31:38.320
 forgiveness

00:31:38.320 --> 00:31:39.259
 of sin,

00:31:40.500 --> 00:31:41.360
 forgiveness

00:31:41.360 --> 00:31:41.779
 for our

00:31:41.779 --> 00:31:42.480
 rejection of

00:31:42.480 --> 00:31:42.900
 God,

00:31:43.200 --> 00:31:43.940
 the acceptance

00:31:43.940 --> 00:31:44.700
 of God,

00:31:45.060 --> 00:31:45.640
 the adoption

00:31:45.640 --> 00:31:46.200
 into his

00:31:46.200 --> 00:31:47.340
 eternal family,

00:31:47.940 --> 00:31:48.900
 whatever your

00:31:48.900 --> 00:31:50.580
 racial,

00:31:50.860 --> 00:31:51.460
 ethnic group

00:31:51.460 --> 00:31:52.019
 is.

00:31:53.400 --> 00:31:54.279
 And it all

00:31:54.279 --> 00:31:54.759
 comes through

00:31:54.759 --> 00:31:55.560
 Jesus Christ,

00:31:55.640 --> 00:31:56.380
 the descendant

00:31:56.380 --> 00:31:57.220
 of Abraham.

00:31:58.320 --> 00:31:58.860
 As Matthew

00:31:58.860 --> 00:31:59.820
 1-1 tells us,

00:31:59.880 --> 00:32:00.600
 Jesus Christ,

00:32:01.259 --> 00:32:02.680
 the son of

00:32:02.680 --> 00:32:03.019
 Abraham.

00:32:03.019 --> 00:32:06.299
 God's

00:32:06.299 --> 00:32:06.839
 redemptive

00:32:06.839 --> 00:32:07.460
 plan

00:32:07.460 --> 00:32:09.460
 has always

00:32:09.460 --> 00:32:09.960
 been to

00:32:09.960 --> 00:32:10.619
 save and

00:32:10.619 --> 00:32:11.220
 bless people

00:32:11.220 --> 00:32:11.960
 from all

00:32:11.960 --> 00:32:12.680
 peoples of

00:32:12.680 --> 00:32:13.359
 the earth

00:32:13.359 --> 00:32:14.279
 and to

00:32:14.279 --> 00:32:14.900
 unite them

00:32:14.900 --> 00:32:15.460
 together

00:32:15.460 --> 00:32:16.839
 with him

00:32:16.839 --> 00:32:17.779
 as his

00:32:17.779 --> 00:32:18.200
 people

00:32:18.200 --> 00:32:19.700
 through his

00:32:19.700 --> 00:32:20.420
 son Jesus.

00:32:22.619 --> 00:32:23.579
 And it's

00:32:23.579 --> 00:32:24.139
 remarkable,

00:32:24.400 --> 00:32:24.960
 in fact,

00:32:24.960 --> 00:32:29.400
 that 2,000

00:32:29.400 --> 00:32:30.380
 years later,

00:32:30.980 --> 00:32:32.019
 the geographical

00:32:32.019 --> 00:32:33.360
 spread of the

00:32:33.360 --> 00:32:34.079
 Christian faith,

00:32:34.120 --> 00:32:34.600
 as I've said

00:32:34.600 --> 00:32:35.259
 before,

00:32:35.799 --> 00:32:36.680
 is virtually

00:32:36.680 --> 00:32:38.600
 identical on

00:32:38.600 --> 00:32:39.779
 every inhabitable

00:32:39.779 --> 00:32:41.059
 continent in the

00:32:41.059 --> 00:32:41.420
 world.

00:32:41.420 --> 00:32:41.480
 world.

00:32:42.700 --> 00:32:43.759
 That is

00:32:43.759 --> 00:32:44.740
 very

00:32:44.740 --> 00:32:45.500
 unusual.

