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 Well, good morning, everyone.

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 It's appropriate to start a sermon like this,

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 quoting the great John Stott,

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 a British pastor and theologian,

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 on this issue that we've been wrestling with

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 over the last number of weeks.

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 He has written,

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 it is simply impossible with any shred of Christian integrity

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 to go on proclaiming that Jesus, by his cross,

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 has abolished the old divisions

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 and created a single new humanity of love,

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 while at the same time,

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 we are contradicting our message

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 by tolerating racial or social

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 or any other barrier within our church fellowships.

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 I wonder if anything is more urgent today

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 for the honour of Christ,

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 for the spread of the gospel,

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 than for the church to be,

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 and should be seen to be,

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 what by God's purpose and Christ's achievement

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 it already is,

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 a single new humanity,

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 a model of human community,

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 a family of reconciled brothers and sisters

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 who love their father and love each other,

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 the evident dwelling place of God by his spirit.

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 And then he says,

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 only then will the world believe in Christ as peacemaker.

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 Only then will God receive the glory due to his name.

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 That's from his commentary on the book of Ephesians,

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 written in 1979.

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 Let's pray.

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 Gracious Father,

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 we pray that as your word is open to us this morning,

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 we ask for the grace to,

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 and the presence of your Holy Spirit,

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 to search our hearts.

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 Help us to be mindful of our own heart,

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 and not dare to search the heart of another person across the room,

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 or someone who immediately comes to mind.

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 And we ask it so that you might be glorified,

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 and our world might see that Christ is the peacemaker.

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 Amen.

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 This vision series that we're in

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 is about us taking the next steps

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 to bring glory to God by treasuring Jesus together,

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 so that our world may come to know,

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 and to see and believe that Jesus is in fact the peacemaker.

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 And if you just joined us for the first time,

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 maybe on stream,

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 on live stream for the first time,

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 we have been discovering over the past number of weeks

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 the necessary foundation to such a corporate life

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 as we've journeyed through the Bible.

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 That is, what we've been trying to lay out in front of us

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 is a Christian worldview,

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 and the way that it impacts our daily experience,

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 and therefore how we understand the world,

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 and how we understand other people and issues within our world.

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 We started off by seeing that all of humanity

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 is made in the image of God to show forth His glory,

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 that is, there's a purpose to the image of God.

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 We've also seen that right from the very first people,

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 we have rejected that purpose,

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 and we lived without God as our ruler,

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 and therefore we pursued another purpose,

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 and that is our own personal glory.

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 The Bible calls that sin.

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 All people are not just united in carrying the image of God,

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 but also united in their rejection of God.

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 And then we saw how God, the Son, the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 the perfect image of God,

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 came into His creation as one of us.

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 Humanity.

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 He started with us in order to redeem us.

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 He paid the price for our rebellion against God

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 by His death on the cross.

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 And His work on our behalf

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 restores our image as God's much-loved children,

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 but also sets us free from sin

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 in order to pursue the original purpose that God has for us,

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 and that is to bring glory to Him in all of life,

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 and not just as individuals,

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 but as a radical new humanity.

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 Last week, James unpacked the implications

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 for each one of us in relation to God

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 and our understanding of ourselves

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 and our sense of identity and self.

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 Jesus gives us the only identity that is secure,

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 the only identity that you don't have to work for,

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 and it's a perfect identity.

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 It's a full identity that is meant to fill us up in every way.

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 Now, in the next couple of weeks,

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 I plan to unpack what the implications are

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 for our relationship with each other as a local church,

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 particularly around the issue of our unity and diversity

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 as people from different generations, ethnicities,

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 cultures, preferences, et cetera, et cetera.

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 If you've got the St. Paul's app, you can open up.

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 There's a few points there that I want to go through

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 in this morning's message.

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 Now, first of all, gospel thinking is the first point there.

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 The theology of the apostle Paul

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 helps us to move in the right direction

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 of ending racial pride and ethnocentricity

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 as he brings the gospel to bear on this particular topic.

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 Paul leaves little doubt

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 what the heart of the gospel is.

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 You don't have to go any further than Galatians.

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 The passage in Galatians, which is read out, verse 16.

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 We see it there.

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 We who are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners

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 know that a man is not justified by observing the law,

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 but by faith in Jesus Christ.

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 So we too have put our faith in Christ Jesus,

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 that we may be justified by faith in Christ

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 and not by observing the law,

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 because by observing the law, no one is justified.

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 So the heart of the gospel for the apostle Paul

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 is what we call the doctrine of justification by faith.

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 And it's justification by faith alone,

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 apart from any works that we might contribute,

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 any good thing that we might do.

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 Now, justification is what a judge does in a courtroom.

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 It is a declaration that a defendant is found innocent

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 because they actually are innocent.

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 They are truly innocent.

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 The defendant is declared to be just

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 because they're found to be just.

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 And so the question is,

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 how can God, the judge, the true judge, the just judge,

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 declare us righteous and innocent and just

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 when we're clearly not?

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 And the answer is, is what we saw a couple of weeks ago,

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 that Jesus Christ lived and died

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 to provide our righteousness and to bear our punishment.

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 Justification by faith puts every single person

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 on a level playing field, level ground,

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 in utter dependence on grace, God's grace.

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 None of us contribute anything to our salvation.

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 And therefore, justification by faith

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 has to smash pride in the human heart.

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 There is no room for pride in the human heart.

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 That's the heart of the gospel.

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 And many new, sweet, tender, deep, strong,

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 beautiful, noble, humble, kind, wise, patient,

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 caring, servant attitudes and behaviors

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 flow out from that.

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 And one of which is the breaking down

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 of ethnic hostilities and suspicion

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 and creating unity and harmony.

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 Justification by faith alone

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 has overcome all the divisions,

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 all the divisions

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 that exist between those who are in God's new humanity,

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 his people, his church.

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 Galatians 3, 26.

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 He's very clear on that.

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 You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

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 For all of you who were baptized into Christ

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 have clothed yourselves with Christ.

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 There is neither Jew nor Greek,

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 slave nor free,

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 male nor female,

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 for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

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 If you belong to Christ,

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 then you are all Abraham's seed and heirs

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 according to the promise.

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 Now I'm going to come back in a little while,

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 like in a couple of weeks probably,

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 and explain that there's neither Jew nor Greek,

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 explain what that means.

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 But basically what it means here

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 is very simply,

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 it's a level playing field.

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 Your heritage contributes nothing.

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 I'll unpack a little bit more.

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 You see,

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 when Paul says here

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 to this group of the Galatians

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 there is neither Jew nor Greek,

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 slave nor free,

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 male or female,

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 what he does is he strikes

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 at the three major barrier-forming divisions

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 of human society,

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 and certainly in the human society in the first century,

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 and certainly first century for the Jew.

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 Ethnicity,

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 economic capacity,

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 and sexuality.

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 There was a Jewish prayer

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 in the first century

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 that went like this.

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 Blessed be he

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 that he did not make me a Gentile.

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 Blessed be he

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 that he did not make me a slave

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 or an ignorant peasant.

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 Blessed be he

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 that he did not make me a woman.

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 Now I imagine a prayer

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 that was only said

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 at the bacon-free men's breakfast

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 on a Saturday morning.

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 The Christian gospel

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 smashes those barriers.

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 And it forms a radical new society.

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 But it does not obliterate the differences.

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 Greeks are still Greeks.

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 Slaves are still slaves.

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 Females are still females.

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 What's obliterated here

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 are the barriers

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 that formed by those differences.

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 And a person's status

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 among the people of God

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 based on those differences.

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 That is,

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 no race,

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 no nation,

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 no class,

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 no gender

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 has a favoured status

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 with God.

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 That was a radical theology

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 in the first century.

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 because it flew in the face

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 of all traditional

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 cultural norms

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 and it set people free.

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 And it continues

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 to be a radical theology today

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 because it conflicts

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 with many of our cultural norms

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 as well.

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 The gospel

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 brings unity

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 not uniformity.

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 Secondly,

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 what the gospel does

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 is it produces gospel living.

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 So let's go to Galatians 2

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 verse 11 to 16.

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 Just read out for us.

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 The key phrase

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 that I want to focus on

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 is verse 14.

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 When I saw

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 that they were not acting

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 in line

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 with the truth

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 of the gospel.

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 That verse

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 implies

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 that there is

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 a conduct,

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 there is a behaviour,

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 there are actions,

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 things that we can do

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 that are

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 out of step

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 with the truth

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 of the gospel.

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 Or to put it another way,

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 the gospel

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 governs

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 not just

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 our belief

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 structures,

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 but all of our behaviours

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 as well.

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 All of our actions,

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 our attitudes.

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 There is

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 gospel belief

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 that must be grasped

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 but there is also

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 gospel action

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 that must be lived.

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 Some beliefs

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 contradict the gospel

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 and some actions

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 contradict the gospel.

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 And Peter's actions

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 here in Galatians 2

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 was a contradiction

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 of the gospel.

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 And that's an important

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 question

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 that we can ask

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 about any of our

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 habits,

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 any of our actions,

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 any of our behaviours.

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 Do they contradict

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 the gospel

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 that I say

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 that I believe?

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 Or positively,

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 is this in step

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 with the truth

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 of the gospel?

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 Does this attitude

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 and action

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 say true things

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 and bring glory

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 to Jesus?

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 Does it do that?

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 Does it reflect

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 the gospel?

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 Does it look like

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 the kind of action

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 that flows

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 from the gospel?

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 gospel?

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 But at the end

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 of Galatians 2

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 12 we see

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 that Peter

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 was governed

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 by fear

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 and not

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 the gospel.

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 And Paul

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 rebukes him

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 for it.

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 Verse 11,

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 when Peter

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 came to Antioch

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 I opposed him

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 to his face

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 because he was

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 clearly in the wrong.

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 Before certain

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 men came

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 from James

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 he used

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 to eat

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 with the Gentiles

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 but when

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 they arrived

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 he began

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 to draw back

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 and separate

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 himself

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 from the Gentiles

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 because he

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 was afraid

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 of those

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 who belonged

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 to the circumcision

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 group.

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 The other Jews

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 joined him

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 in his hypocrisy

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 and so

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 that by

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 their hypocrisy

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 even

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 Barnabas

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 was led

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 astray.

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 The son

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 of encouragement

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 was led

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 astray.

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 You see

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 Peter had been

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 experiencing

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 the freedom

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 of the gospel

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 as a Jew.

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 He was crossing

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 ethnic and

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 religious barriers

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 to eat

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 with Gentiles

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 something that

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 was forbidden

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 and then

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 it says

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 in verse 12

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 that certain

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 men came

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 from James.

