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 Asylum seeker Kadim Dai fled to Indonesia to escape the Taliban in fear of his life.

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 Kadim, who is part of the persecuted Hazara ethnic minority in Afghanistan,

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 fled to Pakistan with his family when he was a child.

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 He left Pakistan in 2013 when a bomb went off near his school

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 that killed 124 people, including a dear friend of his.

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 Kadim, who has been found to be a genuine refugee by the United Nations Refugee Agency,

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 is living in Indonesia until he is resettled into another country.

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 He featured in the recent multimedia series Frontiers of Hope,

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 and he agreed to participate in a question and answer session

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 about the life of a refugee on the Age newspaper's Facebook page last Monday night.

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 What happened next highlights the state of the asylum seeker debate and racism in this country.

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 Here is what some of our fellow citizens wrote on the Age newspaper's Facebook page.

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 Another privileged elitist trying to illegally enter Australia.

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 Only Australians have right to say who can live here.

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 No other should have influence.

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 And out of those, only those who pay taxes should have a vote.

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 Why is this Australia's problem?

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 We are not a super country that can save six billion lives.

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 What's wrong with Indonesia?

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 They are mainly Muslim and should be welcoming their fellow Muslims.

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 He should not be a burden to our society.

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 Why should I have to work hard to pay for my mortgage and food and my foxtel?

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 And this toad comes in through the back door and my taxes feed him.

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 That makes me hate asylum seekers even more.

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 He should be shot dead.

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 And yes, I would gladly donate money for the bullet.

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 Now, I hope your blood boiled.

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 I left out the expletive laden ones for the sake of propriety here this morning.

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 And ones that were even worse than that, which is hard to imagine.

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 I found it hard to believe that someone would put that stuff out there on the public forum.

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 A disgraceful treatment of another human being, and yet it's out there in our society.

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 And it's hard to believe that that's the sort of attitude that has historically found a home in the Christian church.

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 Even within our lifetime.

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 And one of the clearest examples is the history of the black-white relationship in churches in the United States.

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 In parts of the United States, where Christian values were the strongest and church attendance in the highest,

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 millions of whites belonged to the white supremacy group, the Ku Klux Klan.

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 And even as far back as the 1950s, that's not that long ago,

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 church groups would be involved in public lynchings of Negroes.

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 There's photos on the internet.

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 Church families just walked out of church, all dressed up for church,

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 and they're with people hanging from trees.

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 That's not that long ago.

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 The Ku Klux Klan has been involved in the segregation and slavery and torture and murder of many black people.

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 And yet, the Ku Klux Klan was, and in fact still is, a powerful advocate of Christianity.

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 The Christian cross features heavily in its activities,

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 and it has consistently campaigned for the compulsory teaching of Christianity in public schools.

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 It still does.

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 There are some very dark chapters in the history of the church,

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 and yet, I have hope.

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 I believe that the local church that treasures Jesus together

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 can be a pace setter for the wider community on this issue.

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 And so this series is not about St. Paul's being perfect on the issue.

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 It's about movement in the right direction.

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 That's what it's about.

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 The theology of the Apostle Paul, I believe, helps us move in the right direction

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 of ending racial pride and ethnocentricity.

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 Hopefully, in the last three weeks, you've already been challenged

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 about some attitudes of your own heart.

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 If not, I would encourage you to keep tuning in.

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 So let's go to Galatians 2.

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 It was just read out to us by Debbie.

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 Galatians 2, verses 11 to 16 particularly I want to focus on.

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 The key phrase that I want to focus on is verse 14.

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 When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel.

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 That's the verse.

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 That verse implies that there is conduct,

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 that is, there's behavior, actions, things that we do

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 that is out of step with the truth of the gospel,

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 which is what we focused on last week.

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 Or to put it another way,

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 the gospel governs not just what we believe,

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 but what we do.

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 So there is gospel belief,

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 and there is gospel actions.

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 And some beliefs contradict the gospel,

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 and some actions contradict the gospel.

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 And Peter's action here in Galatians 2

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 was contradicting the gospel.

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 And so this is one of the most important questions

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 that we can ask.

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 Ask of our habits,

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 of our actions,

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 of our behaviors,

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 of our attitudes.

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 Do they contradict the gospel?

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 Or positively,

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 are my actions, behaviors, attitudes

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 in step with what I say

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 that I believe about Jesus?

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 Do they say true things about the gospel?

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 Does it reflect the gospel?

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 Does it look like the kind of action

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 that would flow out of the gospel?

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 Now, Paul here leaves us in no doubt

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 about what the heart of the gospel is.

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 So we're going to look at it again

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 so that we're clear on it.

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 We don't have to go any further than verse 16,

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 I think.

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 So look at that with me.

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 Galatians 2 verse 16.

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 We who are Jews by birth

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 and not Gentile sinners

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 know that a man is not justified

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 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

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 no one will be justified.

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 And so the heart of the gospel

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 for the apostle Paul

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 was justification by faith alone

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 apart from works of the law.

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 Justification is what a judge does

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 in a courtroom.

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 It is a declaration that a defendant

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 is found innocent

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 because they are actually innocent.

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 The defendant is declared to be just

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 that is right, justified,

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 just if I had never sinned

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 because they are just.

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 It's as just as if they had never sinned.

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 So how can God, the judge,

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 declare us righteous and innocent?

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 And the answer is what we looked at last week

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 is that Jesus Christ lived and died

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 and to provide our righteousness

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 and to bear our punishment.

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 Justification by faith

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 puts all of us,

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 every single person,

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 on level ground

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 in utter dependence upon him.

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 Utter dependence upon his grace.

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 And one thing that justification does

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 is it smashes pride.

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 That's the heart of the gospel.

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 And my friends,

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 from that gospel,

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 how many new and sweet

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 and tender and deep

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 and strong and beautiful

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 and noble and humble and kind

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 and wise and patient

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 and caring and serving attitudes

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 and behaviors

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 flow from that gospel.

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 And one of which

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 is the breaking down

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 of ethnic hostilities

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 and suspicion

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 and creates instead

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 unity and harmony

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 where there was once division.

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 justification by faith

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 and justification by faith

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 and justification by faith alone

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 has overcome all,

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 all,

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 all,

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 all

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 the divisions

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 that there are

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 between people.

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 Galatians 3 verses 26 to 28

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 is very clear on that.

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 You are all sons of God

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 through faith in Christ Jesus.

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 For all of you

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 who were baptized

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 into Christ

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 have clothed yourselves

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 with Christ.

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 There is neither Jew

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 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

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 in Christ Jesus.

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 If you belong to Christ,

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 then you are Abraham's seed

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 and heirs

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 according to the promise.

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 Remember,

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 Galatians,

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 oh sorry,

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 Genesis chapter 12,

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 turning point that I said,

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 Abraham.

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 That's where it all started,

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 God's redemption plan.

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 When Paul states here

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 there is neither Jew

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 nor Greek,

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 slave nor free,

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 male nor female,

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 he strikes

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 at the three,

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 at least the three

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 of the major barrier

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 forming divisions

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 in human society.

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 Ethnic,

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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

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 a Gentile.

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 Blessed be he

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 that he did not make me

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 a slave

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 or an ignorant peasant.

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 And blessed be he

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 that he did not make me

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 a woman.

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 That's a Jewish prayer.

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 I assume prayed

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 just at men's breakfasts,

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 the bacon-free

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 men's breakfasts

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 that they had

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 back in those days.

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 And the Christian gospel

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 smashes all of those barriers.

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 And it forms,

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 doesn't just break down

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 the barriers,

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 it forms a radically

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 new society.

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 It doesn't obliterate

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 the differences.

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 Greeks are still Greeks,

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 slaves are still slaves,

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 and women are still women.

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 What obliterates here

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 is the barriers

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 that are formed up

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 in those differences.

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 And what's also obliterated

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 is 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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 There is no race,

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 no nation,

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 no class,

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 no gender,

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 no denomination

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 that has a favoured status

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 with God.

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 This was radical theology

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 in Paul's day

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 because it flew

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 in the face

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 of all traditional norms.

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 And it continues

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 to be radical theology

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 today

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 because it conflicts

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 with many of our

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 cultural norms as well.

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 The gospel brings

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 unity,

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 not uniformity.

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 But at the end

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 of Galatians 2 verse 12,

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 we see that Peter

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 was governed by fear

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 and not by the gospel.

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 And Paul rebuked him

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 for it

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 in Galatians 2

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 verses 11

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 to 13.

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 When Peter

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 came to Antioch,

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 I opposed him to his face

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 because he was clearly

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 in the wrong.

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 Before certain men

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 came from James,

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 he used to eat

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 with the Gentiles.

