“For All Nations”

Intro:  When you think of who you are, what terms do you use?

I.  God’s View of People

A.  The Image of God

B.  Jesus’ death for all

C.  The Gospel to be preached to all nations

II.  How We, As Jesus’ Disciples, Fail

A.  Profiling

B.  Not Accepting Differences

C.  Accepting Injustice

D.  Not Having Empathy or Sympathy

1.  A very different history

2.  Economic disability

3.  Not the same freedoms

4.  The stress of being treated differently

E.  Not confronting poisonous ideologies

III.  What will change this?

A.  Repentance

B.  Prayer

C.  Kindness

D.  A Shared Vision

E.  Influence 

IV.  Is this our mission?

A.  The mission of the Kingdom of God

B.  This present crisis

1.  Overcome evil with good

2.  “Black Lives Matter” vs #black lives matter

3.  Defund police, solving problems through incarceration

B.  If we fail in the United States of America

Do you think that you contribute to racial tension in any way: either through actions or failure to act?

How do you think the leadership of our country should proceed to make things better?

How have past hardships shaped you, and what might you still need to learn?