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 They were

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 Jerusalem

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 conservatives

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 who believed

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 that Gentiles

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 because of

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 their uncircumcision

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 and their

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 unkosher

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 food

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 you know

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 they

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 ate

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 prawns

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 for instance

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 their

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 dietary

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 habits

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 their

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 failure

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 to keep

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 holy

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 days

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 meant

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 that they

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 were off

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 limits

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 to associate

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 with

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 even

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 if

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 they

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 were

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 Christian

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 religious

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 and ethnic

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 issues

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 were

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 inseparable

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 for them

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 they

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 were

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 not

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 they

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 were

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 afraid

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 of

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 maybe

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 his

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 own

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 group

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 maybe

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 his

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 mates

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 back

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 in

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 Jerusalem

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 or something

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 but

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 what's

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 clear

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 is

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 that

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 fear

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 in

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 this

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 instance

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 ruined

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 practical

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 gospel

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 faithfulness

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 fear

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 did it

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 he

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 was

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 free

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 he

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 was

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 eating

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 with

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 his

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 brothers

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 across

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 ethnic

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 lines

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 and

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 fear

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 at least

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 in this

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 particular

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 moment

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 fear

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 destroyed

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 the

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 diversity

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 and the

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 harmony

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 and so

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 I think

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 at the

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 very least

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 what I

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 can say

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 from this

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 passage

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 is

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 don't

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 let

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 fear

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 ruin

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 your

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 joyful

00:16:14.039 --> 00:16:14.679
 freedom

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 in living

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 and working

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 and worshipping

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 and relaxing

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 and eating

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 with brothers

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 and sisters

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 different

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 from you

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 or to

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 put it

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 positively

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 fall in

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 love again

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 with the

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 gospel

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 rejoice

00:16:36.120 --> 00:16:36.980
 all over

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 again

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 that you

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 were justified

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 by faith

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 alone

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 justification

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 by faith

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 alone

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 means that

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 this

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 faith

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 and nothing

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 else

00:16:45.680 --> 00:16:46.759
 is the

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 great

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 eternal

00:16:48.300 --> 00:16:49.660
 unifier

00:16:49.660 --> 00:16:50.560
 of all the

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 peoples of the

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 world who

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 trust in

00:16:51.800 --> 00:16:52.240
 Christ

00:16:52.240 --> 00:16:53.180
 we need

00:16:53.180 --> 00:16:53.680
 to keep

00:16:53.680 --> 00:16:54.220
 putting

00:16:54.220 --> 00:16:55.000
 Jesus

00:16:55.000 --> 00:16:56.360
 front and

00:16:56.360 --> 00:16:56.799
 center

00:16:56.799 --> 00:16:57.500
 in our

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 life

00:16:57.899 --> 00:16:58.659
 together

00:16:58.659 --> 00:16:59.220
 as a

00:16:59.220 --> 00:16:59.639
 church

00:16:59.639 --> 00:17:00.519
 we need

00:17:00.519 --> 00:17:01.059
 for Jesus

00:17:01.059 --> 00:17:01.460
 to be

00:17:01.460 --> 00:17:01.700
