GOOD FENCES MAKE BAD NEIGHBORS (2 OF 3)
by Ross Lester
Scripture: Ephesians 2:8
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Good Fences Make Bad Neighbors (2 of 3)
Series: gRrace
Ross Lester
Ephesians 2:8
Intro:
Howzit BBC and welcome to week 2 of gRace, a series exploring race, the gospel, community and hope.What a week for the world. Political unrest, societal division, and a wrestle between ideologies of homogeny vs diversity is happening in a number of nations and societies. What an exciting opportunity for the church! People are beginning to lose faith in purely political solutions, and so where will they turn? God please make us into compelling communities that have answers to these maladies.
My son Daniel sat through the first part of my sermon last week. On the way to school on Monday he told me that he loved everything that I said. In a proud dad moment, I decided to ask him what stuck out and what he remembered the most. His answer was that he didn't remember one word, but that he loved it. I think that is a great summary of how we process sermons. So knowing that most of you won't remember a word, here is what we said last week, as we used a whistle-stop tour of the whole bible to do it.
God's plan for his people has always been and will always be that they would be a radically diverse crew united by very little other than their common love of Christ.
Most of the feedback I have had this week has been of ''but how?'' sort of variety. This week we are going to look at a church community that had to actually live through this reality, and the bumps and scrapes of making it work. I love this text, and cling to it tightly and often.Please turn with me to Ephesians 2:8. While you do, let me give you some context.
Jesus = Jewish
Disciples = Jewish
Pentecost = Jewish
Early Church = Mostly Jewish
Then the gospel goes out to Gentiles and they respond, which is fine, but then they join the church which is not fine. The struggles that ensue contribute a great deal to everything that Paul writes to churches in the NT and leads to conflict between Paul ...
Series: gRrace
Ross Lester
Ephesians 2:8
Intro:
Howzit BBC and welcome to week 2 of gRace, a series exploring race, the gospel, community and hope.What a week for the world. Political unrest, societal division, and a wrestle between ideologies of homogeny vs diversity is happening in a number of nations and societies. What an exciting opportunity for the church! People are beginning to lose faith in purely political solutions, and so where will they turn? God please make us into compelling communities that have answers to these maladies.
My son Daniel sat through the first part of my sermon last week. On the way to school on Monday he told me that he loved everything that I said. In a proud dad moment, I decided to ask him what stuck out and what he remembered the most. His answer was that he didn't remember one word, but that he loved it. I think that is a great summary of how we process sermons. So knowing that most of you won't remember a word, here is what we said last week, as we used a whistle-stop tour of the whole bible to do it.
God's plan for his people has always been and will always be that they would be a radically diverse crew united by very little other than their common love of Christ.
Most of the feedback I have had this week has been of ''but how?'' sort of variety. This week we are going to look at a church community that had to actually live through this reality, and the bumps and scrapes of making it work. I love this text, and cling to it tightly and often.Please turn with me to Ephesians 2:8. While you do, let me give you some context.
Jesus = Jewish
Disciples = Jewish
Pentecost = Jewish
Early Church = Mostly Jewish
Then the gospel goes out to Gentiles and they respond, which is fine, but then they join the church which is not fine. The struggles that ensue contribute a great deal to everything that Paul writes to churches in the NT and leads to conflict between Paul ...
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