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 It was November 2005, and I was in Alice Springs on the invitation of the Bible Society speaking event

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 to raise awareness for its ministry to remote areas of Australia

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 and the importance of all people having the Bible, the Word of God, in their own language.

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 And so I was to speak at this event on the Friday night in an aircraft hangar

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 with a Bible Society plane behind me and then at a local church on the Sunday morning.

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 And so a friend of mine came along for the trip.

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 We'd spent the Saturday after the Friday night exploring different parts around Alice Springs.

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 And in the evening, we walked down from a hotel into town and then had some dinner or whatever,

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 and then decided to walk back.

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 And it was dark as we were walking back, and they were walking along this pathway

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 on the edge of a dry riverbank, which most of them are, I assume, around there.

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 And to our left, as we were walking along in the moonlight, we could make out there was a group of Aboriginals

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 sitting in the riverbank drinking.

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 And up ahead of us, along the path to the right, we could hear in this sort of slummy kind of area

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 a lot of yelling and stuff going on up there.

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 Let me just pause there for a moment in terms of that picture.

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 I think it's fair to say that we were kind of nervous at that point.

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 We were in an area that we'd never been in before.

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 We weren't sure exactly where we were walking.

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 We knew where the hotel was, and we knew we were heading towards the hotel,

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 but we didn't know what was here between here and there.

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 And I suspect we would have been nervous regardless of who was there,

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 and if it was a bunch of teenagers or something like that,

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 drinking in there, a big group of them and a big group over there.

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 But as I said last week, I grew up with a fair amount of prejudice towards Aboriginals.

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 It came from the rhetoric of my white, rural Australian culture.

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 It came from my own experiences in both school and at work.

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 You could say that my friend's experience, the guy who was with me, was more acute than mine.

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 He spent a good part of his childhood years in Walgett, a fairly troubled place in terms of race relationships.

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 And so in this moment, on that Saturday night in Alice Springs,

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 both of our prejudices, which were lying down fairly deep, I suspect, came to the surface.

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 We'd both been in similar situations in the past.

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 And so as we walked on this pathway, I said quietly to him,

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 do you see the group down there on the left of the riverbank?

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 He said he did.

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 And at that moment, over to the right where the noise was coming from,

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 a group of about 20 Aboriginals came out from that area

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 and it would appear that they were heading straight towards the group

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 that were down there in the riverbank.

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 And he said to me, do you see the group up there to the right?

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 I said I do.

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 And it was becoming obvious to us that our trajectory would mean

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 that we were going to basically run straight into this group

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 as it walked over to the group down here in the riverbank.

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 We were both silent as we walked.

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 You could say our hearts were racing with nerves

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 and our minds were thinking about an escape plan.

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 In fact, we talked about an escape plan.

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 If something goes wrong, what are we going to do?

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 Which way are we going to go?

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 And where are we going to head?

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 We were hoping not to run into this middle of these 20 Aboriginals

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 heading across on this dark path.

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 And we were hoping that they weren't going to notice the two white guys,

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 the only two white guys around walking down this pathway.

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 And it was probably about that moment that our fears were in fact realized.

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 They in fact did notice us.

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 And as we approached and literally as we thought we were going to have to stop

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 as the Aboriginal group came across in front of us,

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 the leader of that group of Aboriginals, an elderly lady,

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 put her hands up like this as she got to the edge of the path.

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 And I wasn't sure what she was doing,

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 but what I realized what she was doing at that moment

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 was she was stopping the group from walking over the top of us.

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 And they all obliged.

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 They all stopped.

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 And as we walked past,

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 she said,

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 good evening, gentlemen.

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 We turned and said good evening and kept walking.

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 And we kept walking in silence

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 for another 20, 30 paces or something like that.

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 And my friend said to me,

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 how bad do I feel?

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 And I said, yep.

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 Let me tell you a really simple moment.

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 Back in 2005,

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 God used that moment to expose something of the sinner racial prejudice

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 that was in my heart.

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 It didn't escape me at all

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 that I was speaking about the necessity of the Word of God

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 going to all people, even to remote Aboriginal communities.

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 That's why they flew me there in the first place.

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 And I had a prejudice in my heart towards the people

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 that were meant to be receiving that ministry.

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 There was a disconnect between what I knew to be right and good

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 and part of God's purposes and my heart.

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 I was treated in that moment,

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 in the darkness, on that path,

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 with more dignity

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 than I treated them with my head and my heart.

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 It should not have been.

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 There was an article in the Australian newspaper on Friday

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 that blames current racism in Australia

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 on our former Prime Minister, John Howard.

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 Apart from that,

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 the article did say some interesting things about our culture.

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 It says,

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 the situation with Indigenous Australians is a particular one

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 because they were here long before the rest of us.

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 Many countries, including some Asian neighbours,

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 have similar dynamics at play with Indigenous minorities.

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 A mixture of guilt,

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 impatience at an apparent unwillingness to assimilate,

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 and prejudice.

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 But we occupy the extreme end in Australia.

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 All those gaping statistical discrepancies in health outcomes,

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 life expectancy, suicide, incarceration rates,

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 general indicators of misery,

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 and corresponding mainstream attitudes.

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 It's more complex,

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 a lot more complex,

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 than simply believing that if mainstream Australia

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 would stop being racist,

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 then everything would be fine.

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 But,

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 there is a lot of racism embedded in the Australian psyche.

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 Racism lurks in communities around the planet,

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 but it's true what the visitors say.

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 Australia is relatively comfortable expressing it.

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 Visitors of this country sometimes report

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 a jarring preponderance of casual, everyday racism.

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 For instance, British American comedian John Oliver

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 found Australia a sensational place,

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 albeit one of the most comfortably racist places I've ever been to.

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 They've really settled into their intolerance

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 like an old resentful slipper.

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 And so,

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 my point in this series

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 is that the Christian faith

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 has got something very significant to contribute

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 to

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 seeing the end of racism

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 and ethnocentricity in our culture.

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 Although,

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 as I said last week,

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 because of the failure

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 of the institutional church in the past,

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 we may not be heard.

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 That's one thing.

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 The other reason

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 that this series is for us

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 is because this church

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 is a diverse church.

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 And racism,

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 while it might not be explicit,

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 would most certainly be implicit.

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 I think we're bought into

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 some of the culture

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 that we have been marinating in.

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 In Australia.

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 But I do believe

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 that because of the gospel,

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 that we could be an example

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 and pace setter

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 for our community.

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 Now,

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 the significant contribution

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 of the Christian faith

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 begins with what I started with last week,

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 Genesis 1.27.

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 God created man in his own image.

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 In the image of God,

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 he created them.

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 Male and female,

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 he created them.

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 And the point is,

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 as I said last week,

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 all human beings

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 are of one origin

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 by divine design.

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 And the implication

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 is the extreme dignity

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 of your human beings.

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 We are one blood.

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 And it's interesting,

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 genetics agrees with that.

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 Genetics says that

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 it doesn't matter

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 where you come from

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 in the world,

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 in terms of the human race,

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 even with all,

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 you know,

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 we might look different,

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 sound different,

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 all that sort of stuff.

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 Genetically,

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 we are almost identical.

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 There's a few differences,

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 but the differences are so minor.

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 Which is why,

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 if I ever need

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 a new kidney or a liver,

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 I could just get one

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 from my family,

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 or I could get one

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 from the other side of the world.

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 I could get one

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 from out of Mongolia,

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 get one from Africa.

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 I mean,

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 there's any number of places.

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 I mean,

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 one of you could give me one.

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 So if I ever need one,

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 I'll,

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 you know,

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 line up

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 and we'll see

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 whose kidney I'll grab,

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 you know.

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 The Christian view of creation

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 does,

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 however,

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 stand in contrast

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 to the atheistic evolutionary theory

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 that is broadly accepted

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 as fact

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 in our secular society.

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 Charles Darwin's

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 origin of species

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 gave rise

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 to the separation

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 and classification

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 of plant and animal species.

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 Really helpful stuff,

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 classifying plant

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 and animal species.

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 So great contribution.

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 However,

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 this flowed over

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 into the categorizing

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 of the human race

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 into a hierarchy

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 arranged according

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 to evolutionary advancement.

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 That's where it became unhelpful.

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 Stephen Jay Gould,

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 who died in 2002,

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 he was no friend

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 of Christianity whatsoever.

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 In fact,

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 as an evolutionary biologist himself,

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 he significantly opposed creationism

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 in a very popular way.

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 And so it's really interesting

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 that he himself wrote

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 biologically,

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 sorry,

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 biological arguments

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 for racism

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 may have been common

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 before 1850.

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 Note that.

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 He's saying

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 that,

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 you know,

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 they probably existed,

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 a biological argument

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 existed

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 before Darwin

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 wrote his

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 origin of species,

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 but they increased

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 by orders

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 of magnitude

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 following the acceptance

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 of evolutionary theory.

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 He's saying

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 evolutionary theory

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 has made a significant

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 contribution

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 to racism.

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 racism.

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 And that's where

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 I think the problem is.

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 It's difficult

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 to deliver

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 on an equality

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 of all people

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 such as the secular society

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 wants

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 when

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 you explain

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 the difference

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 in terms of,

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 well, that group there

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 is just not as

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 advanced

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 as that other group

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 over there.

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 They're just not

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 evolved yet.

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 Now,

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 the Bible knows

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 nothing of a

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 hierarchy

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 of races

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 as evolutionary

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 theory does.

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 And yet,

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 having said that,

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 the institutional church,

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 which is meant

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 to be built

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 on the Bible,

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 has a terrible

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 track record

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 of racism

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 in such a way

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 that you wouldn't

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 think that Christianity

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 has got an answer

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 or a contribution

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 to make

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 to this issue.

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 The prominent

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 atheist

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 and evolutionary

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 biologist

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 Richard Dawkins

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 writes in his book

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 in The God Delusion,

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 The God of the Old Testament

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 is arguably

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 the most unpleasant

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 character in all

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 of fiction,

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 jealous and proud

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 of it,

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 a petty,

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 unjust,

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 unforgiving control freak,

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 a vindictive,

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 bloodthirsty,

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 ethnic cleanser,

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 a misogynist,

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 homophobic,

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 racist,

00:13:36.539 --> 00:13:37.079
 genocidal,

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 pestilential,

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 capriciously malevolent

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 bully.

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 Now,

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 the interesting thing is

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 Dawkins doesn't

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 believe in that God.

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 He's got no problem.

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 He doesn't care.

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 He doesn't believe

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 in that God.

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 His problem

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 is people like you

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 and me

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 who say

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 that we believe

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 in the God

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 of this Bible.

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 And he says

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 that there have been

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 awful atrocities

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 committed

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 by those

00:14:03.399 --> 00:14:04.039
 who believe

00:14:04.039 --> 00:14:04.459
 in the God

00:14:04.459 --> 00:14:04.980
 of this Bible

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 and so therefore

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 reject the whole thing.

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 Now,

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 I want to say

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 he's right

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 on one level.

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 There have been

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 awful atrocities

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 committed

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 by people

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 who say

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 that they believe

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 in the God

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 of this Bible.

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 There's some

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 terrible racism

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 that's occurred

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 because some people

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 over history

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 have thought

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 that the Bible

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 endorses it.

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 And one of the most

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 serious and damaging

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 interpretations

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 of the Bible

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 in this whole issue

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 of race

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 is in Genesis 9.

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 It's verses 18

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 to 27.

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 It's the end

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 of Genesis 9.

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 Noah and his family

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 have settled down

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 after the flood.

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 Noah plants

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 a vineyard,

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 discovers wine,

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 drinks too much

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 of it,

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 and ends up

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 lying naked

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 in his tent

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 after a big

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 night on the booze.

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 Something like

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 a university

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 border kind of

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 Friday night out

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 kind of thing.

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 And his son

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 Ham

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 sees his father's

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 nakedness,

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 goes,

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 runs off

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 to his two brothers,

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 tells them,

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 you know,

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 makes his father

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 look like an idiot.

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 The two brothers

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 instead

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 grab a cloth,

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 they walk

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 backwards into

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 the tent

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 and they lay it

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 over their dad

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 without even

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 looking at him.

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 And when Noah

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 wakes up

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 and finds

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 what his

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 youngest son

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 has done,

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 he pronounces

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 a curse

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 on Canaan

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 who was

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 Ham's

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 youngest son.