00:32:46.580 --> 00:32:47.060
 That is,

00:32:47.140 --> 00:32:47.560
 the point

00:32:47.560 --> 00:32:48.120
 is,

00:32:49.700 --> 00:32:50.100
 Christianity

00:32:50.100 --> 00:32:51.200
 hasn't appealed

00:32:51.200 --> 00:32:52.120
 just to one

00:32:52.120 --> 00:32:52.940
 or two

00:32:52.940 --> 00:32:54.740
 racial groups,

00:32:54.920 --> 00:32:55.440
 ethnic groups,

00:32:55.560 --> 00:32:56.300
 cultural groups.

00:32:57.460 --> 00:32:58.220
 It has equal

00:32:58.220 --> 00:32:59.300
 appeal across

00:32:59.300 --> 00:32:59.940
 the board.

00:33:01.500 --> 00:33:02.140
 And the main

00:33:02.140 --> 00:33:02.840
 point of today

00:33:02.840 --> 00:33:03.440
 has been to

00:33:03.440 --> 00:33:04.240
 show us

00:33:04.240 --> 00:33:05.160
 that the

00:33:05.160 --> 00:33:06.120
 source of

00:33:06.120 --> 00:33:06.880
 racism,

00:33:07.960 --> 00:33:08.240
 ethnic

00:33:08.240 --> 00:33:08.720
 pride,

00:33:08.720 --> 00:33:09.759
 is a

00:33:09.759 --> 00:33:10.300
 sinful

00:33:10.299 --> 00:33:11.139
 human

00:33:11.139 --> 00:33:11.759
 heart.

00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:14.039
 Racial

00:33:14.039 --> 00:33:14.559
 prejudice

00:33:14.559 --> 00:33:15.419
 runs deep

00:33:15.419 --> 00:33:17.159
 in every

00:33:17.159 --> 00:33:18.240
 single

00:33:18.240 --> 00:33:19.139
 human

00:33:19.139 --> 00:33:20.099
 heart.

00:33:20.659 --> 00:33:21.599
 That's my

00:33:21.599 --> 00:33:21.919
 point.

00:33:22.940 --> 00:33:23.819
 We are all

00:33:23.819 --> 00:33:24.579
 unified in

00:33:24.579 --> 00:33:24.779
 it.

00:33:25.799 --> 00:33:26.539
 Our problem

00:33:26.539 --> 00:33:27.119
 is not

00:33:27.119 --> 00:33:27.659
 primarily

00:33:27.659 --> 00:33:28.379
 biological,

00:33:29.259 --> 00:33:30.240
 it's not

00:33:30.240 --> 00:33:31.139
 evolution,

00:33:31.960 --> 00:33:32.419
 it's not

00:33:32.419 --> 00:33:33.079
 people's

00:33:33.079 --> 00:33:33.639
 interpretation

00:33:33.639 --> 00:33:34.240
 of the

00:33:34.240 --> 00:33:34.579
 Bible,

00:33:35.000 --> 00:33:35.500
 it's not

00:33:35.500 --> 00:33:36.059
 politics,

00:33:36.259 --> 00:33:36.559
 it's not

00:33:36.559 --> 00:33:37.240
 institutions,

00:33:37.419 --> 00:33:37.680
 it's not

00:33:37.680 --> 00:33:38.259
 governments,

00:33:38.579 --> 00:33:39.220
 it's the

00:33:39.220 --> 00:33:39.579
 heart.

00:33:40.299 --> 00:33:40.799
 Your

00:33:40.799 --> 00:33:41.099
 heart,

00:33:41.240 --> 00:33:41.460
 my

00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:41.819
 heart,

00:33:42.220 --> 00:33:42.859
 that's

00:33:42.859 --> 00:33:43.000
 the

00:33:43.000 --> 00:33:43.399
 problem.

00:33:47.319 --> 00:33:48.139
 It's the

00:33:48.139 --> 00:33:48.819
 sin and

00:33:48.819 --> 00:33:48.980
 the

00:33:48.980 --> 00:33:49.339
 prejudice

00:33:49.339 --> 00:33:49.700
 in the

00:33:49.700 --> 00:33:50.159
 heart.