 our

00:17:01.700 --> 00:17:02.039
 greatest

00:17:02.039 --> 00:17:02.419
 treasure

00:17:02.419 --> 00:17:02.820
 we need

00:17:02.820 --> 00:17:03.379
 to remember

00:17:03.379 --> 00:17:04.079
 that the

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 divide

00:17:04.539 --> 00:17:05.359
 could not

00:17:05.359 --> 00:17:05.720
 have been

00:17:05.720 --> 00:17:06.359
 larger

00:17:06.359 --> 00:17:07.180
 between

00:17:07.180 --> 00:17:07.859
 sinful

00:17:07.859 --> 00:17:08.220
 human

00:17:08.220 --> 00:17:08.680
 beings

00:17:08.680 --> 00:17:09.200
 and the

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 infinitely

00:17:09.880 --> 00:17:10.759
 holy

00:17:10.759 --> 00:17:11.359
 God

00:17:11.359 --> 00:17:12.339
 but Jesus

00:17:12.339 --> 00:17:13.019
 did not

00:17:13.019 --> 00:17:13.599
 despise

00:17:13.599 --> 00:17:14.019
 us

00:17:14.019 --> 00:17:16.920
 he came

00:17:16.920 --> 00:17:17.420
 to us

00:17:17.420 --> 00:17:18.960
 he loved

00:17:18.960 --> 00:17:19.240
 us

00:17:19.240 --> 00:17:19.779
 he died

00:17:19.779 --> 00:17:20.160
 in our

00:17:20.160 --> 00:17:20.559
 place

00:17:20.559 --> 00:17:21.899
 to give

00:17:21.899 --> 00:17:22.299
 us

00:17:22.299 --> 00:17:22.940
 life

00:17:22.940 --> 00:17:25.980
 and he

00:17:25.980 --> 00:17:26.859
 did that

00:17:26.859 --> 00:17:27.839
 for us

00:17:27.839 --> 00:17:28.579
 when we

00:17:28.579 --> 00:17:29.200
 were more

00:17:29.200 --> 00:17:29.919
 alien to

00:17:29.919 --> 00:17:30.379
 him

00:17:30.379 --> 00:17:31.359
 than

00:17:31.359 --> 00:17:32.139
 anyone

00:17:32.139 --> 00:17:33.119
 has ever

00:17:33.119 --> 00:17:33.859
 been alien

00:17:33.859 --> 00:17:34.619
 to you

00:17:34.619 --> 00:17:35.099
 or to

00:17:35.099 --> 00:17:35.379
 me

00:17:35.379 --> 00:17:37.519
 anyone

00:17:37.519 --> 00:17:40.259
 even

00:17:40.259 --> 00:17:40.980
 across

00:17:40.980 --> 00:17:43.119
 political

00:17:43.119 --> 00:17:43.779
 divides

00:17:43.779 --> 00:17:44.519
 us

00:17:44.519 --> 00:17:48.579
 when we

00:17:48.579 --> 00:17:49.079
 think

00:17:49.079 --> 00:17:50.759
 or feel

00:17:50.759 --> 00:17:52.839
 or act

00:17:52.839 --> 00:17:53.879
 with

00:17:53.879 --> 00:17:54.680
 disdain

00:17:54.680 --> 00:17:55.539
 or disrespect

00:17:55.539 --> 00:17:57.139
 or avoidance

00:17:57.139 --> 00:17:58.559
 or exclusion

00:17:58.559 --> 00:17:59.500
 or malice

00:17:59.500 --> 00:18:00.039
 towards a

00:18:00.039 --> 00:18:00.500
 person

00:18:00.500 --> 00:18:01.399
 simply

00:18:01.399 --> 00:18:02.019
 because

00:18:02.019 --> 00:18:03.440
 he or she

00:18:03.440 --> 00:18:04.139
 is from

00:18:04.139 --> 00:18:05.059
 another race

00:18:05.059 --> 00:18:05.819
 another

00:18:05.819 --> 00:18:06.799
 ethnic group

00:18:06.799 --> 00:18:07.779
 another

00:18:07.779 --> 00:18:08.319
 political

00:18:08.319 --> 00:18:09.099
 viewpoint

00:18:09.099 --> 00:18:11.759
 we are

00:18:11.759 --> 00:18:12.419
 ineffective

00:18:12.419 --> 00:18:13.219
 saying

00:18:13.219 --> 00:18:14.539
 that Jesus

00:18:14.539 --> 00:18:15.459
 acted

00:18:15.459 --> 00:18:16.659
 foolishly

00:18:16.659 --> 00:18:17.399
 in the

00:18:17.399 --> 00:18:17.879
 way he

00:18:17.879 --> 00:18:18.240
 did

00:18:18.240 --> 00:18:18.799
 coming to

00:18:18.799 --> 00:18:19.159
 the earth

00:18:19.159 --> 00:18:19.500
 to the

00:18:19.500 --> 00:18:19.839
 cross

00:18:19.839 --> 00:18:21.099
 for us

00:18:21.099 --> 00:18:23.339
 and you

00:18:23.339 --> 00:18:23.740
 don't

00:18:23.740 --> 00:18:24.339
 ever want

00:18:24.339 --> 00:18:24.619
 to say

00:18:24.619 --> 00:18:24.899
 that

00:18:24.899 --> 00:18:30.079
 and so

00:18:30.079 --> 00:18:31.059
 what does

00:18:31.059 --> 00:18:31.439
 it mean

00:18:31.439 --> 00:18:31.759
 for us

00:18:31.759 --> 00:18:32.240
 to develop

00:18:32.240 --> 00:18:32.779
 a gospel

00:18:32.779 --> 00:18:33.139
 shaped

00:18:33.139 --> 00:18:33.539
 heart

00:18:33.539 --> 00:18:35.679
 now this

00:18:35.679 --> 00:18:36.059
 church

00:18:36.059 --> 00:18:36.519
 faces

00:18:36.519 --> 00:18:36.980
 divisions

00:18:36.980 --> 00:18:37.339
 of all

00:18:37.339 --> 00:18:37.819
 kinds

00:18:37.819 --> 00:18:38.639
 ethnicity

00:18:38.640 --> 00:18:39.180
 age

00:18:39.180 --> 00:18:39.500
 gender

00:18:39.500 --> 00:18:39.940
 social

00:18:39.940 --> 00:18:40.320
 status

00:18:40.320 --> 00:18:40.700
 financial

00:18:40.700 --> 00:18:41.240
 status

00:18:41.240 --> 00:18:41.980
 theological

00:18:41.980 --> 00:18:42.600
 awareness

00:18:42.600 --> 00:18:43.040
 historical

00:18:43.040 --> 00:18:43.960
 connection

00:18:43.960 --> 00:18:44.480
 political

00:18:44.480 --> 00:18:45.100
 ideology

00:18:45.100 --> 00:18:46.140
 we don't

00:18:46.140 --> 00:18:46.560
 have

00:18:46.560 --> 00:18:48.240
 signs up

00:18:48.240 --> 00:18:48.759
 anywhere

00:18:48.759 --> 00:18:49.360
 here at

00:18:49.360 --> 00:18:49.800
 St Paul

00:18:49.800 --> 00:18:50.520
 segregating

00:18:50.520 --> 00:18:50.920
 people

00:18:50.920 --> 00:18:51.340
 depending

00:18:51.340 --> 00:18:51.800
 on what

00:18:51.800 --> 00:18:52.120
 political

00:18:52.120 --> 00:18:52.420
 group

00:18:52.420 --> 00:18:53.040
 you vote

00:18:53.040 --> 00:18:53.520
 for

00:18:53.520 --> 00:18:54.840
 what race

00:18:54.840 --> 00:18:55.160
 you come

00:18:55.160 --> 00:18:55.860
 from

00:18:55.860 --> 00:18:56.680
 what generation

00:18:56.680 --> 00:18:56.900
 you want

00:18:56.900 --> 00:18:57.100
 we don't

00:18:57.100 --> 00:18:57.480
 have any

00:18:57.480 --> 00:18:57.800
 of those

00:18:57.800 --> 00:18:58.259
 signs

00:18:58.259 --> 00:18:58.860
 up here

00:18:58.860 --> 00:18:59.420
 structurally

00:18:59.420 --> 00:19:00.100
 segregating

00:19:00.100 --> 00:19:00.520
 people

00:19:00.520 --> 00:19:01.860
 at all

00:19:01.860 --> 00:19:02.780
 in fact

00:19:02.780 --> 00:19:03.160
 we've done

00:19:03.160 --> 00:19:03.720
 multiple

00:19:03.720 --> 00:19:04.340
 things over

00:19:04.340 --> 00:19:04.900
 the years

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 to break

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 down

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 structural

00:19:06.920 --> 00:19:07.920
 segregation

00:19:07.920 --> 00:19:08.620
 as a

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 church

00:19:08.980 --> 00:19:11.060
 the issue

00:19:11.060 --> 00:19:11.680
 of this

00:19:11.680 --> 00:19:12.200
 series

00:19:12.200 --> 00:19:13.420
 is the

00:19:13.420 --> 00:19:13.980
 prejudice

00:19:13.980 --> 00:19:14.840
 and the

00:19:14.840 --> 00:19:15.340
 implicit

00:19:15.340 --> 00:19:16.279
 beliefs

00:19:16.279 --> 00:19:17.019
 that linger

00:19:17.019 --> 00:19:17.539
 in our

00:19:17.539 --> 00:19:18.140
 hearts

00:19:18.140 --> 00:19:19.120
 that can

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 lead to

00:19:19.779 --> 00:19:20.700
 anti-gospel

00:19:20.700 --> 00:19:21.340
 actions

00:19:21.340 --> 00:19:22.000
 and behaviours

00:19:22.000 --> 00:19:22.800
 that's what

00:19:22.800 --> 00:19:23.300
 this series

00:19:23.300 --> 00:19:23.840
 is about

00:19:23.840 --> 00:19:24.680
 it's about

00:19:24.680 --> 00:19:25.240
 searching

00:19:25.240 --> 00:19:25.920
 the heart

00:19:25.920 --> 00:19:26.759
 it's about

00:19:26.759 --> 00:19:27.360
 looking at

00:19:27.360 --> 00:19:28.180
 the implications

00:19:28.180 --> 00:19:28.980
 of my

00:19:28.980 --> 00:19:29.259
 heart

00:19:29.259 --> 00:19:29.640
 and your

00:19:29.640 --> 00:19:29.900
 heart

00:19:29.900 --> 00:19:30.240
 that's

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 what it's

00:19:30.519 --> 00:19:30.820
 about

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 it's

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 sort of

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 like a

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 you know

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 a motor

00:19:33.300 --> 00:19:33.820
 mechanic

00:19:33.820 --> 00:19:34.740
 implicitly

00:19:34.740 --> 00:19:35.220
 assuming

00:19:35.220 --> 00:19:35.720
 that girls

00:19:35.720 --> 00:19:36.380
 can't fix

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 cars as well

00:19:37.180 --> 00:19:37.720
 as boys

00:19:37.720 --> 00:19:38.880
 and therefore

00:19:38.880 --> 00:19:39.480
 gives less

00:19:39.480 --> 00:19:39.960
 attention

00:19:39.960 --> 00:19:40.579
 and fewer

00:19:40.579 --> 00:19:41.259
 opportunities

00:19:41.259 --> 00:19:42.200
 to the

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 female

00:19:42.480 --> 00:19:42.960
 apprentices

00:19:42.960 --> 00:19:43.700
 it's that

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 kind of

00:19:44.059 --> 00:19:44.220
 thing

00:19:44.220 --> 00:19:44.559
 it's the

00:19:44.559 --> 00:19:44.960
 implicit

00:19:44.960 --> 00:19:45.380
 stuff

00:19:45.380 --> 00:19:46.039
 that happens

00:19:46.039 --> 00:19:47.200
 that's what

00:19:47.200 --> 00:19:47.600
 we're seeking

00:19:47.600 --> 00:19:48.259
 to address

00:19:48.259 --> 00:19:49.640
 and my

00:19:49.640 --> 00:19:50.200
 hope is

00:19:50.200 --> 00:19:50.519
 that this

00:19:50.519 --> 00:19:50.960
 series

00:19:50.960 --> 00:19:51.579
 is that

00:19:51.579 --> 00:19:51.860
 we will

00:19:51.860 --> 00:19:52.240
 put to

00:19:52.240 --> 00:19:52.680
 death

00:19:52.680 --> 00:19:53.600
 the remaining

00:19:53.600 --> 00:19:54.160
 corruption

00:19:54.160 --> 00:19:54.680
 in our

00:19:54.680 --> 00:19:55.180
 hearts

00:19:55.180 --> 00:19:56.100
 that thinks

00:19:56.100 --> 00:19:56.700
 or feels

00:19:56.700 --> 00:19:57.460
 or acts

00:19:57.460 --> 00:19:58.319
 with ill

00:19:58.319 --> 00:19:58.700
 will

00:19:58.700 --> 00:19:59.339
 towards

00:19:59.339 --> 00:20:00.000