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 Genesis 9.

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 Cursed be Canaan,

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 the lowest of slaves

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 will he be

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 to his brothers.

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 He also said,

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 blessed be the Lord,

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 the God of Shem.

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 May Canaan

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 be the slave

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 of Shem.

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 May God

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 extend the territory

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 of Japheth.

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 May Japheth

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 live in the

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 tents of Shem

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 and may Canaan

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 be his slave.

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 Now,

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 throughout the last

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 20 centuries

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 or so,

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 numerous

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 Christian

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 and Jewish

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 and Muslim

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 writers

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 have connected

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 that passage,

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 the curse

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 of Ham,

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 with black

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 Africans.

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 the text

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 became

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 the standard

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 text

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 in defense

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 of slavery

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 in England,

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 in the southern

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 states of America

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 and for apartheid

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 in South Africa.

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 That is,

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 what they did

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 was they

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 translated

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 through a bit

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 of dodgy footwork

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 that Ham

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 means

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 black

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 or burnt.

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 and therefore,

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 they made the

00:16:34.400 --> 00:16:35.200
 conclusion that

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 this curse

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 was applicable

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 for all black

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 people

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 and especially

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 black Africans

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 because there's some

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 connection there,

00:16:47.139 --> 00:16:47.759
 lineage,

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 line.

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 they also

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 concluded that

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 Japheth

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 represented

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 because somehow

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 he kind of went

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 elsewhere,

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 like probably

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 closer to Europe

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 and he represented

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 white people

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 and therefore,

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 God commands

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 the slavery

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 of black people

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 by white people

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 and that explains

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 nearly 20

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 centuries of history

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 of that.

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 Now,

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 I'm not going to go

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 into the details

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 except to say

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 you've got to do

00:17:14.500 --> 00:17:15.159
 some pretty

00:17:15.159 --> 00:17:16.559
 fancy footwork

00:17:16.559 --> 00:17:17.319
 with the text

00:17:17.319 --> 00:17:18.299
 to come

00:17:18.299 --> 00:17:18.899
 to that

00:17:18.899 --> 00:17:19.579
 conclusion

00:17:19.579 --> 00:17:21.299
 but I want

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 to humbly say

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 some really

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 good people

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 have come

00:17:25.000 --> 00:17:25.639
 to that

00:17:25.639 --> 00:17:26.419
 conclusion.

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 Generally,

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 not for the

00:17:28.799 --> 00:17:29.679
 last 50 or 60

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 years.

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 I want to

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 suggest

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 it's wrong.

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 There's all sorts

00:17:36.200 --> 00:17:36.639
 of articles

00:17:36.639 --> 00:17:37.059
 you can read

00:17:37.059 --> 00:17:37.399
 about it

00:17:37.399 --> 00:17:37.720
 but I want to

00:17:37.720 --> 00:17:38.159
 suggest it's

00:17:38.159 --> 00:17:38.359
 wrong.

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 I'm glad

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 in the end

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 that we've

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 got the Bible,

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 we've got

00:17:41.359 --> 00:17:42.179
 God's perspective

00:17:42.179 --> 00:17:43.480
 on the history

00:17:43.480 --> 00:17:44.480
 of humanity.

00:17:45.599 --> 00:17:46.099
 The Bible

00:17:46.099 --> 00:17:47.039
 does not

00:17:47.039 --> 00:17:47.980
 relate all

00:17:47.980 --> 00:17:48.319
 of our

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 racial and

00:17:49.379 --> 00:17:50.039
 ethnic

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 differences

00:17:50.619 --> 00:17:51.139
 in terms

00:17:51.139 --> 00:17:51.519
 of lower

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 life forms.

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 It doesn't

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 blame the

00:17:54.940 --> 00:17:55.420
 fact that

00:17:55.420 --> 00:17:55.960
 God has

00:17:55.960 --> 00:17:56.659
 got personal

00:17:56.659 --> 00:17:57.579
 favourites.

00:17:58.200 --> 00:17:58.639
 He's a God

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 of favouritism.

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 It doesn't

00:18:00.799 --> 00:18:02.299
 blame racism

00:18:02.299 --> 00:18:02.839
 on John

00:18:02.839 --> 00:18:03.379
 Howard.

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 It puts

00:18:06.000 --> 00:18:07.059
 it squarely

00:18:07.059 --> 00:18:08.720
 in sin.

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 That's our

00:18:11.000 --> 00:18:11.740
 rejection of

00:18:11.740 --> 00:18:13.099
 God is where

00:18:13.099 --> 00:18:13.440
 the Bible

00:18:13.440 --> 00:18:13.960
 puts it.

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 So on that

00:18:14.519 --> 00:18:15.240
 night in Alice

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 Springs in

00:18:15.680 --> 00:18:17.160
 2005 when

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 John Howard

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 actually happened

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 to be our

00:18:18.820 --> 00:18:19.500
 Prime Minister

00:18:19.500 --> 00:18:19.779
 at that

00:18:19.779 --> 00:18:20.320
 time,

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 he was

00:18:22.960 --> 00:18:23.640
 not the

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 reason that

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 I acted

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 the way I

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 did or

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 thought the

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 way I

00:18:26.539 --> 00:18:26.740
 did.

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 My

00:18:28.240 --> 00:18:28.720
 prejudice,

00:18:29.860 --> 00:18:30.380
 my sinful

00:18:30.380 --> 00:18:30.960
 heart was

00:18:30.960 --> 00:18:31.480
 the problem.

00:18:32.259 --> 00:18:32.840
 My proud

00:18:32.840 --> 00:18:33.740
 sinful heart

00:18:33.740 --> 00:18:34.140
 was the

00:18:34.140 --> 00:18:34.440
 problem.

00:18:36.620 --> 00:18:37.220
 But the

00:18:37.220 --> 00:18:37.700
 Bible doesn't

00:18:37.700 --> 00:18:38.580
 just identify

00:18:38.580 --> 00:18:39.180
 sin as the

00:18:39.180 --> 00:18:39.860
 core problem,

00:18:39.960 --> 00:18:40.279
 the great

00:18:40.279 --> 00:18:40.900
 thing is that

00:18:40.900 --> 00:18:42.320
 it also

00:18:42.320 --> 00:18:42.880
 reveals the

00:18:42.880 --> 00:18:43.800
 solution to

00:18:43.800 --> 00:18:44.780
 racial pride

00:18:44.780 --> 00:18:44.940
 and

00:18:44.940 --> 00:18:45.820
 ethnocentrism.

00:18:46.600 --> 00:18:46.940
 So the

00:18:46.940 --> 00:18:47.500
 Bible sees

00:18:47.500 --> 00:18:47.980
 the fracturing

00:18:47.980 --> 00:18:48.220
 of all

00:18:48.220 --> 00:18:48.660
 relationships

00:18:48.660 --> 00:18:49.000
 due to

00:18:49.000 --> 00:18:49.360
 the rejection

00:18:49.360 --> 00:18:49.780
 of God

00:18:49.780 --> 00:18:50.240
 in Genesis

00:18:50.240 --> 00:18:50.680
 3.

00:18:51.220 --> 00:18:51.660
 Adam and

00:18:51.660 --> 00:18:52.019
 Eve are

00:18:52.019 --> 00:18:52.700
 creating God's

00:18:52.700 --> 00:18:53.180
 image to

00:18:53.180 --> 00:18:53.920
 display his

00:18:53.920 --> 00:18:55.019
 majesty and

00:18:55.019 --> 00:18:55.320
 when they

00:18:55.320 --> 00:18:56.120
 reject God

00:18:56.120 --> 00:18:57.220
 all relationships

00:18:57.220 --> 00:18:57.880
 are smashed.

00:18:57.980 --> 00:18:58.519
 We see that

00:18:58.519 --> 00:18:59.540
 right from there

00:18:59.540 --> 00:18:59.900
 in Genesis

00:18:59.900 --> 00:19:00.259
 3.

00:19:00.380 --> 00:19:00.780
 Relationship

00:19:00.780 --> 00:19:01.220
 with God

00:19:01.220 --> 00:19:01.800
 is smashed,

00:19:01.940 --> 00:19:02.540
 between man

00:19:02.540 --> 00:19:02.960
 and woman

00:19:02.960 --> 00:19:03.519
 is smashed,

00:19:03.620 --> 00:19:04.920
 between people

00:19:04.920 --> 00:19:05.340
 and the rest

00:19:05.340 --> 00:19:05.460
 of the

00:19:05.460 --> 00:19:05.980
 created order

00:19:05.980 --> 00:19:06.620
 is smashed,

00:19:06.800 --> 00:19:07.120
 everything

00:19:07.120 --> 00:19:07.980
 is inverted.

00:19:07.980 --> 00:19:09.299
 And before

00:19:09.299 --> 00:19:09.880
 sin,

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 Adam and

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 Eve were

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 naked,

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 they felt

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 no shame,

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 there was

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 intimacy,

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 there was

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 acceptance,

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 there was

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 no barrier

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 between them

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 at all.

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 As soon as

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 they reject

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 God,

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 they had to

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 be clothed,

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 a barrier

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 went up.

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 For the

00:19:27.519 --> 00:19:28.200
 moment they

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 rejected God,

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 the unity

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 of the human

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 race in the

00:19:32.400 --> 00:19:33.299
 image of God

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 became mirrored

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 by the unity

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 of the human

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 race,

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 in sin.

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 Romans 1

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 is Paul's

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 version of

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 the fall of

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 humanity

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 and he

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 makes it

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 clear there

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 that the

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 whole of

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 humankind,

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 every one

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 of us,

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 is contaminated

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 by sin.

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 And it's an

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 ugly picture

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 of sinful

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 behavior.

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 They became

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 filled with,

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 this is all

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 of us,

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 they became

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 filled with

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 every kind

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 of wickedness

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 and evil

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 and greed

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 and depravity.

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 They are

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 full of envy

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 and murder

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 and strife

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 and deceit

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 and malice.

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 They are

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 gossips

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 and slanderers

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 and God

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 haters and

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 insular

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 and arrogant

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 and boastful.

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 They invent

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 ways of doing

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 evil.

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 They disobey

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 their parents.

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 They are

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 senseless and

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 faithless and

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 heartless and

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 ruthless.

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 Although they

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 know God's

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 righteous decrees

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 that those

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 who do such

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 things deserve

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 death,

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 they not only

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 continue to do

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 those very

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 things,

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 but also

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 approve of

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 those who

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 practice them.

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 sin.

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 And our

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 unity in

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 sin is

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 explicit in

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 Romans 3.23,

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 all have

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 sinned and

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 fall short

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 of the

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 glory of

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 God.

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 So we're

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 made for

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 the majesty

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 of God

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 and yet

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 because of

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 sin we

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 all fall

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 short of

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 the majesty

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 of God.

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 Now some

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 of us might

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 lean towards

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 thinking that

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 we become a

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 sinner when

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 we first

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 sin.

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 But the

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 Bible's

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 picture is

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 that we

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 first sin

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 because we

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 are already

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 sinners.

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 One of the

00:21:00.079 --> 00:21:00.880
 Bible's most

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 important passages

00:21:01.720 --> 00:21:02.299
 on this issue

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 is Romans 5

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 verses 12

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 to 19.

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 It explains

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 there that

00:21:09.519 --> 00:21:10.900
 Adam's sin

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 right at the

00:21:11.920 --> 00:21:13.400
 beginning brought

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 the entire

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 human race that

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 flows from him

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 both sinful

00:21:18.160 --> 00:21:19.460
 natures and

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 God's judgment

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 and condemnation.

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 everyone who

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 comes from

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 Adam is

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 connected to

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 his sin.

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 We are born

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 into this

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 world with

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 sinful natures

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 that are traced

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 right back to

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 Adam's sin.

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 And so Romans

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 5 verse 12

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 sin came into

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 the world through

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 one man and

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 death through

00:21:42.160 --> 00:21:43.460
 sin and so

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 death spread to

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 all men because

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 all sin.

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 sin.