00:33:51.960 --> 00:33:53.039
 I need

00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:53.659
 a new

00:33:53.659 --> 00:33:54.359
 heart

00:33:54.359 --> 00:33:56.339
 in order

00:33:56.339 --> 00:33:56.799
 to see

00:33:56.799 --> 00:33:57.460
 all people

00:33:57.460 --> 00:33:57.940
 made in

00:33:57.940 --> 00:33:58.259
 the image

00:33:58.259 --> 00:33:58.779
 of God

00:33:58.779 --> 00:34:01.579
 and in

00:34:01.579 --> 00:34:02.139
 just as

00:34:02.139 --> 00:34:02.619
 much of a

00:34:02.619 --> 00:34:03.639
 need of

00:34:03.639 --> 00:34:04.180
 God's

00:34:04.180 --> 00:34:05.359
 great plan

00:34:05.359 --> 00:34:05.899
 of redemption

00:34:05.899 --> 00:34:06.659
 through Jesus

00:34:06.659 --> 00:34:07.579
 as I

00:34:07.579 --> 00:34:07.960
 am.

00:34:07.960 --> 00:34:08.099
 racism.

00:34:11.940 --> 00:34:12.639
 So as

00:34:12.639 --> 00:34:13.099
 we tackle

00:34:13.099 --> 00:34:13.639
 this issue

00:34:13.639 --> 00:34:14.179
 of racism

00:34:14.179 --> 00:34:14.360
 and

00:34:14.360 --> 00:34:15.380
 ethnocentricity,

00:34:15.940 --> 00:34:16.659
 I think

00:34:16.659 --> 00:34:17.099
 it's so

00:34:17.099 --> 00:34:18.199
 much more

00:34:18.199 --> 00:34:18.960
 essential for

00:34:18.960 --> 00:34:19.380
 us to go

00:34:19.380 --> 00:34:20.360
 deeper than

00:34:20.360 --> 00:34:20.820
 just the

00:34:20.820 --> 00:34:21.800
 attitudes and

00:34:21.800 --> 00:34:22.659
 the behaviours

00:34:22.659 --> 00:34:23.380
 of racism.

00:34:24.099 --> 00:34:24.720
 Much of

00:34:24.720 --> 00:34:25.179
 the talk

00:34:25.179 --> 00:34:26.039
 about racism

00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:26.240
 and

00:34:26.240 --> 00:34:27.199
 ethnocentricity

00:34:27.199 --> 00:34:27.440
 in our

00:34:27.440 --> 00:34:27.780
 world at

00:34:27.780 --> 00:34:28.179
 the moment

00:34:28.179 --> 00:34:28.840
 has to

00:34:28.840 --> 00:34:29.099
 do with

00:34:29.099 --> 00:34:29.260
 the

00:34:29.260 --> 00:34:30.119
 behaviours

00:34:30.119 --> 00:34:30.920
 and the

00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:31.519
 attitudes,

00:34:32.119 --> 00:34:32.720
 but not

00:34:32.720 --> 00:34:33.119
 the root

00:34:33.119 --> 00:34:33.639
 cause.

00:34:33.639 --> 00:34:36.379
 if we

00:34:36.379 --> 00:34:36.980
 don't go

00:34:36.980 --> 00:34:37.719
 deeper into

00:34:37.719 --> 00:34:38.519
 the reason

00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:39.219
 why people

00:34:39.219 --> 00:34:39.980
 are racist

00:34:39.980 --> 00:34:42.719
 and why

00:34:42.719 --> 00:34:43.299
 you and

00:34:43.299 --> 00:34:44.119
 I are

00:34:44.119 --> 00:34:44.779
 therefore,

00:34:45.799 --> 00:34:46.519
 then the

00:34:46.519 --> 00:34:48.219
 impact of

00:34:48.219 --> 00:34:48.779
 that will

00:34:48.779 --> 00:34:50.159
 be quite

00:34:50.159 --> 00:34:50.819
 simply

00:34:50.819 --> 00:34:53.239
 an increase

00:34:53.239 --> 00:34:54.139
 in racism,

00:34:55.480 --> 00:34:56.579
 an increasing

00:34:56.579 --> 00:34:58.000
 prejudice

00:34:58.000 --> 00:34:59.159
 and pride.

