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 So, good morning again, everyone.

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 It was this time last year that I stood up and I launched Follow 25.

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 It's our strategic plan, if you like, to shift the ministry culture of this church

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 to a deliberate development of all of life disciples of Jesus Christ by the end of 2025.

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 So, this is my, and I'm excited to be able to extend upon that now.

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 This is my 14th Vision Series here at St Paul's.

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 I love Vision Series every year.

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 And this particular one, when I launched it last year, I thought it was crucial

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 in terms of where we are as a church and where our neighbourhood is and where our society is.

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 That is, the audacious intent of Follow 25 is really simple.

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 And that is to see the majority of us identifying much growth in faith in Jesus Christ

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 through the ministry of this church by the end of 2025.

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 That is, my goal, our goal for each one of us and for us collectively as a church

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 is that we would grow significantly in God confidence, even as our society's confidence in God declines.

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 That's the intent of it.

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 And it's a goal for us to grow together.

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 Now, the reason we have this plan is because I am utterly convinced, utterly convinced,

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 that we as human beings flourish in all of life to the degree that we walk in all of life with our Creator and our Saviour.

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 Without that, we don't flourish in life.

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 And so, Follow 25 is about you and you flourishing in all of life.

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 You having hope and joy and security, whatever the situation of life is.

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 Living life well forever.

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 That's the goal of Follow 25.

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 And it's for you and it's for us together as we grow in God confidence.

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 We are seeking to do this together in a neighbourhood that not only has little to no confidence in God,

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 but also a neighbourhood that is so culturally diverse.

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 And so, following Jesus together is not an easy thing to do.

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 There are a multitude of barriers to that.

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 Nevertheless, we are seeking to be a church that, despite our cultural backgrounds, our ethnicities, our genders, our preferences,

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 we are looking to make Jesus the main thing in life.

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 We're looking to look at Him and be united around Him.

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 Now, our diversity can be a significant challenge.

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 And so, in this vision series, I plan to take a look at a very complex issue that is rampant around our world.

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 And it's the issue of racism, ethnocentricity, and how we're going to go about building an inclusive,

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 multi-ethnic, multi-racial church, transcultural church here at St. Paul's.

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 That is, the goal at the end of this, I suppose, is to understand ourselves a little bit better,

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 understand other people a little bit better,

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 and then to be able to grow together in that understanding.

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 So, that's where we're going.

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 And to kick us off, I just got a whole, if you like, swag of things I want to say by way of introduction.

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 For those of you who are keen Bible people,

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 please forgive me that I'm not jumping straight into the text,

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 and I'm not getting straight to Jesus.

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 Okay?

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 View this message today as part one of a four- to five-part series on this initially,

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 in terms of the biblical unpacking of race and ethnicity.

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 So, think of that first.

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 This is the introduction to that.

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 So, a number of things.

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 Some preliminary thoughts about racism and ethnocentricity.

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 If you've got the St. Paul's app, you will find this in the St. Paul's app.

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 Firstly, defining racism and ethnocentricity is not easy.

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 In most cases, when you read about this issue, those terms are used interchangeably.

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 But I'm going to have a crack at it anyway, even though it's not easy to define.

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 So, here we go.

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 Racism is an explicit or an implicit belief or practice

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 that qualitatively distinguishes or values one race over another race.

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 That's racism, as I see it.

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 Explicitly or implicitly a belief or a practice

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 that qualitatively distinguishes or values one race over another race.

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 Now, in that definition, I'm thinking of race primarily in terms of physical features.

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 Racism, therefore, makes judgments based on physical appearance.

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 And so, you see someone of some kind of physical makeup

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 and then what you do is you make cultural assumptions about that person

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 as a result of that, just by appearance.

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 That's racism.

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 Now, the focus of this definition is the heart and behaviour.

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 The heart that believes one race is more valuable than another

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 is a sinful heart.

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 That sin is called racism.

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 The behaviour that distinguishes one race,

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 owes more valuable than another,

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 is a sinful behaviour,

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 and that sin is called racism.

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 And I want to say right up front,

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 it is always a sin.

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 Always a sin.

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 It is always wrong to treat a person

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 with any form of disrespect

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 on the basis of their physical appearance.

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 Now, ethnicity is slightly different.

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 It's a term that's used to stress cultural

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 rather than physical aspects of a group identity.

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 Things like language and dress and food and customs and values

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 and sometimes religion.

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 The two are different,

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 but they're connected.

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 That is, when you see a person,

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 you then make ethnic assumptions about them.

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 Now, where it's always wrong

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 to judge a person on their appearance,

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 I think there are biblical and moral bounds,

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 we are biblically and morally bound

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 to make some value judgments

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 about ethnicities over others.

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 That is,

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 where those cultural assumptions of that group

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 is fundamentally unbiblical,

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 and that valuing of ethnicities

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 is rooted in biblical teaching about good and evil.

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 That should not be called racism at that point,

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 when we are challenging cultural assumptions,

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 including our own.

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 That is, there's aspect of every culture

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 that is sinful and needs transforming.

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 Every culture is sinful and needs transforming.

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 Now, secondly,

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 why I think this series is important for us.

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 It's important for us

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 because of what we're seeking to do here

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 in building disciples of Christ in our neighbourhood.

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 Let me just say that straight up.

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 I also think it's important

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 because we're doing that in a country

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 that has traditionally struggled with multiculturalism.

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 On the one hand,

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 Australia has been remarkably hospitable,

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 remarkably hospitable towards migrants.

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 But on the other hand,

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 traditional Australian attitude

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 towards different races and ethnicities

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 is that they should be assimilated

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 as quickly as possible.

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 That means we are open-armed,

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 we are welcoming for you,

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 wherever your background is,

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 on certain conditions.

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 And the general certain conditions are

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 that you embrace the Australian way of life

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 and its values.

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 And values are the thing

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 that always underwrite a culture.

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 So you need to accept our values.

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 It's essential that you learn the English language.

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 It's essential as well

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 that you don't rob natural Australians

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 of jobs and other opportunities

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 like healthcare and education

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 and so on and so forth.

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 It's crucial that you leave

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 any of your racial and cultural tensions

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 behind with you

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 and don't import them here.

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 It's crucial that you don't lower

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 the Australian standard of living

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 by imposing too much strain

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 on our infrastructure

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 and certainly not on our welfare system.

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 So assimilation has been key

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 to Australia's policy on multiculturalism.

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 In fact, the term new Australians

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 was the term that came into vogue

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 in the 1950s and 60s.

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 And the goal of that multiculturalism

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 was to place your newfound Australian identity

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 above any other identity you have.

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 And so while Australia

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 has been incredibly hospitable and welcoming,

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 we have struggled to fully embrace

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 and also really struggled

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 to hand over any form of control,

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 power,

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 or cultural influence

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 to other ethnicities,

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 other cultural groups.

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 And you see this rampant

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 in the Western church,

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 not just in Australia,

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 but across the Western world,

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 where European culture

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 has dominated church culture

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 in the Western world,

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 even as those churches

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 are existing in neighbourhoods like ours

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 that have become very racially diverse.

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 That's an ethnicity issue,

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 not a racial issue, per se.

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 So in the next few weeks,

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 I want to unpack

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 how that has impacted

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 the way that we do church

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 here at St Paul's

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 and explain some of the key moves

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 that we've made

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 and to what it looks like for us

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 to continue to make those moves

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 to be a church

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 that truly treasures Jesus together

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 and for the joy of all people.

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 Third introductory comment.

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 I'm acutely aware

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 of my own failure in this issue.

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 I grew up in a country town

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 dominated by white

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 country Australian culture.

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 We had a Greek cafe,

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 which was run by the Greek family.

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 We had a Chinese restaurant

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 at the RSL

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 run by,

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 I hope it was a Chinese family.

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 The thing is,

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 I never saw them,

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 so I'm assuming they were Chinese

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 running that Chinese restaurant.

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 And we had,

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 the other,

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 apart from us,

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 white farmers

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 was Aboriginals.

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 And I had

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 Aboriginal friendships

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 as I grew up.

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 But I was fundamentally

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 racist towards them.

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 I'll unpack that more

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 as I go along.

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 So on one level,

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 I don't feel like

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 I'm the right guy

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 to be up here

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 talking on this topic.

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 There are people

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 who are much further advanced

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 than I am

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 on this issue

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 in thinking and practice.

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 I also want to acknowledge

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 the other reason

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 why I think

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 I'm not the right guy

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 to be up here

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 talking about this.

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 There are people

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 in this room

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 and certainly people

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 that you are very aware of

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 who live with racism

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 and ethnocentricity

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 in a way

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 that I just simply

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 never have.

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 purely because

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 I represent

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 majority culture

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 in our society.

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 In fact,

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 I never even

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 had to think

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 and I don't even

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 ever recall

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 ever thinking

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 about racism

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 and ethnocentricity

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 until I started

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 ministering

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 at St Paul's.

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 I didn't even

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 have to think

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 about it

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 because everything

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 went my way

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 from workplaces

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 to shopping centres

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 to everything.

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 As a member

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 of the western

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 white majority culture

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 almost unaware

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 of these realities.

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 I've never known

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 the experience

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 of trying to understand

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 another culture

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 and race

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 in order

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 just to survive

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 day by day.

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 It's only because

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 of here

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 and this place

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 that I've had

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 to wrestle

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 with and learn

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 about how

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 other people

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 groups

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 understand

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 time,

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 the use of space

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 to think,

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 to solve problems,

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 to understand

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 relationships

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 between individuals

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 and groups,

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 express emotions,

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 handle failures

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 and judge status.

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 I suspect

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 that nearly

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 every racial

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 minority group

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 in this country

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 understands

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 white Australian

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 culture

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 really well.

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 They're confronted

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 with it

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 because it

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 challenges

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 their ethnicity

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 every moment.

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 but us

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 white Australians

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 are far more

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 ignorant

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 of other

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 cultures

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 and how they

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 operate

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 simply because

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 we've never

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 had to.

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 You need

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 to do things

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 our way.

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 So,

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 what that means

00:16:10.639 --> 00:16:11.100
 is

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 throughout this

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 time

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 I'm going to

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 say some

00:16:14.659 --> 00:16:15.539
 wrong stuff.

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 I'm going to

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 say some

00:16:17.419 --> 00:16:18.179
 silly stuff.

00:16:19.940 --> 00:16:20.860
 It's not

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 deliberate.

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 It will

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 potentially

00:16:25.620 --> 00:16:26.279
 even be

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 an inadvertent

00:16:27.220 --> 00:16:27.840
 racism

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 and

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 ethnocentricity.

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 So,

00:16:31.700 --> 00:16:32.080
 please have

00:16:32.080 --> 00:16:32.639
 patience with

00:16:32.639 --> 00:16:32.899
 me

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 is what I'm

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 saying.

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 Fourthly,

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 this is

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 a really

00:16:40.259 --> 00:16:41.039
 hot issue

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 in our

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 culture

00:16:42.440 --> 00:16:43.320
 right now.

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 It's a

00:16:44.639 --> 00:16:45.320
 hot issue

00:16:45.320 --> 00:16:46.120
 but most

00:16:46.120 --> 00:16:46.960
 white Australians

00:16:46.960 --> 00:16:47.519
 aren't aware

00:16:47.519 --> 00:16:47.920
 that it's a

00:16:47.920 --> 00:16:48.440
 hot issue.

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 And I

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 think the

00:16:52.120 --> 00:16:52.860
 Christian faith

00:16:52.860 --> 00:16:53.220
 has got

00:16:53.220 --> 00:16:54.360
 something very

00:16:54.360 --> 00:16:55.560
 significant to

00:16:55.560 --> 00:16:56.960
 contribute to

00:16:56.960 --> 00:16:57.920
 this issue

00:16:57.920 --> 00:16:59.700
 although I

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 suspect the

00:17:01.020 --> 00:17:02.080
 institutional church

00:17:02.080 --> 00:17:02.560
 will not be

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 heard because of

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 our abuses.

00:17:05.720 --> 00:17:06.340
 Australia's

00:17:06.340 --> 00:17:06.559
 race

00:17:06.559 --> 00:17:07.100
 commissioner,

00:17:07.320 --> 00:17:07.519
 race

00:17:07.519 --> 00:17:07.940
 discrimination

00:17:07.940 --> 00:17:08.580
 commissioner

00:17:08.580 --> 00:17:09.640
 said around

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 six or seven

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 years ago

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 that this is

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 the most

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 volatile time

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 of the past

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 30 to 40

00:17:16.320 --> 00:17:17.259
 years of racial

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 tension in

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 our country.

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 This at a

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 time when

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 apparently we're

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 growing more

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 tolerant with

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 one another.

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 There's an

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 irony to that

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 comment.

00:17:31.259 --> 00:17:31.440
 Now,

00:17:31.640 --> 00:17:32.099
 Christian faith

00:17:32.099 --> 00:17:32.259
 has got

00:17:32.259 --> 00:17:32.920
 something very

00:17:32.920 --> 00:17:33.559
 significant to

00:17:33.559 --> 00:17:34.240
 contribute here.

