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Image of Fanny Hamer here.
Born in 1917 in rural Mississippi, Hamer was the last of 20 children immersed in a life of poverty as a sharecropper.
In her 40s, she got involved in the civil rights movement after she heard young activists give a presentation about voting rights.
She then dedicated her life to fighting for equal rights for black people and more humane treatment of the poor.
One night in 1963, Hamer and some fellow civil rights activists, all of whom were black, were taken into custody on spurious charges by white police officers.
The law enforcement officials took them to a jail and proceeded to beat each one, including Hamer.
The harrowing experience left her with permanent health problems and emotional wounds such as depression.
But that didn’t stop her from loving people, even her enemies.
“I feel sorry for anybody that could let hate wrap them up,” she said.
“Ain’t no such thing as I can hate anybody and hope to see God’s face.”
Amazing story.
Born at the time when segregation was still a daily reality in America, suffered through it yet he chose to respond love instead of to hate.
Even through her depression and her own emotional wounds, she felt sorry and loved people who were wrapped up in hatred.
How does a Christian respond to a world filled with hate, prejudice, fear of discrimination?
Talks of privilege.
People fighting for fairness and equality.
How does a Christian respond to a world filled with hate, prejudice, fear of discrimination?
The world tries to answer these issue in a different way.
Image of John Rawls here.
Image of John Rawls here.
A philosopher named John Rawls came up with a principle or a thought experiment called the Veil of Ignorance.
Veil of Ignorance.
Philosopher John Rawls suggests that we should imagine we sit behind a veil of ignorance that keeps us from knowing who we are and identifying with our personal circumstances.
By being ignorant of our circumstances, we can more objectively consider how societies should operate.
Seems to make sense..
If we are from a perceived privileged or majority class, then setting aside who they are supposedly enables them to be fair with all people.
If you are from a perceived marginalized or minority class, then setting aside or not knowing who you are frees you from the fear of discrimination or prejudice.
This is the typical worldly philosophical response.
Divine Justice:
But what is the Christian’s response?
Let me submit two principles from the word of God that is a direct answer to this:
Reject claims of a superior class.
Knowing our own true privilege.
Knowing who we are in relation to God enhances who we are in relation to others.
This I believe was how Fanny Hamer could respond to her enemies the way she did.
Knowing who we are in relation to God enhances the way we look at ourselves.
Say “I am already blessed”
Because I am a “Child of God”
But there’s more!
You are a:
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A chosen race.
2. A Royal Priesthood.
3. A Holy Nation.
4. A people for His own Possession.
Continuation of “The Victorious Church” series.
Continuation of “The Victorious Church” series.
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A Chosen Race.
Continue from 1 Peter.
Short background of 1 Peter..
Images of Peter being the first Pope
A lot of people think of Peter as the first pope and there a lot of people who don’t..
Including St. Peter himself.
I love Peter, because he is most relatable, he is just like one of us.
He was an ordinary guy that was transformed by Jesus Christ.
He Himself believed and taught that he was saved by the grace of God, like us.
1 Peter 1:
Misconception that Peter is the rock that Jesus mentioned..
Peter corrected the misconception of a special class, which supposedly included himself.
Peter, as if correcting all these misconceptions pointed us away from him and to Christ..
Verse 4: Jesus is the Living Stone
Verse 6: Jesus is the Stone laid in Zion and a chosen and precious Cornerstone.
Verse 7: (Quoting ) Jesus is the stone that the builders rejected, yet the One that has become the Cornerstone.
Verse 8: (Quoting ) Jesus is a Stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.
People stumbled on Jesus because of their disobedience
“… they stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.”
Pete elevated Christ and then turns to the believers and followers of Jesus..
I believe this word is as much for us as it was to the Jews in the Diaspora back then.
“Vicar of Christ” - Representative of Christ on earth.
Peter pointed authority ascribed to himself, to us.
In these ways, we are Christ’s ambassadors on earth.
A chosen race.
A Royal Priesthood.
A Holy Nation.
A people for His own Possession.
A Chosen Race.
Word for “race”
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Word for “race”
From where we derived the word “gene”.
Image of the Greek word genos here.
As the church of Jesus, you are a super race of men and women made of a special genetic material from Your heavenly Father!
Ramon, I thought we should be fair and equitable, but this makes me feel more superior than others!
Not if we truly understand the word Chosen here.
Image of the word Eklektos here.
This word means that we are the objects of God’s grace and divine favor.
We were not chosen because we were superior than anyone else.
Why did God choose you?
God chose you simply because He loved you.
We see this example in the Old Testament when God chose Israel.
You have been unconditionally chosen!
No generational curse, sickness, or disease can work against you, or destroy you, because you’re a new creation.
You have new genes that came from your heavenly Father.
How does this truth affect us?
This is actually a humbling reality, because God did not choose us out of our merits and superiority but only on the basis of His love for us when Jesus purchased us on the cross of Calvary.
We are just blessed and thankful to God and therefore we should love on others.
What else does the truth that You have been unconditionally chosen do to us.
We realize that we have been accepted.
You have been accepted!
And because we have already been accepted, we cease to be people-pleasers.
People-pleasers
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