00:34:59.159 --> 00:35:00.839
 it will

00:35:00.839 --> 00:35:01.460
 be too

00:35:01.460 --> 00:35:02.039
 easy,

00:35:02.039 --> 00:35:02.980
 as many

00:35:02.980 --> 00:35:04.319
 do in

00:35:04.319 --> 00:35:04.859
 the secular

00:35:04.859 --> 00:35:05.480
 world,

00:35:05.619 --> 00:35:06.440
 to conclude

00:35:06.440 --> 00:35:07.379
 that racists

00:35:07.379 --> 00:35:08.000
 or those

00:35:08.000 --> 00:35:08.199
 who are

00:35:08.199 --> 00:35:08.879
 indifferent to

00:35:08.879 --> 00:35:09.899
 racism are

00:35:09.899 --> 00:35:10.480
 just morally

00:35:10.480 --> 00:35:11.000
 inferior.

00:35:12.679 --> 00:35:13.500
 There we

00:35:13.500 --> 00:35:13.799
 go.

00:35:14.779 --> 00:35:15.259
 That's

00:35:15.259 --> 00:35:15.839
 making an

00:35:15.839 --> 00:35:17.239
 assessment of

00:35:17.239 --> 00:35:17.879
 someone else's

00:35:17.879 --> 00:35:18.359
 heart.

00:35:20.480 --> 00:35:20.759
 And

00:35:20.759 --> 00:35:21.159
 therefore,

00:35:21.379 --> 00:35:21.759
 if they're

00:35:21.759 --> 00:35:22.039
 morally

00:35:22.039 --> 00:35:22.639
 inferior,

00:35:23.719 --> 00:35:24.379
 they are

00:35:24.379 --> 00:35:24.879
 worthy of

00:35:24.879 --> 00:35:26.739
 being judged.

00:35:27.199 --> 00:35:27.440
 They're

00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:27.899
 worthy of

00:35:27.899 --> 00:35:28.480
 my prejudice.

00:35:29.159 --> 00:35:30.679
 And that

00:35:30.679 --> 00:35:31.440
 is incredibly

00:35:31.440 --> 00:35:32.039
 dangerous.

00:35:33.539 --> 00:35:34.039
 Those who

00:35:34.039 --> 00:35:34.399
 denounce

00:35:34.399 --> 00:35:35.259
 racism can

00:35:35.259 --> 00:35:35.960
 feel morally

00:35:35.960 --> 00:35:37.759
 superior and

00:35:37.759 --> 00:35:38.440
 lose the

00:35:38.440 --> 00:35:39.619
 sense of

00:35:39.619 --> 00:35:40.199
 the common

00:35:40.199 --> 00:35:41.179
 fall of

00:35:41.179 --> 00:35:41.799
 sinfulness.

00:35:43.639 --> 00:35:44.899
 The only

00:35:44.899 --> 00:35:46.599
 way to

00:35:46.599 --> 00:35:47.659
 deal with

00:35:47.659 --> 00:35:48.460
 racism and

00:35:48.460 --> 00:35:48.960
 prejudice and

00:35:48.960 --> 00:35:50.119
 ethnocentricity

00:35:50.119 --> 00:35:51.579
 is to see

00:35:51.579 --> 00:35:52.739
 all of us as

00:35:52.739 --> 00:35:53.599
 complicit in

00:35:53.599 --> 00:35:53.799
 it.

00:35:55.879 --> 00:35:56.619
 I was

00:35:56.619 --> 00:35:57.099
 watching the

00:35:57.099 --> 00:35:57.559
 Winter Olympics

00:35:57.559 --> 00:35:58.259
 last night.

00:35:59.159 --> 00:36:00.179
 Not much

00:36:00.179 --> 00:36:00.659
 else on at

00:36:00.659 --> 00:36:00.980
 the moment.

00:36:01.839 --> 00:36:03.799
 And there

00:36:03.799 --> 00:36:04.139
 was one

00:36:04.139 --> 00:36:04.739
 event that I

00:36:04.739 --> 00:36:05.219
 was watching

00:36:05.219 --> 00:36:05.839
 where four

00:36:05.839 --> 00:36:06.799
 snowboarders

00:36:06.799 --> 00:36:08.000
 race down

00:36:08.000 --> 00:36:09.039
 this circuit

00:36:09.039 --> 00:36:09.719
 together and

00:36:09.719 --> 00:36:10.219
 jump and

00:36:10.219 --> 00:36:11.339
 crash and

00:36:11.339 --> 00:36:11.859
 all other

00:36:11.859 --> 00:36:12.039
 things.

