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 Thank you, Georgia, the singer and the poet.

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 How did you celebrate our country's 244th birthday yesterday?

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 Probably in a different way than you have in the past,

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 since we're not supposed to be gathering together

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 for all kinds of outside events, or inside in particular.

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 Yesterday was supposed to be,

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 and for many people was, a celebration.

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 But the reality is the mood of this country

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 is anything but celebratory.

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 And it's because of two major crises

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 that we're involved in right now.

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 One is a health crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic.

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 The other is a social relational crisis, racial division.

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 Now, concerning the health crisis,

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 there is a lot of people saying the same thing.

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 There's a consistent message of how to deal with the coronavirus.

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 Things such as wash your hands frequently,

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 practice social distancing,

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 wear a mask,

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 stay home if you're sick.

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 We're hearing these and some other things.

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 It's a consistent message, isn't it?

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 Well, concerning this social relational crisis,

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 we are far from even being able to identify

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 a consistent message on how to deal with the racial division.

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 So the question comes up,

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 at least I think about it,

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 is there any hope?

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 And if you watch the news,

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 if you read,

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 things are looking bad.

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 Is there any hope?

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 If so, where do we look?

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 Well, before we try to answer that question,

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 I want to be clear about where we are not to look.

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 Don't go to social media.

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 That will only give you an unfiltered,

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 an unhealthy personal opinion

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 from people who have absolutely no platform from which to speak.

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 And a lot that you're going to read on social media

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 is going to only add fuel to the fire of controversy and division.

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 Don't write inflammatory things on social media yourself.

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 It is a terrible witness as Christians.

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 Number two, don't turn to mainstream media.

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 Places like CBS, NBC, ABC, CBS,

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 they are committed to giving you a very one-sided,

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 liberal perspective on the issues,

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 and they won't even deny it.

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 And they seem determined

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 to keep fanning the flames of racial hostility.

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 Now this third one is going to surprise some people,

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 but I think it's the most important place not to look.

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 Don't look at your own heart.

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 You know, one of the dumbest things,

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 statements that have ever been put together is,

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 follow your heart.

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 The Bible repeatedly points to,

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 even explains the root cause of all evil,

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 including racial division and hostility,

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 is the sinful hearts of human beings.

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 I'll give you two examples.

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 Some of you know both of them,

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 but look at this from Jeremiah.

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 The heart is deceitful above all things

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 and desperately sick.

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 Who can understand it?

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 And then Jesus made this statement.

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 For out of the heart come evil thoughts,

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 murder, adultery, sexual immorality,

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 theft, false witness, slander.

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 And if the subject had been on racial division,

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 he would have said racial division.

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 When it comes to the seeking solutions

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 to our social relational problems,

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 the first and best place to look is the Bible.

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 And as Christians, that should be automatic for us

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 because we should be convinced,

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 have no doubt that God's word is true and trustworthy.

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 This morning, as you can see the title,

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 I want us to think biblically about race.

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 Last week, went along with this,

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 thinking biblical about government authority,

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 with a special emphasis on how law enforcement officers,

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 they're agents of governmental authority

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 who enforce laws,

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 who protect and serve their communities.

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 As we looked last week,

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 while there are a few

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 who do not administer justice fairly,

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 who are racially prejudiced,

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 the overwhelming majority

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 are men and women who are committed

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 to protecting and serving their community,

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 upholding and serving justice.

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 And they do it not flawlessly,

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 not perfectly,

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 but they do it consistently.

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 And they do it fairly.

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 But this morning,

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 we're focusing on a different subject,

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 sub-subject,

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 thinking biblically about race.

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 Let's begin at the beginning.

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 And what I'm talking about is creation.

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 Creation reveals the foundational oneness

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 of all human beings.

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 I truly believe this is the place to begin

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 when talking about racial issues,

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 racial division.

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 Look at the very beginning

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 of how God started this world.

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 All human beings can trace their origin

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 to one common source.

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 Look at this.

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 The one common source of human beings

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 is the creative work of God.

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 This is in the end of Genesis chapter one.

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 Look at what it says.

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 Then God said,

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 let us make man in our image after our likeness,

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 and let them have dominion

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 over the fish of the sea

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 and over the birds of the heavens,

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 over the livestock,

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 and over all the earth,

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 and over every creeping thing

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 that creeps on the earth.

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 Humanity, mankind,

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 is in charge.

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 God's stewards of the world.

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 Look at the next verse.

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 So God created man in his own image.

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 In the image of God,

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 he created him.

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 Male and female,

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 he created them.

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 God created mankind,

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 humanity,

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 both male and female,

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 in his image.

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 That's unique.

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 Nothing else in all creation

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 was created in God's image.

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 That gives every individual

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 significance,

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 worth,

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 dignity even.

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 Every human being who has ever lived,

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 who ever will live,

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 is made in the image of God,

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 and that makes them important.

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 Creation also reveals

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 that all human beings

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 have one common ancestry.

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 Look at this.

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 The one common ancestry

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 of human beings

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 began with the first man

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 and first woman

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 God created.

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 Verse 28 in Genesis 1.

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 And God blessed them.

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 And God said to them,

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 be fruitful and multiply

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 and fill the earth

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 and subdue it

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 and have dominion

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 over the fish of the sea

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 and over the birds

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 of the heavens

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 and over every living thing

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 that moves on the earth.

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 That verse is telling us

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 that if there were written records

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 of all births

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 that have taken place

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 in this world

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 back to creation,

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 everyone would be able

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 to trace their ancestry

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 to that first couple.

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 That would blow up

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 ancestry.com,

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 wouldn't it?

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 to have that many records.

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 The Bible makes this clear

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 in two other places

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 at least.

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 We'll look at it this way.

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 Adam is the father of us all.

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 Luke records Paul preaching

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 and he made from one man

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 every nation of mankind

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 to live on the face

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 of the earth.

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 And then back in Genesis 3.

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 And verse 20,

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 Eve is the mother of us all.

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 Adam named his wife Eve

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 because she would become

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 the mother of all the living.

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 I want you to understand

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 that the opening pages

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 of the Bible

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 clearly tell us

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 that the way God created

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 human beings

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 makes two things true

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 about everyone.

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 number one.

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 Every person who's ever lived

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 is of equal worth,

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 equal importance

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 because they were created

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 in the image of God.

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 That means

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 every person

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 you see,

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 every person you know

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 you see,

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 every person you like

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 and don't like,

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 every person who is just like you,

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 everybody who is different

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 from you,

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 you should treat them

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 with dignity

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 and respect

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 for one reason.

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 They're created

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 in the image of God.

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 That's what gives

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 a person significance.

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 Number two,

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 every person who's ever lived

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 is a descendant

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 of Adam and Eve

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 which makes every person

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 a member

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 of the same original race,

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 the human race.

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 And the application

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 of that is

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 we should embrace

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 every single human being

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 as our blood can.

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 If the Bible's true,

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 this is how it begins

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 with these clear statements

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 and I want to emphasize here,

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 Jesus,

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 the way he talked about

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 Adam and Eve

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 and what happened

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 at creation,

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 Jesus understood

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 that Adam and Eve

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 were literal people.

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 That God created

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 this man

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 that he named Adam,

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 that God created

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 this woman

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 he named Eve

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 and from Adam and Eve

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 have come

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 all human beings.

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 So what the Bible teaches

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 about the way

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 God created human beings

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 makes a very powerful

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 statement

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 about our country's

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 racial problems.

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 Listen,

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 all human prejudice,

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 all human hostility,

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 divisiveness

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 is based on

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 anything like race,

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 nationality,

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 ethnic group

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 or any other

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 human distinction.

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 That is contrary

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 to the way

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 God created

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 human beings

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 to live.

