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Overcoming The Spirit of Racism

Creflo Dollar

November 2, 2020

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you know, male in order tooperate in the favor of God.
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You don't have to bewhite in order to operate
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in the favor of God.
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You don't have to be Jewish.
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But now because of whatJesus came to accomplish,
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you can be female,you can be black,
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you can be brown,whatever color;
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and as a result youcan walk in favor,
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in access, in the blessingsof Almighty God.
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♪ to make it abetter place ♪
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♪ so we embraceyour love today ♪
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Taffi: Well, thank youfor tuning in today.
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We believe that Godhas a Word for you.
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We believe thatGod is still good,
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that God has a plan that hasnot been thwarted or detoured
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or distracted in any way, but hehas a Word for you and he has us
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to prosper you andto give you a future
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and to give you ahope in him today.
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And so I realize thatthis time and season
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in which we are in isa very sensitive time.
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We're in the midstof a pandemic.
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And I want to encourage youwith the Scripture in Acts
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chapter 17, verse 25, evenin the midst of the protesting
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that's going on throughout manycities of our great nation.
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It says in Acts 17,verse 25, it says,
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"Neither is worshippedwith men's hands,
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as though he needed anything,seeing he giveth to all life,
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and breath, and all things."
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And I wanted to read thisScripture here in verse 26.
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I pray that this will blessyou because we realize
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that in the times in which we'reliving, that there is a lot
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of talk and discussion about
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the subject ofprejudice, racism.
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And so it says andGod--referring to God
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here in verse 26, "Hath madeof one blood," one blood.
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Referring to God, he says that,"He hath made of one blood all
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nations of men for to dwellon the face of the earth."
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The Amplified says, "He madefrom one [common origin,
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one source, one blood.]"
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So we all come from one blood.
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The Scripture says we come
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from one common origin,which is from God.
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He is the source of our life.He is our creator.
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We are an offspringof his creation.
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And so he says that hehas made us of one blood.
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It is one blood.
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It's not, you know, tendifferent types of blood.
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It's not one blood that's moresuperior than the other blood,
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one blood that's inferior incomparison to the other blood.
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He says there's one blood,one group of people,
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one mankind, oneblood, one origin.
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He says, "All nations of men tosettle on the face of the earth,
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having definitely determined[their] allotted periods
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of time and the fixedboundaries of their habitation
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(their settlements,lands, and abodes.)"
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So I want to encourage you thismorning that you'd be mindful
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of the fact that hehas made us one,
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and that we are the body ofChrist and we are his creation.
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And so we understand that Godsees us through his eyes
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and not according to the colorof our skin and not seeing one
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color as any differentfrom the other color.
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But as we begin torenew our minds,
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we can understand that it is theenemy who comes in to divide,
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to cause prejudice and racismand the spirit of division.
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And so he says in verse 27,"That they should seek the Lord,
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if haply they might feelafter him and find him,
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though he be not farfrom every one of us.
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For we are--forin him," verse 28, "we live.
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And in him," I add, verse 28,
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"we move and haveour being as certain
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as also your own poetshave said for we--"
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You who are watching thismorning, you are his offspring.
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And so it is important that werecognize that he has made one
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blood and there is nosuch thing as inferiority.
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When God sent Jesus,Jesus came to redeem
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all from inferiority,from superiority.
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Jesus came and walked the earth.
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That same spirit was in theearth when he walked the earth;
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the spirit of superiority wherereligions and races thought
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that they were better, higherthan others and consequently
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there was self-righteousness,there was pride, arrogancy.
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And then there were thosewho were considered inferior,
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those who were under thelaw, who were despised,
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outcasts, set aside, but I lovehow Jesus went about
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intentionally pursuingrelationship and bringing
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all together so that we can all
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experience redemption and be apart of his nation as one blood
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as we read today, that wecan seek God and establish
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a relationship with him.
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So we--this morning weattack the spirit of racism,
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we attack thespirit of inferiority,
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the spirit of superiority sothat we can see ourselves
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and see our brothers and sisters
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like God wants usto see one another.