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 I want to

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 give you an

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 example of

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 what I

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 mean.

00:17:37.299 --> 00:17:37.940
 W.H.

00:17:38.059 --> 00:17:38.379
 Auden,

00:17:38.539 --> 00:17:39.240
 one of the

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 most influential

00:17:40.379 --> 00:17:41.140
 writers of the

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 20th century,

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 was converted

00:17:43.619 --> 00:17:44.940
 from his

00:17:44.940 --> 00:17:45.779
 intellectual,

00:17:45.779 --> 00:17:48.180
 secular humanism

00:17:48.180 --> 00:17:49.399
 to Christianity

00:17:49.399 --> 00:17:50.899
 in 1940.

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 So think of

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 what's happening

00:17:52.579 --> 00:17:52.899
 in the world

00:17:52.899 --> 00:17:53.500
 in 1940.

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 And he was

00:17:55.039 --> 00:17:56.160
 converted through

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 one event,

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 one thing

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 radically changed

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 him.

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 And that was

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 he went to

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 the cinemas,

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 what we call

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 the cinemas

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 now,

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 in Manhattan

00:18:07.740 --> 00:18:09.059
 and he saw

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 a movie

00:18:09.960 --> 00:18:11.079
 that was

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 produced by

00:18:12.180 --> 00:18:13.099
 Hitler's

00:18:13.099 --> 00:18:13.759
 Third Reich.

00:18:13.759 --> 00:18:13.799
 book.

00:18:14.940 --> 00:18:15.660
 It was a

00:18:15.660 --> 00:18:16.180
 propaganda

00:18:16.180 --> 00:18:16.940
 piece

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 about their

00:18:20.319 --> 00:18:21.839
 conquering of

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 Poland.

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 And Auden

00:18:25.559 --> 00:18:26.680
 said that in

00:18:26.680 --> 00:18:27.099
 the movie

00:18:27.099 --> 00:18:27.660
 theater with

00:18:27.660 --> 00:18:28.099
 him were

00:18:28.099 --> 00:18:29.839
 many migrant

00:18:29.839 --> 00:18:31.660
 Jews watching

00:18:31.660 --> 00:18:32.500
 this film.

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 And he said

00:18:34.599 --> 00:18:35.460
 when a

00:18:35.460 --> 00:18:36.680
 Polish person,

00:18:37.319 --> 00:18:37.779
 a prisoner,

00:18:37.960 --> 00:18:39.039
 came up onto

00:18:39.039 --> 00:18:39.799
 the screen,

00:18:40.960 --> 00:18:41.660
 he said the

00:18:41.660 --> 00:18:42.200
 audience

00:18:42.200 --> 00:18:43.279
 immediately

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 erupted

00:18:44.120 --> 00:18:45.660
 with,

00:18:46.000 --> 00:18:46.580
 kill him,

00:18:46.700 --> 00:18:47.340
 kill him.

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 This is

00:18:50.040 --> 00:18:51.759
 1940 Manhattan

00:18:51.759 --> 00:18:52.560
 and they

00:18:52.560 --> 00:18:53.080
 weren't involved

00:18:53.080 --> 00:18:53.519
 in the war

00:18:53.519 --> 00:18:54.060
 at this point.

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 He said

00:18:57.140 --> 00:18:57.800
 he walked

00:18:57.800 --> 00:18:58.500
 out of the

00:18:58.500 --> 00:18:59.779
 movie theater

00:18:59.779 --> 00:19:00.900
 stunned,

00:19:02.540 --> 00:19:03.300
 stunned,

00:19:03.759 --> 00:19:05.400
 because his

00:19:05.400 --> 00:19:06.779
 secular humanism

00:19:06.779 --> 00:19:09.119
 was the

00:19:09.119 --> 00:19:10.180
 foundation of

00:19:10.180 --> 00:19:10.700
 Nazi

00:19:10.700 --> 00:19:11.220
 secular

00:19:11.220 --> 00:19:11.899
 humanism.

00:19:13.359 --> 00:19:13.700
 He said

00:19:13.700 --> 00:19:14.339
 philosophically

00:19:14.339 --> 00:19:14.839
 I sit on

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 the same

00:19:15.240 --> 00:19:16.399
 page as

00:19:16.399 --> 00:19:16.740
 some of

00:19:16.740 --> 00:19:16.940
 these

00:19:16.940 --> 00:19:17.399
 people.

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 And he

00:19:20.240 --> 00:19:20.799
 said one

00:19:20.799 --> 00:19:21.920
 thought ran

00:19:21.920 --> 00:19:22.680
 through his

00:19:22.680 --> 00:19:23.759
 mind as he

00:19:23.759 --> 00:19:25.119
 walked out of

00:19:25.119 --> 00:19:25.660
 the theater.

00:19:25.819 --> 00:19:26.180
 He says

00:19:26.180 --> 00:19:27.399
 what response

00:19:27.399 --> 00:19:28.559
 can my

00:19:28.559 --> 00:19:29.279
 enlightened

00:19:29.279 --> 00:19:30.079
 humanistic

00:19:30.079 --> 00:19:31.539
 tradition give

00:19:31.539 --> 00:19:32.399
 to those who

00:19:32.399 --> 00:19:33.420
 cry out for

00:19:33.420 --> 00:19:34.119
 the blood of

00:19:34.119 --> 00:19:34.599
 innocent

00:19:34.599 --> 00:19:35.079
 victims?

00:19:35.079 --> 00:19:37.339
 He said

00:19:37.339 --> 00:19:37.939
 he's got no

00:19:37.939 --> 00:19:38.559
 response to

00:19:38.559 --> 00:19:38.859
 that.

00:19:40.519 --> 00:19:41.119
 No

00:19:41.119 --> 00:19:41.740
 response.

00:19:43.439 --> 00:19:44.319
 He saw

00:19:44.319 --> 00:19:45.179
 the bankruptcy

00:19:45.179 --> 00:19:47.000
 of humanism,

00:19:47.559 --> 00:19:49.019
 of secularism,

00:19:49.119 --> 00:19:49.799
 and began to

00:19:49.799 --> 00:19:50.679
 sense that

00:19:50.679 --> 00:19:51.460
 the only

00:19:51.460 --> 00:19:52.379
 answer to

00:19:52.379 --> 00:19:54.740
 evil can

00:19:54.740 --> 00:19:55.159
 be found

00:19:55.159 --> 00:19:55.639
 in God.

00:19:56.899 --> 00:19:57.679
 He was

00:19:57.679 --> 00:19:58.139
 convicted,

00:20:00.240 --> 00:20:00.559
 like,

00:20:00.559 --> 00:20:02.899
 literally in

00:20:02.899 --> 00:20:03.480
 that moment

00:20:03.480 --> 00:20:04.059
 by God's

00:20:04.059 --> 00:20:04.519
 grace,

00:20:05.079 --> 00:20:05.740
 of God's

00:20:05.740 --> 00:20:06.539
 perfection and

00:20:06.539 --> 00:20:07.200
 holiness and

00:20:07.200 --> 00:20:07.960
 his sinfulness,

00:20:08.519 --> 00:20:09.480
 1940 became a

00:20:09.480 --> 00:20:09.779
 Christian.

00:20:12.000 --> 00:20:12.379
 Now having

00:20:12.379 --> 00:20:13.279
 said that,

00:20:15.500 --> 00:20:18.139
 I fully,

00:20:18.359 --> 00:20:18.899
 it's great

00:20:18.899 --> 00:20:19.460
 having a story

00:20:19.460 --> 00:20:19.899
 like that,

00:20:20.480 --> 00:20:21.179
 but I fully

00:20:21.179 --> 00:20:21.879
 acknowledge that

00:20:21.879 --> 00:20:22.359
 others have

00:20:22.359 --> 00:20:22.960
 made the

00:20:22.960 --> 00:20:23.839
 exact opposite

00:20:23.839 --> 00:20:24.339
 journey.

00:20:24.339 --> 00:20:28.019
 because of

00:20:28.019 --> 00:20:28.500
 the awful

00:20:28.500 --> 00:20:29.240
 track record

00:20:29.240 --> 00:20:29.500
 of the

00:20:29.500 --> 00:20:29.939
 institutional

00:20:29.939 --> 00:20:30.519
 church on

00:20:30.519 --> 00:20:31.000
 this issue,

00:20:31.579 --> 00:20:32.099
 there have

00:20:32.099 --> 00:20:33.019
 been many,

00:20:33.159 --> 00:20:34.439
 many professing

00:20:34.439 --> 00:20:35.179
 Christians and

00:20:35.179 --> 00:20:36.199
 churches who

00:20:36.199 --> 00:20:37.119
 have long,

00:20:37.240 --> 00:20:38.419
 long held

00:20:38.419 --> 00:20:39.299
 membership in

00:20:39.299 --> 00:20:39.740
 local people,

00:20:40.059 --> 00:20:40.879
 long held

00:20:40.879 --> 00:20:41.339
 membership in

00:20:41.339 --> 00:20:42.199
 local churches,

00:20:42.659 --> 00:20:43.339
 denominations,

00:20:43.539 --> 00:20:44.139
 stand up to

00:20:44.139 --> 00:20:45.299
 declare creeds,

00:20:46.879 --> 00:20:47.639
 stick to a

00:20:47.639 --> 00:20:48.240
 conservative,

00:20:48.779 --> 00:20:50.039
 orthodox faith,

00:20:50.939 --> 00:20:51.459
 and at the

00:20:51.459 --> 00:20:53.139
 same time hold

00:20:53.139 --> 00:20:53.959
 membership cards

00:20:53.960 --> 00:20:54.620
 in the Ku Klux

00:20:54.620 --> 00:20:54.920
 Klan.

00:20:58.140 --> 00:20:58.779
 So what do

00:20:58.779 --> 00:21:00.680
 you do when

00:21:00.680 --> 00:21:01.440
 you find stories

00:21:01.440 --> 00:21:01.940
 that give you

00:21:01.940 --> 00:21:02.759
 some comfort that

00:21:02.759 --> 00:21:04.000
 Christianity has

00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:04.960
 offered a solution

00:21:04.960 --> 00:21:06.079
 to ethnic pride

00:21:06.079 --> 00:21:08.180
 and other stories

00:21:08.180 --> 00:21:08.940
 that show Christianity

00:21:08.940 --> 00:21:09.440
 is part of the

00:21:09.440 --> 00:21:09.720
 problem?

00:21:09.759 --> 00:21:10.240
 What do you do

00:21:10.240 --> 00:21:10.620
 with that?

00:21:11.640 --> 00:21:12.840
 What you do is

00:21:12.840 --> 00:21:13.299
 you go to the

00:21:13.299 --> 00:21:14.180
 Bible and you

00:21:14.180 --> 00:21:14.920
 ask whether they

00:21:14.920 --> 00:21:15.600
 got Christianity

00:21:15.600 --> 00:21:19.240
 right or on

00:21:19.240 --> 00:21:19.900
 the other hand

00:21:19.900 --> 00:21:21.740
 they got humanism

00:21:21.740 --> 00:21:22.420
 right.

00:21:23.960 --> 00:21:25.340
 And when I ask

00:21:25.340 --> 00:21:25.900
 those questions

00:21:25.900 --> 00:21:26.559
 I don't see

00:21:26.559 --> 00:21:27.079
 that secular

00:21:27.079 --> 00:21:28.340
 humanism as we

00:21:28.340 --> 00:21:29.059
 see particularly

00:21:29.059 --> 00:21:29.660
 in our culture

00:21:29.660 --> 00:21:30.880
 today has got

00:21:30.880 --> 00:21:31.920
 any answers to

00:21:31.920 --> 00:21:32.539
 this solution.

00:21:33.500 --> 00:21:34.480
 I'll get to one

00:21:34.480 --> 00:21:35.480
 reason why that

00:21:35.480 --> 00:21:36.799
 is the case in a

00:21:36.799 --> 00:21:37.079
 moment.

00:21:40.620 --> 00:21:41.180
 Secondly,

00:21:41.380 --> 00:21:43.380
 humanism does

00:21:43.380 --> 00:21:45.819
 want to promote

00:21:45.819 --> 00:21:46.940
 a selfless

00:21:46.940 --> 00:21:49.039
 morality and an

00:21:49.039 --> 00:21:50.180
 equality of all

00:21:50.180 --> 00:21:50.519
 people.

00:21:50.519 --> 00:21:51.279
 you see that

00:21:51.279 --> 00:21:52.680
 all the time.