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 But when they arrived,

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 he began to draw back

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 and separate himself

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 from the Gentiles

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 because he was afraid

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 of those

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 who belonged

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 to the circumcision 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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 so that by their hypocrisy,

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 even Barnabas

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 was led astray.

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 And so Peter

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 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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 and he'd been

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 crossing

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 ethnic

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 and religious barriers

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 to eat with Gentiles

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 ever since

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 Acts chapter 10.

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 If you want to go back,

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 that's a turning point

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 for him.

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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 men

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 came from James.

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 Now these were

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 the Jerusalem

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 conservatives

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 who believed

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 that the Gentiles

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 because of their

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 uncircumcision

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 and because of their

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 unkosher

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 dietary habits

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 and because of their

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 failure to keep

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 the holy days,

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 they were

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 off limits

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 even if

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 they were

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 Christian,

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 they were still

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 off limits

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 for Jews.

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 And so these

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 conservatives,

00:14:30.339 --> 00:14:30.959
 theological

00:14:30.959 --> 00:14:31.559
 conservatives

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 came down

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 from Jerusalem,

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 the

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 Sydney Anglicans,

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 they

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 came

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 to

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 Hillsong

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 and started

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 throwing stones.

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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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 Now I'm not

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 sure exactly

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 what Peter

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 was afraid

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 of,

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 but it's

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 clear,

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 excuse me,

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 it's clear

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 that he was

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 afraid of his

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 own group.

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 and what

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 is absolutely

00:15:18.180 --> 00:15:19.500
 clear is

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 that that

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 fear ruined

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 practical

00:15:23.019 --> 00:15:24.120
 gospel

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 faithfulness

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 and

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 relationships.

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 He was

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 free,

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 he was

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 eating with

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 brothers across

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 ethnic lines

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 and fear,

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 at least for

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 that moment,

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 destroyed the

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 diversity and

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 the harmony.

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 And so at

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 very least I

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 think I could

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 say from this

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 passage,

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 don't let

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 fear ruin

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 your joyful

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 freedom in

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 living and

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 working and

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 worshipping and

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 relaxing and

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 eating with

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 brothers and

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 sisters who

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 are different

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 from you.

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 Or to put it

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 positively,

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 fall in love

00:16:02.540 --> 00:16:02.940
 with Jesus

00:16:02.940 --> 00:16:03.320
 again.

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 That's what it

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 means.

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 Fall in love

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 with Jesus

00:16:09.519 --> 00:16:09.980
 again.

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 Rejoice all

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 over again

00:16:13.759 --> 00:16:14.459
 that you are

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 justified by

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 faith alone.

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 It means we

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 need to keep

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 Jesus front and

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 centre.

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 We need to

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 keep justification

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 by faith

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 front and

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 centre.

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 Consistently,

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 level playing

00:16:28.860 --> 00:16:29.480
 field, no

00:16:29.480 --> 00:16:29.799
 room for

00:16:29.799 --> 00:16:30.139
 pride.

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 It means

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 treasuring

00:16:32.419 --> 00:16:33.179
 Jesus together.

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 Again,

00:16:34.799 --> 00:16:35.199
 keep putting

00:16:35.199 --> 00:16:36.079
 to that,

00:16:36.259 --> 00:16:36.659
 treasuring

00:16:36.659 --> 00:16:37.539
 Jesus

00:16:37.539 --> 00:16:38.379
 together.

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 And yet

00:16:39.459 --> 00:16:41.500
 fear is a

00:16:41.500 --> 00:16:41.959
 very real

00:16:41.959 --> 00:16:42.279
 issue.

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 I went to

00:16:46.579 --> 00:16:46.980
 the Hillsong

00:16:46.980 --> 00:16:47.599
 conference this

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 year.

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 First time

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 ever.

00:16:53.339 --> 00:16:54.199
 I ran into

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 a friend of

00:16:54.740 --> 00:16:55.039
 mine, a

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 colleague from

00:16:56.519 --> 00:16:57.019
 all colleagues

00:16:57.019 --> 00:16:57.319
 there.

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 We were both

00:16:59.740 --> 00:17:00.360
 surprised to see

00:17:00.360 --> 00:17:00.719
 each other.

00:17:00.720 --> 00:17:00.759
 fear.

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 I said to

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 him, let's

00:17:04.519 --> 00:17:05.100
 take a photo

00:17:05.100 --> 00:17:06.460
 and stick it

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 on Facebook.

00:17:09.160 --> 00:17:09.779
 Preferably with

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 Brian if we

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 can.

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 And he said,

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 I'm glad to be

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 here.

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 I'm not quite

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 ready for the

00:17:16.200 --> 00:17:16.720
 vitriol.

00:17:19.880 --> 00:17:20.319
 Fear.

00:17:21.819 --> 00:17:22.660
 I agreed with

00:17:22.660 --> 00:17:22.759
 him.

00:17:22.880 --> 00:17:23.140
 Fear.

00:17:23.140 --> 00:17:23.200
 Fear.

00:17:23.200 --> 00:17:23.240
 Fear.

00:17:23.240 --> 00:17:23.279
 Fear.

00:17:24.039 --> 00:17:25.240
 Fear.

00:17:25.240 --> 00:17:25.299
 Fear.

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 Fear.

00:17:27.299 --> 00:17:27.360
 Fear.

00:17:27.360 --> 00:17:27.380
 Fear.

00:17:27.380 --> 00:17:27.400
 Fear.

00:17:27.400 --> 00:17:27.420
 Fear.

00:17:27.420 --> 00:17:27.980
 Fear.

00:17:27.980 --> 00:17:28.240
 Fear.

00:17:28.240 --> 00:17:28.819
 Fear.

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 We need to

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 keep putting

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 Jesus front

00:17:30.000 --> 00:17:30.359
 and center.

00:17:31.259 --> 00:17:31.599
 We need

00:17:31.599 --> 00:17:32.200
 Jesus to be

00:17:32.200 --> 00:17:32.619
 our greatest

00:17:32.619 --> 00:17:32.879
 treasure.

00:17:32.960 --> 00:17:33.259
 We need to

00:17:33.259 --> 00:17:33.759
 remember that

00:17:33.759 --> 00:17:34.439
 the divide

00:17:34.439 --> 00:17:35.259
 could not

00:17:35.259 --> 00:17:35.579
 have been

00:17:35.579 --> 00:17:37.139
 larger between

00:17:37.139 --> 00:17:38.379
 sinful human

00:17:38.379 --> 00:17:40.119
 beings and

00:17:40.119 --> 00:17:41.359
 the infinitely

00:17:41.359 --> 00:17:43.019
 holy son of

00:17:43.019 --> 00:17:43.700
 God.

00:17:44.419 --> 00:17:45.200
 And Jesus

00:17:45.200 --> 00:17:46.159
 did not

00:17:46.159 --> 00:17:47.279
 despise us.

00:17:47.919 --> 00:17:48.819
 He came to

00:17:48.819 --> 00:17:49.179
 us.

00:17:49.579 --> 00:17:50.179
 He loved

00:17:50.179 --> 00:17:50.500
 us.

00:17:50.839 --> 00:17:51.500
 He died in

00:17:51.500 --> 00:17:52.279
 our place to

00:17:52.279 --> 00:17:53.159
 give us

00:17:53.159 --> 00:17:53.819
 life.

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 And he

00:17:56.179 --> 00:17:57.159
 did that

00:17:57.159 --> 00:17:57.659
 when we

00:17:57.659 --> 00:17:58.419
 were more

00:17:58.420 --> 00:18:00.600
 alien to

00:18:00.600 --> 00:18:02.680
 him than

00:18:02.680 --> 00:18:03.820
 anyone has

00:18:03.820 --> 00:18:04.480
 ever been

00:18:04.480 --> 00:18:05.080
 to us.

00:18:06.700 --> 00:18:07.240
 Jesus

00:18:07.240 --> 00:18:08.039
 needs to

00:18:08.039 --> 00:18:09.380
 be front

00:18:09.380 --> 00:18:09.920
 and center

00:18:09.920 --> 00:18:10.620
 consistently.

00:18:12.060 --> 00:18:12.759
 You see

00:18:12.759 --> 00:18:13.200
 when we

00:18:13.200 --> 00:18:14.460
 think or

00:18:14.460 --> 00:18:15.140
 feel or

00:18:15.140 --> 00:18:16.140
 act with

00:18:16.140 --> 00:18:17.080
 disdain or

00:18:17.080 --> 00:18:18.420
 disrespect or

00:18:18.420 --> 00:18:19.160
 avoidance or

00:18:19.160 --> 00:18:20.140
 exclusion or

00:18:20.140 --> 00:18:20.880
 malice towards

00:18:20.880 --> 00:18:21.580
 a person

00:18:21.580 --> 00:18:23.519
 simply because

00:18:23.519 --> 00:18:24.539
 he or she

00:18:24.539 --> 00:18:25.279
 is of

00:18:25.279 --> 00:18:26.680
 another race

00:18:26.680 --> 00:18:27.480
 or another

00:18:27.480 --> 00:18:28.380
 ethnic group

00:18:28.380 --> 00:18:30.800
 we are

00:18:30.800 --> 00:18:31.560
 in effect

00:18:31.560 --> 00:18:33.000
 saying that

00:18:33.000 --> 00:18:33.640
 Jesus

00:18:33.640 --> 00:18:34.780
 acted

00:18:34.780 --> 00:18:36.560
 foolishly

00:18:36.560 --> 00:18:37.460
 towards

00:18:37.460 --> 00:18:38.320
 us.