 others

00:20:00.000 --> 00:20:01.019
 because of

00:20:01.019 --> 00:20:01.559
 difference

00:20:01.559 --> 00:20:03.620
 and in

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 particular

00:20:04.240 --> 00:20:05.240
 in ethnic

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 and racial

00:20:05.740 --> 00:20:06.420
 difference

00:20:06.420 --> 00:20:09.660
 so what

00:20:09.660 --> 00:20:09.900
 I want

00:20:09.900 --> 00:20:10.300
 to do

00:20:10.300 --> 00:20:10.720
 here

00:20:10.720 --> 00:20:11.080
 right

00:20:11.080 --> 00:20:11.519
 now

00:20:11.519 --> 00:20:12.000
 is try

00:20:12.000 --> 00:20:12.300
 to help

00:20:12.300 --> 00:20:12.620
 us to

00:20:12.620 --> 00:20:13.080
 see

00:20:13.080 --> 00:20:14.539
 and remove

00:20:14.539 --> 00:20:15.240
 one of

00:20:15.240 --> 00:20:15.500
 the

00:20:15.500 --> 00:20:16.880
 subtle

00:20:16.880 --> 00:20:18.880
 sinful

00:20:18.880 --> 00:20:19.620
 prejudices

00:20:19.620 --> 00:20:20.240
 in our

00:20:20.240 --> 00:20:20.700
 hearts

00:20:20.700 --> 00:20:21.620
 and it's

00:20:21.620 --> 00:20:21.960
 subtle

00:20:21.960 --> 00:20:23.680
 it's that

00:20:23.680 --> 00:20:24.279
 subtle

00:20:24.279 --> 00:20:26.680
 I don't

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 think

00:20:27.279 --> 00:20:27.880
 another

00:20:27.880 --> 00:20:28.380
 person

00:20:28.380 --> 00:20:29.039
 can see

00:20:29.039 --> 00:20:29.259
 it

00:20:29.259 --> 00:20:30.440
 this is

00:20:30.440 --> 00:20:30.920
 for your

00:20:30.920 --> 00:20:31.240
 heart

00:20:31.240 --> 00:20:31.900
 to assess

00:20:31.900 --> 00:20:32.900
 it's

00:20:32.900 --> 00:20:33.080
 that

00:20:33.080 --> 00:20:33.440
 subtle

00:20:33.440 --> 00:20:35.380
 but I

00:20:35.380 --> 00:20:35.540
 want to

00:20:35.540 --> 00:20:35.759
 do it

00:20:35.759 --> 00:20:36.100
 anyway

00:20:36.100 --> 00:20:36.840
 I want

00:20:36.840 --> 00:20:37.259
 to focus

00:20:37.259 --> 00:20:37.759
 on John

00:20:37.759 --> 00:20:38.060
 chapter

00:20:38.060 --> 00:20:38.380
 one

00:20:38.380 --> 00:20:39.720
 that

00:20:39.720 --> 00:20:40.100
 passage

00:20:40.100 --> 00:20:40.380
 is read

00:20:40.380 --> 00:20:40.880
 out to

00:20:40.880 --> 00:20:41.000
 us

00:20:41.000 --> 00:20:41.320
 in verse

00:20:41.320 --> 00:20:41.920
 43

00:20:41.920 --> 00:20:43.400
 Jesus

00:20:43.400 --> 00:20:44.220
 calls

00:20:44.220 --> 00:20:44.580
 Philip

00:20:44.580 --> 00:20:45.060
 to be

00:20:45.060 --> 00:20:45.380
 his

00:20:45.380 --> 00:20:45.860
 disciple

00:20:45.860 --> 00:20:47.500
 in

00:20:47.500 --> 00:20:47.700
 verse

00:20:47.700 --> 00:20:48.420
 45

00:20:48.420 --> 00:20:49.940
 Philip

00:20:49.940 --> 00:20:50.440
 finds

00:20:50.440 --> 00:20:51.140
 Nathaniel

00:20:51.140 --> 00:20:51.620
 and says

00:20:51.620 --> 00:20:51.980
 to him

00:20:51.980 --> 00:20:53.140
 we have

00:20:53.140 --> 00:20:53.660
 found

00:20:53.660 --> 00:20:54.319
 the one

00:20:54.319 --> 00:20:54.900
 Moses

00:20:54.900 --> 00:20:55.220
 wrote

00:20:55.220 --> 00:20:55.559
 about

00:20:55.559 --> 00:20:55.880
 in

00:20:55.880 --> 00:20:56.039
 the

00:20:56.039 --> 00:20:56.420
 law

00:20:56.420 --> 00:20:57.680
 and

00:20:57.680 --> 00:20:57.880
 about

00:20:57.880 --> 00:20:58.099
 whom

00:20:58.099 --> 00:20:58.279
 the

00:20:58.279 --> 00:20:58.620
 prophets

00:20:58.620 --> 00:20:59.220
 also

00:20:59.220 --> 00:20:59.740
 wrote

00:20:59.740 --> 00:21:00.799
 Jesus

00:21:00.799 --> 00:21:01.019
 of

00:21:01.019 --> 00:21:01.440
 Nazareth

00:21:01.440 --> 00:21:01.839
 the son

00:21:01.839 --> 00:21:01.980
 of

00:21:01.980 --> 00:21:02.400
 Joseph

00:21:02.400 --> 00:21:04.559
 in

00:21:04.559 --> 00:21:04.759
 other

00:21:04.759 --> 00:21:05.180
 words

00:21:05.180 --> 00:21:06.500
 Philip

00:21:06.500 --> 00:21:06.720
 in

00:21:06.720 --> 00:21:06.900
 this

00:21:06.900 --> 00:21:07.259
 moment

00:21:07.259 --> 00:21:07.599
 has

00:21:07.599 --> 00:21:08.420
 believed

00:21:08.420 --> 00:21:09.819
 in

00:21:09.819 --> 00:21:10.240
 Jesus

00:21:10.240 --> 00:21:10.860
 as

00:21:10.860 --> 00:21:11.039
 the

00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:11.500
 Messiah

00:21:11.500 --> 00:21:12.059
 and

00:21:12.059 --> 00:21:12.319
 he's

00:21:12.319 --> 00:21:12.720
 eager

00:21:12.720 --> 00:21:13.140
 here

00:21:13.140 --> 00:21:13.400
 for

00:21:13.400 --> 00:21:14.160
 Nathaniel

00:21:14.160 --> 00:21:15.019
 to

00:21:15.019 --> 00:21:15.259
 know

00:21:15.259 --> 00:21:15.480
 him

00:21:15.480 --> 00:21:15.779
 too

00:21:15.779 --> 00:21:17.660
 he

00:21:17.660 --> 00:21:18.200
 identifies

00:21:18.200 --> 00:21:18.720
 this

00:21:18.720 --> 00:21:19.039
 one

00:21:19.039 --> 00:21:19.319
 written

00:21:19.319 --> 00:21:19.599
 about

00:21:19.599 --> 00:21:19.860
 by

00:21:19.860 --> 00:21:20.339
 Moses

00:21:20.339 --> 00:21:21.339
 and

00:21:21.339 --> 00:21:21.539
 the

00:21:21.539 --> 00:21:21.960
 prophets

00:21:21.960 --> 00:21:22.200
 by

00:21:22.200 --> 00:21:22.519
 calling

00:21:22.519 --> 00:21:22.779
 him

00:21:22.779 --> 00:21:23.140
 Jesus

00:21:23.140 --> 00:21:23.539
 of

00:21:23.539 --> 00:21:24.039
 Nazareth

00:21:24.039 --> 00:21:25.680
 he

00:21:25.680 --> 00:21:26.059
 identifies

00:21:26.059 --> 00:21:26.640
 Jesus

00:21:26.640 --> 00:21:27.539
 with

00:21:27.539 --> 00:21:27.680
 a

00:21:27.680 --> 00:21:28.120
 town

00:21:28.120 --> 00:21:29.059
 a

00:21:29.059 --> 00:21:29.180
 group

00:21:29.180 --> 00:21:29.279
 of

00:21:29.279 --> 00:21:29.440
 people

00:21:29.440 --> 00:21:29.600
 who

00:21:29.600 --> 00:21:29.759
 live

00:21:29.759 --> 00:21:29.860
 in

00:21:29.860 --> 00:21:30.019
 that

00:21:30.019 --> 00:21:30.380
 town

00:21:30.380 --> 00:21:32.160
 and

00:21:32.160 --> 00:21:32.299
 for

00:21:32.299 --> 00:21:32.559
 whatever

00:21:32.559 --> 00:21:33.100
 reason

00:21:33.100 --> 00:21:33.660
 we're

00:21:33.660 --> 00:21:33.799
 not

00:21:33.799 --> 00:21:34.240
 told

00:21:34.240 --> 00:21:35.319
 Nathaniel

00:21:35.319 --> 00:21:36.079
 responds

00:21:36.079 --> 00:21:36.720
 to

00:21:36.720 --> 00:21:36.940
 Philip

00:21:36.940 --> 00:21:37.779
 in

00:21:37.779 --> 00:21:38.220
 verse

00:21:38.220 --> 00:21:39.120
 46

00:21:39.120 --> 00:21:41.100
 Nazareth

00:21:41.100 --> 00:21:42.600
 can

00:21:42.600 --> 00:21:42.900
 anything

00:21:42.900 --> 00:21:43.480
 good

00:21:43.480 --> 00:21:43.799
 come

00:21:43.799 --> 00:21:44.019
 from

00:21:44.019 --> 00:21:44.380
 there

00:21:44.380 --> 00:21:48.539
 his

00:21:48.539 --> 00:21:49.380
 question

00:21:49.380 --> 00:21:49.600
 in

00:21:49.600 --> 00:21:49.759
 this

00:21:49.759 --> 00:21:50.100
 moment

00:21:50.100 --> 00:21:50.579
 amounts

00:21:50.579 --> 00:21:50.900
 to a

00:21:50.900 --> 00:21:51.279
 foregone

00:21:51.279 --> 00:21:51.860
 conclusion

00:21:51.859 --> 00:21:54.919
 nothing

00:21:54.919 --> 00:21:55.979
 good

00:21:55.979 --> 00:21:56.919
 can

00:21:56.919 --> 00:21:57.219
 come

00:21:57.219 --> 00:21:57.439
 from

00:21:57.439 --> 00:21:57.939
 Nazareth

00:21:57.939 --> 00:22:01.959
 what

00:22:01.959 --> 00:22:02.339
 was the

00:22:02.339 --> 00:22:02.719
 nature

00:22:02.719 --> 00:22:03.059
 of

00:22:03.059 --> 00:22:03.679
 Nathaniel's

00:22:03.679 --> 00:22:04.139
 mistake

00:22:04.139 --> 00:22:06.139
 now

00:22:06.139 --> 00:22:06.539
 one way

00:22:06.539 --> 00:22:07.039
 to describe

00:22:07.039 --> 00:22:07.439
 it would

00:22:07.439 --> 00:22:07.779
 be to

00:22:07.779 --> 00:22:08.079
 say

00:22:08.079 --> 00:22:08.419
 that it

00:22:08.419 --> 00:22:08.979
 was sinful

00:22:08.979 --> 00:22:09.439
 prejudice

00:22:09.439 --> 00:22:10.099
 because of

00:22:10.099 --> 00:22:10.419
 the people

00:22:10.419 --> 00:22:11.000
 of Nazareth

00:22:11.000 --> 00:22:13.579
 he had

00:22:13.579 --> 00:22:14.219
 what we

00:22:14.219 --> 00:22:14.719
 call

00:22:14.719 --> 00:22:15.659
 a

00:22:15.659 --> 00:22:18.019
 stereotypical

00:22:18.019 --> 00:22:18.519
 view of

00:22:18.519 --> 00:22:18.899
 the people

00:22:18.899 --> 00:22:19.419
 of Nazareth

00:22:19.420 --> 00:22:19.680
 and he

00:22:19.680 --> 00:22:20.120
 made this

00:22:20.120 --> 00:22:20.460
 judgment

00:22:20.460 --> 00:22:20.800
 about

00:22:20.800 --> 00:22:21.320
 Jesus

00:22:21.320 --> 00:22:22.440
 based on

00:22:22.440 --> 00:22:22.980
 that negative

00:22:22.980 --> 00:22:23.580
 stereotype

00:22:23.580 --> 00:22:27.940
 another way

00:22:27.940 --> 00:22:28.259
 to look

00:22:28.259 --> 00:22:28.700
 at it

00:22:28.700 --> 00:22:30.060
 is that

00:22:30.060 --> 00:22:30.960
 Nathaniel

00:22:30.960 --> 00:22:32.240
 did

00:22:32.240 --> 00:22:33.340
 what

00:22:33.340 --> 00:22:34.140
 every one

00:22:34.140 --> 00:22:34.480
 of us

00:22:34.480 --> 00:22:35.019
 does

00:22:35.019 --> 00:22:35.880
 every

00:22:35.880 --> 00:22:36.980
 single

00:22:36.980 --> 00:22:38.000
 day

00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:41.359
 he made

00:22:41.359 --> 00:22:41.680
 a

00:22:41.680 --> 00:22:42.900
 generalization

00:22:42.900 --> 00:22:45.000
 based on

00:22:45.000 --> 00:22:45.900
 multiple

00:22:45.900 --> 00:22:46.680
 experiences

00:22:46.680 --> 00:22:48.619
 and in

00:22:48.619 --> 00:22:49.440
 this case

00:22:49.440 --> 00:22:50.480
 biblical

00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:51.299
 evidence

00:22:51.299 --> 00:22:54.339
 and then

00:22:54.339 --> 00:22:55.039
 formed a

00:22:55.039 --> 00:22:55.700
 probability

00:22:55.700 --> 00:22:56.660
 conclusion

00:22:56.660 --> 00:22:58.700
 based on

00:22:58.700 --> 00:22:58.940
 that

00:22:58.940 --> 00:22:59.740
 generalization

00:22:59.740 --> 00:23:01.779
 so let me

00:23:01.779 --> 00:23:02.700
 try and

00:23:02.700 --> 00:23:03.599
 reword

00:23:03.599 --> 00:23:04.819
 Nathaniel's

00:23:04.819 --> 00:23:05.440