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Not too high, not too low,but to understand
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that because ofJesus we have
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equal rights, equal access,equal opportunities.
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We can stand on equalground because of what
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Jesus accomplishedthrough his blood today.
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That gives us the rightto know who we are
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and to have ouridentity in him.
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It's not based on, you know,
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the natural way in whichwe see one another.
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The Bible talks aboutknowing--no one after the flesh,
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not by, you know, the skin,their accomplishments,
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the color, their tribe,the pedigree.
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He says know no man, K-N-O-W,N-O.
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Know no man after the flesh, butto understand that because
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we are in Christ all things havepassed away and behold all
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things have become new,and that's in
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2 Corinthianschapter 5, verse 14.
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Let me just turn thereso you can see it.
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Didn't quite plan ongoing this far into it,
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but I want--in lightof what we see here.
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It says, "For the love of Christconstrains us because
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we thus judge that if one diedfor all, then we're all dead."
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Verse 15, "And that hedied for all," all black,
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white, yellow, green, brown,"that they which live should not
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henceforth live unto themselves,
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but unto him which diedfor them and rose again."
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Look at what hesays in verse 16.
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"Wherefore, henceforth knowwe no man after the flesh."
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He says we're not to knowone another after the flesh.
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The Amplified says,"From now on,
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we estimate and regard no onefrom a [purely] human point
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of view, [in terms of naturalstandards of value.]"
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Because up to thatpoint, you know,
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there were human standards,there were natural standards
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where people wouldlook upon one another,
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look down based on the law.
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Some were thinking that theywere better than others
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from a natural standard,maybe their pedigree, the--
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where they came from.
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And of course, we know thatis still very much alive today
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and in the minds, particularlyin the Eastern world.
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He says but from now onas a result of Jesus dying,
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as a result of Christ givinghis blood to redeem us,
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he says, "We estimate and regardno one from a [purely] human
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point of view, [in terms ofnatural standards of value.]
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[No] even though we once didestimate Christ from a human
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viewpoint and asa man," he says,
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"yet now [we havesuch knowledge of him
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that] we know him nolonger [in terms of the flesh.]"
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Look at what itsays in verse 17.
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"Therefore--" becausewe no longer stain,
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no longer regard looking atthings from a natural point
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of view, from theoutward perspective,
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from the standards of men,and from the viewpoint of--
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as of a man, he says,"Therefore, if any man be
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in Christ," or any woman be inChrist, "[ingrafted] in Christ,
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he or she is a new creation."
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Of course we knowthe female is included
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in mankind referring to he.
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It's the--has the malepronoun there,
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but it includes bothmen and women.
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It says, "He or sheis a new creation
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(a new creaturealtogether); the old
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[previous moral andspiritual condition]
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has passed away and behold thefresh and the new has come!"
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And he says, "And allthings are of God."
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So he's talking about this newspecies of being that has never
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existed before, this newspecies where we don't look
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on the outward and judge basedon exterior and external things.
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But he says, "Now allthings are of God,
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who through ChristJesus reconciled--"
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God wants us to bereconciled unto him.
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"[Received us intofavor, brought us
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into harmony with himself.]"
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So we're talkingabout reconciliation,
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a spirit of harmony where youhave all these different parts
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that are considered separate,but once they come together
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you have, you know,an instrument or a band.
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You have all theseseparate instruments,
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but yet when they cometogether and they know
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they're different parts,they can start to harmonize.
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So he says, "[They brought usunto himself--brought us into
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harmony with himself]and gave to us the ministry
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of reconciliation [that by wordand deed we might aim to bring
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others into harmony with him.]"
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Now obviously,there are different parts
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in the body of Christ.
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We're not sayingwe're all the same.
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Our parts are different,but, you know,
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when you put themtogether there's a harmony,
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there's a sound,there's a symphony.
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And so he says, "It was God[personally present]"
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in verse 19, "in Christ,reconciling and restoring
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the world to favor with himself,not counting up and holding
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against [men] their trespasses[but cancelling them],
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and committing to usthe message
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of reconciliation (of therestoration to favor.)"