00:36:12.159 --> 00:36:12.599
 Really, it was

00:36:12.599 --> 00:36:13.179
 very exciting.

00:36:13.759 --> 00:36:14.179
 And at the

00:36:14.179 --> 00:36:15.259
 start, they're

00:36:15.259 --> 00:36:15.960
 lined up behind

00:36:15.960 --> 00:36:16.879
 these gates and

00:36:16.879 --> 00:36:17.420
 they launch

00:36:17.420 --> 00:36:18.259
 themselves off as

00:36:18.259 --> 00:36:18.619
 soon as the

00:36:18.619 --> 00:36:19.299
 gate falls.

00:36:21.179 --> 00:36:22.179
 And immediately

00:36:22.179 --> 00:36:22.719
 that happens.

00:36:22.819 --> 00:36:23.139
 Up on the

00:36:23.139 --> 00:36:24.599
 screen, they've

00:36:24.599 --> 00:36:25.059
 got all the

00:36:25.059 --> 00:36:25.960
 competitors there.

00:36:25.960 --> 00:36:26.320
 up on the

00:36:26.320 --> 00:36:27.059
 screen comes

00:36:27.059 --> 00:36:28.320
 reaction time.

00:36:28.900 --> 00:36:29.800
 How fast they

00:36:29.800 --> 00:36:30.519
 reacted to the

00:36:30.519 --> 00:36:31.099
 gate dropping.

00:36:33.300 --> 00:36:33.980
 Some are

00:36:33.980 --> 00:36:34.400
 faster than

00:36:34.400 --> 00:36:34.720
 others.

00:36:35.800 --> 00:36:36.780
 But they all

00:36:36.780 --> 00:36:37.360
 have a reaction

00:36:37.360 --> 00:36:37.760
 time.

00:36:38.860 --> 00:36:40.000
 They all have a

00:36:40.000 --> 00:36:40.639
 reaction time.

00:36:41.320 --> 00:36:41.980
 No one's

00:36:41.980 --> 00:36:42.460
 standing there

00:36:42.460 --> 00:36:43.019
 going, oh,

00:36:43.199 --> 00:36:43.659
 gate's gone.

00:36:43.840 --> 00:36:44.539
 There we go.

00:36:46.119 --> 00:36:47.019
 No one's doing

00:36:47.019 --> 00:36:47.300
 that.

00:36:47.800 --> 00:36:48.800
 They all have a

00:36:48.800 --> 00:36:49.500
 reaction time.

00:36:49.579 --> 00:36:50.199
 Some are faster

00:36:50.199 --> 00:36:50.780
 than others.

00:36:51.139 --> 00:36:51.960
 All of us have a

00:36:51.960 --> 00:36:52.720
 prejudice in their

00:36:52.720 --> 00:36:53.039
 heart.

00:36:53.039 --> 00:36:54.259
 It takes just

00:36:54.259 --> 00:36:55.619
 seconds for the

00:36:55.619 --> 00:36:56.719
 most part for

00:36:56.719 --> 00:36:57.539
 that sin to

00:36:57.539 --> 00:36:58.880
 rise itself as

00:36:58.880 --> 00:37:00.039
 we externally

00:37:00.039 --> 00:37:01.099
 assess another

00:37:01.099 --> 00:37:02.219
 individual as

00:37:02.219 --> 00:37:02.820
 they cross the

00:37:02.820 --> 00:37:03.460
 road in front of

00:37:03.460 --> 00:37:03.719
 us.

00:37:04.420 --> 00:37:05.159
 And we've

00:37:05.159 --> 00:37:05.980
 categorized them

00:37:05.980 --> 00:37:06.320
 already.

00:37:08.400 --> 00:37:09.320
 We see

00:37:09.320 --> 00:37:09.860
 something on

00:37:09.860 --> 00:37:10.340
 television.