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 So we are

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 born with

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 inner lives

00:21:53.120 --> 00:21:53.640
 that are

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 directed towards

00:21:54.799 --> 00:21:56.660
 ourselves and

00:21:56.660 --> 00:21:57.920
 what we want

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 and not

00:21:58.900 --> 00:21:59.740
 directed towards

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 God and

00:22:00.559 --> 00:22:01.359
 certainly not

00:22:01.359 --> 00:22:02.079
 directed towards

00:22:02.079 --> 00:22:02.799
 anyone else.

00:22:02.799 --> 00:22:03.799
 sin.

00:22:03.799 --> 00:22:05.039
 Because we have

00:22:05.039 --> 00:22:05.759
 inner lives

00:22:05.759 --> 00:22:07.180
 bent away from

00:22:07.180 --> 00:22:08.379
 God in sin

00:22:08.379 --> 00:22:10.259
 when we are

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 old enough and

00:22:11.240 --> 00:22:11.919
 we know the

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 difference between

00:22:12.539 --> 00:22:13.480
 right and wrong

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 we act in

00:22:16.339 --> 00:22:17.299
 sinful ways.

00:22:17.299 --> 00:22:17.440
 sin.

00:22:19.240 --> 00:22:20.059
 We sin because

00:22:20.059 --> 00:22:20.519
 we are already

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 sinners.

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 Now possibly

00:22:21.799 --> 00:22:22.460
 and I say

00:22:22.460 --> 00:22:23.619
 possibly a

00:22:23.619 --> 00:22:25.180
 helpful way to

00:22:25.180 --> 00:22:25.779
 look at it

00:22:25.779 --> 00:22:26.339
 might be to

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 ask the

00:22:27.099 --> 00:22:28.039
 question of

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 whether a

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 tree produces

00:22:30.839 --> 00:22:31.919
 apples because

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 it is an apple

00:22:32.720 --> 00:22:34.359
 tree or does

00:22:34.359 --> 00:22:35.480
 the tree become

00:22:35.480 --> 00:22:36.339
 an apple tree when

00:22:36.339 --> 00:22:37.079
 it first produces

00:22:37.079 --> 00:22:37.500
 an apple?

00:22:40.579 --> 00:22:41.419
 Given the look

00:22:41.419 --> 00:22:42.099
 on your face I am

00:22:42.099 --> 00:22:42.700
 not sure that is

00:22:42.700 --> 00:22:43.500
 particularly helpful.

00:22:45.759 --> 00:22:46.180
 You see the

00:22:46.180 --> 00:22:47.160
 reality is an

00:22:47.160 --> 00:22:48.039
 apple tree can

00:22:48.039 --> 00:22:48.799
 grow for many

00:22:48.799 --> 00:22:49.799
 many years

00:22:49.799 --> 00:22:52.420
 before it

00:22:52.420 --> 00:22:53.180
 produces any

00:22:53.180 --> 00:22:53.900
 fruit at all

00:22:53.900 --> 00:22:55.560
 and when it

00:22:55.560 --> 00:22:56.180
 does finally

00:22:56.180 --> 00:22:57.180
 produce an

00:22:57.180 --> 00:22:58.500
 apple you

00:22:58.500 --> 00:22:59.380
 would say that

00:22:59.380 --> 00:23:00.000
 it is producing

00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:00.600
 fruit in

00:23:00.600 --> 00:23:01.320
 accordance to

00:23:01.320 --> 00:23:01.820
 its nature

00:23:01.820 --> 00:23:03.779
 and if the

00:23:03.779 --> 00:23:04.580
 apple tree that

00:23:04.580 --> 00:23:05.200
 you bought

00:23:05.200 --> 00:23:07.360
 when it finally

00:23:07.360 --> 00:23:08.740
 produced a

00:23:08.740 --> 00:23:10.580
 lemon you

00:23:10.580 --> 00:23:11.100
 would say

00:23:11.100 --> 00:23:13.019
 I have got a

00:23:13.019 --> 00:23:13.500
 lemon tree.

00:23:14.779 --> 00:23:15.740
 I bought an

00:23:15.740 --> 00:23:16.880
 apple tree but

00:23:16.880 --> 00:23:17.180
 I have been

00:23:17.180 --> 00:23:17.759
 sold a

00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:19.079
 lemon tree.

00:23:21.279 --> 00:23:21.859
 That is what

00:23:21.859 --> 00:23:22.319
 you would say.

00:23:22.799 --> 00:23:23.420
 It is producing

00:23:23.420 --> 00:23:23.940
 fruit in

00:23:23.940 --> 00:23:24.339
 accordance to

00:23:24.339 --> 00:23:24.819
 its nature.

00:23:25.960 --> 00:23:26.819
 Psalm 51

00:23:26.819 --> 00:23:27.579
 verse 5 says

00:23:27.579 --> 00:23:28.440
 surely I was

00:23:28.440 --> 00:23:29.180
 sinful at birth

00:23:29.180 --> 00:23:30.500
 sinful from the

00:23:30.500 --> 00:23:31.240
 time my mother

00:23:31.240 --> 00:23:31.980
 conceived me.

00:23:32.839 --> 00:23:33.579
 We are sinners

00:23:33.579 --> 00:23:34.900
 by nature who

00:23:34.900 --> 00:23:35.940
 show themselves to

00:23:35.940 --> 00:23:37.120
 be sinners by

00:23:37.120 --> 00:23:37.640
 choice.

00:23:39.660 --> 00:23:40.700
 Everyone who is

00:23:40.700 --> 00:23:41.599
 a parent knows

00:23:41.599 --> 00:23:42.480
 this to be true

00:23:42.480 --> 00:23:43.380
 by experience as

00:23:43.380 --> 00:23:43.640
 well.

00:23:45.440 --> 00:23:46.600
 I do not

00:23:46.600 --> 00:23:48.040
 I have never

00:23:48.040 --> 00:23:49.220
 had to teach

00:23:49.220 --> 00:23:49.760
 my children

00:23:49.760 --> 00:23:50.740
 bad behaviour.

00:23:51.780 --> 00:23:52.520
 Never had to

00:23:52.520 --> 00:23:52.900
 do that.

00:23:55.080 --> 00:23:56.020
 I didn't teach

00:23:56.020 --> 00:23:56.840
 my children to

00:23:56.840 --> 00:23:57.420
 say no.

00:23:57.860 --> 00:23:58.540
 I didn't teach

00:23:58.540 --> 00:23:59.200
 them to disobey

00:23:59.200 --> 00:23:59.560
 me.

00:23:59.820 --> 00:24:00.320
 I didn't teach

00:24:00.320 --> 00:24:00.580
 them to throw

00:24:00.580 --> 00:24:01.000
 their food on

00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:01.300
 the floor.

00:24:01.400 --> 00:24:01.880
 I didn't teach

00:24:01.880 --> 00:24:02.380
 them to pinch

00:24:02.380 --> 00:24:03.240
 one another or

00:24:03.240 --> 00:24:03.760
 to poke one

00:24:03.760 --> 00:24:04.180
 another or to

00:24:04.180 --> 00:24:04.720
 take their tongue

00:24:04.720 --> 00:24:04.960
 out of one

00:24:04.960 --> 00:24:05.500
 another or spit

00:24:05.500 --> 00:24:05.960
 at one another.

00:24:06.200 --> 00:24:06.820
 I didn't teach

00:24:06.820 --> 00:24:07.240
 them to throw

00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:08.120
 themselves on

00:24:08.120 --> 00:24:09.540
 the floor and

00:24:09.540 --> 00:24:10.360
 scream and kick

00:24:10.360 --> 00:24:11.300
 in a supermarket.

00:24:11.299 --> 00:24:12.240
 No parent

00:24:12.240 --> 00:24:12.700
 teaches their

00:24:12.700 --> 00:24:13.139
 child to do

00:24:13.139 --> 00:24:13.419
 that.

00:24:13.980 --> 00:24:14.539
 Never wants to

00:24:14.539 --> 00:24:14.839
 teach their

00:24:14.839 --> 00:24:15.259
 child to do

00:24:15.259 --> 00:24:15.500
 that.

00:24:16.559 --> 00:24:17.779
 I didn't teach

00:24:17.779 --> 00:24:18.319
 them those

00:24:18.319 --> 00:24:18.839
 things.

00:24:20.399 --> 00:24:21.399
 But they got

00:24:21.399 --> 00:24:22.579
 it from me.

00:24:24.619 --> 00:24:25.460
 In the same

00:24:25.460 --> 00:24:27.099
 way I got

00:24:27.099 --> 00:24:27.779
 those things

00:24:27.779 --> 00:24:28.379
 from my

00:24:28.379 --> 00:24:28.819
 parents.

00:24:32.539 --> 00:24:33.659
 I like my

00:24:33.659 --> 00:24:34.240
 parents before

00:24:34.240 --> 00:24:34.940
 me have spent

00:24:34.940 --> 00:24:35.980
 my time trying

00:24:35.980 --> 00:24:36.779
 to correct

00:24:36.779 --> 00:24:37.779
 those things

00:24:37.779 --> 00:24:38.740
 which come

00:24:38.740 --> 00:24:39.460
 naturally.

00:24:41.299 --> 00:24:42.099
 There is

00:24:42.099 --> 00:24:43.079
 solidarity in

00:24:43.079 --> 00:24:43.839
 being created

00:24:43.839 --> 00:24:44.399
 in the image

00:24:44.399 --> 00:24:44.879
 of God for

00:24:44.879 --> 00:24:45.419
 the glory of

00:24:45.419 --> 00:24:46.220
 God and

00:24:46.220 --> 00:24:47.700
 solidarity in

00:24:47.700 --> 00:24:48.339
 all of us who

00:24:48.339 --> 00:24:49.279
 fall short of

00:24:49.279 --> 00:24:49.960
 God's glory

00:24:49.960 --> 00:24:51.220
 through sin.

00:24:52.139 --> 00:24:53.119
 And we see

00:24:53.119 --> 00:24:53.799
 this solidarity

00:24:53.799 --> 00:24:55.180
 in sin and

00:24:55.180 --> 00:24:55.980
 its consequences

00:24:55.980 --> 00:24:56.680
 played out in

00:24:56.680 --> 00:24:57.659
 racial terms in

00:24:57.659 --> 00:24:58.460
 Genesis 10 and

00:24:58.460 --> 00:24:58.740
 11.

00:24:59.839 --> 00:25:00.279
 So if you've

00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:00.480
 got your

00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:01.799
 Bibles go to

00:25:01.799 --> 00:25:02.099
 there.

00:25:02.339 --> 00:25:02.980
 Genesis 10

00:25:02.980 --> 00:25:03.279
 11.

00:25:04.379 --> 00:25:05.519
 The so-called

00:25:05.519 --> 00:25:06.359
 table of

00:25:06.359 --> 00:25:07.440
 nations in

00:25:07.440 --> 00:25:08.419
 Genesis 10

00:25:08.420 --> 00:25:10.640
 reveals one

00:25:10.640 --> 00:25:11.580
 central point.

00:25:13.080 --> 00:25:13.860
 It stresses

00:25:13.860 --> 00:25:15.460
 the common

00:25:15.460 --> 00:25:16.600
 origins of

00:25:16.600 --> 00:25:17.600
 all people.

00:25:19.039 --> 00:25:19.779
 That's its

00:25:19.779 --> 00:25:20.320
 main point.

00:25:21.080 --> 00:25:21.840
 Common origins

00:25:21.840 --> 00:25:22.519
 of all people.

00:25:23.300 --> 00:25:23.640
 And the

00:25:23.640 --> 00:25:24.120
 relationship

00:25:24.120 --> 00:25:25.000
 between Genesis

00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:25.620
 10 and

00:25:25.620 --> 00:25:26.920
 11 is also

00:25:26.920 --> 00:25:27.900
 quite significant.

00:25:28.600 --> 00:25:29.440
 The generational

00:25:29.440 --> 00:25:30.220
 account which

00:25:30.220 --> 00:25:30.820
 begins at

00:25:30.820 --> 00:25:31.220
 chapter 10

00:25:31.220 --> 00:25:32.000
 verse 1

00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:34.019
 continues right

00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:35.360
 through until

00:25:35.360 --> 00:25:36.340
 chapter 11

00:25:36.340 --> 00:25:37.640
 verse 9.