00:18:39.880 --> 00:18:40.520
 And I

00:18:40.520 --> 00:18:41.380
 don't believe

00:18:41.380 --> 00:18:41.660
 we ever

00:18:41.660 --> 00:18:41.920
 want to

00:18:41.920 --> 00:18:42.340
 say that.

00:18:46.420 --> 00:18:46.900
 Now

00:18:46.900 --> 00:18:47.480
 as far as I'm

00:18:47.480 --> 00:18:48.060
 aware here at

00:18:48.060 --> 00:18:48.580
 St. Paul's we

00:18:48.580 --> 00:18:49.340
 don't face the

00:18:49.340 --> 00:18:49.860
 issues of

00:18:49.860 --> 00:18:50.500
 Galatians.

00:18:51.040 --> 00:18:51.560
 That is

00:18:51.560 --> 00:18:52.620
 exclusion because

00:18:52.620 --> 00:18:53.140
 of lack of

00:18:53.140 --> 00:18:53.700
 circumcision.

00:18:53.700 --> 00:18:55.759
 far as I'm

00:18:55.759 --> 00:18:57.700
 aware that's

00:18:57.700 --> 00:18:58.180
 not the

00:18:58.180 --> 00:18:58.519
 case.

00:18:59.160 --> 00:19:00.160
 But we do

00:19:00.160 --> 00:19:01.420
 face numerous

00:19:01.420 --> 00:19:02.120
 divisions.

00:19:02.620 --> 00:19:02.960
 We have

00:19:02.960 --> 00:19:03.519
 divisions of

00:19:03.519 --> 00:19:03.940
 race and

00:19:03.940 --> 00:19:04.380
 age and

00:19:04.380 --> 00:19:04.799
 gender and

00:19:04.799 --> 00:19:05.480
 social status

00:19:05.480 --> 00:19:06.019
 and financial

00:19:06.019 --> 00:19:06.700
 status and

00:19:06.700 --> 00:19:07.319
 theological

00:19:07.319 --> 00:19:08.080
 awareness and

00:19:08.080 --> 00:19:08.580
 historical

00:19:08.580 --> 00:19:09.140
 connection.

00:19:09.880 --> 00:19:11.400
 We don't

00:19:11.400 --> 00:19:12.779
 have signs up

00:19:12.779 --> 00:19:13.220
 in the

00:19:13.220 --> 00:19:13.559
 building

00:19:13.559 --> 00:19:14.500
 segregating

00:19:14.500 --> 00:19:15.299
 people of

00:19:15.299 --> 00:19:16.039
 different races

00:19:16.039 --> 00:19:16.579
 morning tea

00:19:16.579 --> 00:19:17.059
 here lying

00:19:17.059 --> 00:19:17.639
 for whites

00:19:17.639 --> 00:19:18.339
 and we

00:19:18.339 --> 00:19:18.740
 don't have

00:19:18.740 --> 00:19:19.240
 that sort of

00:19:19.240 --> 00:19:19.819
 thing happening.

00:19:19.960 --> 00:19:20.579
 Hopefully that's

00:19:20.579 --> 00:19:21.220
 long gone.

00:19:21.359 --> 00:19:22.259
 We don't have

00:19:22.259 --> 00:19:23.159
 a KKK

00:19:23.159 --> 00:19:24.059
 option to

00:19:24.059 --> 00:19:24.639
 sign up for

00:19:24.639 --> 00:19:25.279
 Activate.

00:19:26.460 --> 00:19:27.819
 But we do

00:19:27.819 --> 00:19:29.720
 have our

00:19:29.720 --> 00:19:31.460
 prejudices and

00:19:31.460 --> 00:19:32.879
 implicit beliefs

00:19:32.879 --> 00:19:34.079
 that linger in

00:19:34.079 --> 00:19:34.819
 our hearts.

00:19:34.819 --> 00:19:36.859
 And that's

00:19:36.859 --> 00:19:37.500
 the key issue

00:19:37.500 --> 00:19:37.939
 I think that

00:19:37.939 --> 00:19:38.339
 we need to

00:19:38.339 --> 00:19:38.679
 be looking

00:19:38.679 --> 00:19:38.960
 at.

00:19:39.279 --> 00:19:39.679
 The key

00:19:39.679 --> 00:19:40.159
 issue is

00:19:40.159 --> 00:19:40.819
 our hearts.

00:19:42.980 --> 00:19:43.639
 On the

00:19:43.639 --> 00:19:44.039
 whole,

00:19:45.079 --> 00:19:45.759
 our issues

00:19:45.759 --> 00:19:46.240
 I believe

00:19:46.240 --> 00:19:46.579
 are more

00:19:46.579 --> 00:19:47.059
 implicit.

00:19:47.439 --> 00:19:47.839
 Sort of

00:19:47.839 --> 00:19:48.700
 like a

00:19:48.700 --> 00:19:49.240
 motor

00:19:49.240 --> 00:19:49.740
 mechanic

00:19:49.740 --> 00:19:50.599
 who

00:19:50.599 --> 00:19:53.139
 implicitly

00:19:53.139 --> 00:19:54.179
 assumes that

00:19:54.179 --> 00:19:54.980
 girls can't

00:19:54.980 --> 00:19:55.759
 fix cars.

00:19:56.859 --> 00:19:57.519
 And so

00:19:57.519 --> 00:19:58.700
 with that

00:19:58.700 --> 00:19:59.299
 implicit

00:19:59.299 --> 00:20:00.059
 assumption

00:20:00.059 --> 00:20:01.139
 he gives

00:20:01.140 --> 00:20:05.020
 less

00:20:05.020 --> 00:20:05.700
 attentions

00:20:05.700 --> 00:20:06.200
 and fewer

00:20:06.200 --> 00:20:06.860
 opportunities

00:20:06.860 --> 00:20:07.640
 to his

00:20:07.640 --> 00:20:08.080
 female

00:20:08.080 --> 00:20:08.600
 apprentices.

00:20:09.700 --> 00:20:10.520
 Because it's

00:20:10.520 --> 00:20:10.980
 an implicit

00:20:10.980 --> 00:20:11.560
 belief that

00:20:11.560 --> 00:20:12.060
 he has.

00:20:13.200 --> 00:20:13.740
 Boys are

00:20:13.740 --> 00:20:14.200
 better at

00:20:14.200 --> 00:20:14.520
 fixing

00:20:14.520 --> 00:20:16.340
 cars than

00:20:16.340 --> 00:20:16.800
 girls.

00:20:18.380 --> 00:20:18.600
 And so

00:20:18.600 --> 00:20:19.160
 my hope in

00:20:19.160 --> 00:20:19.660
 this series

00:20:19.660 --> 00:20:20.360
 is that we

00:20:20.360 --> 00:20:20.920
 would put to

00:20:20.920 --> 00:20:22.259
 death those

00:20:22.259 --> 00:20:23.400
 implicit beliefs,

00:20:23.520 --> 00:20:24.000
 the remaining

00:20:24.000 --> 00:20:25.200
 corruption in

00:20:25.200 --> 00:20:25.780
 our hearts

00:20:25.780 --> 00:20:26.720
 that think or

00:20:26.720 --> 00:20:27.280
 feel or

00:20:27.280 --> 00:20:28.380
 acts with

00:20:28.380 --> 00:20:29.000
 ill will

00:20:29.000 --> 00:20:29.940
 towards others

00:20:29.940 --> 00:20:30.560
 because of

00:20:30.560 --> 00:20:30.960
 difference,

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 especially race

00:20:31.920 --> 00:20:32.460
 and ethnicity.

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 So what I

00:20:33.420 --> 00:20:33.799
 want to try

00:20:33.799 --> 00:20:34.299
 and do for

00:20:34.299 --> 00:20:34.640
 the rest of

00:20:34.640 --> 00:20:34.900
 our time

00:20:34.900 --> 00:20:35.500
 together now

00:20:35.500 --> 00:20:36.360
 is to

00:20:36.360 --> 00:20:36.900
 help us

00:20:36.900 --> 00:20:37.660
 to see

00:20:37.660 --> 00:20:39.140
 and remove

00:20:39.140 --> 00:20:40.059
 one of the

00:20:40.059 --> 00:20:40.640
 subtle

00:20:40.640 --> 00:20:41.720
 sinful

00:20:41.720 --> 00:20:42.759
 prejudices

00:20:42.759 --> 00:20:44.400
 that's in

00:20:44.400 --> 00:20:45.019
 our hearts.