 response

00:23:05.440 --> 00:23:06.640
 if you

00:23:06.640 --> 00:23:06.960
 like

00:23:06.960 --> 00:23:09.039
 my

00:23:09.039 --> 00:23:09.539
 experience

00:23:09.539 --> 00:23:10.100
 is that

00:23:10.100 --> 00:23:10.460
 the people

00:23:10.460 --> 00:23:11.080
 of Nazareth

00:23:11.080 --> 00:23:12.000
 are ordinary

00:23:12.000 --> 00:23:13.620
 I don't

00:23:13.620 --> 00:23:14.539
 see in

00:23:14.539 --> 00:23:14.940
 the Old

00:23:14.940 --> 00:23:15.380
 Testament

00:23:15.380 --> 00:23:16.019
 anywhere

00:23:16.019 --> 00:23:17.640
 that the

00:23:17.640 --> 00:23:18.200
 Messiah

00:23:18.200 --> 00:23:19.100
 can come

00:23:19.100 --> 00:23:19.420
 from

00:23:19.420 --> 00:23:20.000
 Nazareth

00:23:20.000 --> 00:23:21.580
 therefore

00:23:21.580 --> 00:23:22.720
 from

00:23:22.720 --> 00:23:23.220
 that

00:23:23.220 --> 00:23:23.640
 biblical

00:23:23.640 --> 00:23:24.320
 evidence

00:23:24.320 --> 00:23:25.000
 and my

00:23:25.000 --> 00:23:25.960
 experience

00:23:25.960 --> 00:23:26.860
 my

00:23:26.860 --> 00:23:27.279
 general

00:23:27.279 --> 00:23:27.940
 observations

00:23:27.940 --> 00:23:29.140
 I think

00:23:29.140 --> 00:23:29.420
 it's

00:23:29.420 --> 00:23:30.000
 highly

00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:30.759
 improbable

00:23:30.759 --> 00:23:31.299
 if not

00:23:31.299 --> 00:23:32.000
 impossible

00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:33.080
 that this

00:23:33.080 --> 00:23:33.539
 Jesus

00:23:33.539 --> 00:23:34.799
 is the

00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:35.180
 Messiah

00:23:35.180 --> 00:23:39.500
 now

00:23:39.500 --> 00:23:39.920
 before we

00:23:39.920 --> 00:23:40.220
 go any

00:23:40.220 --> 00:23:40.480
 further

00:23:40.480 --> 00:23:41.220
 I should

00:23:41.220 --> 00:23:41.660
 say

00:23:41.660 --> 00:23:43.299
 generalizing

00:23:43.299 --> 00:23:43.960
 from our

00:23:43.960 --> 00:23:44.900
 experience

00:23:44.900 --> 00:23:45.700
 and drawing

00:23:45.700 --> 00:23:46.600
 a probability

00:23:46.600 --> 00:23:47.360
 conclusion

00:23:47.360 --> 00:23:48.480
 is both

00:23:48.480 --> 00:23:48.960
 inevitable

00:23:48.960 --> 00:23:50.200
 and good

00:23:50.200 --> 00:23:52.660
 inevitable

00:23:52.660 --> 00:23:53.480
 and good

00:23:53.480 --> 00:23:55.539
 the human

00:23:55.539 --> 00:23:56.640
 brain works

00:23:56.640 --> 00:23:57.180
 that way

00:23:57.180 --> 00:23:57.640
 it's part of

00:23:57.640 --> 00:23:58.039
 God's good

00:23:58.039 --> 00:23:58.779
 gift to us

00:23:58.779 --> 00:24:00.000
 it works

00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:00.560
 that way

00:24:00.560 --> 00:24:01.640
 and in

00:24:01.640 --> 00:24:01.980
 fact

00:24:01.980 --> 00:24:02.700
 I would

00:24:02.700 --> 00:24:03.160
 go as far

00:24:03.160 --> 00:24:03.620
 as saying

00:24:03.620 --> 00:24:04.120
 that your

00:24:04.120 --> 00:24:05.160
 life depends

00:24:05.160 --> 00:24:05.779
 on your

00:24:05.779 --> 00:24:06.120
 brain

00:24:06.120 --> 00:24:06.500
 working

00:24:06.500 --> 00:24:07.060
 that way

00:24:07.060 --> 00:24:11.160
 for instance

00:24:11.160 --> 00:24:13.740
 you observe

00:24:13.740 --> 00:24:15.240
 that

00:24:15.240 --> 00:24:16.480
 mushrooms

00:24:16.480 --> 00:24:17.460
 with certain

00:24:17.460 --> 00:24:18.000
 features

00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:18.680
 such as

00:24:18.680 --> 00:24:19.060
 yellow

00:24:19.060 --> 00:24:19.820
 with purple

00:24:19.820 --> 00:24:20.720
 dots

00:24:20.720 --> 00:24:22.779
 are

00:24:22.779 --> 00:24:23.300
 poisonous

00:24:23.300 --> 00:24:27.540
 never

00:24:27.540 --> 00:24:28.180
 personally

00:24:28.180 --> 00:24:29.040
 tasted

00:24:29.040 --> 00:24:29.480
 one

00:24:29.480 --> 00:24:30.460
 but there's

00:24:30.460 --> 00:24:30.720
 enough

00:24:30.720 --> 00:24:31.200
 evidence

00:24:31.200 --> 00:24:31.700
 to say

00:24:31.700 --> 00:24:32.080
 that's

00:24:32.080 --> 00:24:32.600
 true

00:24:32.599 --> 00:24:33.419
 and when

00:24:33.419 --> 00:24:33.799
 someone

00:24:33.799 --> 00:24:34.259
 offers

00:24:34.259 --> 00:24:34.599
 you a

00:24:34.599 --> 00:24:34.980
 mushroom

00:24:34.980 --> 00:24:35.319
 that's

00:24:35.319 --> 00:24:35.519
 yellow

00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:36.099
 with purple

00:24:36.099 --> 00:24:36.599
 dots on

00:24:36.599 --> 00:24:36.779
 it

00:24:36.779 --> 00:24:37.859
 you turn

00:24:37.859 --> 00:24:38.359
 it down

00:24:38.359 --> 00:24:41.740
 you don't

00:24:41.740 --> 00:24:42.139
 go

00:24:42.139 --> 00:24:44.159
 well I

00:24:44.159 --> 00:24:44.519
 shouldn't be

00:24:44.519 --> 00:24:45.199
 prejudiced here

00:24:45.199 --> 00:24:45.740
 against this

00:24:45.740 --> 00:24:46.119
 mushroom

00:24:46.119 --> 00:24:49.959
 you've

00:24:49.959 --> 00:24:50.119
 never

00:24:50.119 --> 00:24:51.099
 you've

00:24:51.099 --> 00:24:51.199
 never

00:24:51.199 --> 00:24:51.779
 tested the

00:24:51.779 --> 00:24:52.199
 mushroom

00:24:52.199 --> 00:24:53.179
 but you

00:24:53.179 --> 00:24:53.699
 see it

00:24:53.699 --> 00:24:54.000
 and it

00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:54.419
 belongs to

00:24:54.419 --> 00:24:54.899
 a general

00:24:54.899 --> 00:24:55.519
 class

00:24:55.519 --> 00:24:56.119
 that raises

00:24:56.119 --> 00:24:56.819
 alarm bells

00:24:56.819 --> 00:24:57.319
 that says

00:24:57.319 --> 00:24:58.299
 poisonous

00:24:58.299 --> 00:25:00.599
 and so you

00:25:00.599 --> 00:25:01.179
 form a

00:25:01.179 --> 00:25:01.599
 probability

00:25:01.599 --> 00:25:02.279
 conclusion

00:25:02.279 --> 00:25:03.139
 and you

00:25:03.139 --> 00:25:03.679
 refuse to

00:25:03.679 --> 00:25:03.979
 eat it

00:25:03.979 --> 00:25:04.579
 your life

00:25:04.579 --> 00:25:05.379
 depends

00:25:05.379 --> 00:25:06.019
 on you

00:25:06.019 --> 00:25:06.699
 not treating

00:25:06.699 --> 00:25:07.699
 that individual

00:25:07.699 --> 00:25:08.679
 mushroom

00:25:08.679 --> 00:25:09.859
 in isolation

00:25:09.859 --> 00:25:10.759
 from your

00:25:10.759 --> 00:25:11.399
 experience

00:25:11.399 --> 00:25:11.719
 of what

00:25:11.719 --> 00:25:12.159
 others

00:25:12.159 --> 00:25:12.939
 have done

00:25:12.939 --> 00:25:13.419
 when they've

00:25:13.419 --> 00:25:13.719
 eaten

00:25:13.719 --> 00:25:14.500
 that mushroom

00:25:14.500 --> 00:25:17.980
 now of

00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:18.119
 course

00:25:18.119 --> 00:25:18.539
 sometimes

00:25:18.539 --> 00:25:18.779
 our

00:25:18.779 --> 00:25:19.180
 judgment

00:25:19.180 --> 00:25:19.619
 seems

00:25:19.619 --> 00:25:20.140
 totally

00:25:20.140 --> 00:25:20.579
 legitimate

00:25:20.579 --> 00:25:21.279
 and proves

00:25:21.279 --> 00:25:21.539
 to be

00:25:21.539 --> 00:25:21.779
 dead

00:25:21.779 --> 00:25:22.119
 wrong

00:25:22.119 --> 00:25:22.920
 and so

00:25:22.920 --> 00:25:23.440
 what about

00:25:23.440 --> 00:25:24.119
 Nathaniel

00:25:24.119 --> 00:25:25.740
 was his

00:25:25.740 --> 00:25:26.140
 a

00:25:26.140 --> 00:25:27.799
 non sinful

00:25:27.799 --> 00:25:28.779
 fully

00:25:28.779 --> 00:25:29.519
 warranted

00:25:29.519 --> 00:25:30.160
 probability

00:25:30.160 --> 00:25:30.779
 judgment

00:25:30.779 --> 00:25:31.299
 that proved

00:25:31.299 --> 00:25:31.579
 to be

00:25:31.579 --> 00:25:31.960
 wrong

00:25:31.960 --> 00:25:33.019
 or is

00:25:33.019 --> 00:25:33.640
 Nathaniel

00:25:33.640 --> 00:25:34.059
 guilty

00:25:34.059 --> 00:25:34.740
 of sinful

00:25:34.740 --> 00:25:35.220
 prejudice

00:25:35.220 --> 00:25:39.299
 I think

00:25:39.299 --> 00:25:39.519
 he's

00:25:39.519 --> 00:25:39.839
 guilty

00:25:39.839 --> 00:25:41.839
 because

00:25:41.839 --> 00:25:43.619
 he doesn't

00:25:43.619 --> 00:25:44.119
 say

00:25:44.119 --> 00:25:45.279
 can

00:25:45.279 --> 00:25:45.980
 the

00:25:45.980 --> 00:25:46.639
 Messiah

00:25:46.639 --> 00:25:47.799
 come

00:25:47.799 --> 00:25:48.699
 from

00:25:48.699 --> 00:25:49.319
 Nazareth

00:25:49.319 --> 00:25:52.159
 it wasn't

00:25:52.159 --> 00:25:52.559
 a biblical

00:25:52.559 --> 00:25:53.279
 conclusion

00:25:53.279 --> 00:25:55.279
 he says

00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:56.059
 Nazareth

00:25:56.059 --> 00:25:57.039
 can

00:25:57.039 --> 00:25:57.799
 anything

00:25:57.799 --> 00:25:58.220
 good

00:25:58.220 --> 00:25:58.519
 come

00:25:58.519 --> 00:25:58.740
 from

00:25:58.740 --> 00:25:59.279
 Nazareth

00:25:59.279 --> 00:26:01.539
 now if

00:26:01.539 --> 00:26:02.019
 his heart

00:26:02.019 --> 00:26:02.639
 was right

00:26:02.639 --> 00:26:03.159
 gracious

00:26:03.159 --> 00:26:03.559
 loving

00:26:03.559 --> 00:26:04.039
 patient

00:26:04.039 --> 00:26:04.459
 hopeful

00:26:04.459 --> 00:26:04.899
 towards

00:26:04.899 --> 00:26:05.259
 the people

00:26:05.259 --> 00:26:05.439
 of

00:26:05.439 --> 00:26:05.879
 Nazareth

00:26:05.879 --> 00:26:06.619
 he might

00:26:06.619 --> 00:26:06.899
 have been

00:26:06.899 --> 00:26:07.579
 legitimately

00:26:07.579 --> 00:26:08.379
 skeptical

00:26:08.380 --> 00:26:09.160
 about

00:26:09.160 --> 00:26:09.560
 whether

00:26:09.560 --> 00:26:09.760
 the

00:26:09.760 --> 00:26:10.240
 Messiah

00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:10.520
 could

00:26:10.520 --> 00:26:10.720
 come

00:26:10.720 --> 00:26:10.920
 from

00:26:10.920 --> 00:26:11.400
 Nazareth

00:26:11.400 --> 00:26:13.940
 and so

00:26:13.940 --> 00:26:14.300
 he would

00:26:14.300 --> 00:26:14.640
 not

00:26:14.640 --> 00:26:14.980
 have

00:26:14.980 --> 00:26:15.320
 likely

00:26:15.320 --> 00:26:15.600
 said

00:26:15.600 --> 00:26:15.720
 at

00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:15.880
 that

00:26:15.880 --> 00:26:16.200
 point

00:26:16.200 --> 00:26:16.660
 Nazareth

00:26:16.660 --> 00:26:16.840