00:25:38.420 --> 00:25:39.720
 which means

00:25:39.720 --> 00:25:41.160
 the Tower of

00:25:41.160 --> 00:25:42.160
 Babel account

00:25:42.160 --> 00:25:43.120
 in 11 and

00:25:43.120 --> 00:25:43.720
 the Table of

00:25:43.720 --> 00:25:44.279
 Nations in

00:25:44.279 --> 00:25:44.880
 chapter 10

00:25:44.880 --> 00:25:45.920
 go together as

00:25:45.920 --> 00:25:46.440
 one unit.

00:25:47.519 --> 00:25:48.320
 The Tower of

00:25:48.320 --> 00:25:49.300
 Babel story

00:25:49.300 --> 00:25:50.779
 explains how

00:25:50.779 --> 00:25:51.580
 and why

00:25:51.580 --> 00:25:52.960
 people have

00:25:52.960 --> 00:25:53.680
 been spread

00:25:53.680 --> 00:25:54.220
 out and

00:25:54.220 --> 00:25:54.720
 filled the

00:25:54.720 --> 00:25:55.480
 earth with

00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:55.779
 different

00:25:55.779 --> 00:25:56.240
 languages.

00:25:56.920 --> 00:25:57.880
 It reveals

00:25:57.880 --> 00:25:58.580
 that the

00:25:58.580 --> 00:25:59.320
 division into

00:25:59.320 --> 00:26:00.240
 different groups,

00:26:00.600 --> 00:26:00.980
 different people

00:26:00.980 --> 00:26:01.220
 groups,

00:26:01.320 --> 00:26:01.900
 different languages

00:26:01.900 --> 00:26:02.880
 is a

00:26:02.880 --> 00:26:04.680
 consequence of

00:26:04.680 --> 00:26:06.259
 human sin.

00:26:08.420 --> 00:26:10.120
 verse 4

00:26:10.120 --> 00:26:10.480
 says,

00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:11.519
 come,

00:26:12.160 --> 00:26:12.580
 let us

00:26:12.580 --> 00:26:12.900
 build

00:26:12.900 --> 00:26:13.480
 ourselves

00:26:13.480 --> 00:26:14.060
 a city

00:26:14.060 --> 00:26:14.900
 with a

00:26:14.900 --> 00:26:15.380
 tower that

00:26:15.380 --> 00:26:15.900
 reaches to

00:26:15.900 --> 00:26:16.500
 the heavens.

00:26:17.140 --> 00:26:17.860
 That's where

00:26:17.860 --> 00:26:18.620
 God is,

00:26:18.700 --> 00:26:19.060
 reaches to

00:26:19.060 --> 00:26:19.460
 the heavens,

00:26:19.840 --> 00:26:20.480
 so that

00:26:20.480 --> 00:26:22.060
 we may

00:26:22.060 --> 00:26:22.660
 make a

00:26:22.660 --> 00:26:23.080
 name for

00:26:23.080 --> 00:26:23.600
 ourselves

00:26:23.600 --> 00:26:24.620
 and not

00:26:24.620 --> 00:26:25.180
 be scattered

00:26:25.180 --> 00:26:25.720
 over the

00:26:25.720 --> 00:26:26.279
 whole face

00:26:26.279 --> 00:26:26.519
 of the

00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:26.820
 earth.

00:26:28.320 --> 00:26:28.960
 So

00:26:28.960 --> 00:26:29.820
 humanity

00:26:29.820 --> 00:26:30.300
 comes

00:26:30.300 --> 00:26:30.759
 together

00:26:30.759 --> 00:26:31.900
 to try

00:26:31.900 --> 00:26:32.980
 and overturn

00:26:32.980 --> 00:26:34.220
 God's

00:26:34.220 --> 00:26:34.660
 judgment

00:26:34.660 --> 00:26:35.240
 in

00:26:35.240 --> 00:26:35.560
 Genesis

00:26:35.559 --> 00:26:37.099
 3,

00:26:37.740 --> 00:26:38.139
 try to

00:26:38.139 --> 00:26:38.779
 overturn

00:26:38.779 --> 00:26:39.179
 God's

00:26:39.179 --> 00:26:39.539
 decision

00:26:39.539 --> 00:26:39.899
 at that

00:26:39.899 --> 00:26:40.240
 point.

00:26:41.619 --> 00:26:41.740
 They

00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:42.500
 work here

00:26:42.500 --> 00:26:43.139
 to try

00:26:43.139 --> 00:26:44.119
 and depose

00:26:44.119 --> 00:26:44.740
 God

00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:46.159
 and God's

00:26:46.159 --> 00:26:46.700
 judgment on

00:26:46.700 --> 00:26:47.440
 them was

00:26:47.440 --> 00:26:48.240
 to forever

00:26:48.240 --> 00:26:49.139
 hinder

00:26:49.139 --> 00:26:50.399
 them working

00:26:50.399 --> 00:26:51.200
 together.

00:26:53.059 --> 00:26:53.319
 He

00:26:53.319 --> 00:26:54.159
 scatters

00:26:54.159 --> 00:26:54.919
 them and

00:26:54.919 --> 00:26:55.720
 confuses

00:26:55.720 --> 00:26:56.679
 their language

00:26:56.679 --> 00:26:57.899
 as an

00:26:57.899 --> 00:26:58.899
 act of

00:26:58.899 --> 00:26:59.579
 judgment.

00:27:02.119 --> 00:27:02.359
 And so

00:27:02.359 --> 00:27:03.079
 taken together,

00:27:03.240 --> 00:27:04.119
 Genesis 10-11

00:27:04.119 --> 00:27:05.639
 reveals both

00:27:05.639 --> 00:27:06.599
 our unity

00:27:06.599 --> 00:27:07.979
 as one

00:27:07.979 --> 00:27:08.839
 blood under

00:27:08.839 --> 00:27:09.299
 God's

00:27:09.299 --> 00:27:09.819
 blessing,

00:27:10.279 --> 00:27:10.879
 but also

00:27:10.879 --> 00:27:12.139
 our diversity

00:27:12.139 --> 00:27:14.299
 into many

00:27:14.299 --> 00:27:14.879
 languages of

00:27:14.879 --> 00:27:15.379
 groups under

00:27:15.379 --> 00:27:15.719
 God's

00:27:15.719 --> 00:27:16.039
 judgment.

00:27:18.419 --> 00:27:19.559
 The problem

00:27:19.559 --> 00:27:20.279
 is the

00:27:20.279 --> 00:27:21.099
 human heart

00:27:21.099 --> 00:27:21.819
 that wants

00:27:21.819 --> 00:27:22.279
 to reject

00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:22.639
 God.

00:27:22.719 --> 00:27:22.959
 And it

00:27:22.959 --> 00:27:23.379
 seems that

00:27:23.379 --> 00:27:23.819
 we won't

00:27:23.819 --> 00:27:24.359
 work together

00:27:24.359 --> 00:27:25.359
 on anything

00:27:25.359 --> 00:27:27.379
 unless it

00:27:27.379 --> 00:27:27.739
 is to

00:27:27.739 --> 00:27:28.319
 reject God.

00:27:28.319 --> 00:27:30.319
 God's

00:27:30.319 --> 00:27:31.319
 sin.

00:27:31.319 --> 00:27:32.200
 The good

00:27:32.200 --> 00:27:32.659
 news is

00:27:32.659 --> 00:27:33.019
 that God

00:27:33.019 --> 00:27:33.559
 comes up

00:27:33.559 --> 00:27:34.619
 with a

00:27:34.619 --> 00:27:35.220
 remedy for

00:27:35.220 --> 00:27:35.839
 our sin

00:27:35.839 --> 00:27:36.599
 and our

00:27:36.599 --> 00:27:37.019
 division

00:27:37.019 --> 00:27:37.519
 and our

00:27:37.519 --> 00:27:38.079
 confusion.

00:27:38.779 --> 00:27:39.399
 The Bible

00:27:39.399 --> 00:27:40.339
 doesn't just

00:27:40.339 --> 00:27:40.939
 tell us

00:27:40.939 --> 00:27:41.960
 why we

00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:43.119
 have racism

00:27:43.119 --> 00:27:43.599
 and ethnic

00:27:43.599 --> 00:27:44.059
 pride,

00:27:44.259 --> 00:27:45.159
 it gives us

00:27:45.159 --> 00:27:45.859
 the solution

00:27:45.859 --> 00:27:46.480
 to it as

00:27:46.480 --> 00:27:46.799
 well.

00:27:47.500 --> 00:27:48.319
 Genesis 10

00:27:48.319 --> 00:27:48.899
 and 11

00:27:48.899 --> 00:27:49.639
 sets the

00:27:49.639 --> 00:27:50.500
 stage for

00:27:50.500 --> 00:27:51.559
 Genesis 12.

00:27:51.980 --> 00:27:52.480
 And this

00:27:52.480 --> 00:27:52.859
 is the

00:27:52.859 --> 00:27:53.700
 turning point

00:27:53.700 --> 00:27:54.399
 in the

00:27:54.399 --> 00:27:54.960
 whole Bible.

00:27:54.960 --> 00:27:55.700
 Genesis 12

00:27:55.700 --> 00:27:56.039
 is the

00:27:56.039 --> 00:27:56.500
 hinge,

00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:57.859
 it's a

00:27:57.859 --> 00:27:58.460
 turning point.

00:27:58.700 --> 00:27:58.960
 This is

00:27:58.960 --> 00:27:59.539
 where the

00:27:59.539 --> 00:28:00.059
 good news

00:28:00.059 --> 00:28:00.619
 comes.

00:28:01.200 --> 00:28:01.779
 The promise

00:28:01.779 --> 00:28:02.859
 to Abraham.

00:28:03.400 --> 00:28:03.740
 The Lord

00:28:03.740 --> 00:28:04.099
 said to

00:28:04.099 --> 00:28:04.559
 Abraham,

00:28:04.880 --> 00:28:05.180
 this is

00:28:05.180 --> 00:28:05.619
 verse 1,

00:28:05.700 --> 00:28:06.079
 leave your

00:28:06.079 --> 00:28:06.460
 country,

00:28:06.579 --> 00:28:06.960
 your people

00:28:06.960 --> 00:28:07.279
 and your

00:28:07.279 --> 00:28:07.720
 father's

00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:08.240
 household

00:28:08.240 --> 00:28:09.079
 and go

00:28:09.079 --> 00:28:09.420
 to the

00:28:09.420 --> 00:28:09.759
 land I

00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:10.160
 will show

00:28:10.160 --> 00:28:10.440
 you.

00:28:10.900 --> 00:28:11.559
 I will

00:28:11.559 --> 00:28:12.119
 make you

00:28:12.119 --> 00:28:12.660
 into a

00:28:12.660 --> 00:28:13.480
 great nation

00:28:13.480 --> 00:28:14.200
 and I

00:28:14.200 --> 00:28:14.759
 will bless

00:28:14.759 --> 00:28:15.579
 you and

00:28:15.579 --> 00:28:16.539
 I will

00:28:16.539 --> 00:28:17.579
 make your

00:28:17.579 --> 00:28:18.819
 name great

00:28:18.819 --> 00:28:20.180
 and you

00:28:20.180 --> 00:28:20.579
 will be a

00:28:20.579 --> 00:28:20.900
 blessing.

00:28:21.299 --> 00:28:21.579
 I will

00:28:21.579 --> 00:28:22.039
 bless those

00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:22.400
 who bless

00:28:22.400 --> 00:28:22.640
 you and

00:28:22.640 --> 00:28:23.160
 whoever curses

00:28:23.160 --> 00:28:23.500
 you I

00:28:23.500 --> 00:28:24.000
 will curse

00:28:24.000 --> 00:28:25.259
 and all

00:28:25.259 --> 00:28:26.299
 peoples

00:28:26.299 --> 00:28:27.339
 on earth

00:28:27.339 --> 00:28:28.180
 will be

00:28:28.180 --> 00:28:28.599
 blessed

00:28:28.599 --> 00:28:29.399
 through

00:28:29.399 --> 00:28:30.399
 you.

00:28:31.119 --> 00:28:31.680
 So God

00:28:31.680 --> 00:28:32.519
 judges

00:28:32.519 --> 00:28:33.579
 in chapter

00:28:33.579 --> 00:28:34.039
 11,

00:28:34.539 --> 00:28:35.240
 scatters,

00:28:35.359 --> 00:28:35.960
 confuses

00:28:35.960 --> 00:28:38.759
 and then

00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:39.279
 in chapter

00:28:39.279 --> 00:28:39.859
 12,

00:28:40.859 --> 00:28:41.659
 the beginning

00:28:41.659 --> 00:28:42.059
 of the plan

00:28:42.059 --> 00:28:42.519
 of redemption.