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 And we have

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 prejudice

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 toward people,

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 discriminate against

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 people based on

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 the way they talk,

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 the way they look,

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 something like this.

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 we are treating

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 the person

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 contrary to the way

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 God intended

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 for them to be created

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 and you can look

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 at creation

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 and see that.

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 All this means

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 is the root cause

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 of all human

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 relational problems,

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 including racial problems,

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 is sin.

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 Going against

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 God's revealed will,

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 acting contrary

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 to what God

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 has ordained,

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 ordained.

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 If God created

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 everyone in His image

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 from one man

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 and one woman,

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 how in the world

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 did people

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 get so divided?

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 Not just today,

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 but throughout

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 history.

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 Well,

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 the Bible explains

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 the source

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 of these divisions.

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 The Bible explains

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 the problem,

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 what went wrong

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 shortly after creation.

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 Look out of here,

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 we'll call it this,

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 the fall broke

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 the foundational

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 oneness

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 of all human beings.

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 Now this is found

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 in Genesis 3.

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 I'm not going

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 to turn to it.

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 We've looked at it

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 on several occasions

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 over the years.

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 Most of you

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 should be familiar

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 with Genesis 3,

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 how it explains

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 how Adam and Eve

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 sinned against God,

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 they disobeyed Him,

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 they ate the fruit

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 He said not to eat of,

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 they sinned

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 against God,

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 which immediately

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 resulted in

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 broken relationships.

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 If you read

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 Genesis 3,

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 as soon as

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 Adam and Eve

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 sinned,

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 they hid from God.

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 They had enjoyed

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 a close relationship

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 with Him

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 in the Garden of Eden,

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 but after they sinned,

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 they hid,

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 they were afraid.

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 their relationship

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 with God

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 was broken

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 as a result

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 of their sin.

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 It also tells us

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 there in the first

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 few verses of Genesis

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 that their relationship

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 with one another

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 was broken.

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 It wasn't what

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 it once was.

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 When Adam and Eve

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 sinned

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 and God confronted

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 them,

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 Adam

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 actually blamed

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 God

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 for giving

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 him Eve

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 who gave him

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 the forbidden fruit.

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 That not only

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 is an example

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 of God,

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 of Adam

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 blaming God

00:13:50.539 --> 00:13:51.219
 for his sin,

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 he blamed

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 his wife.

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 Adam

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 demonstrates

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 great

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 male

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 weakness

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 in not

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 accepting

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 his own

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 responsibility.

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 That's what

00:14:01.579 --> 00:14:02.599
 sin does.

00:14:03.079 --> 00:14:04.339
 Sin blinds us

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 to the truth.

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 Sin causes us

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 to be selfish,

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 to protect

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 ourselves

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 no matter what.

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 Even we have

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 to lie,

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 cheat,

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 steal,

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 or whatever

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 it takes.

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 From Genesis

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 chapter 3

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 until you get

00:14:16.660 --> 00:14:17.000
 to the book

00:14:17.000 --> 00:14:17.580
 of Revelation

00:14:17.580 --> 00:14:18.500
 chapter 20,

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 you see

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 every kind

00:14:20.820 --> 00:14:21.519
 of human,

00:14:22.180 --> 00:14:23.139
 broken human

00:14:23.139 --> 00:14:23.740
 relationship

00:14:23.740 --> 00:14:24.800
 you can imagine.

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 Throughout the

00:14:26.440 --> 00:14:27.040
 Old Testament,

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 between individuals,

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 between family

00:14:29.580 --> 00:14:29.920
 members,

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 between families,

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 between tribes,

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 between nations,

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 between ethnicity,

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 and the

00:14:36.340 --> 00:14:37.639
 Old Testament,

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 especially,

00:14:37.700 --> 00:14:38.160
 you see,

00:14:39.120 --> 00:14:39.580
 in the Old

00:14:39.580 --> 00:14:40.100
 Testament and

00:14:40.100 --> 00:14:40.280
 New,

00:14:41.580 --> 00:14:42.560
 broken relationships

00:14:42.560 --> 00:14:44.019
 between Jews

00:14:44.019 --> 00:14:45.399
 and Gentiles,

00:14:45.700 --> 00:14:46.379
 or Jews

00:14:46.379 --> 00:14:48.399
 and non-Jews.

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 God's solution

00:14:51.100 --> 00:14:52.800
 to this problem

00:14:52.800 --> 00:14:53.180
 of broken

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 relationships

00:14:53.639 --> 00:14:55.580
 is found

00:14:55.580 --> 00:14:56.879
 in one place,

00:14:57.240 --> 00:14:58.000
 in the gospel

00:14:58.000 --> 00:14:58.920
 of Jesus Christ.

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 The gospel

00:15:00.300 --> 00:15:01.300
 explains

00:15:01.300 --> 00:15:02.700
 God's plan

00:15:02.700 --> 00:15:03.800
 for restoring

00:15:03.799 --> 00:15:04.719
 unity

00:15:04.719 --> 00:15:05.799
 and harmony

00:15:05.799 --> 00:15:07.639
 between people

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 of all races

00:15:08.839 --> 00:15:10.359
 and ethnic groups.

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 The gospel

00:15:11.539 --> 00:15:12.620
 really explains

00:15:12.620 --> 00:15:13.919
 the way God

00:15:13.919 --> 00:15:14.519
 intends for

00:15:14.519 --> 00:15:15.120
 harmony to be

00:15:15.120 --> 00:15:15.859
 restored in

00:15:15.859 --> 00:15:16.620
 every kind

00:15:16.620 --> 00:15:17.039
 of broken

00:15:17.039 --> 00:15:17.519
 relationship.

00:15:18.000 --> 00:15:18.539
 Our relationship

00:15:18.539 --> 00:15:19.059
 with Him,

00:15:19.319 --> 00:15:19.819
 our relationship

00:15:19.819 --> 00:15:20.519
 with other people,

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 but it also

00:15:21.219 --> 00:15:21.819
 applies for our

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 relationship

00:15:22.099 --> 00:15:22.500
 with people

00:15:22.500 --> 00:15:23.819
 who look

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 or act

00:15:24.500 --> 00:15:25.539
 differently from us.

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 Now,

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 let's look at how

00:15:26.959 --> 00:15:28.199
 Paul explains this.

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 Here we're going to be

00:15:29.179 --> 00:15:30.959
 in Ephesians chapter 2.

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 God used the death

00:15:33.159 --> 00:15:33.799
 of Christ

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 to unite

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 His people,

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 all His people

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 in Christ,

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 by tearing down

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 walls of racial

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 and ethnic

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 prejudice

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 and hostility.

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 There's an extended

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 passage,

00:15:48.699 --> 00:15:49.379
 Ephesians 2,

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 11 through 22,

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 but I want us,

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 for sake of time,

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 just to focus on

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 most of

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 verses 13

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 through 16.

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 Look at this

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 with me.

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 But now

00:16:01.560 --> 00:16:02.580
 in Christ Jesus,

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 you

00:16:03.780 --> 00:16:04.960
 who once

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 were far

00:16:05.820 --> 00:16:06.440
 off

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 have been

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 brought near

00:16:08.240 --> 00:16:09.620
 by the blood

00:16:09.620 --> 00:16:10.220
 of Christ.