00:21:54.000 --> 00:21:54.839
 It does

00:21:54.839 --> 00:21:55.819
 desire to have

00:21:55.819 --> 00:21:56.980
 a more humane

00:21:56.980 --> 00:21:59.180
 society but I'm

00:21:59.180 --> 00:22:00.139
 not convinced

00:22:00.139 --> 00:22:01.420
 that you can

00:22:01.420 --> 00:22:02.799
 deliver on those

00:22:02.799 --> 00:22:05.519
 goals for a

00:22:05.519 --> 00:22:06.339
 more equal

00:22:06.339 --> 00:22:08.700
 humanity when

00:22:08.700 --> 00:22:10.359
 you embrace an

00:22:10.359 --> 00:22:11.379
 atheistic

00:22:11.379 --> 00:22:13.400
 evolutionary theory

00:22:13.400 --> 00:22:15.680
 that suggests that

00:22:15.680 --> 00:22:17.200
 humans come from

00:22:17.200 --> 00:22:18.019
 lower forms of

00:22:18.019 --> 00:22:18.379
 life.

00:22:20.599 --> 00:22:22.460
 If that's your

00:22:22.460 --> 00:22:24.099
 foundation you

00:22:24.099 --> 00:22:25.279
 cannot hold at

00:22:25.279 --> 00:22:26.660
 the same time to

00:22:26.660 --> 00:22:27.200
 the supreme

00:22:27.200 --> 00:22:28.059
 dignity of all

00:22:28.059 --> 00:22:28.759
 human beings.

00:22:31.879 --> 00:22:32.519
 It's

00:22:32.519 --> 00:22:33.220
 intellectually

00:22:33.220 --> 00:22:34.220
 incompatible.

00:22:36.819 --> 00:22:37.859
 When that is

00:22:37.859 --> 00:22:38.619
 your foundation,

00:22:38.799 --> 00:22:39.440
 the view of the

00:22:39.440 --> 00:22:40.700
 human race, it

00:22:40.700 --> 00:22:42.099
 is so easy to

00:22:42.099 --> 00:22:42.660
 fall into

00:22:42.660 --> 00:22:44.119
 racism because

00:22:44.119 --> 00:22:44.980
 the differences

00:22:44.980 --> 00:22:46.639
 are explained by

00:22:46.639 --> 00:22:47.400
 saying that other

00:22:47.400 --> 00:22:48.200
 groups of people

00:22:48.200 --> 00:22:48.580
 are less

00:22:48.580 --> 00:22:49.680
 involved, are

00:22:49.680 --> 00:22:50.460
 less evolved.

00:22:52.259 --> 00:22:53.240
 And that is

00:22:53.240 --> 00:22:54.040
 what has happened

00:22:54.040 --> 00:22:54.960
 amongst academia

00:22:54.960 --> 00:22:56.480
 and now is

00:22:56.480 --> 00:22:57.300
 happening in our

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 society.

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 You conservatives

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 down there, the

00:23:00.460 --> 00:23:01.240
 problem with you is

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 you just are not as

00:23:02.400 --> 00:23:03.140
 evolved as us

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 modern people in

00:23:05.100 --> 00:23:05.860
 your thinking.

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 It's happening

00:23:07.180 --> 00:23:07.519
 now.

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 So when I go to

00:23:11.940 --> 00:23:12.980
 the Bible, I see a

00:23:12.980 --> 00:23:13.759
 totally different

00:23:13.759 --> 00:23:15.240
 thing than the

00:23:15.240 --> 00:23:16.060
 version of

00:23:16.059 --> 00:23:16.980
 Christianity that

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 supports racism and

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 ethnic pride.

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 And I just think

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 also we just need

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 to be honest about

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 our history, history

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 of the Christian

00:23:24.220 --> 00:23:25.700
 church, history of

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 the Christian church

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 in the western

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 world and say that

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 the institutional

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 church has blown

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 it again and again

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 and again and again

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 on this issue.

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 Done some remarkably

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 great stuff but we've

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 also blown it.

00:23:38.559 --> 00:23:39.399
 We've also blown it.

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 Almost I think every

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 people group has got a

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 story to tell of the

00:23:45.620 --> 00:23:46.539
 failure of the

00:23:46.539 --> 00:23:47.840
 institutional church

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 and I don't think I

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 want to even fight

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 that.

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 Don't think I want to

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 argue against that.

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 I just want to say

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 yep, I know and I'm

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 sorry.

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 I'm sorry for what I've

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 done to contribute to

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 that.

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 Not all those who

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 profess to be followers

00:24:03.740 --> 00:24:04.580
 of Christ are

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 followers of Christ even

00:24:05.660 --> 00:24:06.580
 if they represent the

00:24:06.580 --> 00:24:08.480
 church and those of us

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 who are are so

00:24:09.880 --> 00:24:10.680
 imperfect.

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 perfect.

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 We will blow it

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 too.

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 So can we just

00:24:16.100 --> 00:24:16.920
 please look at the

00:24:16.920 --> 00:24:19.560
 Bible I think and

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 look to Jesus and see

00:24:21.180 --> 00:24:22.440
 what they've got to

00:24:22.440 --> 00:24:22.960
 say here.

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 So how about we do

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 that now?

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 And as I said this is

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 a journey over the

00:24:29.759 --> 00:24:30.940
 next number of years

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 sorry next number of

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 weeks.

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 It might feel like

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 years at the end of

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 it.

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 Next number of weeks

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 and unpacking this

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 as we go along.

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 And really the point

00:24:41.820 --> 00:24:43.019
 here is I want to

00:24:43.019 --> 00:24:44.280
 focus here on a core

00:24:44.280 --> 00:24:45.800
 creation foundation

00:24:45.800 --> 00:24:47.400
 doctrine of the image

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 of God.

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 So let's jump into

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 there.

00:24:51.040 --> 00:24:52.040
 Over the next number

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 of weeks I want to

00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:52.920
 look at what the

00:24:52.920 --> 00:24:53.420
 Bible and the

00:24:53.420 --> 00:24:54.820
 Christian faith, the

00:24:54.820 --> 00:24:55.460
 core news of the

00:24:55.460 --> 00:24:56.440
 gospel local church

00:24:56.440 --> 00:24:56.960
 has got this

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 contribution to make.

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 This is the

00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:00.820
 foundation of what

00:25:00.820 --> 00:25:01.480
 we're seeking to be

00:25:01.480 --> 00:25:02.740
 and achieve here as a

00:25:02.740 --> 00:25:03.680
 church if you like.

00:25:04.460 --> 00:25:05.580
 So my plan is to

00:25:05.579 --> 00:25:07.159
 trace out this issue

00:25:07.159 --> 00:25:10.539
 of race and how it

00:25:10.539 --> 00:25:11.199
 develops in the

00:25:11.199 --> 00:25:11.519
 Bible.

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 We're going to begin

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 with creation.

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 I will get to Jesus

00:25:14.539 --> 00:25:15.039
 eventually.

00:25:15.859 --> 00:25:16.720
 Okay so we'll get

00:25:16.720 --> 00:25:17.119
 there eventually.

00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:17.960
 Let's begin with just

00:25:17.960 --> 00:25:19.720
 a creation principle

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 and how that flows

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 from the Old

00:25:21.960 --> 00:25:22.720
 Testament into the

00:25:22.720 --> 00:25:23.259
 New Testament.

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 So the point I want

00:25:25.559 --> 00:25:26.339
 to make today is very

00:25:26.339 --> 00:25:28.039
 significant because in

00:25:28.039 --> 00:25:28.759
 dealing with race and

00:25:28.759 --> 00:25:30.299
 ethnic pride even

00:25:30.299 --> 00:25:31.139
 before I get to

00:25:31.139 --> 00:25:35.299
 Jesus this point is

00:25:35.299 --> 00:25:35.899
 crucial.

00:25:36.759 --> 00:25:38.039
 Genesis chapter 1

00:25:38.039 --> 00:25:39.599
 verse 27

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 God created

00:25:42.000 --> 00:25:43.359
 people.

00:25:43.579 --> 00:25:44.559
 He created man in

00:25:44.559 --> 00:25:45.960
 his own image.

00:25:46.759 --> 00:25:47.740
 In the image of God

00:25:47.740 --> 00:25:48.919
 he created him.

00:25:49.339 --> 00:25:50.899
 Male and female he

00:25:50.899 --> 00:25:51.759
 created them.

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 That verse is utterly

00:25:55.579 --> 00:25:56.500
 profound,

00:25:57.379 --> 00:25:58.139
 significant,

00:25:59.399 --> 00:26:00.099
 packed full of

00:26:00.099 --> 00:26:00.759
 implications.

00:26:01.680 --> 00:26:02.599
 And I'm not going to

00:26:02.599 --> 00:26:03.579
 hit all the

00:26:03.579 --> 00:26:05.659
 implications in

00:26:05.659 --> 00:26:05.959
 that,

00:26:06.599 --> 00:26:07.839
 out of that verse.

00:26:08.959 --> 00:26:10.000
 But simply to say

00:26:10.000 --> 00:26:11.240
 Adam and Eve is the

00:26:11.240 --> 00:26:12.639
 first human beings

00:26:12.639 --> 00:26:13.719
 were created in the

00:26:13.719 --> 00:26:14.500
 image of God,

00:26:15.639 --> 00:26:17.259
 different from all of

00:26:17.259 --> 00:26:18.079
 other creation.

00:26:19.980 --> 00:26:21.679
 And every subsequent

00:26:21.679 --> 00:26:23.459
 human being born from

00:26:23.459 --> 00:26:25.240
 Adam and Eve also

00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:27.299
 carry the image of God.

00:26:27.299 --> 00:26:27.339
 God.

00:26:28.899 --> 00:26:32.079
 So Genesis 5

00:26:32.079 --> 00:26:33.299
 verse 3,

00:26:33.839 --> 00:26:34.680
 when Adam had

00:26:34.680 --> 00:26:36.980
 lived 130 years,

00:26:37.079 --> 00:26:38.460
 he had a son in

00:26:38.460 --> 00:26:40.200
 his own likeness,

00:26:40.399 --> 00:26:42.059
 in his own image,

00:26:42.539 --> 00:26:43.779
 and he named him

00:26:43.779 --> 00:26:44.259
 Seth.

00:26:45.339 --> 00:26:46.659
 The words likeness and

00:26:46.659 --> 00:26:47.559
 image there are

00:26:47.559 --> 00:26:48.819
 exactly the same two

00:26:48.819 --> 00:26:50.159
 words that are used in

00:26:50.159 --> 00:26:50.899
 Genesis 1.

00:26:51.539 --> 00:26:53.299
 And the point is that

00:26:53.299 --> 00:26:55.319
 that image carries on.

00:26:55.319 --> 00:26:58.679
 carries on through

00:26:58.679 --> 00:26:59.119
 people.

00:27:00.839 --> 00:27:02.039
 The first pair are

00:27:02.039 --> 00:27:03.279
 not the only pair,

00:27:03.579 --> 00:27:04.899
 the only people in

00:27:04.899 --> 00:27:05.720
 the image of God.

00:27:05.919 --> 00:27:07.039
 Those who come from

00:27:07.039 --> 00:27:08.319
 them are all in the

00:27:08.319 --> 00:27:09.200
 image of God too.

00:27:10.119 --> 00:27:11.299
 So the implication

00:27:11.299 --> 00:27:12.939
 here is the

00:27:12.939 --> 00:27:14.980
 unity of the

00:27:14.980 --> 00:27:16.099
 human race.

00:27:16.359 --> 00:27:17.759
 Every human

00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:19.240
 that flows from

00:27:19.240 --> 00:27:19.980
 Adam and Eve,

00:27:20.099 --> 00:27:21.559
 which Acts 17

00:27:21.559 --> 00:27:22.259
 tells us is

00:27:22.259 --> 00:27:23.000
 everyone,

00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:25.640
 is creating

00:27:25.640 --> 00:27:26.359
 the image of God.

00:27:27.059 --> 00:27:27.920
 Now I don't want to

00:27:27.920 --> 00:27:29.200
 go into every detail

00:27:29.200 --> 00:27:30.380
 of what that means

00:27:30.380 --> 00:27:32.440
 in terms of what it

00:27:32.440 --> 00:27:32.980
 means to be an image

00:27:32.980 --> 00:27:33.200
 of God.

00:27:33.319 --> 00:27:34.460
 There's a whole list

00:27:34.460 --> 00:27:36.200
 of attributes you

00:27:36.200 --> 00:27:37.039
 could go through it

00:27:37.039 --> 00:27:38.240
 in terms of listing

00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:38.880
 them off and tick

00:27:38.880 --> 00:27:39.480
 it off what it

00:27:39.480 --> 00:27:39.700
 means.

00:27:39.779 --> 00:27:40.259
 And I think it's

00:27:40.259 --> 00:27:41.200
 collectively just take

00:27:41.200 --> 00:27:42.380
 them all as done

00:27:42.380 --> 00:27:43.099
 dusted there.

00:27:43.559 --> 00:27:44.480
 One thing is very

00:27:44.480 --> 00:27:45.500
 significant though,

00:27:45.940 --> 00:27:47.400
 is in Genesis 1

00:27:47.400 --> 00:27:48.279
 when it talks about

00:27:48.279 --> 00:27:49.299
 your job is to

00:27:49.299 --> 00:27:50.440
 rule over

00:27:50.440 --> 00:27:51.900
 the created

00:27:51.900 --> 00:27:52.360
 order.