00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:48.319
 God's

00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:48.919
 call to

00:28:48.919 --> 00:28:49.480
 Abraham here

00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:49.779
 in chapter

00:28:49.779 --> 00:28:50.659
 12 is a

00:28:50.659 --> 00:28:51.940
 direct response

00:28:51.940 --> 00:28:52.700
 to the

00:28:52.700 --> 00:28:53.319
 disastrous

00:28:53.319 --> 00:28:54.779
 situation we

00:28:54.779 --> 00:28:55.079
 have of

00:28:55.079 --> 00:28:55.700
 human beings

00:28:55.700 --> 00:28:56.519
 in Genesis

00:28:56.519 --> 00:28:56.960
 3 to

00:28:56.960 --> 00:28:57.240
 11.

00:28:58.240 --> 00:28:58.819
 This is

00:28:58.819 --> 00:28:59.000
 the

00:28:59.000 --> 00:28:59.580
 introduction

00:28:59.580 --> 00:29:00.279
 to God's

00:29:00.279 --> 00:29:01.200
 spectacular

00:29:01.200 --> 00:29:01.819
 redemptive

00:29:01.819 --> 00:29:02.160
 plan,

00:29:02.440 --> 00:29:02.920
 a plan

00:29:02.920 --> 00:29:03.640
 that ultimately

00:29:03.640 --> 00:29:04.279
 culminates

00:29:04.279 --> 00:29:04.700
 in the

00:29:04.700 --> 00:29:05.140
 person of

00:29:05.140 --> 00:29:05.420
 Jesus.

00:29:06.460 --> 00:29:07.140
 It starts

00:29:07.140 --> 00:29:07.700
 with Abraham,

00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:08.819
 it culminates

00:29:08.819 --> 00:29:09.299
 in Jesus

00:29:09.299 --> 00:29:10.120
 and God

00:29:10.120 --> 00:29:10.840
 focuses on

00:29:10.840 --> 00:29:11.240
 Abraham

00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:12.420
 here not

00:29:12.420 --> 00:29:12.680
 to be

00:29:12.680 --> 00:29:13.140
 exclusive,

00:29:13.279 --> 00:29:13.440
 it's not

00:29:13.440 --> 00:29:13.860
 because he's

00:29:13.860 --> 00:29:14.259
 kind of

00:29:14.259 --> 00:29:14.400
 thought,

00:29:14.580 --> 00:29:14.600
 well,

00:29:14.680 --> 00:29:14.819
 you know,

00:29:14.840 --> 00:29:15.160
 Abraham's

00:29:15.160 --> 00:29:15.500
 the best

00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:15.720
 of the

00:29:15.720 --> 00:29:16.420
 bad bunch,

00:29:16.500 --> 00:29:16.779
 I'll pick

00:29:16.779 --> 00:29:17.299
 Abraham and

00:29:17.299 --> 00:29:17.600
 I'll just

00:29:17.600 --> 00:29:18.039
 shower

00:29:18.039 --> 00:29:18.600
 favoritism

00:29:18.600 --> 00:29:19.240
 upon him.

00:29:19.240 --> 00:29:21.299
 but he

00:29:21.299 --> 00:29:21.740
 wants to

00:29:21.740 --> 00:29:22.460
 use this

00:29:22.460 --> 00:29:23.000
 individual

00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:23.960
 and his

00:29:23.960 --> 00:29:24.460
 descendants

00:29:24.460 --> 00:29:25.240
 to bless

00:29:25.240 --> 00:29:26.019
 and to

00:29:26.019 --> 00:29:26.380
 deliver

00:29:26.380 --> 00:29:27.180
 and to

00:29:27.180 --> 00:29:27.660
 redeem

00:29:27.660 --> 00:29:28.620
 the entire

00:29:28.620 --> 00:29:29.079
 world.

00:29:30.660 --> 00:29:31.220
 That means

00:29:31.220 --> 00:29:32.019
 God's solution

00:29:32.019 --> 00:29:32.579
 to our

00:29:32.579 --> 00:29:33.000
 sin

00:29:33.000 --> 00:29:34.059
 reaches

00:29:34.059 --> 00:29:35.240
 its goal

00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:36.599
 only,

00:29:36.859 --> 00:29:38.160
 only

00:29:38.160 --> 00:29:39.559
 when it

00:29:39.559 --> 00:29:40.279
 includes

00:29:40.279 --> 00:29:41.359
 all the

00:29:41.359 --> 00:29:41.859
 families

00:29:41.859 --> 00:29:42.559
 of the

00:29:42.559 --> 00:29:42.920
 earth.

00:29:44.620 --> 00:29:45.660
 That in

00:29:45.660 --> 00:29:46.240
 itself

00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:47.019
 is a

00:29:47.019 --> 00:29:47.480
 reason for

00:29:47.480 --> 00:29:47.759
 mission.

00:29:47.759 --> 00:29:50.879
 the

00:29:50.879 --> 00:29:51.440
 purpose of

00:29:51.440 --> 00:29:51.920
 God

00:29:51.920 --> 00:29:52.740
 choosing

00:29:52.740 --> 00:29:53.339
 Israel

00:29:53.339 --> 00:29:53.819
 was to

00:29:53.819 --> 00:29:54.460
 witness to

00:29:54.460 --> 00:29:54.619
 the

00:29:54.619 --> 00:29:55.180
 universal

00:29:55.180 --> 00:29:55.980
 power and

00:29:55.980 --> 00:29:56.339
 love of

00:29:56.339 --> 00:29:56.700
 God for

00:29:56.700 --> 00:29:57.319
 all people.

00:29:57.799 --> 00:29:58.079
 And that's

00:29:58.079 --> 00:29:58.599
 against

00:29:58.599 --> 00:29:59.680
 Richard Dawkins'

00:29:59.839 --> 00:30:00.759
 view that

00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:01.879
 the God

00:30:01.879 --> 00:30:02.779
 of the

00:30:02.779 --> 00:30:03.420
 Old Testament

00:30:03.420 --> 00:30:04.859
 is racist.

00:30:06.299 --> 00:30:06.559
 You see,

00:30:06.619 --> 00:30:07.240
 even in the

00:30:07.240 --> 00:30:07.720
 Old Testament,

00:30:07.920 --> 00:30:08.460
 God's plan

00:30:08.460 --> 00:30:08.819
 was for

00:30:08.819 --> 00:30:09.359
 all the

00:30:09.359 --> 00:30:09.980
 nations.

00:30:11.319 --> 00:30:12.420
 Psalm 67,

00:30:12.579 --> 00:30:12.980
 the nations

00:30:12.980 --> 00:30:13.579
 will benefit

00:30:13.579 --> 00:30:14.099
 from the

00:30:14.099 --> 00:30:14.720
 Abrahamic

00:30:14.720 --> 00:30:15.059
 blessing

00:30:15.059 --> 00:30:16.339
 to Israel.

00:30:16.339 --> 00:30:18.319
 the nations

00:30:18.319 --> 00:30:18.799
 will come

00:30:18.799 --> 00:30:19.359
 to worship

00:30:19.359 --> 00:30:19.699
 the living

00:30:19.699 --> 00:30:20.019
 God.

00:30:20.139 --> 00:30:20.439
 In Psalm

00:30:20.439 --> 00:30:20.859
 22,

00:30:21.019 --> 00:30:21.459
 86,

00:30:21.720 --> 00:30:22.240
 102,

00:30:22.439 --> 00:30:23.099
 138,

00:30:23.159 --> 00:30:24.059
 145,

00:30:24.339 --> 00:30:25.000
 Isaiah 2,

00:30:25.099 --> 00:30:25.359
 12,

00:30:25.439 --> 00:30:25.799
 42,

00:30:25.980 --> 00:30:26.619
 45,

00:30:26.859 --> 00:30:27.519
 the nations

00:30:27.519 --> 00:30:27.939
 will be

00:30:27.939 --> 00:30:28.639
 included

00:30:28.639 --> 00:30:29.519
 within

00:30:29.519 --> 00:30:30.899
 Israel

00:30:30.899 --> 00:30:31.539
 as the

00:30:31.539 --> 00:30:32.199
 extended

00:30:32.199 --> 00:30:32.799
 people of

00:30:32.799 --> 00:30:33.179
 God.

00:30:33.579 --> 00:30:33.939
 And as

00:30:33.939 --> 00:30:34.659
 such,

00:30:34.759 --> 00:30:35.099
 they'll be

00:30:35.099 --> 00:30:35.759
 registered

00:30:35.759 --> 00:30:36.720
 in God's

00:30:36.720 --> 00:30:37.259
 city in

00:30:37.259 --> 00:30:38.039
 Psalm 86.

00:30:38.740 --> 00:30:39.119
 They'll be

00:30:39.119 --> 00:30:39.639
 blessed with

00:30:39.639 --> 00:30:39.919
 God's

00:30:39.919 --> 00:30:40.659
 salvation in

00:30:40.659 --> 00:30:41.579
 Isaiah 19.

00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:42.419
 They'll be

00:30:42.419 --> 00:30:43.019
 accepted into

00:30:43.019 --> 00:30:43.679
 God's house

00:30:43.679 --> 00:30:44.759
 in Isaiah 56.

00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:45.640
 They'll be

00:30:45.640 --> 00:30:46.420
 called by

00:30:46.420 --> 00:30:47.099
 God's name

00:30:47.099 --> 00:30:48.299
 in Amos 9.

00:30:48.640 --> 00:30:49.180
 And they'll be

00:30:49.180 --> 00:30:49.619
 joined with

00:30:49.619 --> 00:30:50.140
 God's people

00:30:50.140 --> 00:30:51.019
 in Zechariah 2.

00:30:51.259 --> 00:30:52.099
 And a heap

00:30:52.099 --> 00:30:52.460
 of other

00:30:52.460 --> 00:30:53.019
 passages

00:30:53.019 --> 00:30:54.099
 smattered

00:30:54.099 --> 00:30:54.460
 right through.

00:30:54.559 --> 00:30:55.240
 The God

00:30:55.240 --> 00:30:55.519
 of the Old

00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:56.039
 Testament is

00:30:56.039 --> 00:30:56.940
 not a

00:30:56.940 --> 00:30:57.420
 racist.

00:30:59.039 --> 00:30:59.640
 He doesn't

00:30:59.640 --> 00:31:00.019
 have his

00:31:00.019 --> 00:31:00.799
 favorites.

00:31:01.420 --> 00:31:02.019
 The choosing

00:31:02.019 --> 00:31:03.259
 of Israel

00:31:03.259 --> 00:31:04.339
 was not

00:31:04.339 --> 00:31:05.200
 for

00:31:05.200 --> 00:31:06.259
 ethnocentric

00:31:06.259 --> 00:31:06.859
 purposes,

00:31:07.259 --> 00:31:07.720
 but for

00:31:07.720 --> 00:31:08.420
 universal

00:31:08.420 --> 00:31:09.220
 redemption.

00:31:09.220 --> 00:31:13.519
 But

00:31:13.519 --> 00:31:17.660
 Israel

00:31:17.660 --> 00:31:19.519
 grabbed

00:31:19.519 --> 00:31:19.980
 hold of

00:31:19.980 --> 00:31:20.259
 it and

00:31:20.259 --> 00:31:20.460
 thought,

00:31:20.620 --> 00:31:20.880
 we'll just

00:31:20.880 --> 00:31:21.259
 hang on to

00:31:21.259 --> 00:31:21.579
 that for

00:31:21.579 --> 00:31:21.980
 ourselves.

00:31:23.860 --> 00:31:24.420
 They

00:31:24.420 --> 00:31:25.100
 failed

00:31:25.100 --> 00:31:25.819
 consistently

00:31:25.819 --> 00:31:26.440
 for living

00:31:26.440 --> 00:31:27.299
 out God's

00:31:27.299 --> 00:31:27.940
 purpose in

00:31:27.940 --> 00:31:28.640
 calling them.