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 For He Himself

00:16:12.040 --> 00:16:13.100
 is our peace

00:16:13.100 --> 00:16:14.400
 who has made

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 us both

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 one

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 and has broken

00:16:17.600 --> 00:16:18.780
 down in His flesh

00:16:18.780 --> 00:16:19.380
 the dividing

00:16:19.380 --> 00:16:20.320
 wall of hostility

00:16:20.320 --> 00:16:21.000
 between Jews

00:16:21.000 --> 00:16:21.700
 and Gentiles,

00:16:22.400 --> 00:16:23.160
 that He might

00:16:23.160 --> 00:16:24.220
 create in Himself

00:16:24.220 --> 00:16:26.779
 one new man

00:16:26.779 --> 00:16:28.259
 in place of the two,

00:16:28.820 --> 00:16:29.860
 so making peace,

00:16:30.259 --> 00:16:31.379
 and might reconcile

00:16:31.379 --> 00:16:33.019
 us both to God

00:16:33.019 --> 00:16:33.980
 in one body

00:16:33.980 --> 00:16:35.440
 through the cross,

00:16:36.160 --> 00:16:37.860
 thereby killing

00:16:37.860 --> 00:16:39.340
 the hostility.

00:16:40.720 --> 00:16:41.899
 One of the tallest

00:16:41.899 --> 00:16:43.120
 and strongest

00:16:43.120 --> 00:16:44.660
 walls of separation

00:16:44.660 --> 00:16:45.360
 that has ever

00:16:45.360 --> 00:16:46.040
 existed,

00:16:47.120 --> 00:16:48.080
 existed between

00:16:48.080 --> 00:16:50.080
 Jews and Gentiles.

00:16:51.620 --> 00:16:52.399
 It was a

00:16:52.399 --> 00:16:55.199
 wall

00:16:55.199 --> 00:16:57.399
 that

00:16:57.399 --> 00:16:58.959
 no one

00:16:58.959 --> 00:16:59.620
 could penetrate

00:16:59.620 --> 00:17:00.220
 basically.

00:17:01.220 --> 00:17:02.079
 Now the Jews

00:17:02.079 --> 00:17:02.980
 were responsible

00:17:02.980 --> 00:17:03.799
 for building

00:17:03.799 --> 00:17:04.440
 this wall.

00:17:05.599 --> 00:17:06.500
 They were God's

00:17:06.500 --> 00:17:07.359
 chosen people,

00:17:08.359 --> 00:17:09.279
 but God

00:17:09.279 --> 00:17:09.960
 chose them

00:17:09.960 --> 00:17:11.079
 for a purpose

00:17:11.079 --> 00:17:13.039
 more than

00:17:13.039 --> 00:17:13.980
 a privilege.

00:17:14.819 --> 00:17:15.500
 God chose

00:17:15.500 --> 00:17:15.859
 the people

00:17:15.859 --> 00:17:16.359
 of Israel

00:17:16.359 --> 00:17:17.099
 to be

00:17:17.099 --> 00:17:18.420
 His agents

00:17:18.420 --> 00:17:19.180
 in this world

00:17:19.180 --> 00:17:20.160
 through whom

00:17:20.160 --> 00:17:20.880
 He would work

00:17:20.880 --> 00:17:22.180
 to call

00:17:22.180 --> 00:17:22.720
 other people

00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:23.360
 to Himself.

00:17:24.360 --> 00:17:25.320
 But the people

00:17:25.320 --> 00:17:26.220
 of Israel,

00:17:26.320 --> 00:17:27.180
 the Jewish people,

00:17:27.480 --> 00:17:28.460
 they only heard

00:17:28.460 --> 00:17:28.980
 and acted

00:17:28.980 --> 00:17:29.580
 on that part

00:17:29.580 --> 00:17:30.160
 about being

00:17:30.160 --> 00:17:30.900
 chosen

00:17:30.900 --> 00:17:32.340
 by God.

00:17:33.340 --> 00:17:34.019
 It went

00:17:34.019 --> 00:17:34.779
 to their head.

00:17:35.720 --> 00:17:36.340
 They became

00:17:36.340 --> 00:17:36.940
 arrogant.

00:17:36.940 --> 00:17:39.140
 They became

00:17:39.140 --> 00:17:39.940
 condescending

00:17:41.779 --> 00:17:42.840
 toward everyone

00:17:42.840 --> 00:17:44.640
 else in the world

00:17:44.640 --> 00:17:46.900
 who was not Jewish.

00:17:46.900 --> 00:17:48.560
 So instead

00:17:48.560 --> 00:17:49.000
 of becoming

00:17:49.000 --> 00:17:49.960
 agents of peace

00:17:49.960 --> 00:17:50.660
 and reconciliation,

00:17:51.120 --> 00:17:51.560
 they became

00:17:51.560 --> 00:17:52.820
 agents of hostility

00:17:52.820 --> 00:17:54.180
 and division.

00:17:55.440 --> 00:17:56.540
 The walls

00:17:56.540 --> 00:17:57.080
 of division

00:17:57.080 --> 00:17:57.580
 that Jews

00:17:57.580 --> 00:17:58.160
 built

00:17:58.160 --> 00:18:00.920
 also became

00:18:00.920 --> 00:18:02.140
 the Gentiles'

00:18:02.940 --> 00:18:03.360
 walls.

00:18:05.340 --> 00:18:05.920
 The Jews

00:18:05.920 --> 00:18:06.580
 erected these

00:18:06.580 --> 00:18:06.900
 walls.

00:18:07.140 --> 00:18:07.640
 We're God's

00:18:07.640 --> 00:18:08.340
 chosen people.

00:18:08.540 --> 00:18:08.860
 If you're

00:18:08.860 --> 00:18:10.019
 not one of us,

00:18:10.560 --> 00:18:11.460
 you're nothing.

00:18:11.860 --> 00:18:12.000
 Well,

00:18:12.040 --> 00:18:13.040
 the Gentiles

00:18:13.040 --> 00:18:14.980
 embraced that wall.

00:18:14.980 --> 00:18:15.940
 We don't want

00:18:15.940 --> 00:18:16.680
 to be a part

00:18:16.680 --> 00:18:17.279
 of you.

00:18:17.420 --> 00:18:18.400
 And persecuted

00:18:18.400 --> 00:18:19.420
 Jews.

00:18:20.799 --> 00:18:21.980
 Both groups

00:18:21.980 --> 00:18:23.220
 embraced

00:18:23.220 --> 00:18:24.019
 a common

00:18:24.019 --> 00:18:25.220
 hostility

00:18:25.220 --> 00:18:26.740
 and hatred

00:18:26.740 --> 00:18:28.220
 for one another.

00:18:29.940 --> 00:18:30.279
 Neither

00:18:30.279 --> 00:18:31.039
 was innocent.

00:18:32.519 --> 00:18:32.759
 Now,

00:18:33.680 --> 00:18:35.120
 it's not just

00:18:35.120 --> 00:18:36.220
 Jews and Gentiles

00:18:36.220 --> 00:18:36.660
 who build

00:18:36.660 --> 00:18:37.559
 such walls,

00:18:37.640 --> 00:18:38.000
 is it?

00:18:39.380 --> 00:18:40.160
 And it's not

00:18:40.160 --> 00:18:40.660
 just something

00:18:40.660 --> 00:18:41.039
 that happened

00:18:41.039 --> 00:18:41.839
 in the past,

00:18:41.880 --> 00:18:42.259
 is it?

00:18:43.259 --> 00:18:44.339
 We all know

00:18:44.339 --> 00:18:44.740
 in this room

00:18:44.740 --> 00:18:45.039
 there are

00:18:45.039 --> 00:18:45.759
 all kinds

00:18:45.759 --> 00:18:46.539
 of walls

00:18:46.539 --> 00:18:47.339
 that divide

00:18:47.339 --> 00:18:47.740
 people.

00:18:49.519 --> 00:18:50.119
 You've got

00:18:50.119 --> 00:18:50.740
 some walls

00:18:50.740 --> 00:18:51.639
 in your life

00:18:51.639 --> 00:18:52.699
 that you've

00:18:52.699 --> 00:18:53.480
 erected

00:18:53.480 --> 00:18:54.259
 to keep

00:18:54.259 --> 00:18:55.779
 certain people

00:18:55.779 --> 00:18:57.639
 away from you.

