Racism Reconciled - NEBC Oct 9, 2016 - Shad 

Big Idea: Racism is not a skin issue - it's a sin issue. 

Key Scripture: Say: "Our Scripture reading for today is found in, Matthew 22:35-40"

An expert in religious law, tried to trap Jesus with this question: "Teacher, which is the most important commandment in the law of Moses?"

Jesus replied, "'You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment.  A second is equally important: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments." 

Let us love God and love our neighbors! Why Because:

[Galatians 3:28] There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

[Revelation 7:9-10]...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... And they cried out in a loud voice: "Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb."

 [Romans 10:12-13] For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him,  for, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."

[John 13:34-38]

Jesus said, "Now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples."

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