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So he says inverse 20, now then,
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"So we are Christ's ambassadors,God making his appeal as it--
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as if it were through us.
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We [as Christ's personalrepresentatives]
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beg you for his sake to layhold of the divine favor
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[now offered you] andbe reconciled to God."
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For our sake--there's thatword reconciliation again,
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and showing that we areChrist's representatives.
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We represent him now.
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We don't represent the law thatesteems one above the other,
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that looks down on one atthe expense of the other;
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but now that we are in Christand we are his ambassadors,
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we are allowing God to makehis appeal through us;
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and that appeal is harmonyand reconciliation,
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a symphony, a coming together.
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And so he says so that we canlay hold of the divine favor
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so that now everyonecan be favored.
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You don't have to be,you know,
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male in order to operatein the favor of God.
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You don't have to bewhite in order to operate
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in the favor of God.
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You don't have to be Jewish.
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But now because of whatJesus came to accomplish,
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you can be female,you can be black,
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you can be brown,whatever color;
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and as a result youcan walk in favor,
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in access, in the blessingsof Almighty God.
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And so he says he has reconciledus and made us personal
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representatives to layhold of the divine favor.
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Then he says in verse 21,"For our sake,
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he made Christ[virtually] to be sin,
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who knew no sin, that in andthrough him we might
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become [endued with, viewedas being in, and examples
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of] the righteousness of God[what we ought to be,
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and acceptable--" noweveryone can be approved,
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everyone can be acceptable.
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They can be whatthey were designed
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to be from the original intent.
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Because we are one blood,we are a beneficiary
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of the blood of Jesus.
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And he says and inrelationship with him,
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which is by his goodness.
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And so there area couple of things
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that I want us to be mindful of.
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Jesus died for the redemptionof every person regardless
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of their gender, race,or nationality.
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He died for us,regardless of our race.
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According toEphesians chapter 2,
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he says, "Therefore, rememberat one time you Gentiles
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in the flesh were calleduncircumcision by what is called
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the circumcision, which ismade in flesh by hands."
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And so we understand thatas a result of what Jesus
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accomplished through redeemingus through his precious blood--
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his blood makesus all one nation;
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and through his blood that weare to experience the favor
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of God, each and every person,
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giving access tothe Spirit of God.
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In fact, in Ephesianschapter 2, verse 17--
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look at that for just a second.
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Ephesians chapter 2, verse 17,
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"And came and preached peace
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to you which were afar off,and to them which were nigh.
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For through him,"referring to Jesus,
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"who came--" Jesuswho preached peace.
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He didn't preach,you know, stress.
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He didn't preachjudgment, shame.
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He didn't preach inferiority.
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He preached peace, the goodnews of the gospel, "To those
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who were far off and tothose that were nigh."
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Verse 18, "Throughhim," through Jesus,
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"we both have access."
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Both male, female;circumcised, uncircumcised;
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under the law, under grace.
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He says we both have accessby one Spirit unto the Father.
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Now, we know thatbefore Jesus came,
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if you were acertain nationality,
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there were those who didn'thave the access to Jesus.
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In fact, there werelimitations on certain races.
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They couldn't communewith other races.
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In fact, when Jesus talkedto the woman at the well,
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the woman at the well, she said,
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"Why are you talkingto me, Jesus?
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Why are you havingthis conversation?"
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Because it wasn't customary
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for certain races to evenhave conversation.
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But as a result of Jesus coming,he provided access to all
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to God by one Spirit,it says, unto the Father.
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And so he says in verse 19,"Now therefore you're no more
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strangers and foreigners, butfellow citizens with the saints,
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and of the household of God."
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And so, you know, you thinkabout Mary and Martha.
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I think Creflo was talkingabout this on Sunday,
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the needful thing, andhow it was not customary
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for women to even bein the room with men.
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And so when Mary was allowedto sit at Jesus's feet to hear
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what Jesus was saying, it wasn'twhere women could even learn,
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that women could be educated,that women could be taught.