00:18:59.319 --> 00:19:00.220
 We all do.

00:19:00.319 --> 00:19:00.619
 And it may

00:19:00.619 --> 00:19:00.980
 have nothing

00:19:00.980 --> 00:19:01.740
 to do with race.

00:19:03.099 --> 00:19:03.879
 It may be

00:19:03.879 --> 00:19:04.759
 other factors

00:19:04.759 --> 00:19:05.339
 that we've

00:19:05.339 --> 00:19:06.119
 built walls

00:19:06.119 --> 00:19:06.500
 over.

00:19:08.039 --> 00:19:08.339
 But let's

00:19:08.339 --> 00:19:08.659
 go back

00:19:08.659 --> 00:19:09.240
 to our subject

00:19:09.240 --> 00:19:09.539
 matter,

00:19:09.740 --> 00:19:10.539
 the race issue.

00:19:11.740 --> 00:19:13.079
 Like Jews,

00:19:13.079 --> 00:19:14.839
 white people

00:19:14.839 --> 00:19:15.759
 in this country

00:19:15.759 --> 00:19:17.299
 are responsible

00:19:17.299 --> 00:19:18.799
 for building

00:19:18.799 --> 00:19:20.000
 the walls

00:19:20.000 --> 00:19:21.039
 between black

00:19:21.039 --> 00:19:21.500
 and white

00:19:21.500 --> 00:19:22.179
 in this country

00:19:22.179 --> 00:19:23.220
 to start

00:19:23.220 --> 00:19:23.559
 with.

00:19:26.699 --> 00:19:27.480
 There are,

00:19:28.019 --> 00:19:28.500
 there's a

00:19:28.500 --> 00:19:29.500
 major wall

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 division today

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 between blacks

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 and whites

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 in this country,

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 between black

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 Americans

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 and white

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 Americans.

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 We have

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 something in

00:19:38.379 --> 00:19:38.740
 common with

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 the Jews

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 as white

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 people.

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 we built

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 the wall

00:19:44.180 --> 00:19:45.340
 of separation

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 and division

00:19:46.420 --> 00:19:47.000
 to start

00:19:47.000 --> 00:19:47.340
 with.

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 Walls were

00:19:48.580 --> 00:19:49.060
 first built

00:19:49.060 --> 00:19:49.360
 by the

00:19:49.360 --> 00:19:49.800
 institution

00:19:49.800 --> 00:19:50.560
 of slavery.

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 It thrived

00:19:53.259 --> 00:19:53.880
 in this

00:19:53.880 --> 00:19:54.560
 country for

00:19:54.560 --> 00:19:55.140
 over 200

00:19:55.140 --> 00:19:55.800
 years

00:19:55.800 --> 00:19:57.360
 during

00:19:57.360 --> 00:19:58.519
 colonial

00:19:58.519 --> 00:19:59.620
 America

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 and then

00:20:01.360 --> 00:20:01.820
 the first

00:20:01.820 --> 00:20:02.800
 90 years

00:20:02.800 --> 00:20:03.660
 after our

00:20:03.660 --> 00:20:04.440
 country was

00:20:04.440 --> 00:20:05.100
 established.

00:20:05.099 --> 00:20:07.559
 these walls

00:20:07.559 --> 00:20:08.599
 were reinforced

00:20:08.599 --> 00:20:09.799
 by the

00:20:09.799 --> 00:20:10.480
 legal

00:20:10.480 --> 00:20:12.099
 lawful

00:20:12.099 --> 00:20:13.079
 discrimination

00:20:13.079 --> 00:20:13.799
 and segregation

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 that took

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 place in

00:20:14.699 --> 00:20:15.279
 this country

00:20:15.279 --> 00:20:16.759
 for 100

00:20:16.759 --> 00:20:17.659
 years

00:20:17.659 --> 00:20:19.079
 after the

00:20:19.079 --> 00:20:19.679
 end of

00:20:19.679 --> 00:20:20.219
 slavery

00:20:20.219 --> 00:20:21.599
 or until

00:20:21.599 --> 00:20:22.079
 the mid

00:20:22.079 --> 00:20:22.419
 to late

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 1960s

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 we'll say.

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 That's the

00:20:24.759 --> 00:20:25.679
 Jim Crow

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 era.

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 Now

00:20:27.659 --> 00:20:29.599
 this is a

00:20:29.599 --> 00:20:30.319
 fact

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 that we

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 cannot

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 ignore.

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 and it

00:20:35.339 --> 00:20:35.659
 is a

00:20:35.659 --> 00:20:35.980
 fact

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 that cannot

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 be

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 denied.

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 But

00:20:39.619 --> 00:20:41.119
 like the

00:20:41.119 --> 00:20:42.019
 Gentiles

00:20:42.019 --> 00:20:43.719
 black people

00:20:43.719 --> 00:20:44.059
 in this

00:20:44.059 --> 00:20:44.480
 country

00:20:44.480 --> 00:20:46.079
 have taken

00:20:46.079 --> 00:20:46.740
 ownership

00:20:46.740 --> 00:20:47.899
 of these

00:20:47.899 --> 00:20:48.579
 walls

00:20:48.579 --> 00:20:49.679
 of division.

00:20:51.179 --> 00:20:51.819
 Racism

00:20:51.819 --> 00:20:52.819
 and prejudice

00:20:52.819 --> 00:20:53.799
 are

00:20:53.799 --> 00:20:55.579
 it's a

00:20:55.579 --> 00:20:55.980
 two way

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 street.

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 I want to be

00:20:58.740 --> 00:20:59.119
 clear.

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 There are some

00:21:00.439 --> 00:21:00.919
 people

00:21:00.919 --> 00:21:02.059
 black and

00:21:02.059 --> 00:21:02.500
 white

00:21:02.500 --> 00:21:03.319
 who will

00:21:03.319 --> 00:21:03.839
 argue

00:21:03.839 --> 00:21:05.319
 that it's

00:21:05.319 --> 00:21:06.039
 only white

00:21:06.039 --> 00:21:06.740
 people in

00:21:06.740 --> 00:21:07.680
 this situation

00:21:07.680 --> 00:21:08.160
 who can be

00:21:08.160 --> 00:21:08.579
 racist.

00:21:08.740 --> 00:21:09.579
 That is not

00:21:09.579 --> 00:21:10.019
 true.

00:21:11.019 --> 00:21:11.940
 It is not

00:21:11.940 --> 00:21:12.480
 true in

00:21:12.480 --> 00:21:12.880
 theory.

00:21:13.019 --> 00:21:13.440
 It is not

00:21:13.440 --> 00:21:14.039
 true in

00:21:14.039 --> 00:21:14.799
 practice.

00:21:16.559 --> 00:21:17.279
 Racism and

00:21:17.279 --> 00:21:18.059
 prejudice are

00:21:18.059 --> 00:21:18.539
 two way

00:21:18.539 --> 00:21:18.940
 streets.

00:21:20.559 --> 00:21:20.839
 There's

00:21:20.839 --> 00:21:21.539
 racism and

00:21:21.539 --> 00:21:22.640
 prejudice white

00:21:22.640 --> 00:21:23.440
 toward black.

00:21:23.440 --> 00:21:24.519
 There's racism

00:21:24.519 --> 00:21:25.099
 and prejudice

00:21:25.099 --> 00:21:25.980
 black toward

00:21:25.980 --> 00:21:26.940
 white.

00:21:26.940 --> 00:21:28.740
 Now,

00:21:29.559 --> 00:21:30.440
 racism is a

00:21:30.440 --> 00:21:31.039
 term that's

00:21:31.039 --> 00:21:31.759
 really hard

00:21:31.759 --> 00:21:32.539
 to define.

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 You think

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 about it.