00:31:29.559 --> 00:31:30.200
 They took

00:31:30.200 --> 00:31:31.019
 the role of

00:31:31.019 --> 00:31:31.860
 being racially

00:31:31.860 --> 00:31:32.740
 and morally

00:31:32.740 --> 00:31:34.200
 superior to

00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:35.100
 the nations

00:31:35.100 --> 00:31:35.440
 about.

00:31:35.779 --> 00:31:36.019
 They

00:31:36.019 --> 00:31:36.600
 consistently

00:31:36.600 --> 00:31:37.220
 forgot the

00:31:37.220 --> 00:31:37.779
 reason why

00:31:37.779 --> 00:31:38.400
 God chose

00:31:38.400 --> 00:31:39.320
 them, and

00:31:39.320 --> 00:31:39.740
 it was the

00:31:39.740 --> 00:31:40.500
 case right

00:31:40.500 --> 00:31:41.580
 through until

00:31:41.580 --> 00:31:41.980
 Jesus'

00:31:42.180 --> 00:31:42.540
 time.

00:31:43.240 --> 00:31:43.800
 But with

00:31:43.800 --> 00:31:45.240
 the coming

00:31:45.240 --> 00:31:45.900
 of Jesus,

00:31:46.960 --> 00:31:47.640
 a radically

00:31:47.640 --> 00:31:48.740
 new way of

00:31:48.740 --> 00:31:49.620
 defining the

00:31:49.620 --> 00:31:50.140
 people of

00:31:50.140 --> 00:31:51.519
 God arrived,

00:31:52.640 --> 00:31:53.259
 namely,

00:31:54.060 --> 00:31:54.820
 by faith

00:31:54.820 --> 00:31:55.620
 in him.

00:31:56.360 --> 00:31:56.620
 You see,

00:31:56.759 --> 00:31:57.460
 faith in

00:31:57.460 --> 00:31:58.140
 Jesus

00:31:58.140 --> 00:32:00.800
 trumps

00:32:00.800 --> 00:32:02.320
 ethnocentricity,

00:32:03.320 --> 00:32:04.759
 which is

00:32:04.759 --> 00:32:05.860
 why, as a

00:32:05.860 --> 00:32:06.300
 church, our

00:32:06.300 --> 00:32:06.960
 mission statement

00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:07.640
 is to treasure

00:32:07.640 --> 00:32:08.300
 Jesus.

00:32:08.400 --> 00:32:09.000
 above

00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:09.340
 everything

00:32:09.340 --> 00:32:09.740
 else.

00:32:11.580 --> 00:32:11.940
 Jesus,

00:32:12.740 --> 00:32:13.240
 faith in

00:32:13.240 --> 00:32:14.060
 Jesus trumps

00:32:14.060 --> 00:32:15.280
 ethnocentricity.

00:32:15.600 --> 00:32:16.320
 Over and

00:32:16.320 --> 00:32:16.880
 over again in

00:32:16.880 --> 00:32:17.300
 the gospel,

00:32:17.440 --> 00:32:17.940
 you see this

00:32:17.940 --> 00:32:18.320
 happening.

00:32:18.660 --> 00:32:19.160
 The story of

00:32:19.160 --> 00:32:19.360
 the Good

00:32:19.360 --> 00:32:19.800
 Samaritan,

00:32:20.140 --> 00:32:20.900
 the foreigner

00:32:20.900 --> 00:32:22.180
 is the

00:32:22.180 --> 00:32:23.040
 hero of

00:32:23.040 --> 00:32:23.519
 faith.

00:32:24.720 --> 00:32:25.140
 He's the

00:32:25.140 --> 00:32:25.640
 hero of

00:32:25.640 --> 00:32:26.240
 compassion.

00:32:27.920 --> 00:32:28.380
 The healing

00:32:28.380 --> 00:32:28.900
 of the ten

00:32:28.900 --> 00:32:29.940
 lepers, and

00:32:29.940 --> 00:32:30.680
 only one of

00:32:30.680 --> 00:32:30.980
 the lepers

00:32:30.980 --> 00:32:31.780
 returns in

00:32:31.780 --> 00:32:32.400
 Luke 17,

00:32:32.860 --> 00:32:33.519
 and what is

00:32:33.519 --> 00:32:33.640
 he?

00:32:33.880 --> 00:32:34.300
 He's a

00:32:34.300 --> 00:32:34.980
 Samaritan.

00:32:35.400 --> 00:32:36.100
 The foreigner

00:32:36.100 --> 00:32:37.060
 shines with

00:32:37.060 --> 00:32:37.840
 humble gratitude.

00:32:38.400 --> 00:32:39.340
 The healing

00:32:39.340 --> 00:32:39.680
 of the

00:32:39.680 --> 00:32:40.500
 Syrophoenician

00:32:40.500 --> 00:32:41.160
 daughter in

00:32:41.160 --> 00:32:41.780
 Mark 7.

00:32:42.060 --> 00:32:42.720
 The worshipping

00:32:42.720 --> 00:32:43.280
 of the wise

00:32:43.280 --> 00:32:43.800
 men for the

00:32:43.800 --> 00:32:44.740
 east at the

00:32:44.740 --> 00:32:45.100
 birth of

00:32:45.100 --> 00:32:45.720
 Jesus, most

00:32:45.720 --> 00:32:46.220
 likely from

00:32:46.220 --> 00:32:47.080
 Persia or

00:32:47.080 --> 00:32:48.380
 Arabia or

00:32:48.380 --> 00:32:48.840
 something like

00:32:48.840 --> 00:32:49.259
 that in

00:32:49.259 --> 00:32:49.900
 Matthew 2.

00:32:50.340 --> 00:32:50.840
 And finally,

00:32:51.000 --> 00:32:51.519
 in Luke 4,

00:32:51.580 --> 00:32:52.200
 there's a heap of

00:32:52.200 --> 00:32:52.920
 other passages you

00:32:52.920 --> 00:32:53.340
 go to, but

00:32:53.340 --> 00:32:54.680
 Luke 4, in

00:32:54.680 --> 00:32:55.340
 this passage,

00:32:55.540 --> 00:32:56.480
 Jesus tells

00:32:56.480 --> 00:32:58.259
 the story,

00:32:59.060 --> 00:32:59.940
 two stories.

00:33:00.140 --> 00:33:00.820
 One story is

00:33:00.820 --> 00:33:01.259
 taken from

00:33:01.259 --> 00:33:02.060
 1 Kings 17.

00:33:02.059 --> 00:33:03.440
 Now, remember

00:33:03.440 --> 00:33:04.500
 the reading, as

00:33:04.500 --> 00:33:05.480
 Jimmy read it out

00:33:05.480 --> 00:33:05.980
 to us a moment

00:33:05.980 --> 00:33:06.240
 ago.

00:33:06.819 --> 00:33:07.579
 Jesus stands up

00:33:07.579 --> 00:33:08.099
 in the temple.

00:33:08.619 --> 00:33:09.759
 He reads out a

00:33:09.759 --> 00:33:10.359
 text from the

00:33:10.359 --> 00:33:11.119
 scroll of Isaiah

00:33:11.119 --> 00:33:12.740
 61 and says to

00:33:12.740 --> 00:33:13.359
 the crowd that's

00:33:13.359 --> 00:33:13.980
 gathered there in

00:33:13.980 --> 00:33:14.440
 the temple,

00:33:14.879 --> 00:33:15.919
 guys, this is

00:33:15.919 --> 00:33:16.599
 fulfilled in your

00:33:16.599 --> 00:33:17.000
 hearing.

00:33:17.720 --> 00:33:18.779
 So Jesus, in that

00:33:18.779 --> 00:33:19.700
 moment, declares,

00:33:20.000 --> 00:33:21.119
 I am the long

00:33:21.119 --> 00:33:21.859
 awaited Messiah.

00:33:22.899 --> 00:33:23.379
 Newsline,

00:33:23.460 --> 00:33:24.039
 headline, local

00:33:24.039 --> 00:33:25.440
 boy, declares

00:33:25.440 --> 00:33:25.759
 himself to

00:33:25.759 --> 00:33:26.159
 Messiah.

00:33:26.159 --> 00:33:26.659
 Woohoo!

00:33:27.160 --> 00:33:29.000
 And that is

00:33:29.000 --> 00:33:30.180
 blasphemous.

00:33:31.620 --> 00:33:31.980
 And the whole

00:33:31.980 --> 00:33:32.400
 crowd in the

00:33:32.400 --> 00:33:33.220
 temple are going,

00:33:33.380 --> 00:33:34.120
 he's a good

00:33:34.120 --> 00:33:34.420
 guy.

00:33:34.759 --> 00:33:35.180
 He's a great

00:33:35.180 --> 00:33:35.560
 speaker.

00:33:36.400 --> 00:33:36.779
 Great, he's

00:33:36.779 --> 00:33:37.320
 popped in.

00:33:37.640 --> 00:33:38.240
 Yeah, local

00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:38.880
 boy, we're quite

00:33:38.880 --> 00:33:39.480
 proud of him.

00:33:39.880 --> 00:33:40.600
 And they all

00:33:40.600 --> 00:33:41.519
 spoke well of

00:33:41.519 --> 00:33:41.759
 him.

00:33:42.140 --> 00:33:42.620
 And Jesus

00:33:42.620 --> 00:33:43.279
 comes back and

00:33:43.279 --> 00:33:43.820
 said, yeah, but

00:33:43.820 --> 00:33:44.900
 prophets have no

00:33:44.900 --> 00:33:45.460
 honor in their

00:33:45.460 --> 00:33:45.740
 hometown.

00:33:45.900 --> 00:33:46.140
 They're like,

00:33:46.200 --> 00:33:47.300
 this one does.

00:33:48.259 --> 00:33:49.279
 Well, I just

00:33:49.279 --> 00:33:49.640
 want to tell you

00:33:49.640 --> 00:33:50.480
 two more stories.

00:33:51.680 --> 00:33:52.380
 He tells a story

00:33:52.380 --> 00:33:52.980
 taken from 1

00:33:52.980 --> 00:33:53.500
 Kings 17.

00:33:53.880 --> 00:33:54.500
 It's a story

00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:54.960
 about God

00:33:54.960 --> 00:33:56.100
 passing over the

00:33:56.100 --> 00:33:56.480
 ethnic

00:33:56.480 --> 00:33:57.620
 Jews to

00:33:57.620 --> 00:33:58.400
 bring a

00:33:58.400 --> 00:33:58.920
 miraculous

00:33:58.920 --> 00:33:59.700
 blessing to

00:33:59.700 --> 00:34:00.339
 a foreign

00:34:00.339 --> 00:34:01.740
 Gentiles from

00:34:01.740 --> 00:34:02.259
 the land of

00:34:02.259 --> 00:34:02.640
 Phoenicia.

00:34:03.759 --> 00:34:04.180
 And the

00:34:04.180 --> 00:34:04.799
 second story

00:34:04.799 --> 00:34:05.460
 is for 2

00:34:05.460 --> 00:34:06.559
 Kings 5.

00:34:06.860 --> 00:34:07.460
 Again, the

00:34:07.460 --> 00:34:08.380
 point is, of

00:34:08.380 --> 00:34:09.300
 all the

00:34:09.300 --> 00:34:10.340
 people that

00:34:10.340 --> 00:34:11.179
 God might

00:34:11.179 --> 00:34:12.000
 have chosen to

00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:12.360
 heal of

00:34:12.360 --> 00:34:13.280
 leprosy, he

00:34:13.280 --> 00:34:14.599
 chooses a

00:34:14.599 --> 00:34:15.599
 foreign king

00:34:15.599 --> 00:34:16.699
 from Syria.

00:34:22.940 --> 00:34:23.619
 And then

00:34:23.619 --> 00:34:24.039
 they didn't

00:34:24.039 --> 00:34:24.460
 speak so

00:34:24.460 --> 00:34:24.760
 well of

00:34:24.760 --> 00:34:25.039
 Jesus.

00:34:26.480 --> 00:34:27.780
 It was

00:34:27.780 --> 00:34:28.219
 at that

00:34:28.219 --> 00:34:29.559
 point, it

00:34:29.559 --> 00:34:30.480
 says, that

00:34:30.480 --> 00:34:31.340
 they were

00:34:31.340 --> 00:34:33.820
 furious with

00:34:33.820 --> 00:34:34.179
 him.