 can

00:26:16.840 --> 00:26:17.120
 anything

00:26:17.120 --> 00:26:17.420
 good

00:26:17.420 --> 00:26:17.620
 come

00:26:17.620 --> 00:26:17.780
 from

00:26:17.780 --> 00:26:18.040
 there

00:26:18.040 --> 00:26:21.400
 you see

00:26:21.400 --> 00:26:22.740
 Nathaniel

00:26:22.740 --> 00:26:23.320
 has moved

00:26:23.320 --> 00:26:24.000
 from a

00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:24.500
 legitimate

00:26:24.500 --> 00:26:25.460
 probability

00:26:25.460 --> 00:26:26.160
 conclusion

00:26:26.160 --> 00:26:26.640
 to a

00:26:26.640 --> 00:26:26.900
 sinful

00:26:26.900 --> 00:26:27.460
 prejudice

00:26:27.460 --> 00:26:27.920
 at that

00:26:27.920 --> 00:26:28.280
 point

00:26:28.280 --> 00:26:31.620
 his

00:26:31.620 --> 00:26:32.040
 view

00:26:32.040 --> 00:26:32.620
 of these

00:26:32.620 --> 00:26:33.040
 people

00:26:33.040 --> 00:26:33.620
 is so

00:26:33.620 --> 00:26:34.080
 negative

00:26:34.080 --> 00:26:35.200
 that he

00:26:35.200 --> 00:26:35.640
 sweeps

00:26:35.640 --> 00:26:36.280
 all of

00:26:36.280 --> 00:26:36.460
 them

00:26:36.460 --> 00:26:36.880
 into

00:26:36.880 --> 00:26:37.320
 a

00:26:37.320 --> 00:26:38.060
 stereotype

00:26:38.059 --> 00:26:39.759
 including

00:26:39.759 --> 00:26:40.440
 the one

00:26:40.440 --> 00:26:41.019
 perfect

00:26:41.019 --> 00:26:41.379
 human

00:26:41.379 --> 00:26:41.779
 being

00:26:41.779 --> 00:26:43.200
 Jesus

00:26:43.200 --> 00:26:43.460
 of

00:26:43.460 --> 00:26:43.940
 Nazareth

00:26:43.940 --> 00:26:47.119
 notice

00:26:47.119 --> 00:26:47.619
 too that

00:26:47.619 --> 00:26:47.799
 his

00:26:47.799 --> 00:26:48.240
 reaction

00:26:48.240 --> 00:26:48.619
 to what

00:26:48.619 --> 00:26:48.819
 Philip

00:26:48.819 --> 00:26:49.299
 says

00:26:49.299 --> 00:26:49.559
 is

00:26:49.559 --> 00:26:50.059
 immediate

00:26:50.059 --> 00:26:50.759
 does

00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:50.919
 not

00:26:50.919 --> 00:26:51.259
 consider

00:26:51.259 --> 00:26:51.460
 the

00:26:51.460 --> 00:26:52.019
 possibility

00:26:52.019 --> 00:26:52.359
 that

00:26:52.359 --> 00:26:52.700
 Philip

00:26:52.700 --> 00:26:53.039
 might

00:26:53.039 --> 00:26:53.460
 know

00:26:53.460 --> 00:26:53.659
 what

00:26:53.659 --> 00:26:53.799
 he's

00:26:53.799 --> 00:26:54.039
 talking

00:26:54.039 --> 00:26:54.339
 about

00:26:54.339 --> 00:26:54.940
 he's

00:26:54.940 --> 00:26:55.539
 temporarily

00:26:55.539 --> 00:26:56.179
 blinded

00:26:56.179 --> 00:26:56.559
 by his

00:26:56.559 --> 00:26:56.960
 prejudice

00:26:56.960 --> 00:26:57.379
 at this

00:26:57.379 --> 00:26:57.720
 point

00:26:57.720 --> 00:26:58.720
 and

00:26:58.720 --> 00:26:59.500
 notice

00:26:59.500 --> 00:26:59.839
 Philip's

00:26:59.839 --> 00:27:00.319
 response

00:27:00.319 --> 00:27:00.679
 here

00:27:00.679 --> 00:27:03.200
 he doesn't

00:27:03.200 --> 00:27:03.599
 go

00:27:03.599 --> 00:27:04.619
 racist

00:27:04.619 --> 00:27:10.079
 doesn't

00:27:10.079 --> 00:27:10.439
 jump on

00:27:10.439 --> 00:27:10.599
 his

00:27:10.599 --> 00:27:11.019
 Facebook

00:27:11.019 --> 00:27:11.419
 feed

00:27:11.419 --> 00:27:11.579
 and

00:27:11.579 --> 00:27:12.079
 immediately

00:27:12.079 --> 00:27:13.339
 call him

00:27:13.339 --> 00:27:13.519
 out

00:27:13.519 --> 00:27:13.839
 for his

00:27:13.839 --> 00:27:14.459
 racism

00:27:14.459 --> 00:27:16.979
 simply

00:27:16.979 --> 00:27:17.399
 says in

00:27:17.399 --> 00:27:17.879
 verse 46

00:27:17.879 --> 00:27:18.199
 hey

00:27:18.199 --> 00:27:19.439
 come and

00:27:19.439 --> 00:27:19.599
 see

00:27:19.599 --> 00:27:20.759
 let me

00:27:20.759 --> 00:27:21.199
 challenge

00:27:21.199 --> 00:27:21.379
 your

00:27:21.379 --> 00:27:21.759
 probability

00:27:21.759 --> 00:27:22.319
 statement

00:27:22.319 --> 00:27:22.739
 come and

00:27:22.739 --> 00:27:22.899
 see

00:27:22.899 --> 00:27:24.659
 come and

00:27:24.659 --> 00:27:25.179
 see the

00:27:25.179 --> 00:27:25.799
 potentially

00:27:25.799 --> 00:27:26.359
 the one

00:27:26.359 --> 00:27:27.199
 Nazarene

00:27:27.199 --> 00:27:28.839
 who doesn't

00:27:28.839 --> 00:27:29.219
 fit your

00:27:29.219 --> 00:27:29.459
 bill

00:27:29.460 --> 00:27:32.860
 give this

00:27:32.860 --> 00:27:33.220
 man a

00:27:33.220 --> 00:27:33.620
 chance

00:27:33.620 --> 00:27:34.840
 judge him

00:27:34.840 --> 00:27:35.860
 by his

00:27:35.860 --> 00:27:36.539
 glory

00:27:36.539 --> 00:27:37.579
 not his

00:27:37.579 --> 00:27:37.980
 group

00:27:37.980 --> 00:27:41.740
 now here's

00:27:41.740 --> 00:27:42.039
 the point

00:27:42.039 --> 00:27:42.319
 I want to

00:27:42.319 --> 00:27:42.600
 make

00:27:42.600 --> 00:27:44.460
 there is a

00:27:44.460 --> 00:27:45.319
 fine

00:27:45.319 --> 00:27:46.380
 line

00:27:46.380 --> 00:27:48.000
 between

00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:49.519
 legitimate

00:27:49.519 --> 00:27:50.360
 probability

00:27:50.360 --> 00:27:51.059
 judgments

00:27:51.059 --> 00:27:53.799
 and sinful

00:27:53.799 --> 00:27:54.240
 prejudice

00:27:54.240 --> 00:27:55.539
 it is a

00:27:55.539 --> 00:27:56.340
 real line

00:27:56.340 --> 00:27:57.480
 and it's a

00:27:57.480 --> 00:27:57.940
 real line

00:27:57.940 --> 00:27:58.620
 that often

00:27:58.619 --> 00:28:00.139
 in fact

00:28:00.139 --> 00:28:00.500
 in every

00:28:00.500 --> 00:28:01.059
 instance

00:28:01.059 --> 00:28:02.279
 God sees

00:28:02.279 --> 00:28:02.479
 it

00:28:02.479 --> 00:28:03.019
 even if

00:28:03.019 --> 00:28:03.479
 we don't

00:28:03.479 --> 00:28:04.139
 always see

00:28:04.139 --> 00:28:04.319
 it

00:28:04.319 --> 00:28:07.079
 we do

00:28:07.079 --> 00:28:07.519
 need to be

00:28:07.519 --> 00:28:07.939
 careful

00:28:07.939 --> 00:28:08.799
 to not

00:28:08.799 --> 00:28:09.679
 allow genuine

00:28:09.679 --> 00:28:10.500
 and rightful

00:28:10.500 --> 00:28:11.179
 assessments of

00:28:11.179 --> 00:28:11.639
 people and

00:28:11.639 --> 00:28:12.359
 circumstances

00:28:12.359 --> 00:28:13.659
 to function

00:28:13.659 --> 00:28:14.219
 in our

00:28:14.219 --> 00:28:14.799
 heart

00:28:14.799 --> 00:28:15.399
 in such

00:28:15.399 --> 00:28:15.879
 a way

00:28:15.879 --> 00:28:16.719
 that it

00:28:16.719 --> 00:28:17.659
 makes the

00:28:17.659 --> 00:28:18.119
 shift

00:28:18.119 --> 00:28:19.279
 and sometimes

00:28:19.279 --> 00:28:19.659
 it's a

00:28:19.659 --> 00:28:20.399
 subtle shift

00:28:20.399 --> 00:28:21.500
 towards a

00:28:21.500 --> 00:28:22.319
 self

00:28:22.319 --> 00:28:23.239
 justification

00:28:23.239 --> 00:28:25.559
 for sinful

00:28:25.559 --> 00:28:26.459
 prejudice

00:28:26.460 --> 00:28:26.779
 us

00:28:26.779 --> 00:28:29.880
 now my

00:28:29.880 --> 00:28:30.620
 sin as I

00:28:30.620 --> 00:28:31.059
 mentioned a

00:28:31.059 --> 00:28:31.500
 few weeks

00:28:31.500 --> 00:28:32.200
 ago was to

00:28:32.200 --> 00:28:33.039
 allow past

00:28:33.039 --> 00:28:34.819
 experiences to

00:28:34.819 --> 00:28:36.059
 assess every

00:28:36.059 --> 00:28:36.840
 person in a

00:28:36.840 --> 00:28:37.660
 particular racial

00:28:37.660 --> 00:28:38.559
 group in such a

00:28:38.559 --> 00:28:39.039
 way that I

00:28:39.039 --> 00:28:40.180
 treated them all

00:28:40.180 --> 00:28:41.360
 with suspicion

00:28:41.360 --> 00:28:42.120
 and even

00:28:42.120 --> 00:28:42.779
 contempt

00:28:42.779 --> 00:28:46.000
 our hearts

00:28:46.000 --> 00:28:46.899
 are deceitful

00:28:46.899 --> 00:28:47.379
 still

00:28:47.379 --> 00:28:49.019
 and corruption

00:28:49.019 --> 00:28:49.859
 remains

00:28:49.859 --> 00:28:50.859
 and we must

00:28:50.859 --> 00:28:51.379
 put it to

00:28:51.379 --> 00:28:51.799
 death

00:28:51.799 --> 00:28:52.740
 and may the

00:28:52.740 --> 00:28:53.339
 Lord give us

00:28:53.339 --> 00:28:54.359
 absolute honesty

00:28:54.359 --> 00:28:55.079
 with ourselves

00:28:55.079 --> 00:28:56.839
 and him

00:28:56.839 --> 00:28:58.460
 may he expose

00:28:58.460 --> 00:28:59.420
 every remnant

00:28:59.420 --> 00:29:00.279
 of sinful

00:29:00.279 --> 00:29:00.799
 prejudice

00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:01.879
 in our

00:29:01.879 --> 00:29:02.460
 hearts

00:29:02.460 --> 00:29:03.180
 and may

00:29:03.180 --> 00:29:04.240
 we never

00:29:04.240 --> 00:29:04.899
 use the

00:29:04.899 --> 00:29:05.559
 legitimacy

00:29:05.559 --> 00:29:07.519
 of generalizing

00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:08.339
 to cloak

00:29:08.339 --> 00:29:08.940
 the sin of

00:29:08.940 --> 00:29:09.359
 prejudice

00:29:09.359 --> 00:29:14.219
 so I

00:29:14.219 --> 00:29:14.500
 think it's

00:29:14.500 --> 00:29:14.939
 important to

00:29:14.939 --> 00:29:15.659
 clarify something

00:29:15.659 --> 00:29:16.099
 here

00:29:16.099 --> 00:29:18.539
 after speaking

00:29:18.539 --> 00:29:18.819
 of my

00:29:18.819 --> 00:29:19.399
 experience

00:29:19.399 --> 00:29:19.839
 that night

00:29:19.839 --> 00:29:20.199
 in Alice

00:29:20.199 --> 00:29:20.619
 Springs

00:29:20.619 --> 00:29:21.439
 one of our

00:29:21.439 --> 00:29:22.299
 church family

00:29:22.299 --> 00:29:24.240
 rightfully and

00:29:24.240 --> 00:29:25.000
 helpfully pointed

00:29:25.000 --> 00:29:25.779
 out to me

00:29:25.779 --> 00:29:27.679
 that while they

00:29:27.679 --> 00:29:28.439
 don't have a

00:29:28.439 --> 00:29:29.039
 particular

00:29:29.039 --> 00:29:30.259
 you know

00:29:30.259 --> 00:29:31.199
 racial prejudice

00:29:31.199 --> 00:29:31.939
 towards the

00:29:31.939 --> 00:29:32.379
 group that I

00:29:32.379 --> 00:29:33.059
 was mentioning

00:29:33.059 --> 00:29:34.839
 they likewise

00:29:34.839 --> 00:29:35.839
 like me

00:29:35.839 --> 00:29:36.359
 would have felt

00:29:36.359 --> 00:29:37.039
 threatened in

00:29:37.039 --> 00:29:37.719
 that moment

00:29:37.720 --> 00:29:39.640