00:21:35.539 --> 00:21:36.480
 All that you

00:21:36.480 --> 00:21:37.100
 are hearing

00:21:37.100 --> 00:21:38.120
 about racism

00:21:38.120 --> 00:21:38.420
 in this

00:21:38.420 --> 00:21:38.680
 country,

00:21:38.920 --> 00:21:39.620
 all that you

00:21:39.620 --> 00:21:40.600
 have read,

00:21:42.740 --> 00:21:43.059
 have you

00:21:43.059 --> 00:21:43.799
 heard a

00:21:43.799 --> 00:21:44.320
 common

00:21:44.320 --> 00:21:45.019
 definition?

00:21:45.019 --> 00:21:46.640
 Have you

00:21:46.640 --> 00:21:46.980
 heard it

00:21:46.980 --> 00:21:47.480
 actually

00:21:47.480 --> 00:21:49.340
 defined or

00:21:49.340 --> 00:21:50.279
 even clearly

00:21:50.279 --> 00:21:51.059
 described?

00:21:52.480 --> 00:21:53.340
 It's hard to

00:21:53.340 --> 00:21:53.920
 find that.

00:21:53.920 --> 00:21:55.820
 truth is

00:21:55.820 --> 00:21:57.180
 many different

00:21:57.180 --> 00:21:57.539
 people have

00:21:57.539 --> 00:21:57.960
 many different

00:21:57.960 --> 00:21:58.580
 definitions.

00:22:00.279 --> 00:22:00.740
 Here's a

00:22:00.740 --> 00:22:01.600
 definition that

00:22:01.600 --> 00:22:02.160
 was adopted

00:22:02.160 --> 00:22:02.539
 by the

00:22:02.539 --> 00:22:03.080
 Presbyterian

00:22:03.080 --> 00:22:03.560
 Church in

00:22:03.560 --> 00:22:03.920
 America,

00:22:04.100 --> 00:22:04.620
 PCA

00:22:04.620 --> 00:22:05.300
 denomination,

00:22:06.180 --> 00:22:06.420
 that I

00:22:06.420 --> 00:22:07.300
 think is

00:22:07.300 --> 00:22:08.440
 academic,

00:22:08.820 --> 00:22:09.120
 technical,

00:22:09.360 --> 00:22:09.860
 but it

00:22:09.860 --> 00:22:10.220
 helps us

00:22:10.220 --> 00:22:10.539
 see what

00:22:10.539 --> 00:22:10.700
 we're

00:22:10.700 --> 00:22:10.960
 talking

00:22:10.960 --> 00:22:11.240
 about.

00:22:12.240 --> 00:22:13.019
 Racism is

00:22:13.019 --> 00:22:13.900
 an explicit

00:22:13.900 --> 00:22:15.440
 or implicit

00:22:15.440 --> 00:22:16.840
 belief or

00:22:16.840 --> 00:22:18.300
 practice that

00:22:18.300 --> 00:22:19.460
 qualitatively

00:22:19.460 --> 00:22:20.920
 distinguishes or

00:22:20.920 --> 00:22:22.480
 values one

00:22:22.480 --> 00:22:23.460
 race over

00:22:23.460 --> 00:22:24.460
 other races.

00:22:25.420 --> 00:22:25.900
 Racism,

00:22:26.259 --> 00:22:27.340
 it may not

00:22:27.340 --> 00:22:28.720
 be overt,

00:22:28.860 --> 00:22:29.240
 it may be

00:22:29.240 --> 00:22:29.920
 something that's

00:22:29.920 --> 00:22:30.360
 just sort of

00:22:30.360 --> 00:22:30.700
 subtle,

00:22:30.860 --> 00:22:31.240
 inward, you

00:22:31.240 --> 00:22:31.600
 don't think

00:22:31.600 --> 00:22:31.960
 about it that

00:22:31.960 --> 00:22:32.779
 much, or it

00:22:32.779 --> 00:22:33.559
 may be very

00:22:33.559 --> 00:22:35.140
 much you have

00:22:35.140 --> 00:22:36.019
 embraced it and

00:22:36.019 --> 00:22:36.680
 you talk about

00:22:36.680 --> 00:22:39.180
 it, but it's a

00:22:39.180 --> 00:22:40.840
 belief that you

00:22:40.840 --> 00:22:41.740
 really believe

00:22:41.740 --> 00:22:44.200
 your race is

00:22:44.200 --> 00:22:44.539
 better than

00:22:44.539 --> 00:22:45.240
 another race,

00:22:46.880 --> 00:22:47.200
 that you're

00:22:47.200 --> 00:22:48.420
 superior than

00:22:48.420 --> 00:22:49.120
 another race.

00:22:49.680 --> 00:22:50.019
 D.A.

00:22:50.079 --> 00:22:50.620
 Carson, the

00:22:50.620 --> 00:22:51.019
 New Testament

00:22:51.019 --> 00:22:52.180
 scholar, adds

00:22:52.180 --> 00:22:52.940
 the idea of

00:22:52.940 --> 00:22:53.799
 exclusion to

00:22:53.799 --> 00:22:54.279
 the definition

00:22:54.279 --> 00:22:54.900
 of racism,

00:22:55.320 --> 00:22:55.980
 and he says

00:22:55.980 --> 00:22:57.360
 this, but if

00:22:57.360 --> 00:22:58.039
 racism is

00:22:58.039 --> 00:22:58.720
 defined in

00:22:58.720 --> 00:22:59.140
 terms of

00:22:59.140 --> 00:23:00.680
 exclusion, then

00:23:00.680 --> 00:23:02.000
 racism occurs

00:23:02.000 --> 00:23:03.480
 wherever anyone

00:23:03.480 --> 00:23:05.220
 is dismissed or

00:23:05.220 --> 00:23:06.640
 disowned or

00:23:06.640 --> 00:23:08.180
 demeaned or

00:23:08.180 --> 00:23:10.080
 stereotyped for

00:23:10.080 --> 00:23:11.120
 no other reason

00:23:11.120 --> 00:23:12.640
 than his or her

00:23:12.640 --> 00:23:14.100
 race or

00:23:14.100 --> 00:23:14.779
 ethnicity.

00:23:14.779 --> 00:23:14.920
 racism.

00:23:15.920 --> 00:23:17.019
 Now, based on

00:23:17.019 --> 00:23:17.460
 those two

00:23:17.460 --> 00:23:20.119
 definitions, anyone

00:23:20.119 --> 00:23:22.960
 from any race or

00:23:22.960 --> 00:23:24.619
 ethnic group can

00:23:24.619 --> 00:23:26.759
 be guilty of

00:23:26.759 --> 00:23:27.279
 racism.

00:23:28.079 --> 00:23:29.359
 Now, while we're

00:23:29.359 --> 00:23:30.200
 on the subject of

00:23:30.200 --> 00:23:31.819
 definitions, let's

00:23:31.819 --> 00:23:32.259
 address the

00:23:32.259 --> 00:23:32.960
 definition of

00:23:32.960 --> 00:23:34.720
 systemic racism.

00:23:35.039 --> 00:23:36.399
 That dominates

00:23:36.399 --> 00:23:37.339
 everything today.

00:23:38.059 --> 00:23:38.859
 If you look at

00:23:38.859 --> 00:23:40.299
 news online, listen

00:23:40.299 --> 00:23:41.539
 to it, read it in

00:23:41.539 --> 00:23:41.879
 the paper.

00:23:41.880 --> 00:23:43.420
 You can't read a

00:23:43.420 --> 00:23:44.160
 paragraph without

00:23:44.160 --> 00:23:44.900
 reading something

00:23:44.900 --> 00:23:46.120
 about systemic

00:23:46.120 --> 00:23:47.380
 racism.

00:23:48.880 --> 00:23:50.420
 Very few people

00:23:50.420 --> 00:23:51.800
 define it, by the

00:23:51.800 --> 00:23:52.020
 way.