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And so it was very unusualthat Jesus allowed her to sit
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at his feet andto hear his Word.
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And so that's why hecame, to give everyone;
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male, female,black, white, brown,
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access to God, to create anopportunity where we all could
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go before God, have apersonal relationship with God,
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no longer being foreigners,
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no longer being strangersoutside of the family of God.
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But now we can all be a part ofthe family of God regardless of
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the color of our skin,regardless of you're female.
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You can be a part and youcan have access as well.
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Your class, economic status;whatever status you're in,
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if you're poor--you don'thave to be rich in order
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to have access to God.
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See, in the old covenant,those who were privileged
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were those who were white,Jewish, and rich.
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Under the law, you wereprivileged if you were white,
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if you were Jewish,and you were rich.
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But those who weren't ableto fit in those classifications
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were not able tobe beneficiaries
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of the covenant of God.
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Because Jesus came, heeliminated us being foreigners,
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eliminated us being strangers,and now genders--
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both genders and races, allraces, and all classes of people
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can be in personal relationshipwith Jesus Christ.
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Turn over to Galatianschapter 3, verse 27.
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Galatians chapter 3.
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Let me back up a little bit.Let's back up to verse 23.
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"But before faith came, wewere kept under the law,
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shut up unto faith whichshould after be revealed.
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Wherefore the law was ourschoolmaster to bring us
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into Christ, that we mightbe justified by faith."
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I'm going to read thisfrom the Amplified.
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It says, "So the lawserved [to us Jews]
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as our trainer [our guardian,our guide to Christ,
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to lead us] until Christ [came]that we might be justified,
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(declared righteous, put inright standing with God)
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by and through faith.
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But," he says in verse 25,"after that faith has come,
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we are no longer undera schoolmaster,"
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no longer under the law, theguardian of our childhood,
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referring to Jesus coming
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that we're no longersubject to the law.
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"For," he says in verse 26,"in Christ you are all children
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of God by faithin Christ Jesus."
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I'm reading fromthe King James now.
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He says, "For you areall the children of God."
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We can all bechildren of God, not,
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like I said earlier,based on the color,
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the class, or the race.
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He says you're all thechildren of God by faith
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in what Jesus accomplished.
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We are declared righteousin what the blood did
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on our behalf, based on howthe blood accomplished
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our righteousness, and Godsees us through him.
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We're engrafted through him.
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We're no longer--ourstatus is not based on
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the external things.
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And so he says in verse 27,"For as many of you as have
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been baptized into Christhave put on Christ."
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The Amplified says, "For asmany [of you] as were baptized
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into Christ [into a spiritualunion and communion with Christ,
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the anointed oneand his anointing,
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the Messiah] have put on
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(clothed yourselveswith) Christ."
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So now women can beclothed in Christ,
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now the poor can be clothed.
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The middle class, the rich.It's no longer a separation.
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We all can go before Godwhere we are and as a result
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be declared righteousand be justified by faith
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and put in rightstanding with God,
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having faith in what theblood has accomplished.
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And then hesays in verse 28,
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"There is neitherJew nor Greek."
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Talking about race.
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There's neither theclassification
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of those who areJewish nor Greek.
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"There is neitherbond nor free,"
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referring to the differentclasses, economical classes
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in terms of being rich, poor.
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There is neither bond nor free.
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It was a privilege to beobviously free, not in bondage.
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It was a privilege to be Jewish.
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And then he says, "There isneither male nor female."
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And so it was--the maleprivilege that Jesus referenced
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here in verse 28.
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He says, "For you areall one in Christ Jesus."
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The Amplified says,"There is [now
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no distinction]" no distinction.
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He says, "For you are all one."
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There isn't this superiorityby being Jewish,
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by being, you know, male overthe female or Jewish versus
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being Greek, or being freeversus being bond--in bondage.
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He says you are all one.Now no distinction.
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One blood, one race,one source, mankind;
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and there is now no distinction.
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