 but it wasn't

00:29:39.640 --> 00:29:39.980
 a racial

00:29:39.980 --> 00:29:40.680
 prejudice that

00:29:40.680 --> 00:29:41.079
 would cause

00:29:41.079 --> 00:29:41.380
 them to be

00:29:41.380 --> 00:29:41.759
 threatened in

00:29:41.759 --> 00:29:42.259
 that moment

00:29:42.259 --> 00:29:46.039
 that is

00:29:46.039 --> 00:29:46.860
 a quick

00:29:46.860 --> 00:29:47.759
 assessment of

00:29:47.759 --> 00:29:48.559
 that scenario

00:29:48.559 --> 00:29:51.279
 is a feeling

00:29:51.279 --> 00:29:52.079
 of powerlessness

00:29:52.079 --> 00:29:52.759
 and threat

00:29:52.759 --> 00:29:56.000
 that's helpful

00:29:56.000 --> 00:29:58.059
 that's a

00:29:58.059 --> 00:29:58.500
 helpful

00:29:58.500 --> 00:29:59.759
 probability

00:29:59.759 --> 00:30:00.799
 assessment at

00:30:00.799 --> 00:30:01.380
 that point

00:30:01.380 --> 00:30:04.579
 they were

00:30:04.579 --> 00:30:04.940
 right

00:30:04.940 --> 00:30:07.460
 and so we

00:30:07.460 --> 00:30:08.100
 need to be

00:30:08.100 --> 00:30:08.799
 careful of

00:30:08.799 --> 00:30:09.500
 just calling

00:30:09.500 --> 00:30:10.620
 out situations

00:30:10.620 --> 00:30:11.820
 as racial

00:30:11.820 --> 00:30:12.320
 prejudice

00:30:12.320 --> 00:30:13.039
 when it just

00:30:13.039 --> 00:30:13.860
 might simply

00:30:13.860 --> 00:30:15.080
 be an

00:30:15.080 --> 00:30:16.019
 appropriate

00:30:16.019 --> 00:30:18.100
 reflection

00:30:18.100 --> 00:30:19.880
 on experience

00:30:19.880 --> 00:30:21.980
 and there

00:30:21.980 --> 00:30:22.320
 may be

00:30:22.320 --> 00:30:22.840
 another

00:30:22.840 --> 00:30:23.740
 explanation

00:30:23.740 --> 00:30:26.080
 that is

00:30:26.080 --> 00:30:26.580
 we need

00:30:26.580 --> 00:30:27.100
 to be

00:30:27.100 --> 00:30:27.920
 more like

00:30:27.920 --> 00:30:28.140
 the

00:30:28.140 --> 00:30:28.420
 Philip

00:30:28.420 --> 00:30:28.840
 and say

00:30:28.840 --> 00:30:29.299
 come and

00:30:29.299 --> 00:30:29.559
 see

00:30:29.559 --> 00:30:30.059
 rather than

00:30:30.059 --> 00:30:30.559
 racist

00:30:30.559 --> 00:30:33.220
 come and

00:30:33.220 --> 00:30:33.440
 see

00:30:33.440 --> 00:30:39.840
 we need

00:30:39.840 --> 00:30:40.160
 to be

00:30:40.160 --> 00:30:41.160
 so careful

00:30:41.160 --> 00:30:42.200
 of making

00:30:42.200 --> 00:30:42.900
 assessments

00:30:42.900 --> 00:30:44.019
 of each

00:30:44.019 --> 00:30:44.420
 other's

00:30:44.420 --> 00:30:44.759
 hearts

00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:45.500
 and motives

00:30:45.500 --> 00:30:46.500
 when we

00:30:46.500 --> 00:30:46.940
 just see

00:30:46.940 --> 00:30:47.500
 practice

00:30:47.500 --> 00:30:54.279
 and I

00:30:54.279 --> 00:30:54.440
 am

00:30:54.440 --> 00:30:54.980
 therefore

00:30:54.980 --> 00:30:57.180
 apologising

00:30:57.180 --> 00:30:58.320
 for overstating

00:30:58.320 --> 00:30:58.840
 my case

00:30:58.840 --> 00:30:59.380
 several weeks

00:30:59.380 --> 00:30:59.680
 ago

00:30:59.680 --> 00:31:05.060
 I

00:31:05.060 --> 00:31:05.640
 believe

00:31:05.640 --> 00:31:06.039
 that

00:31:06.039 --> 00:31:06.560
 sin

00:31:06.560 --> 00:31:06.940
 has

00:31:06.940 --> 00:31:07.279
 ruined

00:31:07.279 --> 00:31:07.740
 every

00:31:07.740 --> 00:31:08.259
 heart

00:31:08.259 --> 00:31:09.920
 but we

00:31:09.920 --> 00:31:10.380
 are not

00:31:10.380 --> 00:31:10.840
 ruined

00:31:10.840 --> 00:31:11.420
 in all

00:31:11.420 --> 00:31:11.900
 the same

00:31:11.900 --> 00:31:12.279
 way

00:31:12.279 --> 00:31:15.120
 if you

00:31:15.120 --> 00:31:15.440
 were an

00:31:15.440 --> 00:31:15.960
 onlooker

00:31:15.960 --> 00:31:16.500
 with me

00:31:16.500 --> 00:31:16.820
 in that

00:31:16.820 --> 00:31:17.180
 moment

00:31:17.180 --> 00:31:17.580
 in Alice

00:31:17.580 --> 00:31:17.860
 Springs

00:31:17.860 --> 00:31:19.019
 in 2005

00:31:19.019 --> 00:31:20.620
 you

00:31:20.620 --> 00:31:21.180
 couldn't

00:31:21.180 --> 00:31:21.680
 tell

00:31:21.680 --> 00:31:22.420
 on that

00:31:22.420 --> 00:31:22.920
 moment

00:31:22.920 --> 00:31:23.560
 by my

00:31:23.560 --> 00:31:24.140
 behaviour

00:31:24.140 --> 00:31:24.620
 what was

00:31:24.620 --> 00:31:24.920
 happening

00:31:24.920 --> 00:31:25.259
 in my

00:31:25.259 --> 00:31:25.700
 heart

00:31:25.700 --> 00:31:27.860
 can I

00:31:27.860 --> 00:31:28.259
 also

00:31:28.259 --> 00:31:28.799
 add

00:31:28.799 --> 00:31:29.200
 I

00:31:29.200 --> 00:31:29.620
 didn't

00:31:29.620 --> 00:31:30.340
 understand

00:31:30.340 --> 00:31:30.640
 my

00:31:30.640 --> 00:31:30.920
 heart

00:31:30.920 --> 00:31:31.259
 fully

00:31:31.259 --> 00:31:31.819
 in that

00:31:31.819 --> 00:31:32.180
 moment

00:31:32.180 --> 00:31:32.640
 either

00:31:32.640 --> 00:31:33.980
 I

00:31:33.980 --> 00:31:34.380
 wasn't

00:31:34.380 --> 00:31:34.759
 aware

00:31:34.759 --> 00:31:38.840
 I

00:31:38.840 --> 00:31:39.059
 was

00:31:39.059 --> 00:31:39.460
 threatened

00:31:39.460 --> 00:31:39.920
 by my

00:31:39.920 --> 00:31:40.759
 circumstances

00:31:40.759 --> 00:31:41.819
 which

00:31:41.819 --> 00:31:42.400
 led

00:31:42.400 --> 00:31:43.140
 into

00:31:43.140 --> 00:31:43.880
 a

00:31:43.880 --> 00:31:44.180
 sinful

00:31:44.180 --> 00:31:44.680
 prejudice

00:31:44.680 --> 00:31:45.740
 a

00:31:45.740 --> 00:31:46.220
 right

00:31:46.220 --> 00:31:47.440
 threatening

00:31:47.440 --> 00:31:47.680
 of

00:31:47.680 --> 00:31:48.340
 circumstance

00:31:48.340 --> 00:31:49.940
 in an

00:31:49.940 --> 00:31:50.200
 area

00:31:50.200 --> 00:31:50.500
 that I

00:31:50.500 --> 00:31:50.799
 didn't

00:31:50.799 --> 00:31:51.319
 know

00:31:51.319 --> 00:31:52.860
 which

00:31:52.860 --> 00:31:53.200
 most

00:31:53.200 --> 00:31:53.460
 people

00:31:53.460 --> 00:31:53.620
 would

00:31:53.620 --> 00:31:53.840
 have

00:31:53.840 --> 00:31:54.140
 but it

00:31:54.140 --> 00:31:54.360
 led

00:31:54.360 --> 00:31:54.920
 into

00:31:54.920 --> 00:31:55.180
 a

00:31:55.180 --> 00:31:55.480
 sinful

00:31:55.480 --> 00:31:55.960
 prejudice

00:31:55.960 --> 00:31:59.259
 and it

00:31:59.259 --> 00:31:59.720
 was so

00:31:59.720 --> 00:32:00.120
 easy

00:32:00.120 --> 00:32:00.460
 for me

00:32:00.460 --> 00:32:00.700
 in that

00:32:00.700 --> 00:32:01.000
 moment

00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:01.240
 to

00:32:01.240 --> 00:32:01.700
 justify

00:32:01.700 --> 00:32:02.060
 my

00:32:02.060 --> 00:32:02.620
 response

00:32:02.620 --> 00:32:03.160
 simply

00:32:03.160 --> 00:32:03.500
 as

00:32:03.500 --> 00:32:03.740
 self

00:32:03.740 --> 00:32:04.300
 preservation

00:32:04.300 --> 00:32:09.019
 how did

00:32:09.019 --> 00:32:09.360
 I know

00:32:09.360 --> 00:32:09.740
 that I'd

00:32:09.740 --> 00:32:10.380
 slipped over

00:32:10.380 --> 00:32:11.340
 into

00:32:11.340 --> 00:32:11.700
 sinful

00:32:11.700 --> 00:32:12.140
 prejudice

00:32:12.140 --> 00:32:14.120
 the next

00:32:14.120 --> 00:32:14.500
 morning

00:32:14.500 --> 00:32:16.779
 the next

00:32:16.779 --> 00:32:17.259
 morning

00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:17.740
 it was

00:32:17.740 --> 00:32:18.100
 so

00:32:18.100 --> 00:32:18.980
 it was

00:32:18.980 --> 00:32:20.340
 it wasn't

00:32:20.340 --> 00:32:21.000
 so easy

00:32:21.000 --> 00:32:21.840
 to justify

00:32:21.840 --> 00:32:22.900
 my

00:32:22.900 --> 00:32:23.480
 heart

00:32:23.480 --> 00:32:24.819
 when

00:32:24.819 --> 00:32:25.059
 the

00:32:25.059 --> 00:32:25.519
 tables

00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:25.740
 are

00:32:25.740 --> 00:32:26.259
 turned

00:32:26.259 --> 00:32:27.220
 and

00:32:27.220 --> 00:32:27.819
 I

00:32:27.819 --> 00:32:28.519
 was

00:32:28.519 --> 00:32:28.720
 in

00:32:28.720 --> 00:32:28.839
 a

00:32:28.839 --> 00:32:29.180
 position

00:32:29.180 --> 00:32:29.380
 of

00:32:29.380 --> 00:32:29.700
 power

00:32:29.700 --> 00:32:31.180
 the

00:32:31.180 --> 00:32:31.360
 next

00:32:31.360 --> 00:32:31.680
 morning

00:32:31.680 --> 00:32:31.940
 I was

00:32:31.940 --> 00:32:32.240
 preaching

00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:32.519
 in a

00:32:32.519 --> 00:32:32.799
 local

00:32:32.799 --> 00:32:33.299
 church

00:32:33.299 --> 00:32:34.319
 I was

00:32:34.319 --> 00:32:34.559
 doing

00:32:34.559 --> 00:32:34.880
 what I

00:32:34.880 --> 00:32:35.039
 do

00:32:35.039 --> 00:32:35.440
 here

00:32:35.440 --> 00:32:37.700
 there

00:32:37.700 --> 00:32:38.000
 were no

00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:38.640
 signs up

00:32:38.640 --> 00:32:38.920
 in this

00:32:38.920 --> 00:32:39.339
 particular

00:32:39.339 --> 00:32:39.799
 church

00:32:39.799 --> 00:32:40.200
 saying

00:32:40.200 --> 00:32:41.279
 segregation

00:32:41.279 --> 00:32:41.700
 black

00:32:41.700 --> 00:32:42.099
 people at

00:32:42.099 --> 00:32:42.400
 the back

00:32:42.400 --> 00:32:42.640
 white

00:32:42.640 --> 00:32:42.960
 people at

00:32:42.960 --> 00:32:43.360
 the front

00:32:43.360 --> 00:32:44.039
 there was

00:32:44.039 --> 00:32:45.599
 formal

00:32:45.599 --> 00:32:46.960
 indication

00:32:46.960 --> 00:32:47.440
 that this

00:32:47.440 --> 00:32:47.680
 is how

00:32:47.680 --> 00:32:48.259
 you sit

00:32:48.259 --> 00:32:48.759
 but that's

00:32:48.759 --> 00:32:49.059
 what

00:32:49.059 --> 00:32:49.519
 happened

00:32:49.519 --> 00:32:50.240
 white

00:32:50.240 --> 00:32:50.700
 people at

00:32:50.700 --> 00:32:51.079
 the front

00:32:51.079 --> 00:32:51.420
 black

00:32:51.420 --> 00:32:51.920
 people at

00:32:51.920 --> 00:32:52.299
 the back

00:32:52.299 --> 00:32:53.339
 I was

00:32:53.339 --> 00:32:53.779
 the guest

00:32:53.779 --> 00:32:53.919
 of

00:32:53.919 --> 00:32:54.220
 honor

00:32:54.220 --> 00:32:54.599
 I was

00:32:54.599 --> 00:32:55.079
 the preacher

00:32:55.079 --> 00:32:55.639
 I was

00:32:55.639 --> 00:32:55.899
 the