00:23:52.860 --> 00:23:53.640
 But I want to use a

00:23:53.640 --> 00:23:55.680
 definition proposed

00:23:55.680 --> 00:23:57.060
 by Derek Johnson,

00:23:57.060 --> 00:23:58.820
 who is president of

00:23:58.820 --> 00:24:00.080
 the NAACP.

00:24:00.580 --> 00:24:01.640
 It was reported in

00:24:01.640 --> 00:24:03.320
 the USA.com

00:24:03.320 --> 00:24:04.220
 news.

00:24:05.340 --> 00:24:06.240
 Johnson defines

00:24:06.240 --> 00:24:07.560
 systemic racism,

00:24:07.980 --> 00:24:09.600
 also called structural

00:24:09.599 --> 00:24:10.839
 racism, or

00:24:10.839 --> 00:24:12.319
 institutional racism,

00:24:12.319 --> 00:24:14.379
 as systems and

00:24:14.379 --> 00:24:15.619
 structures that

00:24:15.619 --> 00:24:18.159
 have procedures or

00:24:18.159 --> 00:24:19.659
 processes that

00:24:19.659 --> 00:24:21.779
 disadvantage African

00:24:21.779 --> 00:24:22.339
 Americans.

00:24:23.240 --> 00:24:25.419
 Now, it is without

00:24:25.419 --> 00:24:27.379
 debate that during

00:24:27.379 --> 00:24:28.599
 the days of slavery

00:24:28.599 --> 00:24:31.379
 and Jim Crow, racism

00:24:31.379 --> 00:24:33.419
 in this country was

00:24:33.419 --> 00:24:36.879
 systemic as well as

00:24:36.879 --> 00:24:37.619
 evil.

00:24:37.619 --> 00:24:39.899
 But since the

00:24:39.899 --> 00:24:41.699
 Civil Rights Acts

00:24:41.699 --> 00:24:43.799
 were passed in the

00:24:43.799 --> 00:24:45.619
 mid to late 1960s,

00:24:47.619 --> 00:24:50.099
 systemic racism has

00:24:50.099 --> 00:24:51.979
 actually been illegal,

00:24:53.299 --> 00:24:55.419
 unlawful in this

00:24:55.419 --> 00:24:55.859
 country.

00:24:57.019 --> 00:24:59.659
 Thomas Sowell, he is

00:24:59.659 --> 00:25:00.500
 one of this country's

00:25:00.500 --> 00:25:01.699
 leading economists and

00:25:01.699 --> 00:25:02.679
 commentators, or at

00:25:02.679 --> 00:25:03.539
 least he was until his

00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:05.000
 retirement of just a few

00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:05.639
 years ago.

00:25:05.640 --> 00:25:07.780
 He is also, by the

00:25:07.780 --> 00:25:08.860
 way, a black man.

00:25:09.600 --> 00:25:10.720
 He said in a recent

00:25:10.720 --> 00:25:11.900
 interview, look at this,

00:25:12.380 --> 00:25:14.060
 that he has no idea

00:25:14.060 --> 00:25:15.880
 what the proponents of

00:25:15.880 --> 00:25:17.100
 the existence of

00:25:17.100 --> 00:25:18.680
 institutional racism

00:25:18.680 --> 00:25:20.980
 mean, and that they

00:25:20.980 --> 00:25:23.480
 themselves do not know

00:25:23.480 --> 00:25:24.960
 what they mean.

00:25:26.460 --> 00:25:27.580
 There's a lot of things

00:25:27.580 --> 00:25:29.060
 being said about

00:25:29.060 --> 00:25:30.640
 systemic institutional

00:25:31.160 --> 00:25:32.600
 racism in this country.

00:25:32.599 --> 00:25:35.480
 But very little

00:25:35.480 --> 00:25:38.299
 definitions, examples,

00:25:39.579 --> 00:25:42.279
 proof has been given.

00:25:43.839 --> 00:25:44.619
 Now, I want to be

00:25:44.619 --> 00:25:44.939
 clear.

00:25:45.859 --> 00:25:46.879
 There are definitely

00:25:46.879 --> 00:25:48.500
 groups of people and

00:25:48.500 --> 00:25:49.480
 individuals in this

00:25:49.480 --> 00:25:51.240
 country who are pure

00:25:51.240 --> 00:25:53.179
 racists to the core.

00:25:54.319 --> 00:25:55.980
 Some of them have such

00:25:55.980 --> 00:25:57.599
 evil hearts that they are

00:25:57.599 --> 00:26:00.059
 proud and public about

00:26:00.059 --> 00:26:02.159
 their hatred for certain

00:26:02.159 --> 00:26:05.519
 people whose race or

00:26:05.519 --> 00:26:07.879
 language or culture is

00:26:07.879 --> 00:26:08.799
 different from their own.

00:26:10.859 --> 00:26:11.940
 But what is being said

00:26:11.940 --> 00:26:14.659
 about systemic racism

00:26:14.659 --> 00:26:17.279
 being the predominant

00:26:17.279 --> 00:26:19.220
 attitude of this country,

00:26:19.220 --> 00:26:21.740
 that is by far

00:26:21.740 --> 00:26:24.559
 overstating the problem.

00:26:25.179 --> 00:26:26.759
 It is not accurate.

00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:28.900
 It is not accurately

00:26:28.900 --> 00:26:30.180
 describing the issue.

00:26:31.379 --> 00:26:31.960
 Now, one more thing

00:26:31.960 --> 00:26:32.940
 needs to be clarified

00:26:32.940 --> 00:26:34.279
 about the current

00:26:34.279 --> 00:26:35.480
 racial situation.

00:26:36.440 --> 00:26:37.759
 The organization,

00:26:38.900 --> 00:26:40.200
 Black Lives Matter,

00:26:40.579 --> 00:26:43.039
 does not have the

00:26:43.039 --> 00:26:43.480
 solution.

00:26:44.940 --> 00:26:47.119
 It is true that the

00:26:47.119 --> 00:26:48.759
 lives of black people

00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:51.640
 matter just as much as

00:26:51.640 --> 00:26:53.039
 the life of every other

00:26:53.039 --> 00:26:54.579
 human being in this world

00:26:54.579 --> 00:26:55.619
 because as we have

00:26:55.619 --> 00:26:57.759
 already noted, all human

00:26:57.759 --> 00:26:58.939
 beings are created in the

00:26:58.939 --> 00:26:59.579
 image of God.

00:26:59.939 --> 00:27:01.179
 That means every life

00:27:01.179 --> 00:27:01.679
 matters.

00:27:02.339 --> 00:27:04.179
 Every life is of equal

00:27:04.179 --> 00:27:06.019
 worth and dignity.

00:27:07.299 --> 00:27:09.039
 But the organization

00:27:09.039 --> 00:27:11.179
 called Black Lives Matter

00:27:11.179 --> 00:27:14.079
 rejects the Bible's

00:27:14.079 --> 00:27:16.419
 teaching on family, on

00:27:16.419 --> 00:27:18.019
 sexual orientation and

00:27:18.019 --> 00:27:20.339
 gender, and on abortion.

00:27:21.679 --> 00:27:22.919
 Black Lives Matter, the

00:27:22.920 --> 00:27:24.720
 organization also promotes

00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:28.720
 radical socialism and

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 opposes democracy.

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 If you have any doubts,

00:27:33.940 --> 00:27:34.940
 go to their website.

00:27:35.880 --> 00:27:36.900
 Go do a search.

00:27:37.019 --> 00:27:38.060
 Black Lives Matter, the

00:27:38.060 --> 00:27:39.860
 organization, it is there

00:27:39.860 --> 00:27:42.240
 in black and white, very

00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:43.940
 clear what they believe.