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 I want us

00:20:46.640 --> 00:20:47.460
 to focus on

00:20:47.460 --> 00:20:47.900
 a particular

00:20:47.900 --> 00:20:48.440
 part of the

00:20:48.440 --> 00:20:48.779
 text that

00:20:48.779 --> 00:20:49.059
 was read

00:20:49.059 --> 00:20:49.380
 out from

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 John chapter

00:20:49.860 --> 00:20:50.160
 1.

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 It's not

00:20:50.980 --> 00:20:51.299
 the main

00:20:51.299 --> 00:20:51.779
 point of

00:20:51.779 --> 00:20:52.259
 the text.

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 It's an

00:20:54.100 --> 00:20:55.079
 implication I

00:20:55.079 --> 00:20:55.720
 think relevant

00:20:55.720 --> 00:20:56.180
 for our

00:20:56.180 --> 00:20:56.819
 situation.

00:20:57.539 --> 00:20:57.920
 It's in

00:20:57.920 --> 00:20:58.180
 verse

00:20:58.180 --> 00:20:59.740
 43,

00:20:59.740 --> 00:20:59.859
 43,

00:21:00.359 --> 00:21:00.660
 Jesus

00:21:00.660 --> 00:21:01.160
 calls

00:21:01.160 --> 00:21:01.680
 Philip to

00:21:01.680 --> 00:21:02.039
 be his

00:21:02.039 --> 00:21:02.460
 disciple.

00:21:03.120 --> 00:21:03.240
 In

00:21:03.240 --> 00:21:04.839
 verse 45,

00:21:05.519 --> 00:21:07.599
 Philip finds

00:21:07.599 --> 00:21:08.880
 Nathanael and

00:21:08.880 --> 00:21:09.839
 says to him,

00:21:10.299 --> 00:21:10.920
 we have found

00:21:10.920 --> 00:21:11.880
 the one Moses

00:21:11.880 --> 00:21:12.640
 wrote about in

00:21:12.640 --> 00:21:13.120
 the law and

00:21:13.120 --> 00:21:13.859
 about whom the

00:21:13.859 --> 00:21:14.620
 prophets also

00:21:14.620 --> 00:21:15.000
 wrote,

00:21:15.599 --> 00:21:16.460
 Jesus of

00:21:16.460 --> 00:21:17.160
 Nazareth,

00:21:18.660 --> 00:21:19.279
 the son of

00:21:19.279 --> 00:21:19.620
 Joseph.

00:21:20.200 --> 00:21:20.759
 In other

00:21:20.759 --> 00:21:21.180
 words,

00:21:21.720 --> 00:21:22.380
 Philip has

00:21:22.380 --> 00:21:22.960
 believed in

00:21:22.960 --> 00:21:24.440
 Jesus as the

00:21:24.440 --> 00:21:25.240
 Messiah and

00:21:25.240 --> 00:21:26.180
 he's eager for

00:21:26.180 --> 00:21:27.759
 Nathanael to

00:21:27.759 --> 00:21:28.140
 know him

00:21:28.140 --> 00:21:28.480
 too.

00:21:29.080 --> 00:21:29.860
 He identifies

00:21:29.860 --> 00:21:30.799
 this one

00:21:30.799 --> 00:21:31.420
 written about

00:21:31.420 --> 00:21:32.340
 Moses and

00:21:32.340 --> 00:21:32.779
 the prophets

00:21:32.779 --> 00:21:33.519
 by calling

00:21:33.519 --> 00:21:34.820
 him Jesus

00:21:34.820 --> 00:21:36.560
 of Nazareth.

00:21:38.700 --> 00:21:39.420
 So he

00:21:39.420 --> 00:21:40.460
 identifies Jesus

00:21:40.460 --> 00:21:41.259
 with a town,

00:21:41.460 --> 00:21:42.880
 with a group

00:21:42.880 --> 00:21:43.539
 of people who

00:21:43.539 --> 00:21:44.060
 live in that

00:21:44.060 --> 00:21:44.600
 town, just a

00:21:44.600 --> 00:21:45.039
 small town,

00:21:45.100 --> 00:21:45.620
 about 2,000

00:21:45.620 --> 00:21:45.880
 people,

00:21:45.940 --> 00:21:46.299
 something like

00:21:46.299 --> 00:21:46.600
 that.

00:21:46.980 --> 00:21:47.240
 And for

00:21:47.240 --> 00:21:48.320
 whatever reason,

00:21:48.620 --> 00:21:49.700
 Nathanael responds

00:21:49.700 --> 00:21:50.220
 to Philip's

00:21:50.220 --> 00:21:50.880
 announcement in

00:21:50.880 --> 00:21:51.860
 verse 46 with

00:21:51.860 --> 00:21:52.640
 Nazareth,

00:21:52.640 --> 00:21:52.840
 Nazareth.

00:21:53.960 --> 00:21:54.840
 Can anything

00:21:54.840 --> 00:21:55.620
 good come out

00:21:55.620 --> 00:21:56.240
 of Nazareth?

00:22:01.000 --> 00:22:01.860
 And so his

00:22:01.860 --> 00:22:02.640
 question amounts

00:22:02.640 --> 00:22:03.480
 to a foregone

00:22:03.480 --> 00:22:03.940
 conclusion.

00:22:04.140 --> 00:22:04.820
 Nothing good

00:22:04.820 --> 00:22:05.480
 can come out

00:22:05.480 --> 00:22:06.140
 of Nazareth.

00:22:09.580 --> 00:22:10.280
 What's the

00:22:10.280 --> 00:22:10.880
 nature of his

00:22:10.880 --> 00:22:11.340
 mistake?

00:22:13.580 --> 00:22:14.460
 One way to

00:22:14.460 --> 00:22:15.200
 describe it would

00:22:15.200 --> 00:22:16.420
 be say that it

00:22:16.420 --> 00:22:17.040
 was sinful

00:22:17.040 --> 00:22:18.000
 prejudice against

00:22:18.000 --> 00:22:18.620
 the people of

00:22:18.620 --> 00:22:19.100
 Nazareth.

00:22:20.759 --> 00:22:21.759
 He had what

00:22:21.759 --> 00:22:22.540
 you call a

00:22:22.539 --> 00:22:24.379
 stereotype of

00:22:24.379 --> 00:22:24.819
 people from

00:22:24.819 --> 00:22:25.240
 Nazareth.

00:22:25.399 --> 00:22:26.680
 He made his

00:22:26.680 --> 00:22:27.680
 judgment about

00:22:27.680 --> 00:22:28.920
 Jesus based on

00:22:28.920 --> 00:22:29.619
 that negative

00:22:29.619 --> 00:22:30.200
 stereotype.

00:22:33.139 --> 00:22:34.079
 But another

00:22:34.079 --> 00:22:34.960
 way to look at

00:22:34.960 --> 00:22:35.740
 it is that

00:22:35.740 --> 00:22:36.779
 Nathanael did

00:22:36.779 --> 00:22:37.799
 what we do

00:22:37.799 --> 00:22:39.379
 every day.

00:22:41.200 --> 00:22:43.259
 He made a

00:22:43.259 --> 00:22:44.379
 generalization

00:22:44.379 --> 00:22:46.740
 based on

00:22:46.740 --> 00:22:47.299
 multiple

00:22:47.299 --> 00:22:48.099
 experiences,

00:22:49.559 --> 00:22:49.920
 possibly

00:22:49.920 --> 00:22:50.519
 biblical

00:22:50.519 --> 00:22:51.079
 evidence,

00:22:51.079 --> 00:22:52.480
 and then

00:22:52.480 --> 00:22:53.419
 formed a

00:22:53.419 --> 00:22:54.220
 probability

00:22:54.220 --> 00:22:55.259
 conclusion

00:22:55.259 --> 00:22:57.139
 based on

00:22:57.139 --> 00:22:57.339
 that

00:22:57.339 --> 00:22:58.179
 generalization.

00:23:00.539 --> 00:23:01.839
 So let

00:23:01.839 --> 00:23:02.439
 me try and

00:23:02.439 --> 00:23:03.740
 unpack that

00:23:03.740 --> 00:23:04.000
 in this

00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:04.399
 context.