00:37:11.019 --> 00:37:11.579
 We see an

00:37:11.579 --> 00:37:12.300
 interaction and

00:37:12.300 --> 00:37:13.199
 we categorize it

00:37:13.199 --> 00:37:15.179
 already of what

00:37:15.179 --> 00:37:15.719
 it is.

00:37:17.259 --> 00:37:18.400
 Racism is

00:37:18.400 --> 00:37:19.500
 just one of

00:37:19.500 --> 00:37:20.239
 the poisonous,

00:37:20.900 --> 00:37:21.539
 destructive

00:37:21.539 --> 00:37:22.699
 manifestations of

00:37:22.699 --> 00:37:23.199
 something that

00:37:23.199 --> 00:37:24.759
 absolutely every

00:37:24.759 --> 00:37:25.799
 single person is

00:37:25.799 --> 00:37:26.299
 doing in their

00:37:26.299 --> 00:37:26.619
 heart.

00:37:27.199 --> 00:37:28.179
 All of us have a

00:37:28.179 --> 00:37:28.879
 prejudice heart.

00:37:29.399 --> 00:37:30.460
 It takes just

00:37:30.460 --> 00:37:31.259
 seconds.

00:37:34.079 --> 00:37:35.500
 It's so strange

00:37:35.500 --> 00:37:36.259
 how we can call

00:37:36.259 --> 00:37:37.039
 out structural

00:37:37.039 --> 00:37:38.779
 racism but be

00:37:38.779 --> 00:37:40.099
 okay with a

00:37:40.099 --> 00:37:40.919
 prejudice and a

00:37:40.919 --> 00:37:41.599
 resentment that

00:37:41.599 --> 00:37:42.119
 lingers in the

00:37:42.119 --> 00:37:42.659
 heart towards

00:37:42.659 --> 00:37:43.000
 others.

00:37:43.000 --> 00:37:47.440
 God's

00:37:47.440 --> 00:37:48.119
 God's

00:37:48.119 --> 00:37:48.559
 love.

00:37:48.559 --> 00:37:48.679
 It's so strange

00:37:48.679 --> 00:37:49.380
 that we can call it

00:37:49.380 --> 00:37:51.039
 in the first four or

00:37:51.039 --> 00:37:54.280
 five of our sermons in

00:37:54.280 --> 00:37:55.420
 this is to lay out a

00:37:55.420 --> 00:37:55.739
 world view.

00:37:55.739 --> 00:37:59.399
 eternity according to the

00:37:59.399 --> 00:38:02.139
 Bible coming from the

00:38:02.139 --> 00:38:03.019
 creator God.

00:38:03.519 --> 00:38:04.319
 It begins with the

00:38:04.319 --> 00:38:05.599
 creation of all things by

00:38:05.599 --> 00:38:07.299
 a merciful God including

00:38:07.299 --> 00:38:08.339
 making people in his

00:38:08.339 --> 00:38:08.719
 image.

00:38:09.299 --> 00:38:10.479
 We have sinned against

00:38:10.479 --> 00:38:11.119
 him and we have

00:38:11.119 --> 00:38:13.019
 marred that image and

00:38:13.019 --> 00:38:13.979
 we will see in the

00:38:13.979 --> 00:38:16.639
 coming weeks that this

00:38:16.639 --> 00:38:19.839
 worldview, the God

00:38:19.839 --> 00:38:21.219
 himself comes into his

00:38:21.219 --> 00:38:22.519
 world in the person of

00:38:22.519 --> 00:38:24.480
 Jesus Christ to restore

00:38:24.480 --> 00:38:26.559
 that image, to bring us

00:38:26.559 --> 00:38:29.179
 back into the fold of

00:38:29.179 --> 00:38:30.679
 God's people and we

00:38:30.679 --> 00:38:31.460
 will see that God's

00:38:31.460 --> 00:38:32.900
 final goal is the

00:38:32.900 --> 00:38:35.159
 unity of all kinds of

00:38:35.159 --> 00:38:37.059
 people from all nations

00:38:37.059 --> 00:38:37.719
 and people and

00:38:37.719 --> 00:38:38.519
 languages and ethnic

00:38:38.519 --> 00:38:40.420
 groups in perfect love

00:38:40.420 --> 00:38:41.519
 with one another and

00:38:41.519 --> 00:38:42.159
 their God.