00:27:44.560 --> 00:27:45.580
 They make no bones about

00:27:45.580 --> 00:27:45.740
 it.

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 This organization, as a

00:27:49.920 --> 00:27:51.259
 result of these kinds of

00:27:51.259 --> 00:27:54.220
 beliefs, they are not only

00:27:54.220 --> 00:27:57.180
 not providing a solution to

00:27:57.180 --> 00:27:59.079
 our current racial problem,

00:27:59.980 --> 00:28:02.259
 they are compounding the

00:28:02.259 --> 00:28:02.619
 problem.

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 They are fanning the flames

00:28:05.500 --> 00:28:07.460
 of this problem.

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 If we are serious about

00:28:10.140 --> 00:28:11.619
 wanting the walls of racial

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 division torn down in this

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 country, then both black and

00:28:18.119 --> 00:28:21.419
 white Christians must be

00:28:21.419 --> 00:28:23.319
 willing to assume responsibility

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 for these problems.

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 And both black and white

00:28:28.139 --> 00:28:30.759
 Christians must be willing to

00:28:30.759 --> 00:28:34.959
 work together for the glory of

00:28:34.959 --> 00:28:37.699
 God and the good of all.

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 But the walls will never be torn

00:28:41.699 --> 00:28:44.659
 down and reconciliation, unity, and

00:28:44.660 --> 00:28:46.120
 loving relationships will never

00:28:46.120 --> 00:28:49.440
 take their place without God's

00:28:49.440 --> 00:28:53.040
 gracious intervention.

00:28:55.259 --> 00:28:58.380
 Paul tells us that the only way

00:28:58.380 --> 00:29:00.640
 years of distrust, prejudice, and

00:29:00.640 --> 00:29:04.160
 outright hatred can be overcome is

00:29:04.160 --> 00:29:06.019
 by the blood of Christ in verse 13.

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 And when he talks about the blood of

00:29:08.519 --> 00:29:09.900
 Christ, he's referring to the Lord's

00:29:09.900 --> 00:29:11.440
 death on the cross to pay the

00:29:11.440 --> 00:29:12.559
 penalty for our sins.

00:29:14.259 --> 00:29:17.100
 As I pointed out earlier, sin is

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 the foundation that the walls of

00:29:20.140 --> 00:29:22.559
 division in this country about race

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 are built upon.

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 These are sins like pride, like

00:29:28.960 --> 00:29:32.420
 prejudice, like selfishness, like an

00:29:32.420 --> 00:29:33.680
 unforgiving spirit.

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 When we, when anyone turns to

00:29:37.980 --> 00:29:41.819
 Christ in faith, the response to the

00:29:41.819 --> 00:29:43.860
 gospel is we must simultaneously turn

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 from sin.

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 That's what repentance is.

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 The gospel, the good news is that

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 Jesus came into this world to die on

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 the cross to pay the penalty for our

00:29:54.759 --> 00:29:55.059
 sins.

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 He arose triumphantly by the power of

00:29:58.120 --> 00:30:00.640
 God to prove he has conquered sin,

00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:01.400
 death, and the devil.

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 He's ascended into heaven.

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 This good news, the Bible tells us we

00:30:07.440 --> 00:30:09.480
 respond to it by admitting we are

00:30:09.480 --> 00:30:12.000
 sinners in need of a Savior, changing

00:30:12.000 --> 00:30:13.080
 our mind about the way we've been

00:30:13.080 --> 00:30:15.220
 living, turning from our sin,

00:30:15.400 --> 00:30:18.820
 repenting of our sin, and then

00:30:18.820 --> 00:30:20.820
 turning to Christ in faith.

00:30:21.820 --> 00:30:25.180
 Now, I want to make it clear what

00:30:25.180 --> 00:30:26.220
 repentance means.

00:30:27.820 --> 00:30:33.840
 I can only repent of my sins, not the

00:30:33.839 --> 00:30:36.899
 sins of what someone in the past has

00:30:36.899 --> 00:30:37.319
 done.

00:30:38.799 --> 00:30:39.959
 I'll be more specific.

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 I cannot repent of the sin of slavery

00:30:43.639 --> 00:30:45.740
 because I have never owned a slave.

00:30:48.399 --> 00:30:52.299
 It is impossible for someone living

00:30:52.299 --> 00:30:57.299
 today to repent of the sin of slavery

00:30:57.299 --> 00:31:01.279
 that was abolished in 1865.

00:31:01.279 --> 00:31:05.379
 I want to go further because some

00:31:05.379 --> 00:31:08.460
 evangelical writers are going further.

00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:12.079
 Being white is not a sin.

00:31:13.659 --> 00:31:18.299
 I read just recently an evangelical

00:31:18.299 --> 00:31:25.279
 pastor made the statement that white

00:31:25.279 --> 00:31:28.480
 black people need to repent of their

00:31:28.480 --> 00:31:29.619
 whiteness.

00:31:31.139 --> 00:31:32.379
 I am not lying.

00:31:33.460 --> 00:31:33.940
 Google it.

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 You'll see it yourself.

00:31:37.059 --> 00:31:38.619
 Being white is not a sin.

00:31:38.740 --> 00:31:39.980
 Being black is not a sin.

00:31:40.099 --> 00:31:41.700
 Being brown is not a sin.

00:31:44.700 --> 00:31:45.899
 Let's go even further.

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 God made me white.

00:31:48.240 --> 00:31:52.700
 God made every black man or woman

00:31:52.700 --> 00:31:53.339
 black.

00:31:53.920 --> 00:31:56.180
 He made every brown person brown.

00:31:56.400 --> 00:31:58.539
 That's the sovereign work of God

00:31:58.539 --> 00:32:02.220
 to make us who we are, put us where we

00:32:02.220 --> 00:32:02.660
 are.

00:32:04.980 --> 00:32:06.900
 So we don't repent of other people's

00:32:06.900 --> 00:32:07.420
 sins.

00:32:09.579 --> 00:32:11.480
 White people do not have to repent of

00:32:11.480 --> 00:32:13.160
 being white because it is not a sin.

00:32:13.299 --> 00:32:14.500
 Black people do not have to repent of

00:32:14.500 --> 00:32:16.240
 being black because it is not a sin.

00:32:16.240 --> 00:32:19.620
 Let's go back to what we are talking

00:32:19.620 --> 00:32:20.640
 about more personally.

00:32:22.099 --> 00:32:24.740
 But I can and must repent of my

00:32:24.740 --> 00:32:26.740
 personal sins.

00:32:28.200 --> 00:32:31.579
 You must, to be a follower of Jesus

00:32:31.579 --> 00:32:37.000
 Christ, own your sins.

00:32:39.200 --> 00:32:40.180
 Confess them.

00:32:40.319 --> 00:32:41.120
 Agree with God.

00:32:41.339 --> 00:32:41.880
 They are there.

00:32:42.160 --> 00:32:42.940
 They are real.

00:32:42.940 --> 00:32:46.700
 People hate them and then turn from

00:32:46.700 --> 00:32:46.940
 them.

00:32:48.720 --> 00:32:50.519
 If I have been prejudiced against

00:32:50.519 --> 00:32:52.059
 someone because of the color of their

00:32:52.059 --> 00:32:54.820
 skin, in either attitude, word, or

00:32:54.820 --> 00:32:57.779
 action, I have sinned against that

00:32:57.779 --> 00:32:58.120
 person.

00:32:58.240 --> 00:32:59.480
 I have sinned against God.

00:33:00.840 --> 00:33:05.400
 And that is a sin I must own and

00:33:05.400 --> 00:33:06.019
 repent of.

00:33:06.019 --> 00:33:10.920
 The truth is, not a single person in the

00:33:10.920 --> 00:33:12.519
 world, not a single one of us in this

00:33:12.519 --> 00:33:15.420
 room, can be right with God and refuse to

00:33:15.420 --> 00:33:19.160
 repent of any sin that he convicts us of.

