05312020 A Biblical Response to Racism (Various Scripture)

Galaitans 2:11-14, 20 11 When Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he was clearly in the wrong. 12 Before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself from the Gentiles because he was afraid of those who belonged to the circumcision group. 13 The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray. 14 When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter in front of them all, "You are a Jew, yet you live like a Gentile and not like a Jew. How is it, then, that you force Gentiles to follow Jewish customs? 20 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. BIG IDEA: BEING CHRISTIAN MUST BE FIRST BEFORE OUR ETHNICITY. OUR IDENTITY IN CHRIST ALWAYS SUPERSEDE RACE, CLASS AND CULTURE I. Introduction II. The Death of George Floyd III. Why All the Rage? IV. The Other America…Dr. Martin Luther King V. How Should We Respond? • We Must Be the Church 1 Tim 3:14 • We Must Embrace Our Identity in Christ Ac 17:26; Jas 2:4 • We Must Embrace & Share the Gospel Ro 1:16 • We Must Submit to the Gov’t Ro 13:1 • We Must Always Be Christian First Gal 2:11-14, 20; Ro 3:4 This sermon can be listened to again @ • • thecommunityofgrace.org/connect/sermons faithlife.com/the-community-of-grace-memphis PASTOR MARK DEMIRE Grace THE COMMUNITY OF A BIBLICAL RESPONSE TO RACISM [VARIOUS SCRIPTURES] MAY 31, 2020