00:38:43.759 --> 00:38:44.320
 Naked.

00:38:45.280 --> 00:38:47.039
 I think we're in heaven

00:38:47.039 --> 00:38:47.719
 going to be naked.

00:38:48.259 --> 00:38:50.739
 Naked and no shame,

00:38:51.239 --> 00:38:52.360
 no judgment, no

00:38:52.360 --> 00:38:55.820
 assessment and joy for

00:38:55.820 --> 00:38:56.559
 all eternity.

00:39:02.059 --> 00:39:03.920
 And so many times we

00:39:03.920 --> 00:39:04.860
 lose sight of that as

00:39:04.860 --> 00:39:06.360
 Christians and therefore

00:39:06.360 --> 00:39:07.940
 our prejudice lingers on.

00:39:08.840 --> 00:39:09.900
 But there's another big

00:39:09.900 --> 00:39:11.120
 story running around in

00:39:11.120 --> 00:39:11.940
 our culture that

00:39:11.940 --> 00:39:13.280
 significantly influences

00:39:13.280 --> 00:39:14.900
 this issue on racism and

00:39:14.900 --> 00:39:15.640
 I think you've got to hear

00:39:15.640 --> 00:39:16.120
 about it.

00:39:17.000 --> 00:39:18.360
 It too is a world view,

00:39:18.460 --> 00:39:19.280
 make no mistake.

00:39:20.079 --> 00:39:21.539
 It wants you, it gives

00:39:21.539 --> 00:39:22.940
 you a way to read the

00:39:22.940 --> 00:39:23.920
 world, to understand the

00:39:23.920 --> 00:39:24.199
 world.

00:39:24.579 --> 00:39:25.840
 It tells you how to live

00:39:25.840 --> 00:39:26.920
 and how to treat people.

00:39:27.239 --> 00:39:28.159
 It's a world view.

00:39:28.639 --> 00:39:29.480
 And this particular

00:39:29.480 --> 00:39:31.619
 world view, the main

00:39:31.619 --> 00:39:33.400
 foundation of it is it

00:39:33.400 --> 00:39:35.360
 runs from oppression to

00:39:35.360 --> 00:39:35.880
 liberation.

00:39:36.880 --> 00:39:39.059
 And it divides the world

00:39:39.059 --> 00:39:40.519
 into two main categories.

00:39:41.559 --> 00:39:43.400
 All people are either in

00:39:43.400 --> 00:39:44.539
 the dominant group that

00:39:44.539 --> 00:39:46.779
 oppresses or the

00:39:46.779 --> 00:39:48.360
 marginalized group of the

00:39:48.360 --> 00:39:48.860
 oppressed.

00:39:50.300 --> 00:39:51.440
 Breaks the world up like

00:39:51.440 --> 00:39:51.680
 that.

00:39:51.780 --> 00:39:52.620
 And as such,

00:39:54.640 --> 00:39:56.720
 its goal is that we

00:39:56.720 --> 00:39:57.880
 either need to divest

00:39:57.880 --> 00:39:59.599
 ourselves of power to

00:39:59.599 --> 00:40:00.880
 seek the liberation of

00:40:00.880 --> 00:40:03.980
 others or we need to

00:40:03.980 --> 00:40:05.740
 acquire power personally

00:40:05.740 --> 00:40:07.980
 and liberate ourselves

00:40:07.980 --> 00:40:10.360
 and to do that primarily

00:40:10.360 --> 00:40:13.579
 by dismantling all social

00:40:13.579 --> 00:40:15.480
 structures and institutions

00:40:15.480 --> 00:40:17.820
 that we think oppress.

00:40:20.099 --> 00:40:22.159
 Others, scholars in the

00:40:22.159 --> 00:40:23.199
 Western world have called

00:40:23.199 --> 00:40:24.420
 it cultural Marxism,

00:40:24.719 --> 00:40:25.800
 another version of it.

