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INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
1. Recent events have stirred the minds of many about the problem of racism and prejudice in our country.
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Recent events have stirred the minds of many about the problem of racism and prejudice in our country.
2. The horrible images of hatred, bigotry, and violence never cease to shock the heart of those who love the Lord.
2. The horrible images of hatred, bigotry, and violence never cease to shock the heart of those who love the Lord.
3. What are we to do in the face of such horror?
4. What does the Bible say about racism and prejudice?
3. What are we to do in the face of such horror?
4. What does the Bible say about racism and prejudice?
5. How can humanity achieve the unity with one another God desires?
DISCUSSION
5. How can humanity achieve the unity with one another God desires?
I. RACISM & PREJUDICE AREN’T NEW
DISCUSSION
I. RACISM & PREJUDICE AREN’T NEW
A. Racism, discrimination, and prejudice are not a new problem but one that has been around for a long, long time.
A. Racism, discrimination, and prejudice are not a new problem but one that has been around for a long, long time.
B. While today the issue is painted along purely racial ties that was not always the issue.
B. While today the issue is painted along purely racial ties that was not always the issue.
C. In fact, “personal identity in the ancient world was not primarily based on race but on family, tribal, city, national, ethnic, or religious ties.”[1]
C. In fact, “personal identity in the ancient world was not primarily based on race but on family, tribal, city, national, ethnic, or religious ties.”[1]
D. For example, in the Old Testament, the Egyptians couldn’t abide people who were shepherds ().
D. For example, in the Old Testament, the Egyptians couldn’t abide people who were shepherds ().
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Some think this was based on religious issues.
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Some believe it was because shepherds tended to be Semitic people while Egyptians were non-Semitic.
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Some think this was based on religious issues.
E. In the time of Jesus and the apostles, there was an issue between Jews and Gentiles.
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Some believe it was because shepherds tended to be Semitic people while Egyptians were non-Semitic.
E. In the time of Jesus and the apostles, there was an issue between Jews and Gentiles.
i. God had foretold through the Old Testament prophets that He was seeking the salvation of all humanity (; ).
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Jesus had commissioned His disciples to go and preach the gospel to every person ().
i. God had foretold through the Old Testament prophets that He was seeking the salvation of all humanity (; ).
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Jesus had commissioned His disciples to go and preach the gospel to every person ().
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Jesus had commissioned His disciples to go and preach the gospel to every person ().
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But it took a miracle to get some Jewish Christians to understand that God is no respecter of persons (; ).
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But it took a miracle to get some Jewish Christians to understand that God is no respecter of persons (; ).
F. Still, among Christians, this issue persisted with some Judaizing teachers.
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It wasn’t just a “religious issue”, but even simple association ().
F. Still, among Christians, this issue persisted with some Judaizing teachers.
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It was so bad that Peter himself succumbed to the pressure and stopped socializing with saints who were Gentiles ().
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It wasn’t just a “religious issue”, but even simple association ().
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But Paul withstood him to his face because he was wrong ().
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It was so bad that Peter himself succumbed to the pressure and stopped socializing with saints who were Gentiles ().
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If it was wrong for people to refuse to share the gospel with others because of their race or ethnic background in the days of the apostles, how could anyone think it could be right today?
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But Paul withstood him to his face because he was wrong ().
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If it was wrong for Peter and other Jewish Christians to refuse to socialize with their fellow Christians because of their race or ethnic background thousands of years ago how could anyone think it could be right today?
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If it was wrong for people to refuse to share the gospel with others because of their race or ethnic background in the days of the apostles, how could anyone think it could be right today?
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RACISM & PREJUDICE ARE SINFUL
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If it was wrong for Peter and other Jewish Christians to refuse to socialize with their fellow Christians because of their race or ethnic background thousands of years ago how could anyone think it could be right today?
A. No one who has honestly read and considered the scriptures should believe that his or her race, ethnic group, or nation is superior to any other.
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RACISM & PREJUDICE ARE SINFUL
B. Consider just a few of the reasons that these attitudes and practices are sinful.
A. No one who has honestly read and considered the scriptures should believe that his or her race, ethnic group, or nation is superior to any other.
B. Consider just a few of the reasons that these attitudes and practices are sinful.
C. All people are created in the image of God ().
i. Paul’s sermons to the Athenians proclaimed this truth ().
C. All people are created in the image of God ().
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All of humanity are God’s offspring and should be respected and valued ().
i. Paul’s sermons to the Athenians proclaimed this truth ().
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All of humanity are God’s offspring and should be respected and valued ().
D. All people are to love God and to love one another ().
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The greatest commandment is to love God with all your being.
D. All people are to love God and to love one another ().
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The greatest commandment is to love God with all your being.
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The second is to love your neighbor as yourself.
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Jesus taught in word and deed that all humanity is to be loved ().
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The second is to love your neighbor as yourself.
E. God sent Jesus to give His life to redeem all of humanity ().
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