00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:53.200
 It's the word

00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:54.340
 dominion there.

00:27:54.640 --> 00:27:55.740
 The word dominion

00:27:55.740 --> 00:27:57.160
 means royalty.

00:27:58.500 --> 00:27:58.880
 That is,

00:27:59.200 --> 00:27:59.900
 there's something

00:27:59.900 --> 00:28:00.539
 about the

00:28:00.539 --> 00:28:02.059
 image of God

00:28:02.059 --> 00:28:02.920
 that means that

00:28:02.920 --> 00:28:03.640
 there's a royal

00:28:03.640 --> 00:28:04.380
 dignity.

00:28:05.539 --> 00:28:06.500
 For us who are

00:28:06.500 --> 00:28:07.200
 Westerners,

00:28:08.080 --> 00:28:09.000
 who are

00:28:09.000 --> 00:28:10.440
 English heritage

00:28:10.440 --> 00:28:11.160
 Westerners,

00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:11.600
 that would be

00:28:11.600 --> 00:28:12.900
 significant in the

00:28:12.900 --> 00:28:14.200
 70th year of

00:28:14.200 --> 00:28:15.440
 Queen Elizabeth's

00:28:16.160 --> 00:28:16.559
 reign.

00:28:16.940 --> 00:28:17.840
 70 years.

00:28:18.080 --> 00:28:18.660
 Amazing.

00:28:18.660 --> 00:28:20.660
 dignity.

00:28:20.980 --> 00:28:21.540
 And she carries

00:28:21.540 --> 00:28:22.420
 a dignity about

00:28:22.420 --> 00:28:22.740
 her.

00:28:23.620 --> 00:28:24.080
 But there's a

00:28:24.080 --> 00:28:24.779
 royal dignity

00:28:24.779 --> 00:28:26.019
 attached to every

00:28:26.019 --> 00:28:27.720
 human being,

00:28:27.820 --> 00:28:28.279
 whatever their

00:28:28.279 --> 00:28:29.100
 status in life

00:28:29.100 --> 00:28:29.480
 is.

00:28:30.720 --> 00:28:31.019
 Now the

00:28:31.019 --> 00:28:31.740
 unfortunate thing

00:28:31.740 --> 00:28:32.420
 is that Genesis

00:28:32.420 --> 00:28:33.540
 1 doesn't give us

00:28:33.540 --> 00:28:34.660
 a specific footnote

00:28:34.660 --> 00:28:35.920
 on what the image

00:28:35.920 --> 00:28:36.600
 of God means.

00:28:36.860 --> 00:28:37.400
 So rather than

00:28:37.400 --> 00:28:37.940
 pick up one of

00:28:37.940 --> 00:28:38.380
 the wonderful

00:28:38.380 --> 00:28:40.660
 human traits,

00:28:42.200 --> 00:28:45.460
 I want to see

00:28:45.460 --> 00:28:47.400
 image of God

00:28:47.400 --> 00:28:48.519
 as us

00:28:48.519 --> 00:28:49.720
 image

00:28:49.720 --> 00:28:50.780
 forth

00:28:50.780 --> 00:28:52.120
 in God.

00:28:53.519 --> 00:28:54.300
 Bearing his

00:28:54.300 --> 00:28:55.140
 image is

00:28:55.140 --> 00:28:56.420
 displaying his

00:28:56.420 --> 00:28:57.040
 image.

00:28:57.720 --> 00:28:58.820
 Like nothing

00:28:58.820 --> 00:29:00.380
 else in creation

00:29:00.380 --> 00:29:00.740
 can.

00:29:01.759 --> 00:29:02.140
 So being

00:29:02.140 --> 00:29:02.500
 created in the

00:29:02.500 --> 00:29:03.180
 image of God,

00:29:03.280 --> 00:29:04.040
 that means it

00:29:04.040 --> 00:29:04.840
 has a purpose.

00:29:05.880 --> 00:29:06.800
 It has a

00:29:06.800 --> 00:29:07.500
 mission to it.

00:29:08.880 --> 00:29:09.320
 Humans

00:29:09.320 --> 00:29:10.940
 have traits

00:29:10.940 --> 00:29:11.840
 like God

00:29:11.840 --> 00:29:13.280
 that display

00:29:13.280 --> 00:29:14.900
 God's

00:29:14.900 --> 00:29:15.740
 magnificence,

00:29:15.740 --> 00:29:17.799
 glory.

00:29:19.140 --> 00:29:19.940
 So rather than

00:29:19.940 --> 00:29:20.579
 argue about the

00:29:20.579 --> 00:29:21.220
 details,

00:29:22.319 --> 00:29:23.240
 let's take it

00:29:23.240 --> 00:29:24.120
 as image of

00:29:24.120 --> 00:29:24.779
 God here as

00:29:24.779 --> 00:29:25.319
 being a

00:29:25.319 --> 00:29:25.640
 mission.

00:29:27.380 --> 00:29:28.140
 And that

00:29:28.140 --> 00:29:29.339
 mission is to

00:29:29.339 --> 00:29:30.700
 mirror God,

00:29:31.420 --> 00:29:32.960
 to display his

00:29:32.960 --> 00:29:33.559
 magnificence,

00:29:33.620 --> 00:29:34.359
 his beauty,

00:29:35.120 --> 00:29:36.019
 his royal

00:29:36.019 --> 00:29:36.839
 dignity, if you

00:29:36.839 --> 00:29:37.319
 like, to

00:29:37.319 --> 00:29:39.680
 display God,

00:29:39.920 --> 00:29:41.099
 to live in such

00:29:41.099 --> 00:29:41.680
 a way that we

00:29:41.680 --> 00:29:42.420
 reflect the

00:29:42.420 --> 00:29:43.120
 character and the

00:29:43.120 --> 00:29:43.920
 quality of God.

00:29:43.920 --> 00:29:45.080
 Now that is a

00:29:45.080 --> 00:29:45.840
 massive calling,

00:29:46.320 --> 00:29:46.840
 but I think

00:29:46.840 --> 00:29:47.300
 that's the

00:29:47.300 --> 00:29:48.240
 point of

00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:49.120
 Psalm 8,

00:29:49.340 --> 00:29:50.000
 which we had

00:29:50.000 --> 00:29:50.900
 read out to us.

00:29:50.940 --> 00:29:51.539
 If you want to

00:29:51.539 --> 00:29:52.340
 flick your Bibles

00:29:52.340 --> 00:29:53.220
 to Psalm 8,

00:29:54.220 --> 00:29:54.800
 let me just show

00:29:54.800 --> 00:29:55.100
 you something

00:29:55.100 --> 00:29:55.640
 really briefly.

00:29:56.039 --> 00:29:56.519
 Psalm 8 is

00:29:56.519 --> 00:29:56.779
 going to be

00:29:56.779 --> 00:29:57.800
 unpacked for us

00:29:57.800 --> 00:29:58.600
 a little bit

00:29:58.600 --> 00:29:59.259
 later in this

00:29:59.259 --> 00:29:59.600
 series,

00:29:59.800 --> 00:30:00.320
 but I'm just

00:30:00.320 --> 00:30:00.640
 doing an

00:30:00.640 --> 00:30:01.340
 introductory thing

00:30:01.340 --> 00:30:01.660
 here,

00:30:02.039 --> 00:30:03.120
 just to help

00:30:03.120 --> 00:30:03.960
 James to set

00:30:03.960 --> 00:30:04.460
 the framework

00:30:04.460 --> 00:30:04.980
 for when he

00:30:04.980 --> 00:30:05.560
 preaches it.

00:30:07.400 --> 00:30:08.259
 Or not.

00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:12.700
 Psalm 8 is

00:30:12.700 --> 00:30:13.259
 interesting.

00:30:13.539 --> 00:30:14.279
 It begins

00:30:14.279 --> 00:30:15.000
 with,

00:30:15.500 --> 00:30:16.240
 O Lord,

00:30:16.680 --> 00:30:17.680
 our Lord,

00:30:17.860 --> 00:30:18.819
 how majestic

00:30:18.819 --> 00:30:20.400
 is your name

00:30:20.400 --> 00:30:21.319
 in all the

00:30:21.319 --> 00:30:21.779
 earth.

00:30:23.220 --> 00:30:24.380
 And it ends

00:30:24.380 --> 00:30:25.120
 in exactly the

00:30:25.120 --> 00:30:25.740
 same way,

00:30:25.840 --> 00:30:26.620
 in verse 9.

00:30:27.660 --> 00:30:28.400
 O Lord,

00:30:28.539 --> 00:30:29.259
 our Lord,

00:30:29.340 --> 00:30:29.980
 how majestic

00:30:29.980 --> 00:30:30.920
 is your name

00:30:30.920 --> 00:30:32.680
 in all the

00:30:32.680 --> 00:30:33.240
 earth.

00:30:34.740 --> 00:30:35.840
 Very significant.

00:30:36.940 --> 00:30:37.920
 It's majestic

00:30:37.920 --> 00:30:38.819
 in all the

00:30:38.819 --> 00:30:39.279
 earth.

00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:42.480
 God is

00:30:42.480 --> 00:30:42.899
 majestic.

00:30:43.099 --> 00:30:43.480
 That's the

00:30:43.480 --> 00:30:43.720
 point.

00:30:43.819 --> 00:30:44.160
 That's the

00:30:44.160 --> 00:30:44.799
 bookends of

00:30:44.799 --> 00:30:45.399
 Psalm 8.

00:30:46.019 --> 00:30:46.480
 And so it's

00:30:46.480 --> 00:30:48.200
 interesting how

00:30:48.200 --> 00:30:49.339
 the rest of

00:30:49.339 --> 00:30:49.920
 the Psalm

00:30:49.920 --> 00:30:52.019
 connects to

00:30:52.019 --> 00:30:53.500
 those bookends.

00:30:54.160 --> 00:30:54.700
 You have set

00:30:54.700 --> 00:30:55.559
 your glory above

00:30:55.559 --> 00:30:56.059
 the heavens.

00:30:56.399 --> 00:30:56.940
 From the lips

00:30:56.940 --> 00:30:57.819
 of children and

00:30:57.819 --> 00:30:58.339
 infants,

00:30:58.480 --> 00:30:59.220
 you have ordained

00:30:59.220 --> 00:31:00.839
 praise because of

00:31:00.839 --> 00:31:01.799
 your enemies.

00:31:02.379 --> 00:31:03.379
 To silence the

00:31:03.379 --> 00:31:04.839
 foe and the

00:31:04.839 --> 00:31:05.319
 avenger.

00:31:05.539 --> 00:31:06.579
 When I consider

00:31:06.579 --> 00:31:07.240
 your heavens,

00:31:07.339 --> 00:31:07.960
 the work of

00:31:07.960 --> 00:31:08.360
 your fingers,

00:31:08.440 --> 00:31:08.700
 the moon,

00:31:08.759 --> 00:31:09.319
 the stars,

00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:09.880
 which you

00:31:09.880 --> 00:31:10.360
 have set in

00:31:10.360 --> 00:31:10.700
 place.

00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:12.360
 What is

00:31:12.360 --> 00:31:13.799
 man that you

00:31:13.799 --> 00:31:14.600
 are mindful of

00:31:14.600 --> 00:31:16.019
 him, the

00:31:16.019 --> 00:31:16.759
 son of man

00:31:16.759 --> 00:31:17.539
 that you care

00:31:17.539 --> 00:31:17.980
 for him?

00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:19.940
 What's the

00:31:19.940 --> 00:31:20.620
 answer to that

00:31:20.620 --> 00:31:21.120
 question?

00:31:22.079 --> 00:31:22.480
 What's the

00:31:22.480 --> 00:31:22.860
 answer to

00:31:22.860 --> 00:31:23.600
 specifically that

00:31:23.600 --> 00:31:23.880
 question?

00:31:24.340 --> 00:31:25.600
 You made him

00:31:25.600 --> 00:31:26.400
 a little lower

00:31:26.400 --> 00:31:26.779
 than the

00:31:26.779 --> 00:31:27.840
 heavenly beings

00:31:27.840 --> 00:31:29.259
 and you

00:31:29.259 --> 00:31:30.160
 crowned him

00:31:30.160 --> 00:31:31.160
 with glory

00:31:31.160 --> 00:31:32.259
 and honour

00:31:32.259 --> 00:31:35.980
 or possibly

00:31:35.980 --> 00:31:36.759
 a slightly

00:31:36.759 --> 00:31:37.519
 better

00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:38.279
 understanding

00:31:38.279 --> 00:31:38.759
 of that

00:31:38.759 --> 00:31:39.339
 is you

00:31:39.339 --> 00:31:40.039
 crowned

00:31:40.039 --> 00:31:40.559
 him with

00:31:40.559 --> 00:31:41.279
 glory

00:31:41.279 --> 00:31:43.319
 and majesty,

00:31:44.779 --> 00:31:45.440
 royal

00:31:45.440 --> 00:31:46.180
 dignity,

00:31:47.500 --> 00:31:48.140
 dominion.