00:40:27.019 --> 00:40:28.760
 Where we wipe out any

00:40:28.760 --> 00:40:30.300
 other alternative view.

00:40:32.519 --> 00:40:34.719
 It's called critical

00:40:34.719 --> 00:40:38.139
 theory and its subset in the

00:40:38.139 --> 00:40:39.800
 issue of race is critical

00:40:39.800 --> 00:40:40.659
 race theory.

00:40:40.659 --> 00:40:43.440
 And we are exposed to it in

00:40:43.440 --> 00:40:45.299
 a secular world like ours

00:40:45.299 --> 00:40:47.219
 even if we don't know the

00:40:47.219 --> 00:40:48.079
 titles and the names

00:40:48.079 --> 00:40:49.119
 associated with it.

00:40:49.699 --> 00:40:52.259
 It separates the world

00:40:52.259 --> 00:40:53.659
 into those who should be

00:40:53.659 --> 00:40:55.399
 ashamed of their race and

00:40:55.399 --> 00:40:57.179
 culture even if you're not

00:40:57.179 --> 00:40:58.699
 complicit in directly doing

00:40:58.699 --> 00:40:59.440
 involved in it.

00:40:59.599 --> 00:41:01.000
 You should be ashamed of

00:41:01.000 --> 00:41:02.219
 yourself just purely because

00:41:02.219 --> 00:41:02.779
 you're white.

00:41:03.599 --> 00:41:05.500
 That in itself is racism.

00:41:07.699 --> 00:41:09.719
 And those, on the other hand,

00:41:09.719 --> 00:41:11.379
 who are therefore justified

00:41:11.379 --> 00:41:12.439
 in their racism and

00:41:12.439 --> 00:41:14.599
 ethnocentricity as they seek

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 personal liberation and the

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 liberation of their group.

00:41:21.619 --> 00:41:24.219
 That view, critical race

00:41:24.219 --> 00:41:25.980
 theory, is becoming dominant

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 in the Western world.

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 And it's connected to all

00:41:28.679 --> 00:41:30.000
 sorts of issues to do with

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 sexual ethics and gender and

00:41:33.199 --> 00:41:34.139
 other things like that.

00:41:36.839 --> 00:41:38.119
 And I have to ask the

00:41:38.119 --> 00:41:40.980
 question because I see it on

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 Facebook.

00:41:43.099 --> 00:41:44.380
 Incredibly, those who are

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 committed to critical race

00:41:45.599 --> 00:41:47.960
 theory, how

00:41:47.960 --> 00:41:49.480
 prejudiced they are

00:41:49.480 --> 00:41:51.259
 towards anyone who does not

00:41:51.259 --> 00:41:51.819
 agree to them.

00:41:54.299 --> 00:41:56.679
 How on earth does that bring

00:41:56.679 --> 00:41:58.559
 an end to racism when

00:41:58.559 --> 00:42:00.099
 prejudice against another

00:42:00.099 --> 00:42:03.019
 individual is okay if I've

00:42:03.019 --> 00:42:05.299
 categorised them as part of a

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 majority group?

00:42:10.160 --> 00:42:11.720
 Now, this series is not about

00:42:11.720 --> 00:42:12.360
 politics.

00:42:14.120 --> 00:42:16.720
 This series is about checking

00:42:16.720 --> 00:42:19.000
 your sinful prejudice

00:42:19.000 --> 00:42:20.320
 heart.

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 If we're going to be a church

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 that is aligned with God's

00:42:25.600 --> 00:42:29.680
 mission, his vision, his goal

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 to bring all people into his

00:42:32.120 --> 00:42:34.360
 kingdom forever in joy, united

00:42:34.360 --> 00:42:38.140
 in Christ, then racial pride and

00:42:38.140 --> 00:42:40.360
 ethnocentricity must end.

00:42:40.720 --> 00:42:44.019
 And it ends when the gospel

00:42:44.019 --> 00:42:47.019
 breaks my heart.

00:42:47.019 --> 00:42:47.120
 Thank you.

00:42:47.120 --> 00:42:47.140
 Thank you.