00:33:19.259 --> 00:33:21.160
 We can't make excuses for our sin.

00:33:22.379 --> 00:33:24.900
 Sin is an offense against a holy God,

00:33:25.279 --> 00:33:27.940
 punishable by death and ultimately hell.

00:33:29.059 --> 00:33:31.019
 And the only reason all of us are not bound

00:33:31.779 --> 00:33:35.400
 at this moment to hell is God sent his son to

00:33:35.400 --> 00:33:37.660
 this world because he loves us to pay the

00:33:37.660 --> 00:33:39.300
 penalty for our sins when he died on the

00:33:39.300 --> 00:33:41.160
 cross so that through faith in him we're

00:33:41.160 --> 00:33:43.820
 forgiven, made right with God.

00:33:45.140 --> 00:33:47.580
 And when we die, we go to heaven instead of

00:33:47.580 --> 00:33:49.160
 the place we deserve called hell.

00:33:51.019 --> 00:33:57.060
 There will never be complete unity and

00:33:57.060 --> 00:34:02.400
 agreement on how we as Christians actually do

00:34:02.400 --> 00:34:08.400
 do the hard work of racial reconciliation and

00:34:08.400 --> 00:34:09.360
 bring it about unity.

00:34:10.420 --> 00:34:13.400
 There's always going to be differences in how

00:34:13.400 --> 00:34:15.639
 we look at the problem, how we identify with

00:34:15.639 --> 00:34:17.780
 the problem, and how we go about dealing with

00:34:17.780 --> 00:34:21.780
 the problem, but we can work together.

00:34:23.360 --> 00:34:29.960
 It won't be easy, but by God's grace, it is

00:34:29.960 --> 00:34:31.320
 possible.

00:34:32.440 --> 00:34:33.720
 So we've got to try.

00:34:34.659 --> 00:34:37.079
 We've got to seek God to help us.

00:34:38.280 --> 00:34:39.840
 I want you to look at something Billy Graham said

00:34:39.840 --> 00:34:43.240
 years ago when talking about racial and ethnic

00:34:43.240 --> 00:34:44.099
 problems.

00:34:44.099 --> 00:34:48.480
 He says, the issues that face us are complex and

00:34:48.480 --> 00:34:52.400
 enormous, and simply wishing they would go away will

00:34:52.400 --> 00:34:53.400
 not solve them.

00:34:54.159 --> 00:34:57.460
 I do not pretend to know the full answer, but let

00:34:57.460 --> 00:35:00.599
 those of us who claim the name of Christ repent of our

00:35:00.599 --> 00:35:04.260
 past failures and relying on the Holy Spirit demonstrate

00:35:04.260 --> 00:35:08.740
 to a weary and frightened world that Christ indeed has

00:35:08.740 --> 00:35:12.579
 destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility

00:35:12.579 --> 00:35:17.820
 through the cross by which he put to death their

00:35:17.820 --> 00:35:19.019
 hostility.

00:35:19.019 --> 00:35:26.500
 Right now, I don't want us to think about what's going on in

00:35:26.500 --> 00:35:27.059
 the world.

00:35:28.420 --> 00:35:33.039
 I don't want you to think about any other person that you know

00:35:33.039 --> 00:35:34.739
 or even know of.

00:35:35.699 --> 00:35:39.239
 I want you to think about you for these next few minutes.

00:35:40.739 --> 00:35:47.639
 Do you have any walls of racial or ethnic hostility that need to

00:35:47.639 --> 00:35:48.879
 be torn down in your life?

00:35:50.920 --> 00:35:52.500
 You may not have built those walls.

00:35:52.599 --> 00:35:54.199
 You may have inherited those walls.

00:35:55.619 --> 00:35:57.059
 You may have grown up in a family.

00:35:57.179 --> 00:36:03.239
 You may have grown up in a circle where those walls were

00:36:03.239 --> 00:36:05.699
 already in existence, but you embraced them.

00:36:05.699 --> 00:36:16.719
 The place to begin in racial reconciliation is to admit that

00:36:16.719 --> 00:36:20.539
 those walls exist, if they exist in your life.

00:36:21.679 --> 00:36:22.819
 They may not.

00:36:24.219 --> 00:36:28.019
 But God knows, and you know, because God will make it clear to

00:36:28.019 --> 00:36:28.199
 you.

00:36:29.480 --> 00:36:31.899
 The place to begin with reconciliation is to admit there's

00:36:31.899 --> 00:36:33.379
 walls if there are walls.

00:36:33.379 --> 00:36:39.199
 Then repent of your specific sins.

00:36:39.199 --> 00:36:43.279
 Will it be attitude, words, or actions?

00:36:44.960 --> 00:36:47.859
 That which God has convicted you about through this message.

00:36:49.419 --> 00:36:52.759
 Or maybe as you watch the news, maybe as you read the Bible, maybe

00:36:52.759 --> 00:36:55.299
 as you're just going down the road thinking in the spirit of God, if

00:36:55.299 --> 00:36:57.159
 you're a Christian, has got a hold of you.

00:36:59.299 --> 00:37:01.000
 Admit the walls exist.

00:37:03.199 --> 00:37:04.259
 Change your mind.

00:37:04.599 --> 00:37:05.539
 Change your attitude.

00:37:05.939 --> 00:37:07.099
 Change your vocabulary.

00:37:07.099 --> 00:37:09.139
 Change the way that you live.

00:37:10.940 --> 00:37:17.739
 Turn to Jesus Christ in faith, trusting that he's paid the penalty

00:37:17.739 --> 00:37:19.119
 for your sins.

00:37:20.719 --> 00:37:25.079
 Trust that through faith in him, you're right with God.

00:37:26.139 --> 00:37:29.579
 But also understand that everyone else who puts their faith and trust in

00:37:29.579 --> 00:37:36.960
 him is your brother or sister in Christ, as well as a fellow member of the

00:37:36.960 --> 00:37:38.420
 human race with you.

00:37:40.800 --> 00:37:46.639
 If you're a Christian and you need help overcoming some racial barriers, cry out

00:37:46.639 --> 00:37:51.940
 to God to change your mind, change your heart, change whatever needs to change.

00:37:51.940 --> 00:38:04.559
 We all need to ask God to work in this country, to tear down walls, to help people see that

00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:08.500
 there's a lot, just as human beings, we have in common regardless of our color.

00:38:08.500 --> 00:38:14.300
 We need to pray that God will also work in our country that people will be able to forgive

00:38:14.300 --> 00:38:23.599
 and move forward and leave the past in the past and truly experience reconciliation,

00:38:25.780 --> 00:38:33.739
 oneness in Christ if we're Christians, and brothers and sisters in Christ if they're Christians.

00:38:33.739 --> 00:38:39.339
 But we need to also pray that people learn to live as brothers and sisters, as fellow human beings.

00:38:40.519 --> 00:38:47.319
 I want us to pray together, and I want us all to pray about ourselves and the response we need to make.

00:38:48.459 --> 00:38:50.339
 And then you make it to God right now.

00:38:50.479 --> 00:38:50.879
 Let's bow.

00:38:50.880 --> 00:38:51.860
 Let's bow.

00:38:51.860 --> 00:38:55.599
 Let's bow themselves.

00:38:55.599 --> 00:38:59.660
 How to bow?

00:38:59.660 --> 00:39:03.800
 Now let's bow as brothers and sisters, who have we be concerned.

00:39:03.800 --> 00:39:05.619
 Let's bow.

00:39:05.619 --> 00:39:11.400
 All right.

00:39:11.400 --> 00:39:17.800
 Bye bye.

00:39:17.800 --> 00:39:19.300
 My baston.