PETER: RACISM EXPOSED (2 OF 3)
by Bob Ingle
Scripture: Acts 10, Acts 11:18
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Peter: Racism Exposed (2 of 3)
Series: Race and Responsibility
Bob Ingle
Acts 10-11:18
We've paused our study through Romans to kind of sit in this national conversation on the matter of race reconciliation. I've been disappointed to see how many Christians don't approach this important subject through the lens of Scripture, but rather through political, experiential, sociological, or philosophical viewpoints. But we must approach racism and prejudice through a biblical worldview to understand what God wants and expects of us.
The problem of racism is as old as the history of man. The problem surfaces early in the Bible. In the first chapter of Exodus, we find the Egyptians feeling threatened by the increasing number of Israelites living in their midst. To curb the problem, they turned the Israelites into slaves and treated them as an inferior class of people. Four hundred years later, the Lord miraculously delivered the Israelites out of their bondage. Unbelievably, from that time forward the Jews felt superior to all Gentiles, championing the title of 'God's chosen people'.
But the Jews were not intended to be God's chosen people at the expense of the rest of the world. They were God's chosen people with the express purpose of showing His love and sharing His truth with the rest of the world. But that's what racism and prejudice can do. They can turn and twist the truth until it's no longer desirable or recognizable.
Last week we began this series in John 4. Jesus said to His disciples that He HAD to go through Samaria. With one conversation at a well with a Samaritan woman, Jesus tore down 700 years of racism in less than 48 hours. But His disciples never really understood the depth of what took place. They never quite grasped this idea that God was saving the entire world, including the Gentiles. We know this because of what we're going to look at today in Acts 10. Open your bibles to Acts 10, and let's dive in.
It's been 10 years since J ...
Series: Race and Responsibility
Bob Ingle
Acts 10-11:18
We've paused our study through Romans to kind of sit in this national conversation on the matter of race reconciliation. I've been disappointed to see how many Christians don't approach this important subject through the lens of Scripture, but rather through political, experiential, sociological, or philosophical viewpoints. But we must approach racism and prejudice through a biblical worldview to understand what God wants and expects of us.
The problem of racism is as old as the history of man. The problem surfaces early in the Bible. In the first chapter of Exodus, we find the Egyptians feeling threatened by the increasing number of Israelites living in their midst. To curb the problem, they turned the Israelites into slaves and treated them as an inferior class of people. Four hundred years later, the Lord miraculously delivered the Israelites out of their bondage. Unbelievably, from that time forward the Jews felt superior to all Gentiles, championing the title of 'God's chosen people'.
But the Jews were not intended to be God's chosen people at the expense of the rest of the world. They were God's chosen people with the express purpose of showing His love and sharing His truth with the rest of the world. But that's what racism and prejudice can do. They can turn and twist the truth until it's no longer desirable or recognizable.
Last week we began this series in John 4. Jesus said to His disciples that He HAD to go through Samaria. With one conversation at a well with a Samaritan woman, Jesus tore down 700 years of racism in less than 48 hours. But His disciples never really understood the depth of what took place. They never quite grasped this idea that God was saving the entire world, including the Gentiles. We know this because of what we're going to look at today in Acts 10. Open your bibles to Acts 10, and let's dive in.
It's been 10 years since J ...
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