00:31:49.900 --> 00:31:50.160
 And then

00:31:50.160 --> 00:31:50.859
 the psalmist

00:31:50.859 --> 00:31:51.440
 goes on to

00:31:51.440 --> 00:31:52.180
 describe the

00:31:52.180 --> 00:31:53.299
 uniqueness of

00:31:53.299 --> 00:31:53.859
 humanity.

00:31:54.359 --> 00:31:54.740
 You made

00:31:54.740 --> 00:31:55.400
 him ruler

00:31:55.400 --> 00:31:55.920
 over the

00:31:55.920 --> 00:31:56.319
 works of

00:31:56.319 --> 00:31:56.819
 your hands.

00:31:57.079 --> 00:31:57.379
 You put

00:31:57.379 --> 00:31:58.240
 everything under

00:31:58.240 --> 00:31:59.000
 his feet or

00:31:59.000 --> 00:31:59.519
 flocks and

00:31:59.519 --> 00:31:59.960
 herds and

00:31:59.960 --> 00:32:00.319
 beasts of

00:32:00.319 --> 00:32:00.720
 the field,

00:32:00.960 --> 00:32:01.480
 the birds of

00:32:01.480 --> 00:32:01.700
 the air,

00:32:01.740 --> 00:32:02.140
 the fish of

00:32:02.140 --> 00:32:02.519
 the sea,

00:32:02.720 --> 00:32:03.460
 all that

00:32:03.460 --> 00:32:04.640
 swim the

00:32:04.640 --> 00:32:05.420
 paths of

00:32:05.420 --> 00:32:06.100
 the seas.

00:32:06.539 --> 00:32:06.900
 That is,

00:32:07.060 --> 00:32:07.680
 what we see

00:32:07.680 --> 00:32:08.039
 in Psalm

00:32:08.039 --> 00:32:09.259
 8 is

00:32:09.259 --> 00:32:10.700
 clearly the

00:32:10.700 --> 00:32:11.279
 psalmist has

00:32:11.279 --> 00:32:11.800
 got Genesis

00:32:11.800 --> 00:32:12.539
 1 open

00:32:12.539 --> 00:32:12.900
 here,

00:32:13.900 --> 00:32:14.759
 reflecting on

00:32:14.759 --> 00:32:15.480
 Genesis 1.

00:32:17.320 --> 00:32:19.759
 But the

00:32:19.759 --> 00:32:20.720
 psalmist does

00:32:20.720 --> 00:32:21.600
 not end

00:32:21.600 --> 00:32:22.640
 with, as you

00:32:22.640 --> 00:32:23.440
 would anticipate

00:32:23.440 --> 00:32:24.360
 as you go

00:32:24.360 --> 00:32:24.860
 through the

00:32:24.860 --> 00:32:25.340
 psalm,

00:32:26.240 --> 00:32:27.019
 oh Lord,

00:32:27.580 --> 00:32:28.360
 how majestic

00:32:28.360 --> 00:32:28.980
 are human

00:32:28.980 --> 00:32:29.580
 beings.

00:32:31.340 --> 00:32:32.140
 Doesn't do

00:32:32.140 --> 00:32:33.620
 that, which

00:32:33.620 --> 00:32:34.160
 you'd think he

00:32:34.160 --> 00:32:34.500
 would.

00:32:36.080 --> 00:32:36.740
 He did

00:32:36.740 --> 00:32:37.640
 say it a

00:32:37.640 --> 00:32:37.900
 little bit

00:32:37.900 --> 00:32:38.980
 earlier, but

00:32:38.980 --> 00:32:39.420
 it's not the

00:32:39.420 --> 00:32:40.040
 point of

00:32:40.040 --> 00:32:40.519
 the psalm.

00:32:42.340 --> 00:32:43.040
 The psalm

00:32:43.040 --> 00:32:44.100
 ends with,

00:32:44.360 --> 00:32:44.700
 oh Lord,

00:32:44.980 --> 00:32:45.880
 our Lord,

00:32:46.180 --> 00:32:46.740
 how majestic

00:32:46.740 --> 00:32:48.180
 is your

00:32:48.180 --> 00:32:49.460
 name in

00:32:49.460 --> 00:32:50.120
 all the

00:32:50.120 --> 00:32:50.500
 earth.

00:32:52.800 --> 00:32:53.700
 The psalm

00:32:53.700 --> 00:32:54.440
 ends on the

00:32:54.440 --> 00:32:54.920
 point of

00:32:54.920 --> 00:32:55.440
 praise of

00:32:55.440 --> 00:32:56.040
 God, which

00:32:56.040 --> 00:32:57.779
 means the

00:32:57.779 --> 00:32:59.940
 point of

00:32:59.940 --> 00:33:01.180
 God's

00:33:01.180 --> 00:33:02.259
 creation here

00:33:02.259 --> 00:33:02.779
 according to

00:33:02.779 --> 00:33:03.540
 Psalm 8 of

00:33:03.539 --> 00:33:04.059
 everything,

00:33:04.200 --> 00:33:04.759
 and particularly

00:33:04.759 --> 00:33:05.420
 the dignity

00:33:05.420 --> 00:33:05.859
 and the

00:33:05.859 --> 00:33:06.359
 majesty of

00:33:06.359 --> 00:33:07.159
 human beings,

00:33:07.799 --> 00:33:08.720
 the point of

00:33:08.720 --> 00:33:09.799
 our subordinated

00:33:09.799 --> 00:33:11.139
 majesty above

00:33:11.139 --> 00:33:11.819
 all the

00:33:11.819 --> 00:33:13.759
 creatures is

00:33:13.759 --> 00:33:15.099
 for the

00:33:15.099 --> 00:33:17.159
 praise of

00:33:17.159 --> 00:33:17.839
 God's name.

00:33:19.839 --> 00:33:20.680
 It's for

00:33:20.680 --> 00:33:21.339
 his glory.

00:33:22.119 --> 00:33:22.720
 That means

00:33:22.720 --> 00:33:23.899
 everything that

00:33:23.899 --> 00:33:24.680
 we have received

00:33:24.680 --> 00:33:25.259
 in image of

00:33:25.259 --> 00:33:26.700
 God is for

00:33:26.700 --> 00:33:28.259
 the glory of

00:33:28.259 --> 00:33:29.299
 God, not for

00:33:29.299 --> 00:33:30.539
 the praise and

00:33:30.539 --> 00:33:31.539
 the majesty of

00:33:31.539 --> 00:33:32.359
 humanity.

00:33:35.359 --> 00:33:36.059
 But we're

00:33:36.059 --> 00:33:37.039
 still glorious

00:33:37.039 --> 00:33:37.579
 regardless,

00:33:38.759 --> 00:33:39.779
 which at the

00:33:39.779 --> 00:33:40.559
 very least,

00:33:40.619 --> 00:33:41.420
 it means

00:33:41.420 --> 00:33:42.779
 that if you

00:33:42.779 --> 00:33:44.059
 demean or

00:33:44.059 --> 00:33:44.879
 you belittle

00:33:44.879 --> 00:33:47.139
 anyone created

00:33:47.139 --> 00:33:48.759
 for that

00:33:48.759 --> 00:33:49.480
 end,

00:33:53.480 --> 00:33:55.019
 you in the

00:33:55.019 --> 00:33:55.440
 end

00:33:55.440 --> 00:33:57.019
 belittle,

00:33:58.220 --> 00:33:58.759
 demean

00:33:58.759 --> 00:33:59.619
 God.

00:34:00.259 --> 00:34:00.660
 You

00:34:00.660 --> 00:34:01.640
 rupture the

00:34:01.640 --> 00:34:02.740
 purpose of

00:34:02.740 --> 00:34:03.740
 all people

00:34:03.740 --> 00:34:04.799
 created in

00:34:04.799 --> 00:34:05.359
 the image of

00:34:05.359 --> 00:34:05.779
 God to

00:34:05.779 --> 00:34:07.900
 show his

00:34:07.900 --> 00:34:09.579
 majesty to

00:34:09.579 --> 00:34:10.239
 all people

00:34:10.239 --> 00:34:11.639
 when you

00:34:11.639 --> 00:34:12.500
 demean another

00:34:12.500 --> 00:34:13.159
 human being.

00:34:14.860 --> 00:34:16.639
 Now, this

00:34:16.639 --> 00:34:17.840
 creation doctrine

00:34:17.840 --> 00:34:18.440
 of the image of

00:34:18.440 --> 00:34:19.260
 God, even

00:34:19.260 --> 00:34:20.019
 apart from

00:34:20.019 --> 00:34:20.699
 redemption in

00:34:20.699 --> 00:34:21.179
 Jesus, and

00:34:21.179 --> 00:34:21.619
 we will get

00:34:21.619 --> 00:34:22.639
 there, even

00:34:22.639 --> 00:34:23.559
 apart from

00:34:23.559 --> 00:34:24.260
 redemption in

00:34:24.260 --> 00:34:25.280
 Jesus, has

00:34:25.280 --> 00:34:26.360
 got massive

00:34:26.360 --> 00:34:27.460
 implications for

00:34:27.460 --> 00:34:29.780
 us, even

00:34:29.780 --> 00:34:30.559
 more so

00:34:30.559 --> 00:34:33.119
 post-Jesus, but

00:34:33.119 --> 00:34:34.019
 massive implications

00:34:34.019 --> 00:34:34.860
 even without

00:34:34.860 --> 00:34:35.199
 that.

00:34:37.280 --> 00:34:38.480
 The horror

00:34:38.480 --> 00:34:40.480
 of unjustly

00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:41.420
 destroying or

00:34:41.420 --> 00:34:42.119
 harming another

00:34:42.119 --> 00:34:43.559
 human being in

00:34:43.559 --> 00:34:44.840
 Genesis 9-6,

00:34:45.840 --> 00:34:46.579
 whoever sheds

00:34:46.579 --> 00:34:47.820
 the blood of

00:34:47.820 --> 00:34:48.880
 man by man

00:34:48.880 --> 00:34:49.380
 shall his

00:34:49.380 --> 00:34:50.139
 blood be shed,

00:34:50.559 --> 00:34:51.480
 for in the

00:34:51.480 --> 00:34:52.280
 image of

00:34:52.280 --> 00:34:53.639
 God has

00:34:53.639 --> 00:34:54.240
 God made

00:34:54.240 --> 00:34:54.559
 man.

00:34:54.559 --> 00:34:58.920
 God has

00:34:58.920 --> 00:34:59.420
 massive

00:34:59.420 --> 00:35:00.259
 implications for

00:35:00.259 --> 00:35:00.619
 even the way

00:35:00.619 --> 00:35:01.539
 we speak to

00:35:01.539 --> 00:35:02.139
 another human

00:35:02.139 --> 00:35:02.539
 being.

00:35:04.940 --> 00:35:05.940
 James 3,

00:35:06.039 --> 00:35:07.099
 verses 9-10,

00:35:07.619 --> 00:35:08.739
 James picks

00:35:08.739 --> 00:35:09.219
 up a

00:35:09.219 --> 00:35:10.039
 creation

00:35:10.039 --> 00:35:10.539
 argument,

00:35:10.940 --> 00:35:11.739
 not a

00:35:11.739 --> 00:35:12.000
 redemption

00:35:12.000 --> 00:35:12.599
 argument, a

00:35:12.599 --> 00:35:13.019
 creation

00:35:13.019 --> 00:35:13.460
 argument.

00:35:13.460 --> 00:35:15.380
 with the

00:35:15.380 --> 00:35:16.920
 we praise

00:35:16.920 --> 00:35:17.699
 our Lord

00:35:17.699 --> 00:35:18.440
 and Father

00:35:18.440 --> 00:35:19.940
 and with

00:35:19.940 --> 00:35:20.800
 it we curse

00:35:20.800 --> 00:35:21.900
 men who

00:35:21.900 --> 00:35:22.480
 have been

00:35:22.480 --> 00:35:23.539
 made in

00:35:23.539 --> 00:35:24.139
 God's

00:35:24.139 --> 00:35:24.920
 likeness.

00:35:26.139 --> 00:35:26.840
 Out of

00:35:26.840 --> 00:35:27.360
 the same

00:35:27.360 --> 00:35:28.579
 mouth come

00:35:28.579 --> 00:35:30.099
 praise and

00:35:30.099 --> 00:35:30.720
 cursing.

00:35:31.440 --> 00:35:31.960
 My brothers,

00:35:32.420 --> 00:35:33.079
 this should

00:35:33.079 --> 00:35:33.800
 not be.

00:35:35.559 --> 00:35:36.380
 Both of

00:35:36.380 --> 00:35:37.019
 those arguments

00:35:37.019 --> 00:35:37.960
 are straight

00:35:37.960 --> 00:35:38.860
 from creation

00:35:38.860 --> 00:35:40.159
 apart from

00:35:40.159 --> 00:35:41.099
 redemption in

00:35:41.099 --> 00:35:41.699
 Jesus.