00:32:55.899 --> 00:32:56.819
 in my

00:32:56.819 --> 00:32:57.480
 domain

00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:58.480
 the position

00:32:58.480 --> 00:32:59.119
 of power

00:32:59.119 --> 00:33:00.539
 no threats

00:33:00.539 --> 00:33:01.019
 were happening

00:33:01.019 --> 00:33:01.659
 to me in that

00:33:01.659 --> 00:33:02.279
 moment at

00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:02.639
 all

00:33:02.639 --> 00:33:05.919
 and when it

00:33:05.919 --> 00:33:06.680
 came time

00:33:06.680 --> 00:33:07.500
 in the middle

00:33:07.500 --> 00:33:08.039
 of the service

00:33:08.039 --> 00:33:08.440
 for us to

00:33:08.440 --> 00:33:08.879
 greet one

00:33:08.879 --> 00:33:09.220
 another

00:33:09.220 --> 00:33:10.899
 I found

00:33:10.899 --> 00:33:11.839
 it so hard

00:33:11.839 --> 00:33:12.500
 to cross

00:33:12.500 --> 00:33:13.200
 the imaginary

00:33:13.200 --> 00:33:14.099
 divide which

00:33:14.099 --> 00:33:14.700
 was existing

00:33:14.700 --> 00:33:15.240
 in the room

00:33:15.240 --> 00:33:19.660
 not a

00:33:19.660 --> 00:33:20.559
 single person

00:33:20.559 --> 00:33:21.579
 in that

00:33:21.579 --> 00:33:21.960
 room

00:33:21.960 --> 00:33:22.559
 in that

00:33:22.559 --> 00:33:23.079
 moment

00:33:23.079 --> 00:33:24.120
 would have

00:33:24.120 --> 00:33:24.579
 questioned

00:33:24.579 --> 00:33:25.420
 my actions

00:33:25.420 --> 00:33:26.140
 not a

00:33:26.140 --> 00:33:26.420
 single

00:33:26.420 --> 00:33:26.920
 person

00:33:26.920 --> 00:33:30.900
 I walked

00:33:30.900 --> 00:33:31.339
 around the

00:33:31.339 --> 00:33:31.559
 room

00:33:31.559 --> 00:33:32.000
 I greeted

00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:32.519
 people as

00:33:32.519 --> 00:33:32.980
 the preacher

00:33:32.980 --> 00:33:33.460
 I had other

00:33:33.460 --> 00:33:34.160
 things happening

00:33:34.160 --> 00:33:34.579
 on

00:33:34.579 --> 00:33:37.759
 they couldn't

00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:38.160
 see my

00:33:38.160 --> 00:33:38.519
 heart

00:33:38.519 --> 00:33:42.000
 but when I

00:33:42.000 --> 00:33:42.579
 finally did

00:33:42.579 --> 00:33:43.299
 cross the

00:33:43.299 --> 00:33:43.819
 imaginary

00:33:43.819 --> 00:33:44.579
 divide

00:33:44.579 --> 00:33:46.179
 the response

00:33:46.179 --> 00:33:47.159
 I received

00:33:47.159 --> 00:33:47.980
 from the

00:33:47.980 --> 00:33:48.819
 two individuals

00:33:48.819 --> 00:33:49.779
 that I shook

00:33:49.779 --> 00:33:50.619
 hands with

00:33:50.619 --> 00:33:52.220
 started to

00:33:52.220 --> 00:33:52.659
 break my

00:33:52.659 --> 00:33:53.019
 heart on

00:33:53.019 --> 00:33:53.559
 this issue

00:33:53.559 --> 00:33:56.700
 God was

00:33:56.700 --> 00:33:57.000
 revealing

00:33:57.000 --> 00:33:57.559
 something to

00:33:57.559 --> 00:33:58.539
 me in

00:33:58.539 --> 00:33:59.279
 my heart

00:33:59.279 --> 00:34:00.319
 unbeknownst

00:34:00.319 --> 00:34:00.839
 to anyone

00:34:00.839 --> 00:34:01.359
 else in

00:34:01.359 --> 00:34:01.740
 that room

00:34:01.740 --> 00:34:02.000
 in that

00:34:02.000 --> 00:34:02.319
 moment

00:34:02.319 --> 00:34:05.379
 I performed

00:34:05.379 --> 00:34:05.819
 in a way

00:34:05.819 --> 00:34:06.159
 that everyone

00:34:06.159 --> 00:34:06.839
 expected me

00:34:06.839 --> 00:34:07.299
 to perform

00:34:07.299 --> 00:34:07.619
 on that

00:34:07.619 --> 00:34:07.960
 day

00:34:07.960 --> 00:34:12.860
 I want to

00:34:12.860 --> 00:34:13.239
 keep coming

00:34:13.239 --> 00:34:13.599
 back to

00:34:13.599 --> 00:34:14.119
 this point

00:34:14.119 --> 00:34:15.719
 it's about

00:34:15.719 --> 00:34:16.400
 your heart

00:34:16.400 --> 00:34:19.279
 my heart

00:34:19.279 --> 00:34:22.380
 don't

00:34:22.380 --> 00:34:22.880
 assume to

00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:23.380
 know someone

00:34:23.380 --> 00:34:23.719
 else's

00:34:23.719 --> 00:34:23.920
 heart

00:34:23.920 --> 00:34:26.099
 come and

00:34:26.099 --> 00:34:26.440
 see

00:34:26.440 --> 00:34:29.679
 so let

00:34:29.679 --> 00:34:30.380
 me close

00:34:30.380 --> 00:34:30.960
 with three

00:34:30.960 --> 00:34:33.119
 indications

00:34:33.119 --> 00:34:33.860
 of a good

00:34:33.860 --> 00:34:34.759
 heart as we

00:34:34.759 --> 00:34:35.980
 struggle with

00:34:35.980 --> 00:34:36.500
 the line

00:34:36.500 --> 00:34:37.099
 between

00:34:37.099 --> 00:34:37.739
 inevitable

00:34:37.739 --> 00:34:38.679
 generalizations

00:34:38.679 --> 00:34:39.319
 and sinful

00:34:39.319 --> 00:34:39.799
 prejudice

00:34:39.800 --> 00:34:40.800
 forgiveness

00:34:40.800 --> 00:34:41.880
 it's a

00:34:41.880 --> 00:34:42.300
 heart that

00:34:42.300 --> 00:34:42.900
 has received

00:34:42.900 --> 00:34:43.519
 Christ

00:34:43.519 --> 00:34:44.860
 knows

00:34:44.860 --> 00:34:45.340
 forgiveness

00:34:45.340 --> 00:34:45.940
 and is

00:34:45.940 --> 00:34:46.480
 indwelt by

00:34:46.480 --> 00:34:46.800
 the Holy

00:34:46.800 --> 00:34:47.180
 Spirit

00:34:47.180 --> 00:34:48.000
 so this

00:34:48.000 --> 00:34:48.320
 is very

00:34:48.320 --> 00:34:48.780
 brief

00:34:48.780 --> 00:34:49.740
 number one

00:34:49.740 --> 00:34:50.760
 the good

00:34:50.760 --> 00:34:51.100
 heart

00:34:51.100 --> 00:34:51.840
 desires to

00:34:51.840 --> 00:34:52.700
 know people

00:34:52.700 --> 00:34:53.620
 and to

00:34:53.620 --> 00:34:54.280
 treat people

00:34:54.280 --> 00:34:54.780
 for who

00:34:54.780 --> 00:34:55.400
 they really

00:34:55.400 --> 00:34:56.240
 are as

00:34:56.240 --> 00:34:57.060
 individuals

00:34:57.060 --> 00:34:58.660
 not simply

00:34:58.660 --> 00:34:59.560
 as a

00:34:59.560 --> 00:35:00.120
 representative

00:35:00.120 --> 00:35:01.580
 of a

00:35:01.580 --> 00:35:02.060
 class

00:35:02.060 --> 00:35:02.600
 or a

00:35:02.600 --> 00:35:02.920
 group

00:35:02.920 --> 00:35:07.280
 if this

00:35:07.280 --> 00:35:07.680
 were not

00:35:07.680 --> 00:35:08.220
 so

00:35:08.220 --> 00:35:10.200
 Jesus

00:35:10.200 --> 00:35:10.800
 could never

00:35:10.800 --> 00:35:11.019
 be

00:35:11.019 --> 00:35:11.619
 recognized

00:35:11.619 --> 00:35:12.099
 for who

00:35:12.099 --> 00:35:12.980
 he truly

00:35:12.980 --> 00:35:13.940
 is as

00:35:13.940 --> 00:35:14.260
 the son

00:35:14.260 --> 00:35:14.700
 of God

00:35:14.699 --> 00:35:17.539
 and so

00:35:17.539 --> 00:35:18.099
 my question

00:35:18.099 --> 00:35:18.699
 for us

00:35:18.699 --> 00:35:19.000
 as a

00:35:19.000 --> 00:35:19.259
 church

00:35:19.259 --> 00:35:19.779
 is do

00:35:19.779 --> 00:35:20.279
 you

00:35:20.279 --> 00:35:21.199
 desire

00:35:21.199 --> 00:35:21.619
 I mean

00:35:21.619 --> 00:35:22.000
 really

00:35:22.000 --> 00:35:22.460
 desire

00:35:22.460 --> 00:35:22.960
 to know

00:35:22.960 --> 00:35:23.339
 people

00:35:23.339 --> 00:35:23.739
 and treat

00:35:23.739 --> 00:35:24.039
 people

00:35:24.039 --> 00:35:24.199
 as

00:35:24.199 --> 00:35:24.679
 individuals

00:35:24.679 --> 00:35:25.359
 not merely

00:35:25.359 --> 00:35:26.359
 as samples

00:35:26.359 --> 00:35:26.799
 of a

00:35:26.799 --> 00:35:27.119
 group

00:35:27.119 --> 00:35:30.000
 number

00:35:30.000 --> 00:35:30.399
 two

00:35:30.399 --> 00:35:32.639
 this good

00:35:32.639 --> 00:35:33.019
 heart

00:35:33.019 --> 00:35:33.539
 is willing

00:35:33.539 --> 00:35:34.019
 to take

00:35:34.019 --> 00:35:34.539
 risks

00:35:34.539 --> 00:35:35.839
 to act

00:35:35.839 --> 00:35:36.259
 against

00:35:36.259 --> 00:35:36.659
 negative

00:35:36.659 --> 00:35:37.419
 expectations

00:35:37.419 --> 00:35:38.279
 and belittling

00:35:38.279 --> 00:35:39.000
 stereotypes

00:35:39.000 --> 00:35:40.519
 when dealing

00:35:40.519 --> 00:35:41.699
 with another

00:35:41.699 --> 00:35:42.319
 person

00:35:42.320 --> 00:35:44.740
 Paul said

00:35:44.740 --> 00:35:46.059
 1 Corinthians

00:35:46.059 --> 00:35:46.800
 13

00:35:46.800 --> 00:35:47.220
 love

00:35:47.220 --> 00:35:47.720
 believes

00:35:47.720 --> 00:35:48.059
 all

00:35:48.059 --> 00:35:48.600
 things

00:35:48.600 --> 00:35:49.620
 and it

00:35:49.620 --> 00:35:50.200
 hopes

00:35:50.200 --> 00:35:50.920
 all

00:35:50.920 --> 00:35:51.640
 things

00:35:51.640 --> 00:35:53.559
 I think

00:35:53.559 --> 00:35:54.059
 he meant

00:35:54.059 --> 00:35:54.820
 that love

00:35:54.820 --> 00:35:56.059
 strives

00:35:56.059 --> 00:35:56.780
 to believe

00:35:56.780 --> 00:35:57.340
 and hope

00:35:57.340 --> 00:35:57.660
 for the

00:35:57.660 --> 00:35:58.059
 best

00:35:58.059 --> 00:35:59.019
 and not

00:35:59.019 --> 00:35:59.680
 the worst

00:35:59.680 --> 00:36:01.120
 and thirdly

00:36:01.120 --> 00:36:01.440
 the good

00:36:01.440 --> 00:36:01.740
 heart

00:36:01.740 --> 00:36:02.400
 is ready

00:36:02.400 --> 00:36:03.539
 like

00:36:03.539 --> 00:36:04.200
 Nathaniel

00:36:04.200 --> 00:36:05.700
 to repent

00:36:05.700 --> 00:36:06.260
 quickly

00:36:06.260 --> 00:36:07.140
 and fully

00:36:07.140 --> 00:36:08.720
 when we

00:36:08.720 --> 00:36:09.100
 have made

00:36:09.100 --> 00:36:09.760
 a mistake

00:36:09.760 --> 00:36:10.900
 and judged

00:36:10.900 --> 00:36:11.660
 someone

00:36:11.659 --> 00:36:12.779
 wrongly

00:36:12.779 --> 00:36:15.420
 this is

00:36:15.420 --> 00:36:16.119
 what

00:36:16.119 --> 00:36:17.000
 I want

00:36:17.000 --> 00:36:17.379
 for my

00:36:17.379 --> 00:36:17.739
 heart

00:36:17.739 --> 00:36:19.799
 to be

00:36:19.799 --> 00:36:21.039
 towards

00:36:21.039 --> 00:36:21.440
 you

00:36:21.440 --> 00:36:23.420
 yours

00:36:23.420 --> 00:36:23.899
 towards

00:36:23.899 --> 00:36:24.379
 me

00:36:24.379 --> 00:36:25.759
 and

00:36:25.759 --> 00:36:26.159
 ours

00:36:26.159 --> 00:36:26.779
 towards

00:36:26.779 --> 00:36:27.480
 all

00:36:27.480 --> 00:36:27.859
 people

00:36:27.860 --> 00:36:41.740
 you

00:36:41.780 --> 00:36:42.180
 across