00:23:05.139 --> 00:23:05.899
 My experience

00:23:05.899 --> 00:23:06.460
 is that the

00:23:06.460 --> 00:23:06.879
 people of

00:23:06.879 --> 00:23:07.839
 Nazareth are

00:23:07.839 --> 00:23:08.980
 pretty ordinary

00:23:08.980 --> 00:23:09.460
 people.

00:23:10.859 --> 00:23:11.799
 And I don't

00:23:11.799 --> 00:23:12.179
 see in the

00:23:12.179 --> 00:23:12.740
 Old Testament

00:23:12.740 --> 00:23:13.159
 that the

00:23:13.159 --> 00:23:13.819
 Messiah actually

00:23:13.819 --> 00:23:14.599
 comes from

00:23:14.599 --> 00:23:15.119
 Nazareth.

00:23:15.119 --> 00:23:15.239
 death.

00:23:17.379 --> 00:23:17.879
 Therefore,

00:23:18.359 --> 00:23:19.319
 from those

00:23:19.319 --> 00:23:19.759
 general

00:23:19.759 --> 00:23:20.719
 observations,

00:23:21.159 --> 00:23:21.779
 I think it's

00:23:21.779 --> 00:23:22.079
 highly

00:23:22.079 --> 00:23:23.479
 improbable,

00:23:23.839 --> 00:23:24.339
 if not

00:23:24.339 --> 00:23:24.979
 impossible,

00:23:24.979 --> 00:23:25.779
 that Jesus

00:23:25.779 --> 00:23:26.699
 is the

00:23:26.699 --> 00:23:27.099
 Messiah.

00:23:30.099 --> 00:23:30.799
 Now,

00:23:31.799 --> 00:23:32.539
 before we go

00:23:32.539 --> 00:23:32.859
 any further,

00:23:33.019 --> 00:23:33.679
 I would say

00:23:33.679 --> 00:23:35.779
 generalizing from

00:23:35.779 --> 00:23:37.099
 our experiences

00:23:37.099 --> 00:23:38.819
 and drawing

00:23:38.819 --> 00:23:39.559
 probability

00:23:39.559 --> 00:23:40.299
 conclusions

00:23:40.299 --> 00:23:41.619
 is both

00:23:41.619 --> 00:23:42.159
 inevitable

00:23:42.159 --> 00:23:43.220
 and good.

00:23:44.779 --> 00:23:45.720
 The human

00:23:45.720 --> 00:23:46.639
 brain works

00:23:46.639 --> 00:23:47.139
 that way.

00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:47.799
 In fact,

00:23:48.279 --> 00:23:48.940
 our life

00:23:48.940 --> 00:23:49.819
 depends on

00:23:49.819 --> 00:23:50.359
 it working

00:23:50.359 --> 00:23:51.059
 that way.

00:23:51.379 --> 00:23:51.980
 For instance,

00:23:52.339 --> 00:23:53.240
 you observe

00:23:53.240 --> 00:23:55.299
 that mushrooms

00:23:55.299 --> 00:23:56.700
 of certain

00:23:56.700 --> 00:23:57.440
 colors,

00:23:57.659 --> 00:23:58.019
 particularly

00:23:58.019 --> 00:23:59.059
 bright colors,

00:23:59.879 --> 00:24:02.279
 generally are

00:24:02.279 --> 00:24:02.720
 poisonous.

00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:02.920
 poisonous.

00:24:05.000 --> 00:24:05.360
 And so,

00:24:05.440 --> 00:24:05.799
 when someone

00:24:05.799 --> 00:24:06.420
 offers you

00:24:06.420 --> 00:24:06.880
 with a

00:24:06.880 --> 00:24:07.880
 mushroom,

00:24:08.079 --> 00:24:08.380
 which is

00:24:08.380 --> 00:24:09.460
 orange and

00:24:09.460 --> 00:24:10.100
 yellow and

00:24:10.100 --> 00:24:10.779
 purple and

00:24:10.779 --> 00:24:11.360
 says,

00:24:11.480 --> 00:24:11.860
 here you go,

00:24:11.940 --> 00:24:12.700
 taste that,

00:24:13.620 --> 00:24:15.120
 you turn it

00:24:15.120 --> 00:24:15.440
 down.

00:24:16.740 --> 00:24:17.559
 You've never

00:24:17.559 --> 00:24:18.339
 tasted one

00:24:18.339 --> 00:24:18.880
 before,

00:24:19.620 --> 00:24:19.960
 ever.

00:24:21.420 --> 00:24:22.180
 You've never

00:24:22.180 --> 00:24:22.960
 tested that

00:24:22.960 --> 00:24:23.839
 particular mushroom

00:24:23.839 --> 00:24:24.240
 whether it's

00:24:24.240 --> 00:24:24.579
 poisonous,

00:24:25.180 --> 00:24:27.039
 but you see

00:24:27.039 --> 00:24:27.740
 that it belongs

00:24:27.740 --> 00:24:29.339
 to a general

00:24:29.339 --> 00:24:30.360
 class of

00:24:30.360 --> 00:24:30.980
 mushrooms that

00:24:30.980 --> 00:24:31.440
 are known to

00:24:31.440 --> 00:24:31.980
 be poisonous.

00:24:32.720 --> 00:24:34.019
 And so,

00:24:34.120 --> 00:24:34.860
 you form a

00:24:34.860 --> 00:24:35.380
 probability

00:24:35.380 --> 00:24:37.059
 conclusion and

00:24:37.059 --> 00:24:38.100
 you refuse to

00:24:38.100 --> 00:24:38.640
 eat it.

00:24:39.400 --> 00:24:39.920
 Your life

00:24:39.920 --> 00:24:40.920
 depends on

00:24:40.920 --> 00:24:41.700
 not treating

00:24:41.700 --> 00:24:42.920
 that individual

00:24:42.920 --> 00:24:44.259
 mushroom in

00:24:44.259 --> 00:24:45.519
 isolation from

00:24:45.519 --> 00:24:46.400
 your experience.

00:24:47.839 --> 00:24:48.400
 You with me?

00:24:50.480 --> 00:24:51.400
 Let me just

00:24:51.400 --> 00:24:51.900
 say that again.

00:24:52.039 --> 00:24:52.759
 You're with me?

00:24:53.600 --> 00:24:54.240
 Fantastic.

00:24:56.059 --> 00:24:56.519
 Of course,

00:24:56.600 --> 00:24:57.279
 sometimes our

00:24:57.279 --> 00:24:58.019
 judgments are

00:24:58.019 --> 00:24:59.880
 totally wrong.

00:25:00.360 --> 00:25:01.240
 They seem

00:25:01.240 --> 00:25:01.660
 legitimate,

00:25:01.660 --> 00:25:02.600
 but are dead

00:25:02.599 --> 00:25:02.919
 wrong.

00:25:02.919 --> 00:25:04.379
 My experiences

00:25:04.379 --> 00:25:05.279
 in Alice Springs

00:25:05.279 --> 00:25:06.480
 in 2005

00:25:06.480 --> 00:25:07.619
 that I mentioned

00:25:07.619 --> 00:25:08.079
 a couple of

00:25:08.079 --> 00:25:08.539
 weeks ago.

00:25:08.639 --> 00:25:08.839
 And there was

00:25:08.839 --> 00:25:09.879
 another time I

00:25:09.879 --> 00:25:10.459
 was at a

00:25:10.459 --> 00:25:11.399
 restaurant with

00:25:11.399 --> 00:25:11.899
 a former

00:25:11.899 --> 00:25:12.659
 Chinese member

00:25:12.659 --> 00:25:13.259
 of our church

00:25:13.259 --> 00:25:13.819
 one day.

00:25:14.339 --> 00:25:15.079
 We were sitting

00:25:15.079 --> 00:25:15.379
 down,

00:25:15.439 --> 00:25:15.740
 we were just

00:25:15.740 --> 00:25:16.419
 about to order,

00:25:16.779 --> 00:25:17.019
 and the

00:25:17.019 --> 00:25:17.659
 waitress came

00:25:17.659 --> 00:25:18.359
 over and

00:25:18.359 --> 00:25:19.379
 this member

00:25:19.379 --> 00:25:20.319
 spoke to this

00:25:20.319 --> 00:25:21.079
 waitress in

00:25:21.079 --> 00:25:21.439
 Mandarin.

00:25:22.500 --> 00:25:22.839
 And the

00:25:22.839 --> 00:25:23.859
 waitress looked

00:25:23.859 --> 00:25:25.519
 at him and

00:25:25.519 --> 00:25:27.659
 just didn't

00:25:27.659 --> 00:25:28.279
 say anything.

00:25:28.279 --> 00:25:29.660
 And I

00:25:29.660 --> 00:25:30.059
 looked at the

00:25:30.059 --> 00:25:30.720
 waitress and

00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:31.019
 I said,

00:25:31.099 --> 00:25:31.740
 you've got no

00:25:31.740 --> 00:25:32.259
 idea what he

00:25:32.259 --> 00:25:32.639
 just said,

00:25:32.700 --> 00:25:32.980
 do you?