00:35:41.699 --> 00:35:46.119
 the image

00:35:46.119 --> 00:35:46.579
 of God

00:35:46.579 --> 00:35:47.719
 has massive

00:35:47.719 --> 00:35:48.739
 implications for

00:35:48.739 --> 00:35:49.339
 racial pride.

00:35:49.439 --> 00:35:50.259
 In Acts 17,

00:35:50.759 --> 00:35:51.199
 Paul makes

00:35:51.199 --> 00:35:51.719
 the common

00:35:51.719 --> 00:35:52.579
 origins of

00:35:52.579 --> 00:35:54.279
 all human

00:35:54.279 --> 00:35:55.339
 beings, the

00:35:55.339 --> 00:35:56.480
 ground of

00:35:56.480 --> 00:35:58.839
 equality and

00:35:58.839 --> 00:35:59.559
 the end of

00:35:59.559 --> 00:35:59.980
 ethnic

00:35:59.980 --> 00:36:00.559
 arrogance.

00:36:02.339 --> 00:36:03.379
 Paul is in

00:36:03.379 --> 00:36:04.679
 Athens in

00:36:04.679 --> 00:36:05.179
 Acts 17

00:36:05.179 --> 00:36:05.699
 speaking to

00:36:05.699 --> 00:36:06.399
 the Athenians.

00:36:07.699 --> 00:36:08.639
 They were a

00:36:08.639 --> 00:36:09.439
 very proud group

00:36:09.439 --> 00:36:09.799
 of people,

00:36:09.899 --> 00:36:10.480
 very proud.

00:36:10.480 --> 00:36:12.280
 everyone else

00:36:12.280 --> 00:36:13.360
 in their

00:36:13.360 --> 00:36:14.320
 culture who

00:36:14.320 --> 00:36:14.780
 was not

00:36:14.780 --> 00:36:16.179
 Athenian was

00:36:16.179 --> 00:36:17.280
 regarded as a

00:36:17.280 --> 00:36:17.940
 barbarian.

00:36:19.380 --> 00:36:20.079
 If you've

00:36:20.079 --> 00:36:20.559
 watched any

00:36:20.559 --> 00:36:21.019
 movie that's

00:36:21.019 --> 00:36:21.740
 got barbarians

00:36:21.740 --> 00:36:22.039
 in it,

00:36:22.500 --> 00:36:23.380
 they are just

00:36:23.380 --> 00:36:24.139
 a nasty group

00:36:24.139 --> 00:36:24.539
 of people.

00:36:25.059 --> 00:36:25.920
 That's just

00:36:25.920 --> 00:36:26.420
 who they are.

00:36:27.159 --> 00:36:28.019
 They don't even

00:36:28.019 --> 00:36:28.619
 shower for

00:36:28.619 --> 00:36:29.119
 goodness sake.

00:36:29.699 --> 00:36:30.380
 They just

00:36:30.380 --> 00:36:30.760
 come across

00:36:30.760 --> 00:36:31.559
 nasty and

00:36:31.559 --> 00:36:32.019
 dirty and

00:36:32.019 --> 00:36:32.320
 horrible.

00:36:34.059 --> 00:36:34.820
 Paul gets

00:36:34.820 --> 00:36:36.159
 one sermon

00:36:36.159 --> 00:36:36.679
 to this

00:36:36.679 --> 00:36:37.059
 group,

00:36:37.460 --> 00:36:38.159
 one sermon,

00:36:38.860 --> 00:36:39.179
 and what

00:36:39.179 --> 00:36:39.619
 does he say

00:36:39.619 --> 00:36:39.920
 to them?

00:36:41.719 --> 00:36:42.359
 He wants

00:36:42.359 --> 00:36:42.739
 to pick

00:36:42.739 --> 00:36:43.219
 on the

00:36:43.219 --> 00:36:44.139
 racial pride

00:36:44.139 --> 00:36:44.480
 issue.

00:36:45.759 --> 00:36:46.099
 He says,

00:36:46.159 --> 00:36:46.519
 the God

00:36:46.519 --> 00:36:46.900
 who made

00:36:46.900 --> 00:36:47.440
 the world

00:36:47.440 --> 00:36:47.880
 and everything

00:36:47.880 --> 00:36:48.500
 in it is

00:36:48.500 --> 00:36:48.980
 the Lord

00:36:48.980 --> 00:36:49.460
 of heaven

00:36:49.460 --> 00:36:50.239
 and earth

00:36:50.239 --> 00:36:51.159
 and does

00:36:51.159 --> 00:36:51.719
 not live

00:36:51.719 --> 00:36:52.239
 in temples

00:36:52.239 --> 00:36:52.739
 built by

00:36:52.739 --> 00:36:53.179
 hands.

00:36:54.059 --> 00:36:54.460
 And he

00:36:54.460 --> 00:36:54.859
 is not

00:36:54.859 --> 00:36:55.380
 served by

00:36:55.380 --> 00:36:55.980
 human hands

00:36:55.980 --> 00:36:56.500
 as if he

00:36:56.500 --> 00:36:57.139
 needed anything

00:36:57.139 --> 00:36:57.699
 because he

00:36:57.699 --> 00:36:58.460
 himself gives

00:36:58.460 --> 00:36:59.420
 all men

00:36:59.420 --> 00:37:01.039
 life and

00:37:01.039 --> 00:37:02.179
 breath and

00:37:02.179 --> 00:37:03.099
 everything else.

00:37:03.639 --> 00:37:04.579
 From one

00:37:04.579 --> 00:37:05.059
 man,

00:37:05.839 --> 00:37:06.440
 he made

00:37:06.440 --> 00:37:08.179
 every nation

00:37:08.179 --> 00:37:09.240
 of men.

00:37:10.079 --> 00:37:10.500
 Why does

00:37:10.500 --> 00:37:10.820
 he say

00:37:10.820 --> 00:37:11.119
 that?

00:37:13.200 --> 00:37:13.720
 There's

00:37:13.720 --> 00:37:14.119
 lots of

00:37:14.119 --> 00:37:14.539
 other things

00:37:14.539 --> 00:37:14.840
 he could

00:37:14.840 --> 00:37:15.099
 have picked

00:37:15.099 --> 00:37:15.400
 up in

00:37:15.400 --> 00:37:15.880
 that culture.

00:37:16.019 --> 00:37:16.340
 Why does

00:37:16.340 --> 00:37:16.639
 he say

00:37:16.639 --> 00:37:16.900
 that?

00:37:17.460 --> 00:37:18.139
 From one

00:37:18.139 --> 00:37:18.619
 man,

00:37:18.619 --> 00:37:19.500
 he made

00:37:19.500 --> 00:37:21.099
 every nation

00:37:21.099 --> 00:37:21.720
 of men

00:37:21.720 --> 00:37:23.099
 that they

00:37:23.099 --> 00:37:23.840
 should inhabit

00:37:23.840 --> 00:37:24.400
 the whole

00:37:24.400 --> 00:37:25.700
 earth and

00:37:25.700 --> 00:37:26.480
 he determined

00:37:26.480 --> 00:37:27.760
 the times

00:37:27.760 --> 00:37:28.420
 set for

00:37:28.420 --> 00:37:29.380
 them and

00:37:29.380 --> 00:37:30.139
 the exact

00:37:30.139 --> 00:37:31.139
 places where

00:37:31.139 --> 00:37:31.860
 they should

00:37:31.860 --> 00:37:32.340
 live.

00:37:33.539 --> 00:37:34.400
 See what he's

00:37:34.400 --> 00:37:34.860
 saying here?

00:37:34.860 --> 00:37:35.280
 Let me do

00:37:35.280 --> 00:37:35.660
 the Steve

00:37:35.660 --> 00:37:36.480
 Jeffrey version

00:37:36.480 --> 00:37:36.940
 of Apostle

00:37:36.940 --> 00:37:37.180
 Paul.

00:37:38.940 --> 00:37:39.420
 You

00:37:39.420 --> 00:37:40.099
 Athenians,

00:37:40.260 --> 00:37:40.620
 you just

00:37:40.620 --> 00:37:40.980
 think you

00:37:40.980 --> 00:37:41.480
 are so

00:37:41.480 --> 00:37:41.940
 special.

00:37:42.980 --> 00:37:43.700
 You are

00:37:43.700 --> 00:37:44.599
 so proud.

00:37:45.280 --> 00:37:45.820
 You think

00:37:45.820 --> 00:37:46.200
 you've got

00:37:46.200 --> 00:37:47.180
 some unique

00:37:47.180 --> 00:37:48.579
 origin direct

00:37:48.579 --> 00:37:49.039
 from the

00:37:49.039 --> 00:37:49.440
 soil.

00:37:49.840 --> 00:37:50.099
 Everyone

00:37:50.099 --> 00:37:50.740
 else are

00:37:50.740 --> 00:37:51.300
 all connected

00:37:51.300 --> 00:37:51.760
 but you're

00:37:51.760 --> 00:37:52.019
 not.

00:37:52.120 --> 00:37:52.440
 You've got

00:37:52.440 --> 00:37:53.140
 this special

00:37:53.140 --> 00:37:53.980
 boom where

00:37:53.980 --> 00:37:54.380
 we're separate

00:37:54.380 --> 00:37:54.880
 from everyone

00:37:54.880 --> 00:37:55.300
 else.

00:37:57.160 --> 00:37:58.400
 You think

00:37:58.400 --> 00:37:59.200
 that everyone

00:37:59.200 --> 00:38:00.000
 else is

00:38:00.000 --> 00:38:00.480
 inferior.

00:38:00.700 --> 00:38:01.059
 You call

00:38:01.059 --> 00:38:01.920
 them barbarians.

00:38:02.180 --> 00:38:02.680
 I got something

00:38:02.680 --> 00:38:03.240
 to tell you.

00:38:03.239 --> 00:38:05.019
 Let me tell

00:38:05.019 --> 00:38:05.819
 you Athenians,

00:38:06.419 --> 00:38:08.259
 you and the

00:38:08.259 --> 00:38:09.179
 barbarians whom

00:38:09.179 --> 00:38:10.039
 you hate,

00:38:11.039 --> 00:38:11.579
 you've all got

00:38:11.579 --> 00:38:12.079
 one daddy.

00:38:13.279 --> 00:38:13.679
 Surprise,

00:38:13.799 --> 00:38:14.119
 surprise,

00:38:14.219 --> 00:38:14.899
 the DNA test

00:38:14.899 --> 00:38:15.419
 has come out

00:38:15.419 --> 00:38:15.639
 and you're

00:38:15.639 --> 00:38:16.259
 all connected.

00:38:17.339 --> 00:38:18.139
 All connected.

00:38:19.979 --> 00:38:21.099
 And it's God

00:38:21.099 --> 00:38:21.779
 who decides

00:38:21.779 --> 00:38:22.819
 where you end

00:38:22.819 --> 00:38:23.399
 up and where

00:38:23.399 --> 00:38:24.059
 you live and

00:38:24.059 --> 00:38:24.519
 the way you

00:38:24.519 --> 00:38:25.079
 should look and

00:38:25.079 --> 00:38:26.179
 the reason why

00:38:26.179 --> 00:38:26.859
 you talk the

00:38:26.859 --> 00:38:27.599
 way you talk.

00:38:29.659 --> 00:38:30.539
 It's all

00:38:30.539 --> 00:38:31.259
 God's gifting.

00:38:31.260 --> 00:38:31.340
 diversity.

00:38:35.680 --> 00:38:36.240
 Why?

00:38:37.520 --> 00:38:38.080
 Why?

00:38:38.300 --> 00:38:39.180
 Why has

00:38:39.180 --> 00:38:39.720
 God done

00:38:39.720 --> 00:38:40.240
 this according

00:38:40.240 --> 00:38:40.780
 to Paul?

00:38:41.140 --> 00:38:41.560
 What is

00:38:41.560 --> 00:38:42.340
 God's goal

00:38:42.340 --> 00:38:42.880
 in making

00:38:42.880 --> 00:38:43.440
 all this

00:38:43.440 --> 00:38:43.980
 diversity?

00:38:45.260 --> 00:38:46.120
 God did

00:38:46.120 --> 00:38:47.400
 this so

00:38:47.400 --> 00:38:48.160
 that men

00:38:48.160 --> 00:38:49.420
 would seek

00:38:49.420 --> 00:38:50.540
 him and

00:38:50.540 --> 00:38:51.220
 perhaps reach

00:38:51.220 --> 00:38:52.060
 out for him

00:38:52.060 --> 00:38:52.920
 and find

00:38:52.920 --> 00:38:54.300
 him though

00:38:54.300 --> 00:38:54.940
 he is not

00:38:54.940 --> 00:38:55.600
 far from

00:38:55.600 --> 00:38:56.360
 each of us.

