You Asked For It - Racism
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Intro
Intro
Black Lives Matter
Charlottesville
Michael Bennett Story
Declaration of Independence - “We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal.”
Reasons why racism is wrong
Reasons why racism is wrong
God created human beings
God created human beings
Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”
So God created mankind in his own image,
in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.
We are all equally sinful
We are all equally sinful
What shall we conclude then? Do we have any advantage? Not at all! For we have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin.
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
We all equally need a Savior
We all equally need a Savior
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
There is no racial divisions in the Kingdom of God
There is no racial divisions in the Kingdom of God
There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. And they cried out in a loud voice:
“Salvation belongs to our God,
who sits on the throne,
and to the Lamb.”
Racism and the Gospel are incompatible
Racism and the Gospel are incompatible
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
What can we do?
What can we do?
Pray
Pray
Serve those we are able to serve
Serve those we are able to serve
Love those we are able to love
Love those we are able to love
Jesus replied: “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
Jesus replied: “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
“The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.”
“The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.”
Closing
Closing