00:25:33.639 --> 00:25:35.160
 And she

00:25:35.160 --> 00:25:35.559
 says, no,

00:25:35.619 --> 00:25:36.059
 I don't.

00:25:38.480 --> 00:25:39.200
 And I just

00:25:39.200 --> 00:25:39.660
 laughed.

00:25:40.180 --> 00:25:41.099
 It turns out

00:25:41.099 --> 00:25:42.119
 she could only

00:25:42.119 --> 00:25:42.980
 speak English and

00:25:42.980 --> 00:25:43.539
 she was in fact

00:25:43.539 --> 00:25:43.920
 Korean.

00:25:45.799 --> 00:25:46.899
 The probability

00:25:46.899 --> 00:25:49.019
 conclusion based

00:25:49.019 --> 00:25:50.339
 on observation and

00:25:50.339 --> 00:25:51.180
 experience was in

00:25:51.180 --> 00:25:51.879
 fact wrong in that

00:25:51.879 --> 00:25:52.180
 moment.

00:25:52.180 --> 00:25:55.820
 But that's

00:25:55.820 --> 00:25:56.519
 what our brains

00:25:56.519 --> 00:25:57.220
 do all the

00:25:57.220 --> 00:25:58.039
 time with our

00:25:58.039 --> 00:25:58.660
 information.

00:26:02.779 --> 00:26:04.060
 Sometimes it's

00:26:04.060 --> 00:26:04.440
 sinful.

00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:08.100
 I'm driving

00:26:08.100 --> 00:26:08.640
 along the road,

00:26:08.740 --> 00:26:09.060
 stopped the

00:26:09.060 --> 00:26:09.460
 said traffic

00:26:09.460 --> 00:26:10.080
 lights, man

00:26:10.080 --> 00:26:10.480
 standing at

00:26:10.480 --> 00:26:10.740
 the traffic

00:26:10.740 --> 00:26:11.779
 lights, based

00:26:11.779 --> 00:26:12.220
 on what he

00:26:12.220 --> 00:26:12.759
 was wearing,

00:26:12.960 --> 00:26:13.320
 the beard

00:26:13.320 --> 00:26:13.880
 that he had,

00:26:13.980 --> 00:26:14.360
 the haircut

00:26:14.360 --> 00:26:16.220
 he had, and

00:26:16.220 --> 00:26:16.840
 his general

00:26:16.840 --> 00:26:17.560
 appearance.

00:26:19.400 --> 00:26:21.560
 I immediately

00:26:21.560 --> 00:26:22.160
 concluded,

00:26:22.180 --> 00:26:22.620
 he was a

00:26:22.620 --> 00:26:24.360
 Muslim man of

00:26:24.360 --> 00:26:24.900
 Middle Eastern

00:26:24.900 --> 00:26:25.440
 descent.

00:26:27.060 --> 00:26:28.200
 The next thing

00:26:28.200 --> 00:26:28.700
 that happened in

00:26:28.700 --> 00:26:29.299
 my mind was

00:26:29.299 --> 00:26:29.779
 sinful.

00:26:32.960 --> 00:26:33.779
 I wonder if

00:26:33.779 --> 00:26:34.240
 he's linked to

00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:34.799
 terrorism in

00:26:34.799 --> 00:26:35.240
 any way.

00:26:37.720 --> 00:26:38.480
 That was the

00:26:38.480 --> 00:26:39.160
 next bit in my

00:26:39.160 --> 00:26:39.720
 mind which was

00:26:39.720 --> 00:26:40.000
 sinful.

00:26:44.279 --> 00:26:44.920
 So what does

00:26:44.920 --> 00:26:45.620
 Nathaniel do?

00:26:46.840 --> 00:26:47.560
 Was his

00:26:47.560 --> 00:26:48.680
 non-sinful,

00:26:48.840 --> 00:26:49.980
 fully warranted

00:26:49.980 --> 00:26:51.019
 probability judgment

00:26:51.019 --> 00:26:51.680
 that proved to be

00:26:51.680 --> 00:26:52.000
 wrong?

00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:53.539
 Or is Nathaniel

00:26:53.539 --> 00:26:54.560
 guilty of sinful

00:26:54.560 --> 00:26:55.000
 prejudice?

00:26:55.420 --> 00:26:56.160
 I think he's

00:26:56.160 --> 00:26:56.519
 guilty.

00:26:57.420 --> 00:26:58.180
 Because he doesn't

00:26:58.180 --> 00:26:59.039
 say, can the

00:26:59.039 --> 00:27:00.340
 Messiah come from

00:27:00.340 --> 00:27:00.900
 Nazareth?

00:27:01.560 --> 00:27:02.539
 He says,

00:27:02.779 --> 00:27:03.620
 Nazareth?

00:27:03.880 --> 00:27:05.279
 Can anything good

00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:05.759
 come from

00:27:05.759 --> 00:27:06.160
 Nazareth?

00:27:06.160 --> 00:27:06.300
 Nazareth?

00:27:09.100 --> 00:27:10.259
 If his heart were

00:27:10.259 --> 00:27:11.040
 right, gracious,

00:27:11.240 --> 00:27:11.880
 loving, patient,

00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:13.420
 hopeful towards the

00:27:13.420 --> 00:27:14.180
 people of Nazareth,

00:27:14.259 --> 00:27:15.019
 he might have been

00:27:15.019 --> 00:27:16.400
 legitimately skeptical

00:27:16.400 --> 00:27:17.240
 about whether the

00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:18.080
 Messiah came from

00:27:18.080 --> 00:27:18.540
 Nazareth.

00:27:18.540 --> 00:27:19.960
 Although he would

00:27:19.960 --> 00:27:20.779
 probably would have

00:27:20.779 --> 00:27:21.960
 not said, Nazareth,

00:27:22.080 --> 00:27:22.840
 can anything good

00:27:22.840 --> 00:27:23.640
 come from Nazareth?

00:27:25.640 --> 00:27:26.580
 You see, he's

00:27:26.580 --> 00:27:27.519
 moved from

00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:29.040
 legitimate probability

00:27:29.040 --> 00:27:30.220
 conclusion to sinful

00:27:30.220 --> 00:27:30.720
 prejudice.

00:27:30.720 --> 00:27:33.259
 His view of these

00:27:33.259 --> 00:27:34.299
 people is so

00:27:34.299 --> 00:27:35.759
 negative that he

00:27:35.759 --> 00:27:36.799
 sweeps all of

00:27:36.799 --> 00:27:37.759
 them into the

00:27:37.759 --> 00:27:39.360
 stereotype including

00:27:39.360 --> 00:27:40.720
 Jesus, which is

00:27:40.720 --> 00:27:42.120
 what I did on that

00:27:42.120 --> 00:27:42.940
 night in November

00:27:42.940 --> 00:27:44.720
 in 2005 with those

00:27:44.720 --> 00:27:45.440
 Aboriginal people.

00:27:45.440 --> 00:27:51.759
 notice too that his

00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:52.480
 reaction to what

00:27:52.480 --> 00:27:53.700
 Philip says is

00:27:53.700 --> 00:27:54.240
 immediate.

00:27:54.360 --> 00:27:55.380
 He doesn't consider

00:27:55.380 --> 00:27:56.340
 the possibility that

00:27:56.340 --> 00:27:56.860
 Philip might have

00:27:56.860 --> 00:27:58.279
 been right about

00:27:58.279 --> 00:27:59.080
 what he knew what

00:27:59.080 --> 00:27:59.700
 he's talking about.

00:27:59.820 --> 00:28:01.140
 He's temporarily

00:28:01.140 --> 00:28:02.380
 blind to his

00:28:02.380 --> 00:28:02.920
 prejudice.

00:28:05.259 --> 00:28:06.039
 Now here's the

00:28:06.039 --> 00:28:06.500
 point that I want

00:28:06.500 --> 00:28:06.860
 to make.

00:28:08.059 --> 00:28:09.120
 There's a fine line

00:28:09.120 --> 00:28:10.140
 between legitimate

00:28:10.140 --> 00:28:11.400
 probability judgment

00:28:11.400 --> 00:28:13.140
 and sinful

00:28:13.140 --> 00:28:14.259
 prejudice.

00:28:14.259 --> 00:28:16.079
 but there is

00:28:16.079 --> 00:28:17.079
 a line.

00:28:20.019 --> 00:28:21.079
 There is a

00:28:21.079 --> 00:28:21.339
 line.

00:28:25.539 --> 00:28:26.339
 And God

00:28:26.339 --> 00:28:27.039
 sees it even

00:28:27.039 --> 00:28:27.799
 when we don't.