00:38:56.920 --> 00:38:57.500
 For in

00:38:57.500 --> 00:38:59.200
 him we,

00:38:59.540 --> 00:39:00.020
 everyone,

00:39:00.019 --> 00:39:01.179
 live and

00:39:01.179 --> 00:39:01.780
 move and

00:39:01.780 --> 00:39:02.179
 have our

00:39:02.179 --> 00:39:03.300
 being as

00:39:03.300 --> 00:39:04.059
 some of

00:39:04.059 --> 00:39:04.599
 our own,

00:39:04.599 --> 00:39:05.320
 your own

00:39:05.320 --> 00:39:05.719
 prophet,

00:39:06.719 --> 00:39:06.940
 sorry,

00:39:07.099 --> 00:39:07.480
 poets.

00:39:08.579 --> 00:39:09.360
 I've had

00:39:09.360 --> 00:39:10.420
 several weeks

00:39:10.420 --> 00:39:10.599
 off.

00:39:11.440 --> 00:39:11.920
 Some of

00:39:11.920 --> 00:39:12.659
 your own

00:39:12.659 --> 00:39:13.400
 poets have

00:39:13.400 --> 00:39:14.500
 said we

00:39:14.500 --> 00:39:15.759
 are his

00:39:15.759 --> 00:39:16.400
 offspring.

00:39:18.440 --> 00:39:19.099
 Against the

00:39:19.099 --> 00:39:19.659
 claims of

00:39:19.659 --> 00:39:20.659
 racial superiority,

00:39:21.059 --> 00:39:21.559
 Paul here

00:39:21.559 --> 00:39:22.119
 asserts the

00:39:22.119 --> 00:39:22.699
 unity of all

00:39:22.699 --> 00:39:23.119
 people,

00:39:23.719 --> 00:39:24.059
 it is

00:39:24.059 --> 00:39:26.280
 foundational,

00:39:26.860 --> 00:39:27.539
 fundamental,

00:39:27.539 --> 00:39:29.619
 to Pauline

00:39:29.619 --> 00:39:30.320
 theology,

00:39:30.539 --> 00:39:31.000
 the doctrine

00:39:31.000 --> 00:39:31.599
 of creation.

00:39:33.420 --> 00:39:34.119
 He is

00:39:34.119 --> 00:39:34.759
 using this

00:39:34.759 --> 00:39:36.119
 theology to

00:39:36.119 --> 00:39:37.259
 undermine pride

00:39:37.259 --> 00:39:37.840
 and arrogance

00:39:37.840 --> 00:39:38.519
 and segregation,

00:39:39.259 --> 00:39:39.800
 superiority,

00:39:41.380 --> 00:39:41.900
 oppression,

00:39:42.539 --> 00:39:43.699
 the assertion

00:39:43.699 --> 00:39:44.779
 of preferences

00:39:44.779 --> 00:39:45.820
 upon other

00:39:45.820 --> 00:39:46.759
 people groups

00:39:46.759 --> 00:39:50.480
 and instead

00:39:50.480 --> 00:39:51.460
 to turn to

00:39:51.460 --> 00:39:53.099
 unity in

00:39:53.099 --> 00:39:53.579
 Christ.

00:39:53.579 --> 00:39:56.239
 God wants

00:39:56.239 --> 00:39:56.940
 all people

00:39:56.940 --> 00:39:57.259
 to be

00:39:57.259 --> 00:39:58.019
 unified in

00:39:58.019 --> 00:39:58.539
 their seeking

00:39:58.539 --> 00:39:59.059
 of him

00:39:59.059 --> 00:39:59.960
 through the

00:39:59.960 --> 00:40:00.440
 Lord Jesus.

00:40:01.639 --> 00:40:02.239
 So my

00:40:02.239 --> 00:40:02.819
 point simply

00:40:02.819 --> 00:40:03.860
 today is

00:40:03.860 --> 00:40:04.139
 that the

00:40:04.139 --> 00:40:04.519
 Christian

00:40:04.519 --> 00:40:05.239
 doctrine of

00:40:05.239 --> 00:40:05.699
 creation

00:40:05.699 --> 00:40:06.299
 itself,

00:40:06.440 --> 00:40:06.860
 apart from

00:40:06.860 --> 00:40:07.440
 redemption in

00:40:07.440 --> 00:40:07.739
 Jesus,

00:40:08.420 --> 00:40:08.819
 makes a

00:40:08.819 --> 00:40:09.599
 very significant

00:40:09.599 --> 00:40:10.420
 contribution to

00:40:10.420 --> 00:40:10.799
 dealing with

00:40:10.799 --> 00:40:11.860
 racism and

00:40:11.860 --> 00:40:12.579
 ethnic pride.

00:40:12.739 --> 00:40:13.579
 That is,

00:40:13.659 --> 00:40:13.860
 if you like,

00:40:13.880 --> 00:40:14.420
 the first

00:40:14.420 --> 00:40:15.559
 foundational brick

00:40:15.559 --> 00:40:15.860
 that we're

00:40:15.860 --> 00:40:16.299
 going to build

00:40:16.299 --> 00:40:17.579
 on in the

00:40:17.579 --> 00:40:18.239
 coming weeks.

00:40:18.239 --> 00:40:20.419
 God himself

00:40:20.419 --> 00:40:21.119
 affirms that

00:40:21.119 --> 00:40:21.619
 by coming

00:40:21.619 --> 00:40:22.559
 into this

00:40:22.559 --> 00:40:23.159
 creation,

00:40:23.959 --> 00:40:24.459
 in the

00:40:24.459 --> 00:40:24.959
 person of

00:40:24.959 --> 00:40:25.739
 Jesus Christ,

00:40:26.159 --> 00:40:26.959
 the perfect

00:40:26.959 --> 00:40:28.219
 image bearer

00:40:28.219 --> 00:40:29.439
 of the

00:40:29.439 --> 00:40:29.819
 Father,

00:40:30.839 --> 00:40:31.479
 to right the

00:40:31.479 --> 00:40:32.079
 wrongs of our

00:40:32.079 --> 00:40:33.099
 broken image

00:40:33.099 --> 00:40:33.939
 because of

00:40:33.939 --> 00:40:34.219
 sin.

00:40:35.719 --> 00:40:36.399
 God

00:40:36.399 --> 00:40:37.219
 himself

00:40:37.219 --> 00:40:39.179
 became one

00:40:39.179 --> 00:40:39.659
 of us.

00:40:42.299 --> 00:40:43.339
 So for now,

00:40:43.399 --> 00:40:43.759
 let me just

00:40:43.759 --> 00:40:44.699
 very briefly go

00:40:44.699 --> 00:40:45.159
 through some

00:40:45.159 --> 00:40:45.679
 implications.

00:40:46.839 --> 00:40:47.339
 Firstly,

00:40:48.239 --> 00:40:49.579
 my vision

00:40:49.579 --> 00:40:50.479
 for us is

00:40:50.479 --> 00:40:51.019
 that we be

00:40:51.019 --> 00:40:51.819
 a church

00:40:51.819 --> 00:40:52.799
 that seeks

00:40:52.799 --> 00:40:53.639
 to really

00:40:53.639 --> 00:40:54.799
 know people,

00:40:55.599 --> 00:40:57.299
 really know

00:40:57.299 --> 00:40:58.359
 people rather

00:40:58.359 --> 00:40:59.639
 than commodify

00:40:59.639 --> 00:41:01.619
 them or put

00:41:01.619 --> 00:41:02.099
 them into

00:41:02.099 --> 00:41:02.759
 categories.

00:41:04.839 --> 00:41:05.959
 Now that

00:41:05.959 --> 00:41:06.599
 has multiple

00:41:06.599 --> 00:41:07.259
 implications.

00:41:08.699 --> 00:41:10.359
 It means

00:41:10.359 --> 00:41:11.879
 not just

00:41:11.879 --> 00:41:13.859
 knowing facts

00:41:13.859 --> 00:41:15.459
 about people

00:41:15.459 --> 00:41:17.699
 but actually

00:41:17.699 --> 00:41:18.779
 walking in

00:41:18.779 --> 00:41:19.659
 life with

00:41:19.659 --> 00:41:20.099
 people.

00:41:21.039 --> 00:41:21.679
 That's the

00:41:21.679 --> 00:41:22.079
 difference.

00:41:24.039 --> 00:41:24.339
 It's not

00:41:24.339 --> 00:41:24.859
 just knowing

00:41:24.859 --> 00:41:25.799
 facts about

00:41:25.799 --> 00:41:26.319
 them but

00:41:26.319 --> 00:41:27.099
 walking in

00:41:27.099 --> 00:41:28.139
 life with

00:41:28.139 --> 00:41:28.379
 them,

00:41:28.679 --> 00:41:29.279
 together with

00:41:29.279 --> 00:41:29.460
 them.

00:41:30.339 --> 00:41:30.939
 It is

00:41:30.939 --> 00:41:31.699
 typical for

00:41:31.699 --> 00:41:32.939
 churches like

00:41:32.939 --> 00:41:33.859
 society in

00:41:33.859 --> 00:41:34.839
 general to

00:41:34.839 --> 00:41:35.679
 value people

00:41:35.679 --> 00:41:36.139
 and particularly

00:41:36.139 --> 00:41:36.759
 in the western

00:41:36.759 --> 00:41:37.819
 world to

00:41:37.819 --> 00:41:38.699
 value people

00:41:38.699 --> 00:41:39.500
 for what they

00:41:39.500 --> 00:41:40.980
 do and

00:41:40.980 --> 00:41:41.500
 not who

00:41:41.500 --> 00:41:42.500
 they are.

00:41:42.500 --> 00:41:42.599
 are.

00:41:45.400 --> 00:41:46.320
 We get

00:41:46.320 --> 00:41:48.199
 marinated in

00:41:48.199 --> 00:41:48.920
 that culture.

00:41:49.880 --> 00:41:50.880
 Every person

00:41:50.880 --> 00:41:52.000
 from the

00:41:52.000 --> 00:41:52.579
 womb to

00:41:52.579 --> 00:41:53.320
 the tomb

00:41:53.320 --> 00:41:54.440
 has a

00:41:54.440 --> 00:41:55.440
 beauty and

00:41:55.440 --> 00:41:56.420
 a value

00:41:56.420 --> 00:41:58.280
 independent

00:41:58.280 --> 00:41:59.480
 of their

00:41:59.480 --> 00:42:01.460
 abilities or

00:42:01.460 --> 00:42:02.239
 of what they

00:42:02.239 --> 00:42:02.940
 produce.

00:42:02.940 --> 00:42:07.780
 simply put,

00:42:08.820 --> 00:42:09.940
 if I said

00:42:09.940 --> 00:42:10.440
 to my

00:42:10.440 --> 00:42:11.240
 wife Natalie

00:42:11.240 --> 00:42:12.360
 tuning in

00:42:12.360 --> 00:42:13.000
 right now,

00:42:13.460 --> 00:42:13.960
 if I said

00:42:13.960 --> 00:42:14.240
 to my

00:42:14.240 --> 00:42:14.840
 wife Natalie

00:42:14.840 --> 00:42:16.179
 I don't

00:42:16.179 --> 00:42:17.039
 find you

00:42:17.039 --> 00:42:18.179
 beautiful

00:42:18.179 --> 00:42:19.519
 or majestic

00:42:19.519 --> 00:42:21.400
 but I do

00:42:21.400 --> 00:42:21.840
 find you

00:42:21.840 --> 00:42:22.320
 useful,

00:42:23.119 --> 00:42:25.980
 I'm

00:42:25.980 --> 00:42:26.559
 confident

00:42:26.559 --> 00:42:27.500
 I'd have a

00:42:27.500 --> 00:42:28.119
 problem in

00:42:28.119 --> 00:42:28.599
 the marriage.

00:42:28.599 --> 00:42:30.000
 I'm

00:42:30.000 --> 00:42:30.599
 confident of

00:42:30.599 --> 00:42:30.839
 that.

00:42:32.799 --> 00:42:33.279
 And yet

00:42:33.279 --> 00:42:33.819
 in the

00:42:33.819 --> 00:42:34.539
 western world

00:42:34.539 --> 00:42:34.900
 that's what

00:42:34.900 --> 00:42:35.360
 we do.

00:42:36.619 --> 00:42:37.739
 It's so

00:42:37.739 --> 00:42:39.519
 ingrained in

00:42:39.519 --> 00:42:40.139
 us we don't

00:42:40.139 --> 00:42:40.679
 even realise

00:42:40.679 --> 00:42:41.059
 that's what

00:42:41.059 --> 00:42:41.460
 we're doing.

00:42:42.179 --> 00:42:43.139
 We value

00:42:43.139 --> 00:42:43.819
 contribution.

00:42:47.259 --> 00:42:48.159
 This church

00:42:48.159 --> 00:42:48.539
 has done

00:42:48.539 --> 00:42:48.719
 it.

00:42:50.940 --> 00:42:51.659
 I've done

00:42:51.659 --> 00:42:51.860
 it.

