Transforming Hearts: Confronting Racism Through Christ's Love
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"Racism is to judge others purely by their race or to judge them first by their race or to judge them mostly by their race instead of as judging them as individuals. Racism is also to mistreat others based on their race or to take pride and glory in your own race." [00:01:38]
"It is not primarily a sin because the dominant culture thinks that racism is an offence and a disgrace. It is very hard for us to do, but we should not base our thinking on what the dominant culture thinks. As Romans 12 says, we should not be conformed to the world, that is, the dominant culture, but be transformed by the renewing of our mind." [00:03:13]
"Dear racist, I do not call upon you to repent of racism because our dominant culture says it is a sin. In fact, that might be one of the things that makes racism attractive to you. You may be attracted to racism because it goes against the dominant culture. It is one way that you resist being forced into the mold of the culture." [00:04:55]
"I say your racism is a sin you must repent of because God says racism is a sin. The things God says are sin and the things the culture says are sin may sometimes overlap, but something is not fundamentally wrong because the culture says it is wrong. Something is wrong because God says it is wrong, and the Bible says racism is wrong." [00:05:47]
"In principle, we are all descended from the same parents, Adam and Eve. We are all made in God's image, as Acts chapter 17 verse 26 says, 'And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on the face of the earth.' One blood. When God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, He did it for all of humanity, for people of every race." [00:06:53]
"If you treat your neighbor, which Jesus specifically defined as those of other races or ethnicities, if you treat your neighbor as you want to be treated, you won't be racist. It's really that simple. So if you are not a Christian, if you're an atheist or have another religion or have no interest in religion at all, please know that you will one day stand before Jesus Christ as the judge of all things." [00:07:52]
"Jesus Christ loves you, the racist, and he willingly sacrificed his life out of love for you. The dominant culture may hate you, the racist. You may even take pleasure in the fact that the dominant culture hates you. Whether you like what the culture thinks about you or you don't like it, the truth remains: Jesus Christ loves you, the sinner." [00:10:27]
"When I say that Jesus willingly sacrificed his life, what I mean is that at the cross, Jesus put himself in the place of guilty sinners, and he said to God the Father, so to speak, 'Judge me for their sin. Put their guilt and their shame and the judgment they deserve on me.' Jesus did this for his people regarding all that God considers sin, whether the culture approves or hates those sins." [00:11:22]
"Because of what Jesus did and continues to do, you can be forgiven, transformed, and restored. What Jesus did on the cross was so far-reaching that it has the capacity to forgive every sin ever committed, but it only effectively forgives the sin of God's people, those who come to God humbly, knowing that they need to be rescued and trusting in Jesus for their rescue." [00:12:44]
"When we come to Jesus in faith and repentance, there's forgiveness even for the racist. Now, I say faith and repentance on purpose because they go together. You can't truly turn to Jesus unless you turn away from your sin, including the sin of racism. When we put our trust and love in Jesus in this way, we receive the gift of new life." [00:13:34]
"God can forgive and transform the sinner, including the racist. Sometimes when I hear racism discussed in our dominant culture, it sounds like it is the unforgivable sin. The idea often seems to be once a racist, always a racist. You can never really be forgiven and transformed regarding this sin. You need to know that this is not how it is in the kingdom of God." [00:14:53]
"John Newton is just one example. There are countless others and hopefully more and more of them every day. Dear racist, let me end by simply repeating my three main ideas: number one, your racism is a sin that you must repent of; number two, Jesus Christ loves you, the racist, and he willingly sacrificed his life out of love for you; and then third, because of what Jesus did and continues to do, you can be a forgiving, transformed, and restored man or woman in Jesus Christ." [00:16:46]
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"It is not primarily a sin because the dominant culture thinks that racism is an offence and a disgrace. It is very hard for us to do, but we should not base our thinking on what the dominant culture thinks. As Romans 12 says, we should not be conformed to the world, that is, the dominant culture, but be transformed by the renewing of our mind." [00:03:13]
"Dear racist, I do not call upon you to repent of racism because our dominant culture says it is a sin. In fact, that might be one of the things that makes racism attractive to you. You may be attracted to racism because it goes against the dominant culture. It is one way that you resist being forced into the mold of the culture." [00:04:55]
"I say your racism is a sin you must repent of because God says racism is a sin. The things God says are sin and the things the culture says are sin may sometimes overlap, but something is not fundamentally wrong because the culture says it is wrong. Something is wrong because God says it is wrong, and the Bible says racism is wrong." [00:05:47]
"In principle, we are all descended from the same parents, Adam and Eve. We are all made in God's image, as Acts chapter 17 verse 26 says, 'And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on the face of the earth.' One blood. When God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, He did it for all of humanity, for people of every race." [00:06:53]
"If you treat your neighbor, which Jesus specifically defined as those of other races or ethnicities, if you treat your neighbor as you want to be treated, you won't be racist. It's really that simple. So if you are not a Christian, if you're an atheist or have another religion or have no interest in religion at all, please know that you will one day stand before Jesus Christ as the judge of all things." [00:07:52]
"Jesus Christ loves you, the racist, and he willingly sacrificed his life out of love for you. The dominant culture may hate you, the racist. You may even take pleasure in the fact that the dominant culture hates you. Whether you like what the culture thinks about you or you don't like it, the truth remains: Jesus Christ loves you, the sinner." [00:10:27]
"When I say that Jesus willingly sacrificed his life, what I mean is that at the cross, Jesus put himself in the place of guilty sinners, and he said to God the Father, so to speak, 'Judge me for their sin. Put their guilt and their shame and the judgment they deserve on me.' Jesus did this for his people regarding all that God considers sin, whether the culture approves or hates those sins." [00:11:22]
"Because of what Jesus did and continues to do, you can be forgiven, transformed, and restored. What Jesus did on the cross was so far-reaching that it has the capacity to forgive every sin ever committed, but it only effectively forgives the sin of God's people, those who come to God humbly, knowing that they need to be rescued and trusting in Jesus for their rescue." [00:12:44]
"When we come to Jesus in faith and repentance, there's forgiveness even for the racist. Now, I say faith and repentance on purpose because they go together. You can't truly turn to Jesus unless you turn away from your sin, including the sin of racism. When we put our trust and love in Jesus in this way, we receive the gift of new life." [00:13:34]
"God can forgive and transform the sinner, including the racist. Sometimes when I hear racism discussed in our dominant culture, it sounds like it is the unforgivable sin. The idea often seems to be once a racist, always a racist. You can never really be forgiven and transformed regarding this sin. You need to know that this is not how it is in the kingdom of God." [00:14:53]
"John Newton is just one example. There are countless others and hopefully more and more of them every day. Dear racist, let me end by simply repeating my three main ideas: number one, your racism is a sin that you must repent of; number two, Jesus Christ loves you, the racist, and he willingly sacrificed his life out of love for you; and then third, because of what Jesus did and continues to do, you can be a forgiving, transformed, and restored man or woman in Jesus Christ." [00:16:46]
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