I Choose Love - Week 1 - Web Notes

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Web Notes I Choose Love Pursue Oneness Rev. Todd D. Cullen July 5, 2020 Racism has deep roots that still exist in America. Tony Evans says that the most racially divided time of the week is Sunday morning. The Premise The foundation God established from the beginning of time is that we are created with individual uniqueness in His image. Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. - Genesis 1:27 (ESV) Psalm 139:14 14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. - Psalm 139:14 (ESV) Ephesians 2:10 (ESV) 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. - Ephesians 2:10 (ESV) The Principle I believe that the Bible makes clear that our goal should be oneness. The goal for the church is oneness. Galatians 3:28 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. - Galatians 3:28 (ESV)

Romans 2:11 11 For God shows no partiality. - Romans 2:11 (ESV) John 17:21 21 that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. - John 17:21 (ESV) Revelation 7:9-10 9 After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, 10 and crying out with a loud voice, "Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!" - Revelation 7:9-10 (ESV) We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. - The Declaration of Independence July 4, 1776 Unalienable - not transferable to another or not capable of being taken away or denied Our racial differences are visible today and will be for eternity. "The goal of Racial unity is not sameness but oneness." - Tony Evans "Unity is oneness of purpose not sameness of being." - Tony Evans The Practice Living out the principle of oneness means we eliminate any root of superiority. Romans 12:3 3 For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. - Romans 12:3 (ESV) Living out the principle of oneness means we embrace the fullness of

human equality. Galatians 3:28b ...for you are all one in Christ Jesus. - Galatians 3:28b (ESV) Living out the principle of oneness means we engage in choosing to love others the way God loved us. John 13:34 34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. - John 13:34 (ESV) A Word of Hope Romans 15:13 (ESV) 13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. - Romans 15:13 (ESV)