00:34:35.460 --> 00:34:36.599
 And they

00:34:36.599 --> 00:34:37.219
 attempted to

00:34:37.219 --> 00:34:37.760
 kill him.

00:34:39.039 --> 00:34:40.400
 Ethnic pride

00:34:40.400 --> 00:34:42.139
 runs deep.

00:34:43.719 --> 00:34:44.079
 And the

00:34:44.079 --> 00:34:44.500
 point that

00:34:44.500 --> 00:34:44.920
 Jesus was

00:34:44.920 --> 00:34:45.679
 making is

00:34:45.679 --> 00:34:45.980
 that the

00:34:45.980 --> 00:34:46.519
 kingdom that

00:34:46.519 --> 00:34:47.199
 he's bringing

00:34:47.199 --> 00:34:48.960
 is ethnically

00:34:48.960 --> 00:34:49.800
 different than

00:34:49.800 --> 00:34:50.559
 what they were

00:34:50.559 --> 00:34:51.000
 thinking.

00:34:51.000 --> 00:34:53.739
 Jesus is

00:34:53.739 --> 00:34:54.679
 the end of

00:34:54.679 --> 00:34:55.739
 ethnocentrism

00:34:55.739 --> 00:34:56.340
 and racial

00:34:56.340 --> 00:34:56.820
 pride.

00:34:57.219 --> 00:34:57.719
 He says he

00:34:57.719 --> 00:34:58.320
 has come to

00:34:58.320 --> 00:34:58.719
 redeem a

00:34:58.719 --> 00:34:59.119
 people from

00:34:59.119 --> 00:34:59.780
 every ethnic

00:34:59.780 --> 00:35:00.699
 group, not

00:35:00.699 --> 00:35:01.500
 just from

00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:02.199
 one or a

00:35:02.199 --> 00:35:02.500
 few.

00:35:03.039 --> 00:35:03.679
 God's plan of

00:35:03.679 --> 00:35:04.300
 redemption, which

00:35:04.300 --> 00:35:04.920
 started with a

00:35:04.920 --> 00:35:05.380
 promise to

00:35:05.380 --> 00:35:06.460
 Abraham, finds

00:35:06.460 --> 00:35:07.079
 its fulfillment

00:35:07.079 --> 00:35:07.739
 in the person

00:35:07.739 --> 00:35:08.480
 of Jesus and

00:35:08.480 --> 00:35:09.679
 especially in

00:35:09.679 --> 00:35:10.199
 the death of

00:35:10.199 --> 00:35:10.519
 Jesus.

00:35:11.019 --> 00:35:11.920
 Galatians 3

00:35:11.920 --> 00:35:12.880
 says this,

00:35:12.880 --> 00:35:13.900
 Christ redeemed

00:35:13.900 --> 00:35:14.760
 us from the

00:35:14.760 --> 00:35:15.300
 curse of the

00:35:15.300 --> 00:35:15.960
 law by

00:35:15.960 --> 00:35:16.720
 becoming a

00:35:16.720 --> 00:35:17.340
 curse for

00:35:17.340 --> 00:35:17.720
 us.

00:35:18.079 --> 00:35:18.559
 For it is

00:35:18.559 --> 00:35:18.840
 written,

00:35:19.059 --> 00:35:19.640
 cursed is

00:35:19.640 --> 00:35:20.840
 everyone who

00:35:20.840 --> 00:35:21.519
 is hung on

00:35:21.519 --> 00:35:22.019
 a tree.

00:35:22.440 --> 00:35:23.519
 That is, he

00:35:23.519 --> 00:35:24.740
 redeemed us

00:35:24.740 --> 00:35:25.800
 by his

00:35:25.800 --> 00:35:26.480
 death on the

00:35:26.480 --> 00:35:26.920
 cross.

00:35:27.579 --> 00:35:28.119
 And then it

00:35:28.119 --> 00:35:29.079
 says, he

00:35:29.079 --> 00:35:30.300
 redeemed us

00:35:30.300 --> 00:35:31.460
 in order that

00:35:31.460 --> 00:35:32.220
 the blessing

00:35:32.220 --> 00:35:33.140
 given to

00:35:33.140 --> 00:35:34.019
 Abraham

00:35:34.019 --> 00:35:37.320
 might come

00:35:37.320 --> 00:35:37.640
 to the

00:35:37.640 --> 00:35:38.260
 Gentiles

00:35:38.260 --> 00:35:39.519
 through Christ

00:35:39.519 --> 00:35:39.960
 Jesus.

00:35:39.960 --> 00:35:42.800
 with

00:35:42.800 --> 00:35:43.740
 Abraham, God

00:35:43.740 --> 00:35:44.380
 set in

00:35:44.380 --> 00:35:44.900
 motion a

00:35:44.900 --> 00:35:45.300
 plan of

00:35:45.300 --> 00:35:45.820
 redemption

00:35:45.820 --> 00:35:47.880
 that overturns

00:35:47.880 --> 00:35:48.800
 every curse

00:35:48.800 --> 00:35:49.699
 for everyone

00:35:49.699 --> 00:35:50.500
 who receives

00:35:50.500 --> 00:35:50.920
 the blessing

00:35:50.920 --> 00:35:51.480
 of Abraham.

00:35:51.980 --> 00:35:52.300
 And that

00:35:52.300 --> 00:35:52.760
 blessing,

00:35:52.940 --> 00:35:53.360
 according to

00:35:53.360 --> 00:35:54.179
 Galatians 3,

00:35:54.539 --> 00:35:54.880
 is the

00:35:54.880 --> 00:35:55.720
 forgiveness of

00:35:55.720 --> 00:35:56.760
 sins and

00:35:56.760 --> 00:35:57.639
 acceptance of

00:35:57.639 --> 00:35:58.179
 God that

00:35:58.179 --> 00:35:58.679
 comes through

00:35:58.679 --> 00:35:59.519
 Jesus Christ,

00:35:59.900 --> 00:36:00.720
 the descendant

00:36:00.720 --> 00:36:01.699
 of Abraham.

00:36:02.820 --> 00:36:03.159
 You see,

00:36:03.220 --> 00:36:03.500
 God's

00:36:03.500 --> 00:36:03.940
 redemptive

00:36:03.940 --> 00:36:04.920
 plan has

00:36:04.920 --> 00:36:06.460
 always been

00:36:06.460 --> 00:36:07.400
 to save and

00:36:07.400 --> 00:36:07.960
 bless people

00:36:07.960 --> 00:36:08.980
 from all the

00:36:08.980 --> 00:36:09.480
 peoples of

00:36:09.480 --> 00:36:10.039
 the earth.

00:36:11.219 --> 00:36:12.179
 All of us

00:36:12.179 --> 00:36:12.420
 who are

00:36:12.420 --> 00:36:14.599
 united in

00:36:14.599 --> 00:36:15.840
 sin might

00:36:15.840 --> 00:36:16.559
 be united

00:36:16.559 --> 00:36:17.860
 in Christ

00:36:17.860 --> 00:36:18.860
 as his

00:36:18.860 --> 00:36:19.320
 people.

00:36:21.460 --> 00:36:22.000
 So,

00:36:22.099 --> 00:36:22.280
 friends,

00:36:22.380 --> 00:36:23.280
 racial prejudice

00:36:23.280 --> 00:36:24.199
 runs deep in

00:36:24.199 --> 00:36:24.619
 a sinful

00:36:24.619 --> 00:36:25.099
 heart.

00:36:26.019 --> 00:36:26.500
 And I

00:36:26.500 --> 00:36:27.920
 discovered that

00:36:27.920 --> 00:36:28.519
 night in Alice

00:36:28.519 --> 00:36:30.139
 Springs that

00:36:30.139 --> 00:36:31.320
 I was just

00:36:31.320 --> 00:36:32.139
 like the

00:36:32.139 --> 00:36:32.980
 residents of

00:36:32.980 --> 00:36:33.800
 Nazareth.

00:36:33.800 --> 00:36:35.800
 God's

00:36:35.800 --> 00:36:36.800
 love.

00:36:36.800 --> 00:36:37.700
 My

00:36:37.700 --> 00:36:38.160
 chosen

00:36:38.160 --> 00:36:39.180
 place as

00:36:39.180 --> 00:36:39.620
 a child

00:36:39.620 --> 00:36:40.220
 of God

00:36:40.220 --> 00:36:41.620
 by grace

00:36:41.620 --> 00:36:42.640
 had not

00:36:42.640 --> 00:36:43.160
 produced

00:36:43.160 --> 00:36:43.740
 humility

00:36:43.740 --> 00:36:45.660
 and compassion

00:36:45.660 --> 00:36:46.140
 for all

00:36:46.140 --> 00:36:46.519
 people.

00:36:47.539 --> 00:36:48.180
 And

00:36:48.180 --> 00:36:48.740
 ironically,

00:36:49.180 --> 00:36:49.660
 it meant

00:36:49.660 --> 00:36:50.200
 that I

00:36:50.200 --> 00:36:50.780
 was not

00:36:50.780 --> 00:36:51.660
 aligned with

00:36:51.660 --> 00:36:52.120
 God's

00:36:52.120 --> 00:36:52.519
 purpose

00:36:52.519 --> 00:36:54.019
 for all

00:36:54.019 --> 00:36:54.580
 people,

00:36:55.420 --> 00:36:56.440
 even

00:36:56.440 --> 00:36:57.420
 though that's

00:36:57.420 --> 00:36:58.019
 what I was

00:36:58.019 --> 00:36:58.400
 there to

00:36:58.400 --> 00:36:59.000
 preach about.

00:36:59.000 --> 00:37:03.139
 I

00:37:03.139 --> 00:37:03.739
 needed Jesus

00:37:03.739 --> 00:37:04.579
 to change

00:37:04.579 --> 00:37:05.139
 my heart.

00:37:06.099 --> 00:37:06.300
 You see,

00:37:06.360 --> 00:37:06.820
 my problem

00:37:06.820 --> 00:37:07.219
 is not

00:37:07.219 --> 00:37:07.739
 biology,

00:37:07.900 --> 00:37:08.300
 my problem

00:37:08.300 --> 00:37:08.659
 is not

00:37:08.659 --> 00:37:09.599
 evolution,

00:37:09.940 --> 00:37:10.440
 it's not

00:37:10.440 --> 00:37:11.139
 other people's

00:37:11.139 --> 00:37:11.920
 interpretation of

00:37:11.920 --> 00:37:12.360
 the Bible,

00:37:12.559 --> 00:37:12.940
 and it's

00:37:12.940 --> 00:37:13.739
 certainly not

00:37:13.739 --> 00:37:14.360
 John Howard.

00:37:14.360 --> 00:37:16.019
 it is the

00:37:16.019 --> 00:37:17.200
 sin and

00:37:17.200 --> 00:37:17.760
 the prejudice

00:37:17.760 --> 00:37:19.099
 in my

00:37:19.099 --> 00:37:19.460
 heart.

00:37:19.980 --> 00:37:20.559
 That's the

00:37:20.559 --> 00:37:20.900
 problem.

00:37:22.539 --> 00:37:23.079
 I need a

00:37:23.079 --> 00:37:23.620
 new heart

00:37:23.620 --> 00:37:24.380
 to see all

00:37:24.380 --> 00:37:25.120
 people made

00:37:25.120 --> 00:37:25.720
 in the image

00:37:25.720 --> 00:37:26.280
 of God,

00:37:27.440 --> 00:37:28.700
 all people

00:37:28.700 --> 00:37:29.579
 united in

00:37:29.579 --> 00:37:29.980
 sin,

00:37:30.900 --> 00:37:31.340
 and all

00:37:31.340 --> 00:37:31.860
 people in

00:37:31.860 --> 00:37:32.660
 need of

00:37:32.660 --> 00:37:33.200
 God's great

00:37:33.200 --> 00:37:33.640
 plan of

00:37:33.640 --> 00:37:34.000
 redemption

00:37:34.000 --> 00:37:34.620
 through Jesus

00:37:34.620 --> 00:37:35.220
 Christ.

00:37:38.079 --> 00:37:38.820
 That was

00:37:38.820 --> 00:37:39.220
 the Saturday

00:37:39.220 --> 00:37:39.640
 night.