00:28:30.079 --> 00:28:30.579
 And we do

00:28:30.579 --> 00:28:32.220
 not, we need

00:28:32.220 --> 00:28:32.900
 to be careful

00:28:32.900 --> 00:28:34.619
 to not allow

00:28:34.619 --> 00:28:35.539
 our

00:28:35.539 --> 00:28:37.079
 genuine

00:28:37.079 --> 00:28:38.759
 and right

00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:40.180
 assessments of

00:28:40.180 --> 00:28:40.819
 people and

00:28:40.819 --> 00:28:41.779
 circumstances to

00:28:41.779 --> 00:28:42.440
 function in our

00:28:42.440 --> 00:28:43.379
 hearts in such a

00:28:43.380 --> 00:28:44.440
 way that it

00:28:44.440 --> 00:28:45.400
 becomes a

00:28:45.400 --> 00:28:47.460
 subtle self

00:28:47.460 --> 00:28:49.860
 justification for

00:28:49.860 --> 00:28:51.660
 sinful prejudice.

00:28:51.660 --> 00:29:01.640
 I've noticed

00:29:01.640 --> 00:29:03.880
 that since doing

00:29:03.880 --> 00:29:04.920
 this series that I

00:29:04.920 --> 00:29:05.840
 have less patience

00:29:05.840 --> 00:29:06.740
 with some people of

00:29:06.740 --> 00:29:07.700
 some races than I

00:29:07.700 --> 00:29:08.400
 do with others.

00:29:12.100 --> 00:29:13.340
 Our hearts are

00:29:13.340 --> 00:29:14.700
 deceitful and

00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:15.800
 corruption remains.

00:29:16.800 --> 00:29:18.019
 We must put it to

00:29:18.019 --> 00:29:18.400
 death.

00:29:18.400 --> 00:29:18.460
 death.

00:29:19.780 --> 00:29:20.560
 And so may the

00:29:20.560 --> 00:29:21.640
 Lord give us

00:29:21.640 --> 00:29:22.840
 absolute honesty

00:29:22.840 --> 00:29:23.860
 with ourselves

00:29:23.860 --> 00:29:24.880
 and with him.

00:29:26.640 --> 00:29:27.519
 May he expose

00:29:27.519 --> 00:29:29.759
 every remnant of

00:29:29.759 --> 00:29:30.900
 sinful prejudice.

00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:33.160
 May we never use

00:29:33.160 --> 00:29:34.720
 the legitimacy of

00:29:34.720 --> 00:29:36.120
 generalization to

00:29:36.120 --> 00:29:37.600
 cloak what is

00:29:37.600 --> 00:29:38.259
 sin.

00:29:40.780 --> 00:29:41.380
 And so let me

00:29:41.380 --> 00:29:42.460
 close with three

00:29:42.460 --> 00:29:43.500
 indications of a

00:29:43.500 --> 00:29:44.740
 good heart as we

00:29:44.740 --> 00:29:45.519
 struggle with this

00:29:45.519 --> 00:29:46.220
 line between

00:29:46.220 --> 00:29:47.019
 inevitable

00:29:47.019 --> 00:29:48.180
 generalization and

00:29:48.180 --> 00:29:49.000
 sinful prejudice.

00:29:50.779 --> 00:29:51.740
 It's a heart I

00:29:51.740 --> 00:29:52.379
 believe that has

00:29:52.379 --> 00:29:53.879
 received Christ,

00:29:54.299 --> 00:29:55.379
 knows forgiveness

00:29:55.379 --> 00:29:56.720
 and is indwelt by

00:29:56.720 --> 00:29:57.480
 the Holy Spirit.

00:29:57.599 --> 00:29:58.079
 Number one,

00:29:58.500 --> 00:29:59.900
 this good heart

00:29:59.900 --> 00:30:01.339
 desires to know

00:30:01.339 --> 00:30:02.740
 people and to

00:30:02.740 --> 00:30:05.859
 treat people for

00:30:05.859 --> 00:30:07.139
 who they are as

00:30:07.139 --> 00:30:09.180
 individuals, not

00:30:09.180 --> 00:30:10.180
 simply as

00:30:10.180 --> 00:30:11.400
 representatives of

00:30:11.400 --> 00:30:11.940
 a group.

00:30:11.940 --> 00:30:16.880
 if this were not

00:30:16.880 --> 00:30:19.900
 so, Jesus

00:30:19.900 --> 00:30:20.660
 could not be

00:30:20.660 --> 00:30:21.279
 recognized for

00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:21.799
 who he is.

00:30:22.140 --> 00:30:22.460
 Do you

00:30:22.460 --> 00:30:23.480
 desire, I

00:30:23.480 --> 00:30:24.140
 mean really

00:30:24.140 --> 00:30:25.160
 desire to know

00:30:25.160 --> 00:30:26.000
 people and to

00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:27.740
 treat people as

00:30:27.740 --> 00:30:29.120
 individuals, not

00:30:29.120 --> 00:30:30.320
 just samples of a

00:30:30.320 --> 00:30:30.640
 group?

00:30:33.580 --> 00:30:34.519
 Number two,

00:30:35.779 --> 00:30:36.900
 the good heart

00:30:36.900 --> 00:30:38.320
 is willing to

00:30:38.320 --> 00:30:40.019
 take risks to

00:30:40.019 --> 00:30:41.160
 act against

00:30:41.160 --> 00:30:42.259
 negative

00:30:42.259 --> 00:30:44.220
 expectations and

00:30:44.220 --> 00:30:44.879
 belittling

00:30:44.879 --> 00:30:46.819
 stereotypes when

00:30:46.819 --> 00:30:47.599
 dealing with a

00:30:47.599 --> 00:30:48.019
 person.

00:30:48.180 --> 00:30:48.940
 Paul says,

00:30:49.559 --> 00:30:50.680
 love believes

00:30:50.680 --> 00:30:51.480
 all things,

00:30:51.660 --> 00:30:52.379
 hopes all

00:30:52.379 --> 00:30:54.039
 things, and I

00:30:54.039 --> 00:30:54.639
 think he meant

00:30:54.639 --> 00:30:55.539
 that love strives

00:30:55.539 --> 00:30:56.119
 to believe and

00:30:56.119 --> 00:30:56.579
 hope for the

00:30:56.579 --> 00:30:57.779
 best and not

00:30:57.779 --> 00:30:58.379
 for the worst.

00:30:58.500 --> 00:30:59.059
 Number three,

00:30:59.160 --> 00:30:59.700
 the good heart

00:30:59.700 --> 00:31:01.259
 is ready, like

00:31:01.259 --> 00:31:02.839
 Nathaniel, to

00:31:02.839 --> 00:31:03.799
 repent quickly

00:31:03.799 --> 00:31:06.660
 and fully when

00:31:06.660 --> 00:31:07.400
 we have made a

00:31:07.400 --> 00:31:08.220
 mistake and

00:31:08.220 --> 00:31:09.059
 judged someone

00:31:09.059 --> 00:31:09.559
 wrongly.

00:31:10.200 --> 00:31:10.980
 This is what I

00:31:10.980 --> 00:31:11.619
 want my heart

00:31:11.619 --> 00:31:12.379
 to be towards

00:31:12.379 --> 00:31:13.700
 you, it's what

00:31:13.700 --> 00:31:14.220
 I want your

00:31:14.220 --> 00:31:14.779
 heart to be

00:31:14.779 --> 00:31:16.059
 towards me, it's

00:31:16.059 --> 00:31:17.299
 what I want our

00:31:17.299 --> 00:31:18.359
 collective heart to

00:31:18.359 --> 00:31:20.279
 be towards the

00:31:20.279 --> 00:31:21.079
 city of Chatswood.

00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:23.599
 And I believe it

00:31:23.599 --> 00:31:25.460
 is vital for God's

00:31:25.460 --> 00:31:26.319
 glory and our

00:31:26.319 --> 00:31:28.819
 society, our

00:31:28.819 --> 00:31:29.700
 society needs to

00:31:29.700 --> 00:31:30.519
 see this kind of

00:31:30.519 --> 00:31:31.779
 racial harmony and

00:31:31.779 --> 00:31:33.119
 peace in action.

00:31:34.339 --> 00:31:35.039
 And so I would

00:31:35.039 --> 00:31:36.279
 invite you to start

00:31:36.279 --> 00:31:37.079
 right now.

00:31:37.079 --> 00:31:38.619
 when I say now,

00:31:38.679 --> 00:31:39.539
 I mean when we

00:31:39.539 --> 00:31:40.539
 finish here and

00:31:40.539 --> 00:31:41.179
 move out to

00:31:41.179 --> 00:31:42.960
 morning tea, we

00:31:42.960 --> 00:31:43.799
 finish our formal

00:31:43.799 --> 00:31:44.319
 time together.