00:42:53.360 --> 00:42:54.219
 My vision

00:42:54.219 --> 00:42:54.880
 for us is

00:42:54.880 --> 00:42:55.239
 to be a

00:42:55.239 --> 00:42:55.639
 church that

00:42:55.639 --> 00:42:56.219
 values people

00:42:56.219 --> 00:42:56.559
 for who

00:42:56.559 --> 00:42:57.460
 they are

00:42:57.460 --> 00:42:59.360
 as image

00:42:59.360 --> 00:43:00.000
 bearers of

00:43:00.000 --> 00:43:00.519
 God more

00:43:00.519 --> 00:43:00.780
 than what

00:43:00.780 --> 00:43:01.360
 they contribute.

00:43:03.519 --> 00:43:04.019
 Secondly,

00:43:04.639 --> 00:43:05.320
 because there

00:43:05.320 --> 00:43:05.920
 is a royal

00:43:05.920 --> 00:43:07.199
 dignity imprinted

00:43:07.199 --> 00:43:07.860
 on every

00:43:07.860 --> 00:43:08.880
 person across

00:43:08.880 --> 00:43:09.360
 race,

00:43:10.099 --> 00:43:10.559
 ethnicity,

00:43:11.420 --> 00:43:11.820
 class,

00:43:11.980 --> 00:43:12.480
 education,

00:43:12.679 --> 00:43:12.960
 age,

00:43:13.039 --> 00:43:13.360
 ability,

00:43:13.539 --> 00:43:14.099
 belief system

00:43:14.099 --> 00:43:14.599
 and gender,

00:43:15.240 --> 00:43:15.780
 then we

00:43:15.780 --> 00:43:16.320
 ought to be

00:43:16.320 --> 00:43:16.880
 free,

00:43:17.300 --> 00:43:17.800
 a church

00:43:17.800 --> 00:43:19.039
 free of

00:43:19.039 --> 00:43:19.960
 favouritism

00:43:19.960 --> 00:43:22.139
 and cliques

00:43:22.139 --> 00:43:23.539
 as we build

00:43:23.539 --> 00:43:24.639
 a multi-ethnic,

00:43:25.240 --> 00:43:26.179
 multi-generational,

00:43:26.340 --> 00:43:26.900
 multicultural

00:43:26.900 --> 00:43:27.440
 church.

00:43:27.460 --> 00:43:29.199
 thirdly,

00:43:30.059 --> 00:43:30.659
 we are to

00:43:30.659 --> 00:43:31.000
 be a

00:43:31.000 --> 00:43:31.480
 church

00:43:31.480 --> 00:43:33.480
 that

00:43:33.480 --> 00:43:34.519
 embrace

00:43:34.519 --> 00:43:35.240
 and care

00:43:35.240 --> 00:43:35.619
 for the

00:43:35.619 --> 00:43:36.079
 poor

00:43:36.079 --> 00:43:36.920
 and the

00:43:36.920 --> 00:43:37.679
 marginalised

00:43:37.679 --> 00:43:38.000
 and the

00:43:38.000 --> 00:43:38.519
 outcast

00:43:38.519 --> 00:43:39.199
 of society.

00:43:41.300 --> 00:43:42.039
 I'll make

00:43:42.039 --> 00:43:42.559
 this point

00:43:42.559 --> 00:43:43.059
 in a couple

00:43:43.059 --> 00:43:43.579
 of weeks,

00:43:43.740 --> 00:43:44.360
 I think.

00:43:45.440 --> 00:43:46.099
 When you

00:43:46.099 --> 00:43:46.760
 walk past

00:43:46.760 --> 00:43:47.960
 someone in

00:43:47.960 --> 00:43:48.320
 the mall

00:43:48.320 --> 00:43:49.059
 at Chatswood

00:43:49.059 --> 00:43:49.519
 who's sitting

00:43:49.519 --> 00:43:50.119
 there begging,

00:43:51.340 --> 00:43:51.880
 if you've got

00:43:51.880 --> 00:43:52.740
 purely a secular

00:43:52.740 --> 00:43:53.420
 mind on,

00:43:53.519 --> 00:43:54.099
 you will go,

00:43:55.320 --> 00:43:55.920
 that person

00:43:55.920 --> 00:43:56.420
 is beneath

00:43:56.420 --> 00:43:56.760
 me in

00:43:56.760 --> 00:43:57.300
 some way

00:43:57.300 --> 00:43:57.740
 and I'm

00:43:57.740 --> 00:43:58.059
 here to

00:43:58.059 --> 00:43:58.480
 contribute

00:43:58.480 --> 00:43:59.019
 to you.

00:44:00.380 --> 00:44:00.940
 I want to

00:44:00.940 --> 00:44:01.300
 help you

00:44:01.300 --> 00:44:01.659
 with your

00:44:01.659 --> 00:44:02.099
 problem.

00:44:03.380 --> 00:44:04.380
 What we

00:44:04.380 --> 00:44:04.860
 need to do

00:44:04.860 --> 00:44:05.480
 instead is

00:44:05.480 --> 00:44:06.000
 because of

00:44:06.000 --> 00:44:06.500
 the gospel,

00:44:06.700 --> 00:44:07.079
 we need to

00:44:07.079 --> 00:44:07.840
 see spiritually,

00:44:08.300 --> 00:44:08.840
 that's me.

00:44:10.740 --> 00:44:11.380
 That's actually

00:44:11.380 --> 00:44:11.659
 me.

00:44:13.139 --> 00:44:13.800
 That's who I

00:44:13.800 --> 00:44:14.360
 am in God's

00:44:14.360 --> 00:44:14.579
 eyes.

00:44:16.039 --> 00:44:16.500
 And that

00:44:16.500 --> 00:44:16.880
 person,

00:44:17.019 --> 00:44:17.559
 just like me,

00:44:17.559 --> 00:44:18.059
 is made in the

00:44:18.059 --> 00:44:18.539
 image of God

00:44:18.539 --> 00:44:18.800
 and has

00:44:18.800 --> 00:44:19.440
 royal dignity.

00:44:20.719 --> 00:44:21.179
 Fourthly,

00:44:22.139 --> 00:44:22.900
 there is a

00:44:22.900 --> 00:44:23.779
 royal dignity

00:44:23.779 --> 00:44:24.539
 imprinted on

00:44:24.539 --> 00:44:25.380
 every person

00:44:25.380 --> 00:44:28.199
 and therefore

00:44:28.199 --> 00:44:28.900
 Christians,

00:44:29.500 --> 00:44:30.099
 this church,

00:44:30.279 --> 00:44:30.639
 you as a

00:44:30.639 --> 00:44:31.000
 Christian,

00:44:31.759 --> 00:44:32.659
 are against

00:44:32.659 --> 00:44:33.300
 and ought to

00:44:33.300 --> 00:44:33.880
 be against

00:44:33.880 --> 00:44:34.579
 abortion,

00:44:35.500 --> 00:44:36.579
 but not

00:44:36.579 --> 00:44:37.279
 merely in

00:44:37.279 --> 00:44:37.719
 principle.

00:44:38.639 --> 00:44:39.079
 Not merely

00:44:39.079 --> 00:44:39.639
 in principle.

00:44:41.239 --> 00:44:41.880
 From the

00:44:41.880 --> 00:44:42.579
 very first

00:44:42.579 --> 00:44:43.219
 days of the

00:44:43.219 --> 00:44:44.179
 Christian church,

00:44:46.179 --> 00:44:47.279
 it has been

00:44:47.280 --> 00:44:47.780
 on the

00:44:47.780 --> 00:44:48.660
 forefront of

00:44:48.660 --> 00:44:49.640
 taking in

00:44:49.640 --> 00:44:50.900
 and nurturing

00:44:50.900 --> 00:44:51.600
 vulnerable,

00:44:51.860 --> 00:44:52.220
 unwanted

00:44:52.220 --> 00:44:52.740
 children,

00:44:52.960 --> 00:44:53.860
 including those

00:44:53.860 --> 00:44:54.220
 who are not

00:44:54.220 --> 00:44:54.740
 yet born.

00:44:57.060 --> 00:44:57.820
 As we

00:44:57.820 --> 00:44:58.500
 launch into

00:44:58.500 --> 00:44:59.320
 2022,

00:45:00.100 --> 00:45:00.680
 it will be

00:45:00.680 --> 00:45:01.440
 important for

00:45:01.440 --> 00:45:02.060
 us to get

00:45:02.060 --> 00:45:03.820
 the relationship

00:45:03.820 --> 00:45:04.960
 between our

00:45:04.960 --> 00:45:06.280
 words and

00:45:06.280 --> 00:45:07.220
 our deeds

00:45:07.220 --> 00:45:07.880
 right.

00:45:09.240 --> 00:45:10.480
 Justice and

00:45:10.480 --> 00:45:11.820
 mercy must

00:45:11.820 --> 00:45:12.519
 never,

00:45:12.900 --> 00:45:13.860
 ever replace

00:45:13.860 --> 00:45:14.960
 evangelism.

00:45:15.580 --> 00:45:15.840
 The

00:45:15.840 --> 00:45:16.580
 proclamation

00:45:16.579 --> 00:45:17.579
 of the

00:45:17.579 --> 00:45:18.039
 gospel,

00:45:19.079 --> 00:45:19.500
 of what

00:45:19.500 --> 00:45:20.179
 Christ has

00:45:20.179 --> 00:45:20.599
 done for

00:45:20.599 --> 00:45:20.719
 you,

00:45:20.779 --> 00:45:21.279
 must never

00:45:21.279 --> 00:45:21.819
 replace

00:45:21.819 --> 00:45:22.139
 that.

00:45:22.659 --> 00:45:23.079
 But on

00:45:23.079 --> 00:45:23.460
 the other

00:45:23.460 --> 00:45:23.920
 hand,

00:45:24.340 --> 00:45:24.960
 justice and

00:45:24.960 --> 00:45:26.099
 mercy must

00:45:26.099 --> 00:45:26.900
 not simply

00:45:26.900 --> 00:45:27.319
 be an

00:45:27.319 --> 00:45:28.099
 ends to a

00:45:28.099 --> 00:45:28.699
 means in

00:45:28.699 --> 00:45:29.179
 order to

00:45:29.179 --> 00:45:29.960
 evangelize.

00:45:33.579 --> 00:45:34.559
 There is a

00:45:34.559 --> 00:45:35.340
 royal dignity

00:45:35.340 --> 00:45:36.199
 imprinted on

00:45:36.199 --> 00:45:37.299
 every single

00:45:37.299 --> 00:45:38.279
 human being

00:45:38.279 --> 00:45:40.539
 and so can I

00:45:40.539 --> 00:45:40.739
 say,

00:45:40.840 --> 00:45:41.259
 brothers and

00:45:41.259 --> 00:45:41.519
 sisters,

00:45:41.719 --> 00:45:42.179
 let that

00:45:42.179 --> 00:45:42.840
 sink into

00:45:42.840 --> 00:45:43.639
 your heart,

00:45:44.279 --> 00:45:44.860
 let it sink

00:45:44.860 --> 00:45:45.500
 into your

00:45:45.500 --> 00:45:46.239
 minds,

00:45:46.579 --> 00:45:47.500
 as you

00:45:47.500 --> 00:45:48.319
 share communion

00:45:48.319 --> 00:45:48.759
 and morning

00:45:48.759 --> 00:45:49.340
 tea together

00:45:49.340 --> 00:45:50.119
 this morning.

00:45:50.559 --> 00:45:51.039
 Let's pray.

00:45:54.319 --> 00:45:55.039
 Heavenly

00:45:55.039 --> 00:45:55.400
 Father,

00:45:55.559 --> 00:45:56.239
 burden us

00:45:56.239 --> 00:45:56.739
 to look

00:45:56.739 --> 00:45:57.380
 upon one

00:45:57.380 --> 00:45:58.079
 another first

00:45:58.079 --> 00:45:58.619
 with awe

00:45:58.619 --> 00:45:59.440
 and reverence

00:45:59.440 --> 00:46:01.019
 and not

00:46:01.019 --> 00:46:01.679
 with difference

00:46:01.679 --> 00:46:02.519
 and suspicion.

00:46:03.739 --> 00:46:04.219
 I pray

00:46:04.219 --> 00:46:04.739
 that as a

00:46:04.739 --> 00:46:05.259
 result,

00:46:06.079 --> 00:46:07.019
 your name

00:46:07.019 --> 00:46:07.559
 would be

00:46:07.559 --> 00:46:08.219
 exalted

00:46:08.219 --> 00:46:10.299
 as relationships

00:46:10.299 --> 00:46:12.119
 here between

00:46:12.119 --> 00:46:13.139
 different groups

00:46:13.139 --> 00:46:13.679
 and some

00:46:13.679 --> 00:46:14.379
 Paul's

00:46:14.379 --> 00:46:15.500
 deepen

00:46:15.500 --> 00:46:18.159
 and sweeten.

00:46:19.159 --> 00:46:19.699
 Amen.

00:46:19.699 --> 00:46:19.779
 Amen.

00:46:19.780 --> 00:46:24.040
 Number one

00:46:26.920 --> 00:46:41.380
 to

00:46:41.380 --> 00:46:43.440
 big