Supernatural Diversity

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Missional Movement Series “Supernatural Diversity” Acts 16:11-40 (Bible pp. 925-26) Bob Myers, Lead Pastor March 11 & 12, 2017

Only the gospel could assemble the unlikely and diverse group that formed the Philippian Church. The gospel, by its supernatural power brings together an unlikely people in supernatural ways.

Quotes from the Cutting Room Floor ‘Blessed are You for not making me a Gentile. Blessed are You for not making me a woman. Blessed are You for not making me a slave.’ Ancient Orthodox Jewish Prayer WARNING INSCRIBED ON TEMPLE WALLS IN JERUSALEM TO GENTILES: NO FOREIGNER IS TO GO BEYOND THE BALUSTRADE AND THE PLAZA OF THE TEMPLE ZONE WHOEVER IS CAUGHT DOING SO WILL HAVE HIMSELF TO BLAME FOR HIS DEATH WHICH WILL FOLLOW "Every aspect of the way God views and saves sinners is designed to undermine racism and lead to a reconciled and redeemed humanity from every people group in the world." — John Piper "It was weird to me to go to school all week and experience racial diversity, but then on Sunday be faced with the option of having to choose between black and white. This didn't seem right to me. The whole world outside of the church seemed to be in full color, but the church looked like the black and white television of the old days." — Efrem Smith "We will not wish we had made more money, acquired more stuff, lived more comfortably, taken more vacations, watched more television, pursued greater retirement, or been more successful in the eyes of this world. Instead, we will wish we had given more of ourselves to living for the day when every nation, tribe, people, and language will bow around the throne and sing the praises of the Savior who delights in radical obedience and the God who deserves eternal worship." — David Platt "God directs his people not simply to worship but to sing his praises “before the nations.” We are called not simply to communicate the gospel to nonbelievers; we must also intentionally celebrate the gospel before them." — Timothy J. Keller