00:31:44.579 --> 00:31:45.399
 I don't want to

00:31:45.399 --> 00:31:46.619
 trivialise the

00:31:46.619 --> 00:31:48.500
 gravity of the

00:31:48.500 --> 00:31:50.299
 issue that we're

00:31:50.299 --> 00:31:50.919
 dealing with in

00:31:50.919 --> 00:31:51.899
 these series by

00:31:51.899 --> 00:31:53.079
 making the

00:31:53.079 --> 00:31:54.460
 application trite

00:31:54.460 --> 00:31:57.980
 and simple, but

00:31:57.980 --> 00:31:59.279
 let's do it

00:31:59.279 --> 00:32:00.159
 anyway, let's

00:32:00.159 --> 00:32:01.099
 start there.

00:32:01.639 --> 00:32:02.720
 Why not move

00:32:02.720 --> 00:32:03.939
 out of here and

00:32:03.939 --> 00:32:05.359
 talk with someone

00:32:05.359 --> 00:32:06.139
 who's different

00:32:06.139 --> 00:32:06.839
 than you?

00:32:09.399 --> 00:32:10.439
 As a starting

00:32:10.439 --> 00:32:11.979
 point, not just

00:32:11.979 --> 00:32:13.579
 gather with the

00:32:13.579 --> 00:32:14.019
 people that you

00:32:14.019 --> 00:32:14.539
 normally gather

00:32:14.539 --> 00:32:16.019
 with, across

00:32:16.019 --> 00:32:17.759
 boundaries.

00:32:23.459 --> 00:32:24.839
 Maybe next week

00:32:24.839 --> 00:32:25.519
 when you come to

00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:27.299
 church, sit with

00:32:27.299 --> 00:32:28.479
 someone different

00:32:28.480 --> 00:32:29.339
 than you.

00:32:33.579 --> 00:32:34.460
 Ask God to

00:32:34.460 --> 00:32:35.140
 help you by the

00:32:35.140 --> 00:32:35.720
 power of his

00:32:35.720 --> 00:32:36.539
 spirit to build

00:32:36.539 --> 00:32:37.519
 bridges of peace

00:32:37.519 --> 00:32:38.059
 and harmony.

00:32:41.519 --> 00:32:42.420
 I think it's

00:32:42.420 --> 00:32:43.420
 absolutely essential

00:32:43.420 --> 00:32:44.960
 and it has been

00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:47.059
 for us and the

00:32:47.059 --> 00:32:47.779
 Christian church

00:32:47.779 --> 00:32:50.240
 for decades to

00:32:50.240 --> 00:32:50.799
 deal with this

00:32:50.799 --> 00:32:51.160
 issue.

00:32:52.299 --> 00:32:53.259
 John Stott

00:32:53.259 --> 00:32:54.900
 wrote this in

00:32:54.900 --> 00:32:55.579
 his Ephesians

00:32:55.579 --> 00:32:56.579
 commentary back in

00:32:56.579 --> 00:32:59.159
 1970-something,

00:32:59.579 --> 00:33:00.699
 76 I think,

00:33:01.079 --> 00:33:01.500
 79.

00:33:03.419 --> 00:33:04.419
 He said,

00:33:05.039 --> 00:33:06.119
 it is simply

00:33:06.119 --> 00:33:07.759
 impossible with

00:33:07.759 --> 00:33:08.779
 any shred of

00:33:08.779 --> 00:33:09.699
 Christian integrity

00:33:09.699 --> 00:33:10.539
 to go on

00:33:10.539 --> 00:33:11.299
 proclaiming that

00:33:11.299 --> 00:33:12.419
 Jesus by his

00:33:12.419 --> 00:33:13.439
 cross has

00:33:13.439 --> 00:33:14.179
 abolished the

00:33:14.179 --> 00:33:15.220
 old divisions and

00:33:15.220 --> 00:33:16.119
 created a single

00:33:16.119 --> 00:33:17.119
 new humanity of

00:33:17.119 --> 00:33:18.559
 love while at the

00:33:18.559 --> 00:33:20.119
 same time we are

00:33:20.119 --> 00:33:21.059
 contradicting our

00:33:21.059 --> 00:33:22.480
 message by tolerating

00:33:22.480 --> 00:33:24.099
 racial or social or

00:33:24.099 --> 00:33:24.939
 other barriers

00:33:24.940 --> 00:33:26.519
 within our church

00:33:26.519 --> 00:33:26.960
 fellowship.

00:33:27.940 --> 00:33:29.320
 We need to get the

00:33:29.320 --> 00:33:29.980
 failures of the

00:33:29.980 --> 00:33:31.200
 church on our

00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:32.779
 conscience to feel

00:33:32.779 --> 00:33:33.720
 the offense to

00:33:33.720 --> 00:33:35.900
 Christ, to weep

00:33:35.900 --> 00:33:36.820
 over the credibility

00:33:36.820 --> 00:33:37.799
 gap between the

00:33:37.799 --> 00:33:39.279
 church's talk and

00:33:39.279 --> 00:33:40.460
 the church's walk,

00:33:41.100 --> 00:33:42.620
 to repent of our

00:33:42.620 --> 00:33:43.580
 readiness to

00:33:43.580 --> 00:33:44.940
 excuse and even

00:33:44.940 --> 00:33:45.820
 condone our

00:33:45.820 --> 00:33:47.320
 failures and to

00:33:47.320 --> 00:33:48.200
 determine to do

00:33:48.200 --> 00:33:49.180
 something about it.

00:33:49.720 --> 00:33:50.600
 I wonder if

00:33:50.600 --> 00:33:51.480
 anything is more

00:33:51.480 --> 00:33:53.080
 urgent today for

00:33:53.080 --> 00:33:53.720
 the honor of

00:33:53.720 --> 00:33:54.400
 Christ and for

00:33:54.400 --> 00:33:54.920
 the spread of

00:33:54.920 --> 00:33:56.000
 the gospel than

00:33:56.000 --> 00:33:56.740
 the church should

00:33:56.740 --> 00:33:57.940
 be and should be

00:33:57.940 --> 00:34:00.180
 seen to be what

00:34:00.180 --> 00:34:02.019
 by God's purpose

00:34:02.019 --> 00:34:02.940
 and Christ's

00:34:02.940 --> 00:34:03.779
 achievement it

00:34:03.779 --> 00:34:05.220
 already is.

00:34:06.039 --> 00:34:07.839
 A single new

00:34:07.839 --> 00:34:09.980
 humanity, a

00:34:09.980 --> 00:34:11.199
 model of human

00:34:11.199 --> 00:34:12.960
 community, a

00:34:12.960 --> 00:34:13.900
 family of

00:34:13.900 --> 00:34:14.940
 reconciled brothers

00:34:14.940 --> 00:34:16.480
 and sisters who

00:34:16.480 --> 00:34:17.920
 love their father

00:34:17.920 --> 00:34:19.780
 and love each

00:34:19.780 --> 00:34:21.159
 other, the

00:34:21.159 --> 00:34:22.220
 evident dwelling

00:34:22.219 --> 00:34:24.039
 place of God

00:34:24.039 --> 00:34:25.299
 by his spirit,

00:34:26.139 --> 00:34:27.899
 only then will

00:34:27.899 --> 00:34:28.379
 the world

00:34:28.379 --> 00:34:29.279
 believe in

00:34:29.279 --> 00:34:30.139
 Christ as

00:34:30.139 --> 00:34:30.779
 peacemaker.

00:34:31.719 --> 00:34:33.279
 Only then will

00:34:33.279 --> 00:34:34.239
 God receive the

00:34:34.239 --> 00:34:35.679
 glory that is due

00:34:35.679 --> 00:34:36.279
 his name.

00:34:36.899 --> 00:34:37.619
 Amen.

00:34:37.619 --> 00:34:38.619
 Amen.

00:34:38.619 --> 00:34:42.579
 Amen.

00:34:42.579 --> 00:34:43.699
 Amen.

00:34:43.699 --> 00:34:44.079
 Amen.

00:34:44.079 --> 00:34:44.619
 Amen.

00:34:44.619 --> 00:34:45.139
 Amen.

00:34:45.139 --> 00:34:46.139
 Amen.

00:34:46.139 --> 00:34:46.679
 Amen.

00:34:46.679 --> 00:34:47.279
 Amen.

00:34:47.279 --> 00:34:47.559
 Amen.

00:34:47.559 --> 00:34:48.259
 Amen.

00:34:50.480 --> 00:34:51.179
 Amen.

00:34:51.179 --> 00:34:51.619
 Amen.

00:34:51.619 --> 00:34:51.759
 Amen.

00:34:51.759 --> 00:34:52.199
 Amen.