00:37:42.940 --> 00:37:43.500
 Significant

00:37:43.500 --> 00:37:44.120
 steps went

00:37:44.119 --> 00:37:44.519
 forward the

00:37:44.519 --> 00:37:45.579
 next morning

00:37:45.579 --> 00:37:46.519
 when I

00:37:46.519 --> 00:37:47.079
 preached at

00:37:47.079 --> 00:37:47.480
 a local

00:37:47.480 --> 00:37:48.139
 church in

00:37:48.139 --> 00:37:48.500
 Alice.

00:37:49.279 --> 00:37:49.839
 As I

00:37:49.839 --> 00:37:50.199
 stood in

00:37:50.199 --> 00:37:50.779
 the pulpit,

00:37:51.699 --> 00:37:52.519
 I saw

00:37:52.519 --> 00:37:54.460
 something that

00:37:54.460 --> 00:37:55.179
 I had never

00:37:55.179 --> 00:37:56.079
 noticed in a

00:37:56.079 --> 00:37:56.839
 church before.

00:37:56.960 --> 00:37:57.179
 It's not

00:37:57.179 --> 00:37:57.719
 because it

00:37:57.719 --> 00:37:58.339
 wasn't evident

00:37:58.339 --> 00:37:58.739
 in any other

00:37:58.739 --> 00:37:59.179
 church,

00:37:59.559 --> 00:38:00.279
 it's because

00:38:00.279 --> 00:38:01.900
 my own

00:38:01.900 --> 00:38:03.179
 prejudice was

00:38:03.179 --> 00:38:04.259
 just so

00:38:04.259 --> 00:38:04.960
 clear and

00:38:04.960 --> 00:38:05.380
 focused in

00:38:05.380 --> 00:38:05.920
 my mind.

00:38:06.920 --> 00:38:07.519
 I saw

00:38:07.519 --> 00:38:08.179
 all the

00:38:08.179 --> 00:38:08.819
 white people

00:38:08.819 --> 00:38:09.339
 sitting in

00:38:09.339 --> 00:38:09.719
 the front.

00:38:10.799 --> 00:38:11.179
 I saw

00:38:11.179 --> 00:38:11.579
 all the

00:38:11.579 --> 00:38:12.139
 white people

00:38:12.139 --> 00:38:12.719
 taking the

00:38:12.719 --> 00:38:13.579
 rolls up

00:38:13.579 --> 00:38:14.059
 the front.

00:38:14.119 --> 00:38:16.079
 I saw

00:38:16.079 --> 00:38:16.239
 the

00:38:16.239 --> 00:38:16.679
 aboriginal

00:38:16.679 --> 00:38:17.359
 people

00:38:17.359 --> 00:38:18.019
 sitting at

00:38:18.019 --> 00:38:18.400
 the back

00:38:18.400 --> 00:38:19.039
 scattered on

00:38:19.039 --> 00:38:19.420
 the floor

00:38:19.420 --> 00:38:19.739
 and on a

00:38:19.739 --> 00:38:20.179
 few chairs

00:38:20.179 --> 00:38:20.400
 at the

00:38:20.400 --> 00:38:20.619
 back.

00:38:21.579 --> 00:38:22.400
 I noticed

00:38:22.400 --> 00:38:22.739
 for the

00:38:22.739 --> 00:38:23.279
 first time

00:38:23.279 --> 00:38:23.619
 that the

00:38:23.619 --> 00:38:24.039
 greeting and

00:38:24.039 --> 00:38:24.500
 the passing

00:38:24.500 --> 00:38:24.779
 of the

00:38:24.779 --> 00:38:25.199
 peace and

00:38:25.199 --> 00:38:25.839
 meeting as

00:38:25.839 --> 00:38:26.139
 we did

00:38:26.139 --> 00:38:26.719
 just a

00:38:26.719 --> 00:38:27.359
 moment ago,

00:38:28.079 --> 00:38:28.940
 you could

00:38:28.940 --> 00:38:29.980
 virtually divide

00:38:29.980 --> 00:38:30.539
 the room in

00:38:30.539 --> 00:38:30.920
 two.

00:38:32.339 --> 00:38:32.759
 There was a

00:38:32.759 --> 00:38:33.099
 little bit of

00:38:33.099 --> 00:38:33.699
 crossover but

00:38:33.699 --> 00:38:33.940
 you could

00:38:33.940 --> 00:38:35.400
 virtually divide

00:38:35.400 --> 00:38:36.039
 the room in

00:38:36.039 --> 00:38:36.279
 two.

00:38:37.880 --> 00:38:38.380
 And as the

00:38:38.380 --> 00:38:39.339
 white clergyman,

00:38:39.719 --> 00:38:40.319
 I had a bunch

00:38:40.319 --> 00:38:41.000
 of white people

00:38:41.000 --> 00:38:41.359
 who wanted to

00:38:41.359 --> 00:38:41.940
 come and speak

00:38:41.940 --> 00:38:42.700
 to me and

00:38:42.700 --> 00:38:43.039
 I literally

00:38:43.039 --> 00:38:44.039
 had to push

00:38:44.039 --> 00:38:44.940
 my way past

00:38:44.940 --> 00:38:45.260
 them.

00:38:46.599 --> 00:38:46.980
 And let me

00:38:46.980 --> 00:38:47.539
 tell you,

00:38:48.240 --> 00:38:49.019
 it broke my

00:38:49.019 --> 00:38:50.320
 heart when I

00:38:50.320 --> 00:38:51.300
 approached an

00:38:51.300 --> 00:38:51.780
 elderly

00:38:51.780 --> 00:38:53.780
 aboriginal man.

00:38:54.400 --> 00:38:55.000
 As I

00:38:55.000 --> 00:38:55.800
 approached him,

00:38:56.519 --> 00:38:57.700
 he bowed his

00:38:57.700 --> 00:38:59.700
 head, he put

00:38:59.700 --> 00:39:00.380
 out his hand

00:39:00.380 --> 00:39:00.780
 because he knew

00:39:00.780 --> 00:39:01.119
 that's what I was

00:39:01.119 --> 00:39:01.460
 going to do, I was

00:39:01.460 --> 00:39:01.820
 going to shake

00:39:01.820 --> 00:39:02.159
 his hand, he

00:39:02.159 --> 00:39:02.639
 put out his

00:39:02.639 --> 00:39:03.539
 hand and he

00:39:03.539 --> 00:39:03.920
 wouldn't even

00:39:03.920 --> 00:39:04.820
 look me in the

00:39:04.820 --> 00:39:05.119
 eye.

00:39:05.119 --> 00:39:07.980
 I was told

00:39:07.980 --> 00:39:08.759
 later that's

00:39:08.759 --> 00:39:09.519
 because he saw

00:39:09.519 --> 00:39:10.139
 me as

00:39:10.139 --> 00:39:10.759
 superior.

00:39:11.960 --> 00:39:12.599
 Not just

00:39:12.599 --> 00:39:13.199
 because I was

00:39:13.199 --> 00:39:13.659
 clergy, it was

00:39:13.659 --> 00:39:14.199
 partly due to

00:39:14.199 --> 00:39:15.159
 that, but

00:39:15.159 --> 00:39:15.659
 because I was

00:39:15.659 --> 00:39:16.299
 white.

00:39:16.980 --> 00:39:17.519
 He has learned

00:39:17.519 --> 00:39:18.179
 all of his

00:39:18.179 --> 00:39:19.839
 life that I

00:39:19.839 --> 00:39:20.480
 am better

00:39:20.480 --> 00:39:21.659
 than he is.

00:39:26.000 --> 00:39:26.859
 Let me tell

00:39:26.859 --> 00:39:27.859
 you that racial

00:39:27.859 --> 00:39:29.480
 division in

00:39:29.480 --> 00:39:30.179
 the church

00:39:30.179 --> 00:39:32.159
 frustrates God's

00:39:32.159 --> 00:39:33.179
 plan of redemption

00:39:33.179 --> 00:39:34.139
 for all people.

00:39:35.119 --> 00:39:37.119
 racial segregation

00:39:37.119 --> 00:39:37.619
 amongst the

00:39:37.619 --> 00:39:38.279
 people of God

00:39:38.279 --> 00:39:39.179
 is a movement

00:39:39.179 --> 00:39:41.739
 away from the

00:39:41.739 --> 00:39:42.739
 following God's

00:39:42.739 --> 00:39:43.599
 redemptive plan.

00:39:44.880 --> 00:39:45.420
 And so I want

00:39:45.420 --> 00:39:46.219
 to encourage you

00:39:46.219 --> 00:39:47.339
 to use this

00:39:47.339 --> 00:39:48.059
 series to check

00:39:48.059 --> 00:39:48.719
 your heart.

00:39:49.279 --> 00:39:50.199
 You know, I

00:39:50.199 --> 00:39:50.519
 had a couple of

00:39:50.519 --> 00:39:50.980
 people speak to

00:39:50.980 --> 00:39:52.039
 me this morning

00:39:52.039 --> 00:39:54.159
 and said, I

00:39:54.159 --> 00:39:54.679
 don't have your

00:39:54.679 --> 00:39:55.119
 problem.

00:39:56.079 --> 00:39:57.940
 I don't have

00:39:57.940 --> 00:39:58.920
 racism towards

00:39:58.920 --> 00:40:00.179
 aboriginal people.

00:40:02.420 --> 00:40:03.339
 That's great.

00:40:05.119 --> 00:40:05.799
 Who is it

00:40:05.799 --> 00:40:06.059
 though?

00:40:07.799 --> 00:40:08.619
 Who is your

00:40:08.619 --> 00:40:09.000
 problem?

00:40:13.259 --> 00:40:13.900
 Does your

00:40:13.900 --> 00:40:14.579
 heart beat

00:40:14.579 --> 00:40:15.000
 with the

00:40:15.000 --> 00:40:15.480
 heart, the

00:40:15.480 --> 00:40:16.079
 Jesus heart

00:40:16.079 --> 00:40:17.259
 beats for all

00:40:17.259 --> 00:40:17.619
 people?

00:40:18.480 --> 00:40:19.019
 And if we're

00:40:19.019 --> 00:40:19.440
 going to be a

00:40:19.440 --> 00:40:20.039
 church that is

00:40:20.039 --> 00:40:20.639
 aligned with

00:40:20.639 --> 00:40:21.679
 Jesus' mission,

00:40:22.519 --> 00:40:23.599
 then racial

00:40:23.599 --> 00:40:24.500
 pride and

00:40:24.500 --> 00:40:25.639
 ethnocentricity

00:40:25.639 --> 00:40:27.219
 has to end.

00:40:27.420 --> 00:40:27.980
 It's got to

00:40:27.980 --> 00:40:28.159
 end.

00:40:28.179 --> 00:40:28.480
 It's got to

00:40:28.480 --> 00:40:28.839
 end in this

00:40:28.839 --> 00:40:29.159
 congregation.

00:40:29.699 --> 00:40:30.039
 It's got to

00:40:30.039 --> 00:40:30.519
 end in our

00:40:30.519 --> 00:40:31.079
 Chinese

00:40:31.079 --> 00:40:31.639
 congregation.

00:40:31.639 --> 00:40:32.619
 930

00:40:32.619 --> 00:40:33.239
 congregation.

00:40:35.859 --> 00:40:36.579
 Jesus and

00:40:36.579 --> 00:40:37.539
 the gospel is

00:40:37.539 --> 00:40:38.719
 the end of

00:40:38.719 --> 00:40:39.920
 racial pride and

00:40:39.920 --> 00:40:41.039
 ethnocentricity.

00:40:41.859 --> 00:40:42.400
 And that's why

00:40:42.400 --> 00:40:42.900
 we as a

00:40:42.900 --> 00:40:44.579
 church seek to

00:40:44.579 --> 00:40:45.339
 treasure Jesus

00:40:45.339 --> 00:40:46.139
 above everything

00:40:46.139 --> 00:40:48.940
 and to seek to

00:40:48.940 --> 00:40:49.519
 treasure him

00:40:49.519 --> 00:40:51.319
 together above

00:40:51.319 --> 00:40:51.739
 everything.

00:40:51.739 --> 00:40:51.839
 Thank you.

00:40:51.839 --> 00:40:51.900
 Thank you.

00:41:01.639 --> 00:41:02.639
 Thank you.